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Entries from November 2007

MILFs vs Cougars

November 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment

The meatheads on The Fan have taken to calling the on-again/off-again girlfriend of their producer “The Cougar”. I thought maybe I’d lost out on an inside joke from way back. Maybe she was a Washington State graduate. Turns out there’s a genre of single(?) woman out there called the Cougar. The […]

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Tags: My American Life

Dear Westwood One

November 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment

There’s a reason people tune into you rather than watch the game.  Maybe they’re out running errands.  Maybe they’re driving home from work.  Maybe they’re at work.  Whatever it is they’re doing, they’re listening to you because they can’t watch the game on TV.  No one, and I mean no one, is turning down the […]

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Tags: Sports · The Press

Well I Hear the Whistle but I Can’t Go

November 30th, 2007 · No Comments

In case the video didn’t blow your mind, try this on for size: Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, the bare-chested guitarist on the far right, is now a missile defense consultant.
Of course he is.

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Tags: Music

Obama The Muslim

November 29th, 2007 · No Comments

The meme thrives as Obama rises in the polls.  When confronted with the truth, or at least asked to defend themselves, the “Obama Is Muslim” crew tend to wither.  You should try it out for yourself.

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Tags: Politics

Till I Get to the Bottom and I See You Again

November 29th, 2007 · 2 Comments

I had a little time to kill downtown on Tuesday night, so I ducked into the remodeled Meier and Frank Macy’s to see what they’d done with the place.  I’d only been in the store a few times in my life.  I’d been very unimpressed.  It seemed stuck in some bygone era.  Like one of […]

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Tags: My American Life

I’m Like a Hidden Treasure!

November 29th, 2007 · 1 Comment

So says Megan, the female subject of this week’s Date Lab experiment in the Washington Post.
I was glad that he was Christian. But he does things that I don’t do, like dancing and drinking and going to movies.
I’ve got to imagine dating her is like dating Angela from The Office.  Only Angela will let you […]

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Tags: My American Life

Did I Ever Mention I Was On TV as a Kid?

November 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I hated that lady for getting my name wrong.HT: Blogtown

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Tags: My American Life

Telltale Signs

November 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I keep running into these people.

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Tags: My American Life · Stuff

Everyone’s New Favorite Referee

November 27th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Ron Cherry has been lighting up the Interwebs all weekend. I hope we haven’t seen the last of him this season. College football would be well served to advertise his presence should he officiate a bowl game. So long as it doesn’t involve Clemson.

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Tags: Sports

How Best To Preserve Mt St Helens?

November 27th, 2007 · No Comments

National park or volcanic monument?  On the face, it would seem to be a no brainer, but like most everything else, nothing is as easy as it seems.  If turning it into a national park means less access for sportsmen, then we need to find another option.

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Tags: Politics · Regional