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Random Musings

How the New York Times Sausage Doesn't Get Made

A few weeks ago, I was working on a piece for the New York Times about the Miami Heat win streak. Odds are, it wouldn't have run, but the thought of finally cracking the Times code and seeing my byline in the paper of record made my head spin.

Carlos Boozer had to go and ruin everything. Couldn't be Derek Rose, or even Joakim Noah, had to be the guy that once went to landlord mattresses against Prince.

BOOZER! (Props to Leol  Dang, though. That dude is legit.)

Here's the annotated version, complete with Ft. Greene's neighborhood drug dealer offering me cocaine as a consolation.

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The Lunardi Problem

 

Two more days until that most wonderful time of the year...

Time to making plans for skipping out on classes, jobs, and stay-at-home parenting for that little event known as MARCH MADNESS. Not for nothing, but Marquette is having one hell of a season. Ain't that right big fella?

As great as college basketball is, "Bracketology" can be a huge pain in the ass. Yes, you're to blame Joe Lunardi. Take it from Paddy Buckets and The Classical...

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BREAKING: 13% of Americans Hate Freedom

Uncle Sam's birthday July 4th

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Lesser Known 19th-Century Presidents v. Monster Battles

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If there's one thing we Americans can all agree upon, it's that the 19th-century presidents had the best muttonchops the free world has ever known. 

That, and they kicked a lot of monster ass.

What the hell am I talking about? I am referring to the movies they should have made instead of Honest Abe Goes Toe-to-Toe With Dracula or whatever that move was called. 

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An Agnostic Fans Guide to the 2012 NBA Finals

(AP photo) 

Well now, that was something, wasn't ti? tried to enjoy game one agnostically, but it didn't take. It's fine for casual sports viewing, but personally, it doesn't feel right with this Heat/Thunder basketball bacchanalia. At various points during game one, I was rooting hard for both teams. It's unnatural. It threw me off. I need to pick a side. (This is where I lament my lack of knowing the neighborhood bookie.)  

I meant to have this up prior to game one, but I have baby brain. Anyway, it covers all the important aspects of the Finals: Pizza, Jon Lovitz, beards, tough guys, Jimmy Buffet and the old men at the Y. Special shootouts to Craig Williams and Nancy Kurowski, for living in the Thunder cloud. Here it is, courtesy of my man Tony at GoodShotAtLosing.com. 

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