Read Scoop Jackson’s piece on Kobe’s 81. For the first time since the first article he wrote after Wiley’s death, Scoop has hit the nail on the head. Nice — Scoop’s finally paused his assault on the English language (in this piece, ‘He against the world’; ‘We hate he’; ‘You ain’t Thee’) long enough to [...]
Archive for January, 2006
Mr. Usman Khan, equestrian
18Jan06I have found the most brilliant website in all existence: Usman Khan. Just click on ‘biography’ and read it, I promise you won’t be disappointed. Damn, I can’t resist. OK, a few selected gems: * “Usman Khan has a mysterious soul. One moment he would seem like an urban street smart, the next, he [...]
Google Video
07Jan06Once more, I’m a little late to the party (after initial Google-phobia and subsequent laziness), but I’ve finally given Google Video a look. And I like it. Google’s in the perfect position to do this, given they’ve indexed everything out there already, and they’ve done a nice job making things available. Of course, there’s potential [...]
God damn Bon Jovi
07Jan06Along with some of the excellent stuff I got from MT at college, some Bon Jovi slipped into my music collection. This was college, where completeness of one’s collection was more important than quality, so it has remained there since.. A few minutes ago, ‘Bed of Roses’ came on, and I realized just how badly [...]
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