Archive for December, 2007

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Ahh, Sweet Nostalgia!

One of the great moments of my life was seeing my favorite band U2 (sorry, Stones, you’re a strong number 2, but still number 2) on the 4th show of the Joshua Tree tour in Houston on April 7, 1987 (you can see the setlist here).  What I remember more than anything was the total familiarity […]

8 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, Celebrities / Pop Culture / Sports by Mark

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Saturday, December 1st, 2007

The Most Improbable Season

I don’t know what this means for my beloved Red Raiders and their shot at the New Year’s Day Gator Bowl, but #1 Missouri is in danger of falling, and #2 West Virginia is gone.  Both teams had merely to win to make the BCS Title Game, but merely winning has been almost impossibly difficult […]

4 Comments » - Posted in Celebrities / Pop Culture / Sports by Mark

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Saturday, December 1st, 2007

Murtha Briefly Sees Light, Pelosi Shoves Back Into Darkness

If the stakes weren’t so high, the recent headlines surrounding John Murtha would be downright hilarious in their illustration of Pelosi’s Principles of Partisanship.  John Murtha just got back from Iraq and said a quite remarkable thing, given his history on the war:
Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) acknowledged that the surge of U.S. troops in Iraq […]

21 Comments » - Posted in Donkeys, Iraq by Mark

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