Yearly Archives: 2007

The Big Bang Theory

I was listening to sports radio this morning and heard the host apologizing to the listeners for “The Big Bang Theory”, a new CBS comedy about two stereotypical nerd/geniuses who share an apartment across the hall from the building’s newest … Continue reading

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Kanye West is my hero for today

Why?  Because if 50 Cent is true to his word, the fact that Kanye’s latest album outsold his means Mr. Cent will never release another album again.  What could be better than that? I don’t much care for rap, but … Continue reading

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Thank you Gary Bettman

Well, it’s official – the NHL has finally announced the outdoor game between the Sabres and Penguins on New Year’s Day.  For all Gary Bettman’s faults and missteps, he’s finally done something I can be happy about on a personal … Continue reading

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Updates

I didn’t have time to get my season predictions in before Week 1, so I’ll be cheating a bit – sort of – when I get around to it, hopefully before Sunday.  Cheating is OK though – just ask Bill … Continue reading

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What do Brett Favre and Michael Jackson have in common?

The ability to moonwalk, apparently – at least as far as Madden ’08 is concerned. The best part comes at the end of the video when Favre reacts. Great stuff, although those offended by the F-word should probably skip this.

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I'm now a member of the Red Ring Club

After months of teasing, my Xbox 360 finally bit the dust this past weekend. It locked up 5 or 6 times on Friday night while trying to play All-Pro Football 2K8, not even letting me get past the first quarter. … Continue reading

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New House (and other updates)

My TV, Xbox 360, Wii, and computer are now hooked up at the new house, so I think this means we’ve officially moved in. We’ve got lots of boxes to unpack yet, but we’re taking it slow. Lots of work … Continue reading

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RIP Bill Walsh

I feel like I should be writing something more profound here, but all I can say is:  Thank you for your many contributions to the game of football.  You will be missed. My condolences to the Walsh family. ESPN – … Continue reading

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Some actual positive NFL news for a change

When NFL players change teams, they often want to wear the numbers they’ve been using. The standard practice is for one player to pay money to the current owner of the number for its rights. As if it doesn’t already … Continue reading

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Select Specific Tab with Keyboard Hotkey in Firefox

This is pretty neat and I can’t believe I didn’t know about this.  Turns out that there’s a hotkey combo to select a specific tab in Firefox. This is really handy for me when using webapps like Meebo that I … Continue reading

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