Archive for February, 2009

But Really, Shouldn’t EVERY Weekend Kick Off This Way?

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

Grammy weekend kicks of with Neil Diamond tribute.

Cornell Tops Quinnipiac

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

2-1 in OT, courtesy of the Nashes who collected 1 goal and three assists between them.

An Historic Day

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Born this day in history: Ronald Reagan, and Rick Astley. Discuss.

Shankopotamus

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

As mentioned by Cliffy

The Brew Town Beat

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

We have belatedly added the Brew Town Beat to our Baseball Blogroll. They were kind enough to link to the OGS and we are happy to reciprocate. Home of the original Brewers Drinking Game!

I’m Betting On Mr. Bacon

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

It doesn’t even seem like a fair fight.

The Cautionary Tale of Michael Phelps

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

The best comment I’ve seen so far:

…this broken wreck of a man’s failure to win any more than a pathetic fourteen Olympic gold medals (so far) is a terrifying warning of the horrific damage that cannabis can do to someone’s health—and a powerful reminder of just how sensible the drug laws really are.”

Cornell Only Slips to 5th

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

Despite being manhandled by St. Lawrence over the weekend, Cornell only fell one notch this week to 5th place in this week’s poll. Harvard remains not only unranked, but without a single vote in the poll. Which is nice.

the ubiquitous “Super Bowl Blowout”? Not so fast my friend…

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

Sure, there seemed to be a flurry of blowouts in the 80s and 90s - but my sense of this decade has been that more often than not, we get great games.  Go back 10 Super Bowls (more…)

SB 43 recap

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

Was last year’s game as exciting as this year’s?  I didn’t particularly enjoy last year’s game - but that *could* be due to my affiliation with the Patriots… not sure.  But let’s not focus on last year, cuz this year…

What a great game!  (more…)