Entries from October 2008

October 31, 2008

Stat of the Night

Where Jason Kidd goes, so goes frustration.
He mangaged 7 points, 7 rebounds, 12 assists and 4 steals, but the Mavericks still lost to the Rockets.
Who among us does not believe that this will be a recurring theme?

October 29, 2008

The Homeless Vote

A federal judge recently ruled that homeless individuals in Ohio must be allowed to vote, even though every state in the country, Ohio included, requires a permanent address as part of registration. To reconcile this impossibility, registrations will be filed using park benches, grates, or any other area upon which a homeless individuals may sleep. [...]

October 28, 2008

Sarah Palin is your mother.

October 27, 2008

NBA Off-Season Recap + Predictions

Danny from Vegan Fish Tacos ranks the NBA teams’ offseasons and offers his fearful predictions for the 2008-2009 NBA season.

October 27, 2008

Aretha Franklin Covers Mariah Carey

October 27, 2008

The New York Times Electoral Map

October 27, 2008

The New Yorker – Downsizing

October 25, 2008

Jean-Luc Godard – Five Films

A Bout de Souffle

Le Petit Soldat

La Chinoise

Pierrot Le Fou

Masculin Feminin

October 21, 2008

Sonny Rollins, Colossus of Jazz

Sonny Rollins is a true stalwart of American Jazz. He is known as the Saxophone Collosus not just for his commanding presence (Rollins is actually quite tall) but for his decades long contributions to Jazz and his stature as a musician. His career has been an illustrious one and even at an advanced age he [...]

October 19, 2008

Right Hand, Left Hand

“Let me tell you the story of “Right Hand, Left Hand.” It’s a tale of good and evil. Hate: It was with this hand that Cane iced his brother. Love: These five fingers, they go straight to the soul of man. The right hand: the hand of love. The story of life is this: Static. [...]