The Vig

Winter Hawks goaltender Kurtis Mucha had an enlightening interview with the Trib yesterday.
You see some players on our team who think they’re better than they are. Too cocky,” he says. “And then there are a couple players who shouldn’t even be in this league. It’s not their fault. They’re being thrown into a situation they’re […]

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Tonight’s Oregon State loss to UCLA is the Beavers ties the school record for consecutive losses at 10. Brooks Hatch gives a little history and a little hope.
The Beavers actually lost 14 games in a row in the 1995-96 season, Eddie Payne’s first. But two of those losses to California were later changed to […]

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Crispin Glover is putting on a slideshow at the Clinton Street Theater this weekend.
Huh.

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Here’s one of Pepsi’s ads for Super Bowl Sunday

Super Bowl ads jumped the shark a few years ago. You can blame Janet Jackson. You can blame the pets.com dog. Me? Who knows. I do know the ads this year will be lame, just like they were last year, and the […]

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Here’s a story about what they’re doing today with stem cells.
Decellularization is the process of removing all of the cells from an organ – in this case an animal cadaver heart – leaving only the extracellular matrix, the framework between the cells, intact.
After successfully removing all of the cells from both rat and pig hearts, […]

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Well, sort of.  This product is awesome.
HT:  Scott Adams

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Does anyone have an explanation for the Winter Hawks’ performance in Kelowna that doesn’t involve the fact excuse “they’re tired”?  Everyone’s tired at this point.
As a fan, all I’ve asked for both this season and last is improvement.  I just don’t see it.  Especially this year.  How is this mess any better than the one […]

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Dear Bob DeCarolis,
I heard your interview on The Fan this afternoon. You talked about getting a jump on your search for a new basketball coach. You spoke of going all cloak-and-dagger and back channel to find your new guy. And your new guy is gonna be huge because you have to bring […]

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If we all get $800 and spend it on something made in Asia, how exactly does that help our economy?

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Brother Morton and I exchanged emails yesterday about this blog post out of Orange County which details exactly what the mess is we find ourselves in.
Some have argued rampant equity extraction was not widespread, and it will not be the cause of many foreclosures. As an observer of human nature, I would argue this was […]

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