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In my terribly limited choice of television viewing, 95% of my time is spent on only two subjects: soccer and The Amazing Race. Not surprisingly, I was excited about last night’s start of the sixteenth season. One of the rare joys of The Amazing Race occurs when they travel to a place you actually know, [...]

Since it’s FA Cup weekend (and thus no soccer showing on basic cable), and my Lego Star Wars partner is in St. Louis, I’m using my evening relaxation time to watch a few movies. This is a rarity for me, since watching a movie usually makes me feel as though I’m chained to a chair [...]

Nothing says “high school love” like a gigantic Valentine’s Day bear. I saw a few of these imposing creatures roaming the halls yesterday, usually led by the hand of a girl glowing with love. I guess I should be happy for the couple—part of me thinks of Corduroy the bear, and the warmth of “I [...]

I spent part of my snow days working through A New Literary History of America, edited by Greil Marcus and Werner Sollors. (Okay, I also read Roberto Bolaño’s Distant Star again, but I’ve already made my Bolaño bromance loud and clear.) All I can say about the Literary History is: what an odd book! Who [...]

Yeah, it was a really great Super Bowl. (Though to be honest, I only watched 50% of it, and I really just wanted it to be over so I could watch the oddly much more violent Liverpool vs. Everton match on my DVR.)
More importantly, here are a few thoughts on the ads I saw. (No [...]

Our school’s once-a-year celebration of diversity is this Friday and I’m feeling a bit left out. We have belly dancers, a Multicultural Choir (which seems to avoid the “Multi-”), and some quality teacher lip-syncing. Sadly—and I’m partly responsible for this, since I didn’t appear for a tryout—there’s nothing to celebrate my English and Welsh heritage.
I [...]