Blog Roundup

A couple of blogs I ran across are worth noting. Kung Fu Monkey combines a left-wing political point of view I favor, along with varied sentence structure and a smattering of obscenity, into the kind of mix I favor. The author is a stand-up comedian as well as a screenwriter, …

Landis, Discontinued

Maybe a two-year suspension isn’t enough. If they started handing out lifetime bans maybe the rules would get a little respect, and the sport could salvage some of its lost credibility.

Electricity, anyone?

The brutal heat wave continues, with temperatures here in NJ hovering in the high 90s to low 100s. We’ve had three blackouts since Saturday, including two yesterday evening. Each lasted about an hour. I respectfully suggest that we all be sure to turn off anything that’s not necessary. The 40-watt …

Mergers and Acquisitions

I find myself wondering about the poor souls in PR departments who have to write glowing press releases about the bright future in which the membership will save $11 million annually in salaries and benefits, knowing full well that some of that is going to be them.

Floyd Landis, continued

Landis is innocent until proven otherwise, but pro sports in general is guilty as charged. Now, the final sprint to the finish line isn’t the real drama. You don’t know who’s really won until a couple of days later when the lab results return.

Black Comedy

If you haven’t yet tuned in to “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia” on the F/X Network, take a look. Danny DeVito is involved, and the brand of wicked black comedy seen in “The War of the Roses” and “Throw Momma From The Train” permeates. Think of “Cheers From Hell,” or …

Floyd Landis

Written off for dead after hitting the wall on Wednesday, Landis resurrected himself on Thursday. He made a gritty, ballsy, very risky move on the peloton early, and beat everyone by nearly six minutes.

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