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Friday, April 18th, 2008

Shocking Headline of the Day

From the Wall Street Journal:
Clinton’s Goal: Win Big in Pennsylvania, Sow Doubts Over Obama
You don’t say!…
On the Springsteen front, it’s been an up and down week. The week started, of course, with my show in Dallas, then a couple of days later, Bruce endorsed Obama. Today, sad news: E Street Band keyboard player Danny Federici, […]

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Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Who Lost - Obama? Clinton?

Nope, it was apparently ABC.
James Fallows, as a (very small) sample:
I like and respect Stephanopoulos, and part of what I respect about him is the way he usually conducts his TV interviews. But I also remember dealing with him back in the early Clinton days, he in his role as campaign guy and me in […]

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Monday, April 14th, 2008

Brrrruuuuucccceeee!!!

Last night, I spent my evening with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in Dallas. Now, I know some of my conservative readers are less than enamored with Bruce’s politics - but I’ve long learned to separate political views from having a good time. And a Bruce show is ALWAYS a good […]

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Monday, April 7th, 2008

Hey, We’ve Got A Game!

After two disappointingly one-sided National Semifinals, I’m pleased to see we’ve got a real game on in the National Championship. I must say Kansas is a far better team than I reckoned them to be. Memphis has got to get Rose involved offensively, or they’re going down…
UPDATE 10:33 p.m.: Holy guacamole, what a […]

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Saturday, April 5th, 2008

If UCLA Loses This Game…

…and it looks like they may, it will because of two things: poor play from Collison at the point guard, and the inability to establish Love in the post…
UPDATE 6:50 p.m.: The problems mentioned above are interrelated - Love has to work harder to get open (he’s just not fighting off the double-teams by […]

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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

‘Kristen’ Revealed

Well, the whole world knows who Client #9 is - and now we know who ‘Kristen’ is.
Go ahead, look, get down in the gutter a little - you know you want to.
I’ll still respect you in the morning…honest…(’Kristen’ gets bonus points for being a former Austin resident - but I guess we didn’t move in […]

16 Comments » - Posted in Donkeys, Celebrities / Pop Culture / Sports by Mark

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Now I KNOW The Housing Crisis Is Serious

Okay, folks, strap yourselves into a chair and take a deep breath, because I have shocking news…
Are you ready?…
Are you sure?…
Okay, here goes…
Michael Jackson’s Neverland is facing foreclosure!
Yeesh - the real news here is that he still has it to begin with…
Okay, back to your regularly scheduled programming…
UPDATE 8:35 p.m.: As long as we’re having […]

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

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Congrats To The NY Giants

One of the most improbable post-season runs I can recall concluded with a defeat of the perfect 18-0 New England Patriots 17-14 in Super Bowl XLII. The defense was again spectacular, but the offense really carried the day with that late 4th-quarter drive that began with only 2:35 on the game clock.
Perfection is so unattainable…

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Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Not Many People Would Have Put The New York Giants In The Super Bowl…

…but remarkably, they go through Dallas and Green Bay, the two best regular-season NFC teams, on the road, and they earned it, to say the least. Can they beat New England and complete the most improbable post-season run ever? I doubt it…but I wouldn’t have given them a chance today, either. Nice win, and nice […]

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Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Three Big Numbers

#1. 900 - as in 900 wins.
#2. 10 - as in 10th-ranked Texas A&M.
#3. 3 (appropriately enough) - as in, three straight victories for Texas Tech over Texas A&M, all three when the Aggies were ranked in the top ten nationally, to give Bobby Knight his 900th career victory.
Awesome!…

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Sunday, January 13th, 2008

The Drive Of The Year?

Regardless of what happens in today’s NFC Divisional playoff game, the Dallas Cowboys just laid one of the most impressive drives in NFL history on the New York Giants. 20 plays, 90 yards, 10:28 off the clock…that’s nothing short of unbelievable…every coach’s dream, and something to warm the heart of this Cowboys fan…(and I’m no […]

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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

Happy New Year!

And go Red Raiders…I have a number of resolutions this year, but they are all of a personal nature, as you might expect, and thus, while of intense interest to me, they would be of little moment to you.
I hope you are enjoying your day off, and if you have nothing to do for the […]

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Thursday, December 27th, 2007

Good News So Far For Longhorn Fans…

…as Texas has a 28-10 halftime lead over Arizona State in a Holiday Bowl that the Texas coaches have taken very seriously indeed. Horrible news today, though, with the murder of Benazir Bhutto. I actually got a little teary-eyed when I saw the headline, as this served as a blunt reminder of just how brutal […]

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Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Field Of Apologies

Huckabee apologizes to Romney for attacking his Mormonism…
Hillary apologizes to Obama for making his drug-using early life an issue (and forces out the advisor who brought it up)…
…and Major League Baseball should apologize to everyone in the country for the sham that their lax enforcement of drug policy has turned their record books into. Basically, […]

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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

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 […]

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Saturday, November 17th, 2007

I Would Be Remiss…

…if I didn’t take note of the fact that my Red Raiders, who have never beat a top 5 team, if memory serves me, are up 27-10 over #4 Oklahoma at the half. Tech is notoriously awful against the run, so it’s not over yet by a long shot…but I give us a 60% chance […]

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Friday, November 2nd, 2007

Went And Saw American Gangster Tonight…

…and what do you think happened? Before the opening scene even got underway, the movie stopped. Technical problems, slight delay, no problem…only when the movie started back, they didn’t start from the beginning!
Well, I’m a bit of a movie snob, and I can’t stand stuff like that (particularly after paying $9.75 for the ticket and […]

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Thursday, November 1st, 2007

The Dream Is Over…

Well, my post below on Stephen Colbert generated 64 comments so far, the most in quite some time (though many were far, far afield), so I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings - but say bye to Candidate Colbert:
ABC News’ Jake Tapper Reports: The presidential candidacy of comedian Stephen Colbert seemed to come […]

3 Comments » - Posted in Celebrities / Pop Culture / Sports, 2008 News by Mark

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

File Under “Damning With Faint Praise”

How popular a candidate is Stephen Colbert? So popular he beats…Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich.
*Cough*…[sound of crickets chirping]…
Ummm, okay…but my beagle beats Paul and Kucinich! By double digits, even…I mean, come on, I like Rasmussen and all, but is this news?
Wow…