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Name Our Book: March 2008
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Saturday, March 29, 2008. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting. If you think boxing is a dying sport, 512 degenerate gamblers in Mount Pleasant, Michigan will tell you otherwise. Last night was world (loose meaning) fight night at the Soaring Eagle Casino, and it marked the first boxing experience for either Benetti or myself (except for that one time we roughed the Jets up). Briefly, let us note that casino and boxing is fantastic synergy. Sorta like a toothpick display at a banjo convention. The night...
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The Full Circle: Story of the Week - June 9-13
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Friday, June 13, 2008. Story of the Week - June 9-13. Maybe, just maybe, the reality TV craze is ending. Or at least receding. On Monday night, New episodes of reality TV shows got lower ratings than reruns of scripted shows on other networks. ABC finished 4th among the major networks. A two hour episode of The Bachelorette. Took in less than 7 million viewers. The Mole. Followed up with just 4 million. Meanwhile, reruns of House. On Fox doubled up ABC. So did a rerun of CBS' CSI: Miami. To more forgetta...
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The Full Circle: May 2008
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Wednesday Wordplay - Freedom is Pancakes. George W. Bush gave the commencement address at the U.S Air Force Academy today. He used the word "freedom" a total of twenty times. I also saw an add for IHOP with the slogan "International House of Freedom". By this logic, freedom=pancakes. For good measure, tyranny=waffles. I've revised and abridged Mr. Bush's remarks for this Wednesday Wordplay. Enjoy. A nation that produces citizens of virtue and character and courage like you can ov...
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Name Our Book: Are You Ready For Some (sort of) Football?
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Saturday, April 5, 2008. Are You Ready For Some (sort of) Football? This group of fanatics was psyched to watch their Rampage clash with the Los Angeles Avengers on a lazy Sunday in Grand Rapids, MI. The crowd was a little bit, um, sparser, inside. But the crowd got into it as their Rampage jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the first 8 seconds or so. I mean, it was real quick. By halftime, I was bored of touchdowns. The highlight of the second half was watching a video of the Rampage QB reading the weather re...
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The Full Circle: January 2008
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008. You know when somebody uses a word, and you have no earthly idea what it means, but you don't want the person who used the word to know you don't know what it means, so you just nod and smile as if you do know what the word means? Don't let this happen to you the next time you hear the word "peripatetic". Peripatetic - adj. walking or traveling about; itinerant. Good work, Mr. Roberts. Building vocabulary is a salubrious activity. Freaking out over birthdays is a silly idea a...
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The Full Circle: September 2007
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Friday, September 28, 2007. Story of the Week - Sept. 24-28. Before this week, this is what I knew about Myanmar:. It used to be called Burma. It's near Thailand and Cambodia. Mr Peterman went there. I was idly talking about my job with some people over bagels and coffee last Saturday night, and one of our break fast guests said. Do you know if they're looking for freelancers to cover the protests in Myanmar? There are protests in Myanmar? For like a month now.". So they improvised, and in one of the mos...
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The Full Circle: July 2008
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Thursday, July 24, 2008. Wednesday Wordplay, on Thursday. On Wednesday, the New York Times accidentally printed an old crossword puzzle. On Thursday (today), it printed the new Wednesday puzzle alongside the new Thursday. That's right. One paper, two puzzles. It's a crossword nerd paradise. In honor of this momentous occasion, I shall live blog my solving of the side-by-side puzzles. It's a special Thursday edition of Wednesday Wordplay. Stop reading now if you haven't done the puzzles yet and plan to.
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The Full Circle: March 2008
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Saturday, March 22, 2008. Follow me around the Midwest - figuratively. I'll be away from The Full Circle for the next 2 weeks, as I am off on a purpose-driven road tour of a substantial portion of the Midwest. The purpose? To go to a variety of sporting events, take lots of pictures, ask lots of questions, then come home and write a book. In the meantime, you can track my progress, along with my 2 sports-crazed college friends, on our trip blog. Wednesday, March 19, 2008. It's time for a veritable. N sci...
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The Full Circle: April 2008
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Friday, April 25, 2008. Story of the Week - April 21-25. The teddy bear has seriously harmed our society's perception of actual bears. This week, in reaction to a particular bear-related story, my coworker said this:. Oh, look how cute! The poor bear is on the loose in Paramus! Wrong Not cute. You know how I know? You don't cancel outdoor activities when there's something cute walking around outside. Nor do you send for police and guns. He'd eat your pancakes. And he might even take a bite out of you.
