Sick Day Reading
I have a sick kid at home with me today. And since this article seems worthy of a share independent of the Friday links, this is a perfect time to do so. There was a lot of buzz about this article, in which Graeme Wood goes into great detail about the Islamic State, last week. Then I heard him on…
⦿ Friday Links
Man, do I love Chipotle. I would eat there all the time if I didn’t know, in the back of my mind, that my 43-year-old metabolism isn’t built to process that much food that often. I have enough trouble getting through the holidays and winter without gaining 10 lbs. as it is. After reading this breakdown of how many calories…
Friday Vid
http://youtu.be/_oG1KMeZcuE “Turn Me Up” – Twin Shadow I’ve listened to a little of Twin Shadow’s music over the years. There’s a growing buzz for his next album, which will come out in March. Based on this performance on Letterman, and a quick listen to the three tracks available on Rdio, I’m really looking forward to it, too. I think it…
Exceptionally Hot Sports Takes
At last check, the wind chill was still –12. That’s at about 1:30 pm on February 19. Stupid. So the perfect time for some ultra hot sports takes. Like any Midwesterner worth his salt, I despise the endless hype for the Duke-North Carolina rivalry. But, holy crap, was last night’s game fantastic. I switched by early and saw Duke was…
SNL 40
I would imagine a few of my loyal readers, who share my pop culture obsessions, pulled the site up the last couple days anticipating a break down of the SNL 40 special. My apologies for the delay. I was unable to watch live, and basketball viewing obligations got in the way Monday. But I was finally able to watch most…
On The Courts
Long weekends suck. At least when the weather is crappy and you have nowhere to go. St. P’s annually stretches out President’s Day weekend to build some snow make-up days in the schedule before spring break. Since we’ve had no snow days this year, we’ve been lucky enough to have a five-day weekend. When the temps have been stuck below…
⦿ Friday Links
Two basketball giants died this week. So, obviously, I have some links related to them, plus one about another fading giant of the sport. To begin, two different views of Dean Smith. The first is a profile on Smith by Gary Smith for Inside Sports magazine from 1982. Or just before he won his first national title. It’s funny to…
Friday Vid
http://youtu.be/p7rGrcdnwh0 “Jungle Love” – Morris Day and the HAIM Jimmy Kimmel has been having #MashUpMondays, where he has two different artists cover songs together. Last week’s came a couple weeks too late for me. It would have been perfect while I was reading Let’s Go Crazy. And while it would have been nice for the Haim sisters to get more…
Reporter’s Notebook
It’s been a rather slow, uneventful winter sports season. Until the last week, that is. I’ve been working a little less, as the family schedule has been busier this year than in the past. And I’ve been lucky enough to cover our best girls basketball team more than any other squad. So a lot of solid games to write about,…
KU Notes: Embrace the 3
A couple thoughts about the Jayhawks, both guaranteed to drop a deadly jinx onto the team before a key two-game stretch. We’re upon mid-February, which is usually when we begin to get a real feel for what kind of team KU has for the year. Well? They’re better on defense than last year. Much better at the point guard spot.…