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If it's Sunday, it's Meet the Press.
Posted by Admin on Sunday, June 15, 2008 (55 reads) Topic Editorials
Written by brian barbour
| Ross Perot inevitably ended his political career in a swift moment on the popular Sunday morning political talk show as he sat across from the NBC Washington Bureau Chief Tim Russert. It became the defining moment in Russert's career and made "Meet the Press" the place where politicians laid their careers on the line for an hour to see if they could survive the ultimate line of questioning from the ultimate journalist.
And just like that now famous interview nearly 16 years ago, in a swift moment the world of Journalism and Washington lost The Man as he was doing his job preparing for Sunday's show on Friday afternoon.
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Politics: The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good
Posted by Admin on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 (62 reads) Topic Open Mike
Written by Michael J Smith
| The primaries are done. Finally! All that democracy was getting tiring, wasn’t it? Multi-Culti cutie Barack Obama has secured the delegates, and will face off with crusty, curmudgeonly, old coot John McCain in the general election. Ironically, it appears that it’s still Hillary Clinton’s race to lose. Or so it seems listening to the Pundits and Bobbleheads. She will be responsible if Obama loses because, you see, he will only lose if Hillary fails to convinces her supporters to put an X in the box next to Barack’s name in November. Really? I guess a woman’s work is never done.
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A Tremendous Machine
Posted by Admin on Friday, May 30, 2008 (71 reads) Topic Essays
Written by brian barbour
| On this upcoming June 7th, Big Brown (like 5 others in the last 10 years) heads into the Belmont Stakes with the potential to win Horse Racing's Triple Crown. In an effort to educate my 7 year old son, I went to You Tube, and showed him as much video footage as I could of some of the great Triple Crown winners.
But there was one that we kept coming back to.
Belmont, 1973. 2:24 Flat. 31 Lengths.
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Culture: Breakfast with Glenn and Steve – May 26
Posted by admin on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 (67 reads) Topic Open Mike
Written by Michael J Smith
| Interior. The Wooden Spoon restaurant. The décor unsurprisingly features wooden spoons of various sizes affixed to the papered walls. A man sits at a table adorned with small ceramic containers of sweeteners and jellies, a plastic squeeze bottle of maple syrup, and crowded with plates of food; omelets, home fries, and plates stacked with toast. Another man approaches…
As I sat down opposite Steve, I asked, "So, has Glenn gone to walk the earth like Caine?"
"He’s in the bathroom," Steve said.
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Dementia
Posted by Admin on Monday, May 26, 2008 (81 reads) Topic Short Stories
Written by raven
| “ Dementia”
By David Farmer
The symptoms first became obvious in the yard. A fat stubble-faced
man in an indolent slouch sat smoking inside a rusted pickup while
a skinny Mexican almost sprinted with a mower around the small scrubby yard. As I pulled into the drive and walked from my car
to the cab of the pickup I saw dad in a jerky tremulous motion hand
the fat man two twenty dollar bills. I had witnessed a nearly
identical transaction only days ago during a visit with
my father in a futile attempt to persuade him to vacate the shambles of
his home to come live with my wife and I.
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On Writing
Posted by Admin on Thursday, May 15, 2008 (111 reads) Topic Essays
Written by raven
| At the age of fourteen I was given a large brown bag filled with paperback books by an elderly neighbor woman. I had mowed her yard that summer and she somehow decided I should be the recipient of such a bounty of real literature.
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Sports - They Still Call It Football: Daft Day
Posted by Admin on Monday, April 28, 2008 (126 reads) Topic Open Mike
Written by Michael J Smith
| The Falcons were supposed to follow the blueprint they bought from the NWE when they hired away Thomas Dimitroff to be their their new GM. They were supposed to take Glenn Dorsey, rebuilding the ATL from the line of scrimmage. But the chance to take a franchise QB in Matt Ryan, who is everything that Michael Vick is not, was apparently too seductive. And the All-American defensive tackle from LSU, who was the consensus #1 pick just a few short weeks ago, would have to settle for tens of millions of dollars less as he tumbled from the top spot to #5 and a guaranteed ten losses a year for the next three seasons in Kansas City. Dorsey will probably suffer the agony of defeat more often in his first professional season than he did for his entire college career. Welcome to the NFL, kid!
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Culture: Breakfast with Glenn and Steve - April 9
Posted by admin on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 (124 reads) Topic Open Mike
Written by Michael J Smith
| Interior. Young’s Restaurant. The recently redecorated décor is debatably Bauhaus. Two friends sit at a booth that features a metal napkin dispenser, a miniature metal ewer of cream and a miniature metal basket of white, pink and blue packaged sweeteners. The table is covered with large plates covered to the edges with omelets, sausage links and home fries. The waitress refills their coffee cups and leaves as a third friend approaches their booth…
As I slid into the bench next to Glenn, Steve said, "Where have you been?"
"Sorry I’m late. I’ve been depressed," I said. "It often manifests itself in an inability to tell time."
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Culture: Three Days in London
Posted by Admin on Sunday, March 09, 2008 (168 reads) Topic Open Mike
Written by Michael J Smith
| I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen Lord Nelson from the window of a cab, but as the taxi wheeled through Trafalgar Square Tuesday morning I looked again. More light, boy. More light… Insurance is a tough gig, but I don’t think I’ll wind up having to learn how to sign my name left-handed because of it.
Or maybe…
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New Photo Essay: The Lamp
Posted by Admin on Saturday, February 23, 2008 (665 reads) Topic Announcements
Written by Hal Tenny
| What good is a nice new table without a nice new lamp? It's like buying a car with no tires. I started this table about two years ago. There's quite a story behind it if you care to know. I don't have the building process documented but I can tell you the quick version and then you can see that it badly needed a custom table lamp to go with it. And I did document the building of the lamp with photos. So read on if you're interested!
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Politics: House of Waxman
Posted by admin on Monday, February 18, 2008 (195 reads) Topic Open Mike
Written by Michael J Smith
| I know you know. There are plenty of other things Congress could be doing. They could be doing something about the economy and the mortgage mess. Or health care. Immigration. Maybe they missed it, but a few childrens have been left behind. And of course, there’s Iraq. If we want to look into cheating, maybe we should start with whether or not the US tortured - Sorry, I mean cheated because we don't torture, of course - to win the War on Terror. But beyond the seeming inability of our elected officials to prioritize their work, and the dubious constitutional justification for oversight of professional athletics, I’m just wondering… Why we would ever allow politicians to investigate anyone else’s integrity?
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The Old Days
Posted by Admin on Saturday, February 16, 2008 (178 reads) Topic Humor
Written by Admin
| Heres a little something going around on the net. Tewa received this in an email from a cousin. I don't even know if 'The Hollywood Squares' is still on TV or not, but that is where this came from. If you don't get a kick out of this, there's something seriously wrong with you...
Q. Do female frogs croak?
A. Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water long enough.
Q. If you're going to make a parachute jump, at least how high should you be?
A. Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it.
Q. True or False, a pea can last as long as 5,000 years?
A. George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes.
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Culture: Breakfast with Glenn and Steve – February 15
Posted by Admin on Thursday, February 14, 2008 (200 reads) Topic Open Mike
Written by Michael J Smith
| Interior. Young’s Restaurant. The recently redecorated décor is debatably Bauhaus. Two friends sit at a booth that features a metal napkin dispenser, a miniature metal ewer of cream and a miniature metal basket of white, pink and blue packaged sweeteners. The table is covered with large plates covered to the edges with omelets, sausage links and home fries. The waitress refills their coffee cups and leaves as a third friend approaches their booth…
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Sports - They Still Call It Football: The Afterlife
Posted by Admin on Monday, February 04, 2008 (211 reads) Topic Open Mike
Written by Michael J Smith
| One guy makes a play. Another guy doesn’t. Sometimes, it’s as simple as that. And maybe it’s reassuring that the fundamental things do still apply. Defense wins championships. Or loses them, as the case may be. Take it easy, fellow Patriots’ fans. It’s just a game. Bruises fade and cuts heal, and we can’t possibly feel worse than Tiki Barber does right now.
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Sports - They Still Call It Football: Eleventh Hour
Posted by Admin on Saturday, February 02, 2008 (290 reads) Topic Open Mike
Written by Michael J Smith
| Tom Brady’s ankle got me to thinking. If it was me (and certainly, it never will be), I wouldn’t wait to get hurt. I’d wear a brace on everything, all the time, as a precautionary measure. I’m actually tempted to wear shoulder, knee, elbow, and ankle braces at work. I wonder if psychologically it would make me feel stronger, like a cyborg from the future with superhuman strength. I would have to start wearing my sunglasses all the time… Maybe that wouldn’t be a good thing. Steering committee meetings might change from figurative to literal bloodbaths. It would be fun briefly, of course, but it’s not a good long-term strategy.
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Sports - They Still Call It Football: Champs and Chumps
Posted by Admin on Friday, January 25, 2008 (202 reads) Topic Open Mike
Written by Michael J Smith
| Go ahead. Take a deep breath. It makes you feel a little giddy, doesn’t it? It’s because the oxygen is so clean and pure up here. Then you look down. And you realize exactly what you have to lose. A Super Bowl. Losing the Super Bowl is like being a one-term President. I mean, you got to the big show, and just 42 men can say that. But only some of them are in The Conversation with George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, or Franklin Roosevelt. The rest of them are Martin Van Buren and his ilk. Van Buren began a string of really terrible Presidents, culminating with the loathsome James Buchanan. You really don’t want to be mentioned in the same breath with any of those guys. Coincidentally, this will be the 42nd Super Bowl. How’s that for random validation? Plus, you know… 42. I’m just sayin’… This is kind of a big deal.
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Sports - They Still Call It Football: Long Division
Posted by Admin on Thursday, January 17, 2008 (341 reads) Topic Open Mike
Written by Michael J Smith
| I guess the only thing predictable in the NFL is its unpredictability. That and the criminal officiating of games played in the RCA Dome. Still, there’s unpredictable and then there’s astounding. From Frosty Favre to the Crying Game to (almost) Perfect Tommy, this truly was the best weekend of football. Ever. Well, unless you’re the Indianapolis Colts. Can it ever truly suck to be Peyton Manning? How about the day he got to be Eli’s brother? It’s probably been a long time since Eli beat Peyton at anything. I bet those pickup basketball games in the driveway usually ended with Eli bleeding. But then one day, Peyton loses at home to the underdog Chargers with their MVP running back and their starting QB on the bench and their all-pro tight end playing on nine toes. And on that same day, Eli wins on the road, beating the presumptive NFC rep for the Super Bowl. Yeah, that had to suck.
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Sports - They Still Call It Football: Wildlife
Posted by Admin on Friday, January 11, 2008 (210 reads) Topic Open Mike
Written by Michael J Smith
| Coaches make boneheaded calls. Players screw up. These things happen all the time. But only during the playoffs is the whole Pigskin World watching. All of your peers (okay, most of them are losers) are watching, too. And the bottom line is that when it’s all said and done, you’ll either be wearing that Official Super Bowl XLII Champions baseball cap or the goat’s horns. Here’s your big bowl of goat’s head soup, Pittsburgh. And yours, Tennessee. Tampa Bay has been wearing theirs since Week 16. And Washington could’ve won it all if the writers’ strike had been settled so Todd Collins and Clinton Portis could’ve ended their season in a freeze-frame hug in the end zone as the credits rolled but instead they’re rocking an angora mullet. The finality of it all. It’s brutal. It’s like an episode of "CSI: Miami" where your team is the chained to an anchor, shark-nibbled, sexually violated, smashed in the face with a blunt instrument, bloated, festering corpse. It’s analyzed in graphic detail, with repeated flashbacks to critical moments in your team’s demise. Was it the 3rd and 6 play that killed them? Maybe it was the 4th and 2… On the other hand, it’s a total rush for the winners. Am I not entertained? Why, yes. Yes, I am.
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New Hampshire Primary: It's the experience stupid
Posted by Admin on Wednesday, January 09, 2008 (214 reads) Topic Rants
Written by Tewa
| Hey Chris Matthews, Tom Brokaw and yes...even you my darling Keith: SNAP!
Time to wipe the egg off your sorry faces. Time to admit that you are more often concerned with job security than political analysis.
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Sports - They Still Call It Football: Opus 666
Posted by Admin on Friday, January 04, 2008 (305 reads) Topic Open Mike
Written by Michael J Smith
| I know, I know. It’s worse than having to listen to those friends from college, the ones who got married first, the ones who had a baby first. Isn’t she just the cutest thing? Isn’t she? She’s as cute as a button! Yes she is! Button, button, button! Hey. It wasn’t like Pigskin Pundits and Bobbleheads were going to stop talking about the Patriots even if they lost. We would’ve had a whole bunch of stories about how going 15-1-0 actually made the NWE more of a threat to win the Super Bowl. Yeah, right. Oh, and that baby? Not cute. Not a bit.
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Sports - They Still Call It Football: The Suspense Isn’t Killing Me
Posted by Admin on Thursday, December 27, 2007 (214 reads) Topic Open Mike
Written by Michael J Smith
| Tennessee or Cleveland? Minnesota or Washington or New Orleans (included for mathematical purposes only)? Who will be the sixth seeds in the 2007 playoffs? The outcomes seem to depend largely on teams already in the playoffs. The Titans will be playing the Colts in the annual Jim Sorgi Bowl, as Manning and other key players for Indianapolis will be likely be given two weeks to rest or rehab. And Washington will be playing Dallas, who will be looking to give Tony Romo’s booboo thumb and T.O.’s ouchy ankle an extra week off. So much for suspense, I guess. We’ve all penciled in Tennessee and Washington, haven’t we? Willie McGinest of the Browns was pretty classy in taking the Colts off the hook, saying if Browns had played better, they wouldn’t need any help to get into the playoffs. Still, we can’t help wonder. This season started with a team being penalized for trying too hard to win, and it finishes with more than one team that clearly won’t be trying hard enough. Integrity is a slippery slope, I guess.
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Sports - They Still Call It Football: It Writes Itself
Posted by Admin on Thursday, December 20, 2007 (230 reads) Topic Open Mike
Written by Michael J Smith
| The Chargers are charging and the Vikings are spiking. The Jaguars are flexing and the Giants are shrinking. The Colts have been watered and fed while the bipolar Cowboys are apparently off their meds. The Packers are just magicalfuntastic. And the Seahawks… wear teal. Meanwhile, the Patriots have got home field throughout the playoffs and they just showed everyone they still know how to win a football game in a nor’easter. Hey! Who needs Hollywood writers? This just writes itself…
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Sports - They Still Call It Football: Now What?
Posted by Admin on Thursday, December 13, 2007 (215 reads) Topic Open Mike
Written by Michael J Smith
| Late last Sunday night, Pigskin Pundits and Bobbleheads—not to mention the Network Suits—were already salivating over a potential Super Bowl match of a 17-1-0 Cowboys team, led by adorable cabbage patch QB Tony Romo, facing off against Bill Evilchick’s 18-0-0 Patriots team in February. Admittedly, that would be epic. And the 16-2-0 Packers with beloved grandpa QB Brett Favre against the NWE and Major Tom would be awesomely awesome. As long as it’s somebody lovable playing the Patriots, we’re cool. Seahawks? Bucs? G-Men? Yeah. Not as lovable.
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Sports - They Still Call It Football: Stretch Run
Posted by Admin on Thursday, December 06, 2007 (226 reads) Topic Open Mike
Written by Michael J Smith
| Is there still a lot of football left? I keep hearing players in post-game interviews saying there’s still a lot of football left. But, we’ve got 12 of the 16 games in the books now, don’t we? So, that’s like 75%. (Wait, let me check my math… 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10… Right. 12 of 16.) There’s only 25% of football left. That’s not a lot. Which actually may be a relief for Dolphins’ fans.
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