Thursday miscellanea #119

Some ups and downs in the first back-to-reality week of 2011, but mostly satisfying.  Still, I’d be all right with getting pounded with snow again at the end of the weekend.  Hasn’t happened for real in so long; could we really get it twice, practically back to back? I wish I had the sleep that … Read more

ESPN fires Ron Franklin

ESPN fired college sportscaster Ron Franklin today, terminating his 24-year-long relationship with the network. The story is generally reported as colleague Jeannine Edwards offering a comment on an off-air conversation he was having, him saying something like “leave this to the boys, sweet baby,” her responding something like “I don’t appreciate you calling me that,” … Read more

Nataly Dawn stole tonight’s blog post

Yeah, I can’t blog tonight because it turns out I have a massive crush on Nataly Dawn of Pomplamoose, and I’m over at YouTube obsessively and repeatedly watching all of the Hyundai Christmas commercials in which she sings. And no, I’m not hip enough to know her name or the name of her duo without … Read more

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