The Vig

The title of this blog comes from a conversation I had with a co-worker last summer. He was showing off pictures of his vacation at the Atlantis resort in The Bahamas. One of the pictures he showed was of a fleet of yachts and sailboats anchored at the marina. He asked how […]

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Oregon City’s Black Point Inn finally closed it’s doors this week.  I’ve only been there once, with my parents about 15-months ago.  We had Sunday brunch.  The place was nice enough.  We had Sunday brunch.  But the location at 7th and Washington seemed awkward.  That’s an intersection everyone drives through but never stops at.  Does […]

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I wonder how long it took them to come up with the following verbiage to describe the result of Florida’s Democratic primary.
Clinton will finish with the most votes.
How interesting.  Will she be able to overcome both the media and her own party and get some momentum out of her victory in the Florida straw poll?  […]

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Or at least that’s the word on the street. I thought it was weird that he wasn’t on PTI yesterday, now we know why.
Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser are the only two newspaper columnists currently employed by ESPN who still have their dignity in tact, although an argument could be made as well for Peter […]

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I’m exicted to announce that as of this morning, The Vig is hosted by the Portland Tribune. You can see the “new” site here. You shouldn’t notice a whole lot of difference. Well, the RSS feed has changed, so you’ll want to get that updated. But other than that, it’s the […]

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They’re replaying yesterday’s Sheffield United-Man City match on Fox Soccer Channel right now. On paper it should have been a fairly easy match for the Blues. Sheffield was relegated out of the Premiership last season and are mid-table in The Championship this season. Wheras Man City are fighting for a spot in […]

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Give it about a minute. No fair fast-forwarding.

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Uhhhhh….. Wow.

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It’s been a rough weekend for me.  What I thought was a temporary bug kicked into overdrive Saturday.  While I felt much better today, I’ve apparently lot my voice.  Or at least it was gone when I talked to my dad today.  Bad times.
I’m all about the OJ and Nyquil right now.  The blogging’s gonna […]

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Milwaukee has it.

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