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Posts from December 2007

Historic Simulcast?

The New England Patriots’ shot at history Saturday night will be available for every household in the country with a television after months of wrangling. The league announced that the NFL Network feed will be simulcast on NBC and CBS. It’s a major concession by league officials, who repeatedly said they would not show the game anywhere but the NFL Network.


The Bacon Flowchart

The bacon flowchart. Proof that bacon is the only answer.


The Dog Ate It!

What happened to the ball from the final out of the 2007 World Series? Jonathan Papelbon’s dog ate it.


The Dark Knight Teaser Trailer

The Dark Knight Teaser Trailer. As with all these trailers, this looks excellent. I have high hopes after the sublime Batman Begins a few years ago…


Crusading

A Turkish lawyer is taking legal action against Inter Milan for wearing a strip with “Crusader-style” red crosses that he alleges is ”offensive to Muslim sensibilities”. Never mind that the Turkish kit has the star and crescent moon on the badge. I don’t find many people taking offense to that…


Favourites of 2007

Duane is doing a month long posting extravaganza, Lori has denounced them, I’m feeling apathetic as this year has been, as the kids say, absolutely bollocks for record buying and movie watching, I’ve really done neither. This was the year I topped up my classic collection by downloading stuff like The Beatles Anthology, the first 6 Bob Dylan albums, the best of The Eagles, Elton John, Elvis Presley, Ani DiFranco, Goo Goo Dolls, John Lennon and Carly Simon (?) And yes, I even downloaded the Spice Girls Greatest Hits, sue me!


Rangers 0 - 3 Lyon

Rangers crashed out of the Champions League and into the UEFA Cup with a disappointing home defeat to Lyon. An almost typical European collapse from Rangers, just like in 2000. I feel dumb for downing the kool-aid after that first Barcelona game, things were going just a little too good.


An Inconvenient Truth

You know, as this year rolls on ever so sluggishly, I can’t help but think that maybe Al Gore’s PowerPoint presentation was prophesising the inconvenient truth…
Take today for instance, I had to drive with the AC blasting in my car, it’s supposed to be a little over 2 weeks before Christmas…

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Michael Vick Gets 2 Years

Michael Vick gets 23-month sentence on dogfighting charges. The suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback could have been sentenced up to five years.


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