NBC has been getting hammered for poor Olympics ratings. The network has no one to blame but itself. Gossip politics have been put before sports: squabbling on the speed skating team, snowboarder ethics, and Bode Miller's nightlife have … [Read more...]
Concert for New Orleans tonight @ Harvard
Tonight I'm doing a concert of Schubert's song cycle Die Schöne Müllerin at Harvard's Holden Chapel, 8pm, with pianist Rodney Lister. It's a small venue: only 80 seats or so. Admission is free, but I'll be taking donations for my cousin … [Read more...]
Is Figure Skating a Real Sport
After a long-drawn out debate between David and me, and a few others, over the nature of sports I have decided to take the community's pulse on this burning issue. (Click on Discuss to take the poll). To the Massachusetts youth who may be … [Read more...]
On fake sports
Which of the following popular Olympic sporting events is not like the others: A. Downhill skiing B. Halfpipe (freestyle skiing) C. Luge D. Speed skating The correct answer is B, the halfpipe. Why? Because it's not a … [Read more...]
Weekly traffic report
Apologies for posting this late - I, along with the rest of the traveling public, was stranded in New York City over the weekend and didn't have my laptop along for the ride.Traffic continues to surge, even though there were fewer huge … [Read more...]
Courage to Achieve Scholarship
Cambridge residents might consider contributing to âThe Courage To Achieveâ scholarship. This scholarship will be available to high school women living in public housing, of which many will be the first to attend college in their … [Read more...]
The Great Mohammed Cartoon Controversy
In case you wanted to see the actual cartoons that sparked the recent protests, and a whole host of other images of Mohammed through the ages, here is a mirror to the extensive Zombietime Mohammed archive. Face-of-Muhammed.blogspot.com … [Read more...]
Correction of the week
From today's NY Times:Because of an editing error, a recipe last Wednesday for meatballs with an article about foods to serve during the Super Bowl misstated the amount of chipotle chilies in adobo to be used. It is one or two canned … [Read more...]
Weekly traffic report
Holy cow. This joint is jumpin', folks. This week was our biggest ever - over 10,000 unique visitors, the first time we've cleared that hurdle. Comments and user posts are off the charts. Over 60 new registered users … [Read more...]
deep thoughts…
Tom Reilly says he'll campaign without a running mate. Well, if all else fails, Tom, that's a pretty good idea. Oh yeah -- all else did fail... Ya know, I like some of the Black Eyed Peas' stuff... but is "My Humps" truly the single … [Read more...]
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