Archive for October, 2010
14
Oct
Posted by Tim in Sports, Unabated to the Quarterback. Tagged: 16-0, 1972 dolphins, 2007 patriots, 2009 colts, 2009 saints, ahmad bradshaw, andy reid, breast cancer awareness, camus will be back next week i'm sure, chiefs plug of the week, clock management, defensive tackles v. offensive tackles, elective affinities, fox v. cbs in broadcasting style, home run throwback, indianapolis colts, jets bash of the week, Joe Buck, johann wolfgang von goethe, kansas city chiefs, mike pereira, redskins' pants, sage rosenfels, scott green is a bad ref, scott hanson, solomon wilcots, special teams coach jokes, the quest for historical transcendence, the quest for perfection, tony siragusa. Leave a Comment
“Everything perfect of its kind must transcend its kind: it must become something other, something incomparable.” “Certain shortcomings are essential for the individual’s existence.” –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Elective Affinities It was a thrilling moment on Sunday, when those underdog Indianapolis Colts were able to hang on and defeat the NFL’s decade-long behemoth, the Kansas [...]
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14
Oct
Posted by John S in Real World/Road Rules Challenge, Sports. Tagged: Abram and Cara Maria, Challenge romance, Chet and Mandi, Cutthroat, J.D., Laurel is socially awkward but physically imposing, MTV, Power Rankings, Rankings, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, shattering the glass ceiling, the definition of a rookie, the Gulag, the warm embrace that only Chet can offer, TJ Lavin. 7 Comments
“Mandi seeks the warm embrace that only Chet can offer”—Chet “Their whole strategy on this thing—it’s like someone in a mental institution came up with it. And then I realize that Abe came up with it, so that’s not too far off.” —Johnny Ah, the inevitable Challenge hookups. Last night saw two on the rise, [...]
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14
Oct
Posted by Tim in TV. Tagged: alina wilson, brenda, chase's dad's death and subsequent rainbow, double meanings, holly, jane bless her soul, judfabio, killing chickens, marty v. brenda (get pumped), naonka is a high school girl, survivor survival guide, Survivor: Nicaragua, that immunity challenge was really uncool, that reward challenge was really cool, tribe swaps and/or switcheroos, yve. 4 Comments
“NaOnka just seems like a high school girl. She’s irrational, she’s crazy, she just seems like she’s on her period all the time. Rain is not that big of a deal here.” –Alina As far as Survivor contrivances go, not much tops shaking up the tribes, or as JudFabio put it, “the old switcheroo.” In [...]
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11
Oct
Posted by Tim in TV. Tagged: brenda, chase, hidden immunity idols, jane bless her soul, jimmy johnson, jimmy t., jimmy t. is a fisherman???, john fogerty's "centerfield", naonka, paranoia and delusions of grandeur, survivor survival guide, Survivor: Nicaragua, the espada estates general. 4 Comments
“That’s just obnoxious…. All you need to is give him, Jimmy T., a little rope and he’ll hang himself from the nearest branch.” “Anyone who calls out Jimmy Johnson and says that Jimmy Johnson might be insecure because of Jimmy T.’s leadership capabilities has got some issues going on.” “He just doesn’t get this game.” [...]
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11
Oct
Posted by NPI in Monday Medley. Tagged: Aaron Sorkin, alice fraasa, Angus Johnston, Arrested Development, auburn, bad 9/11 jokes, Bill Simmons, cam newton, courrier international, facebook, Google, huffington post, Joe Posnanski, John Lennon, Jose Antonio Vargas, Lawrence Lessig, libertarianism, Malcolm Gladwell, Maria Popova, Mark Zuckerberg, Mitch Hurwitz, procrastination, Running Wilde, Supreme Court, the Facebook movie, the human element, the new republic, The New Yorker, The Social Network, the war eagle reader, The Wire, Twitter, Vin Scully. Leave a Comment
What we read while appreciating the human element… Two stunning technological developments this week: one involves Google (in the transportation industry!) and and another does not involve Google (but involves rat brain cells). John S wasn’t the only one to criticize Malcolm Gladwell’s analysis of social media’s relationship to activism. Maria Popova had a well-written [...]
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10
Oct
Posted by John S in Culture, Film. Tagged: Aaron Sorkin, creative license, David Fincher, domain names, Eduardo Saverin, facebook, final clubs, Harvard, Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, lawsuits, lazy storytelling, Mark Zuckerberg, movies, Napster, Sean Parker, the Facebook movie, the internet, The Social Network, the Winklevi, the Winklevoss twins. 3 Comments
There is a scene about midway through The Social Network, the new David Fincher movie about Mark Zuckerberg and the founding of Facebook, in which Zuckerberg and his business partner, Eduardo Saverin, meet with Sean Parker, the celebrity Internet entrepreneur and co-founder of Napster. The scene takes place in the spring of 2004, when thefacebook.com [...]
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9
Oct
Posted by Tim in Sports, Unabated to the Quarterback. Tagged: ahmad bradshaw, bandwagoning, Barack Obama, chiefs plug of the week, danny woodhead, fumbles and videoboards, is there such a thing as a great quarterback? methinks there is, jets bash of the week, john kuhn, kevin kolb, listicles, malcolm gladwell on charlie batch, nate clements, nick goings, peyton hillis, the crisis of buffalo bills fans, toby gerhart, toronto argonauts, white running backs. 1 Comment
“‘Self control!’ repeated Tom incredulousy. ‘I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife. Well, if that’s the idea you can count me out…. Nowadays people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions and next they’ll throw everything overboard and have intermarriage [...]
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9
Oct
Posted by Tim in "We Take, Among Other Things, Umbrage", Sports. Tagged: 2010 college football season, bowl championship series, college football, conference-usa, crusade against the bcs, every game counts, except that every game doesn't count, inside the bcs, mid-american conference, mwc, non-notre dame independents, sun belt, wac. Leave a Comment
In my neverending quest to rail against the BCS, I am calculating week-by-week how many games this college football season really “count” (as in, influence the national title picture). After five weeks, 82 of the 120 FBS teams cannot make the BCS championship (a refresher on my criteria), including JoePa’s Nittany Lions. We can start [...]
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7
Oct
Posted by Tim in MLB Preview Bonanza, Sports. Tagged: a comparison of the american and national leagues, aubrey huff, bobby cox, braves vs. giants, buster posey, chipper jones, derek lowe, jason heyward, jonathan sanchez, madison bumgarner and p.g. wodehouse, nlds, rick ankiel, the 1993 nl west race, tim lincecum, tommy hanson and mmm bop. 2 Comments
Atlanta Braves (91-71) at San Francisco Giants (92-70) OVERVIEW The Braves and Giants each snuck their way into the playoffs on the final day of the regular season after almost blowing it by dropping the first two games of weekend series. The last time so much was on the line on the season’s last day [...]
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7
Oct
Posted by John S in Real World/Road Rules Challenge, Sports, TV. Tagged: Camp Equinunk, Cutthroat, cutthroat power rankings, Danny is an idiot, Fresh Meat II, in medias res, Laurel dominates, MTV, MTV Cutthroat, new rules, Power Rankings, Real World, Real World Cutthroat, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, Real World/Road Rules Challenge history, Red and Gray, Seth Davis, the Gulag. 7 Comments
“We need one chief and a lot of Indians!” —Melinda “Wow, I can say one thing to your face and then secretly do another…”—Derrick What a day: Cliff Lee gives the Texas Rangers their first postseason win since 1996, Roy Halladay throws the first postseason no-hitter since 1956, and the Yankees rally from behind to [...]
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