I have despised American Express for two decades, ever since I got sideways with them after a layoff and they shit in my credit rating for seven years, falsely claiming that I never repaid the debt. This Boston Globe story does nothing to change my opinion of these loathsome loan sharks, who make the Mafia [...]
That’s how Dutch junior Lars van der Haar described the course for today’s world cyclo-cross championships. “It’s not cyclo-cross,” said Van der Haar in a post-race chat with VeloNews‘ Charles Pelkey. “Cyclo-cross takes much more than just a fast start. Barriers, mud, more than one run-up … that’s cyclo-cross.”
Got to concur, Lars. I think [...]
‘Cross worlds is upon us, in Boogerhead, Netherlands, or some such exotic locale full of windmills, hash smokers and folks who make money running around wearing perfectly rideable bicycles.
Jonathan Page has gotten the all-clear to race and a spot on the U.S. team, and VeloNews‘ man on the scene, Charles Pelkey, reports cold weather and [...]
I have a lot of time on the job, and have spent way too many hours of what we all know to be a finite lifespan, Jimmy Dobson aside, explaining to outraged citizens that news is what happens — it’s neither good, nor bad, it’s what happens (and oh, yeah, the bad news gets more [...]
Herself and I saw “The Wrestler” this afternoon, and it’s a must-see for Mickey Rourke fans. We watched “Barfly” last night to limber up for it, but “Requiem for a Heavyweight” might have been better training, or maybe “Raging Bull,” the theme being poor choices and the consequences thereof. You certainly won’t recognize the pretty-boy [...]
From our Better Late Than Never Dept: The NFL says requests for media credentials for this weekend’s Super Bowel are down for the first time in recent memory. According to Joe Strupp at Editor & Publisher, two major dailies — the Atlanta journal-Constitution and the Hartford Courant — are not sending anyone to what is [...]
Welcome to the working week. I know it don’t thrill you; I hope it don’t kill you. Meanwhile, this just in from The Daily Shit Monsoon: 43,000 jobs are headed down the loo. Caterpillar plans to croak 20,000. Sprint Nextel unplugs 8,000. Ditto the expected merger of dope giants Pfizer and Wyeth. Home Depot lops [...]
January should be struck from the calendar. What a waste of days. One day you’re singing the praises of global warming as you cycle along in summer kit, and the next you’re freezing your nutsack off and watching it “snow,” which in Colorado these days means greasing the streets just enough to keep the ERs [...]
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