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NCAA Tourney Bracket Reminder
Reminder. You have until Thursday, Noon EST to sign up for the NCAA Bracket Challenge. See this post for more info.
Be there, or Elijah Dukes will cut you. -
NCAA Tourney
Reminder. You have until Thursday, Noon EST to sign up for the NCAA Bracket Challenge. See this post for more info.
Be there, or Ovi will check you into the boards. -
CAN 3, USA 2
I hate Sidney Crosby. -
Olympians, More Hockey
From the Slate article, Cold Reality, by a former ice skater who tried out for but did not make the U.S. team in the 1980s...
You may be wondering what I learned from my competitive experiences. I learned that Olympians are people, too: They're just better and stronger than the rest of us in almost every conceivable way. They do indeed "want it" ( Read more... ) -
Olympic Hockey: USA 5, Canada 3
Do you believe in insignificant upsets! Yes!!!
Edited to Add (02/22): So it turns out, not entirely insignificant - the seeding of the medal rounds mean the US must only beat SUI and CZE/FIN to make the Gold Medal game. Canada will now have to beat GER, RUS and SWE/SVK. -
Olympics: Hockey
Am weirdly torn - as a youth, I grew up hating the Soviet Hockey team. Mostly because they were Commie bastards and Our Enemies, and they had a roster loaded with soulless automatons - whereas USA and Canada's teams were filled with our fresh-faced good young boys. And also, in my family, we've generally head few good things about dealings with the ( Read more... ) -
Updates on Snow and Others
Am plagued by great sadness as my Washington Capitals saw the Franchise Record 14-game win streak come to an end with a 6-5 (OT) Loss to the Montreal Canadiens. Was bound to happen, but still sad ( Read more... ) -
The Winter of more DC Snow...
Snowpocalypse Snowmaggeddon Snoverkill continues...
Just when I thought I'd finished digging out, it's snowing again. Projected 8-16" in my area, with high winds threatening power outages.
( Winter Weather Talk ) -
Snowmaggedon 2010!
Well, I got power back on. Let the record state:
21" (and counting) in my driveway.
33" (and counting) against the door on my deck.
Back. Not feeling good after all that work.
WHy must these massive snowstorms keep happening on my weekends? It's nice to retain my vacation hours, I suppose, but aargh!!! -
Harold Ford Jr. on Colbert
Harold Ford Jr. is a reasonably handsome man, but Colbert is making him look very bad. Or, more accurately, Harold Ford is making himself look very bad and Colbert is just feeding him his own quotes on which to hang himself ( Read more... )