The Timbers lost to Rochester, 2-1. It's our first straight loss since the season opener back in April, halting our unbeaten streak at 24. It was also our first home loss in almost a year ( Read more... )

For the record: I don't give a rat's ass about the whole "Disney bought out Marvel" ringamarole. The only Marvel books I buy anymore are Criminal and Ultimate Spider-Man, and I'm short of money now, so USM is going to be the first book I drop. (I can just flip through the TPB for that at B&N ( Read more... )

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The first half was rather crap, partially because it was scoreless until the 40th minute, but mainly because I ended up sitting behind a couple of fratboy assholes. (I wasn't in the Beer Garden with my regular companions, for complicated reasons I will not go into here.) But the second half was glory. Pure glory. The simple truth is that we beat ( Read more... )

Leverage, this season, is set in Boston. Filming, on the other hand, is right here in Portland. I don't know what's funnier, the show passing off the city council chambers as a room in the Pentagon, (the back windows are curved with a view onto the park blocks!) or the insane geography of a car chase where a car takes a left off of Stark, then is ( Read more... )

The tragic news is that, in stoppage time, #6 Cameron Knowles broke his leg damn near off. He's out for the year.


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Had a good couple of days this weekend. Thursday I went to a book signing for YOU HAVE KILLED ME, which meant seeing Jamie Rich in public. This is always a fun thing. I didn't notice until I was on my way, but he signed my book "To the real Doctor," which was damn hilarious ( Read more... )

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Well, clearly I can't be: I'm American, and straight, and nowhere near as funny. But we need more people like the esteemed Mr. Fry in the world. I just got done watching one of his documentaries on the Tubes, and I'm thinking I'm going to go hunt for more.

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