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Before I start this, I want to say that there are some really great folks to follow on twitter. William Beutler is great, Jay Rosen is invaluable, Roger Ebert is amusing, and there are lots of others who are really worth reading. And then you have Chuck Todd… Apparently some blogger, somewhere, harshed on Chuck’s Sunday [...]

Supak, Consoling. Mike Dresslar, Lost Game Face. Email me a link to your one or two favorite pics on a photo site like Flickr (do not send the image itself please) and I will put up favorites in open threads. Send a short caption if you want one. Click on the photos for a link to the photographer’s [...]

Steelers take on KC today, and hoping for a big bounce-back win this week after their loss to the Bengals last Sunday. Speaking of which, JenJen and I had a little wager. I lost, and unfortunately, there are no stores in the area that sell infant or cat-sized Bengals apparel, so I couldn’t [...]

Along one of the areas I walk Lily is a patch of wild mint (and before the jokes start, no, “wild mint” is not code for marijuana) that I want to transplant. It is some of the strongest stuff I have ever smelled or tasted- a deep, rich green leaf with so much oil [...]

This is sad: Uga VII, the English bulldog mascot of the University of Georgia, died unexpectedly Thursday morning in Savannah of “heart related causes,” the school’s athletic association said. Uga VII, 4, made his first official sideline appearance Bulldogs’ mascot on Aug. 30, 2008, replacing his father, Uga VI, who had died during the previous offseason. Georgia [...]

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SNL is sucking so far and I may just have to go to bed.

I never thought that Luke Wilson would win an Oscar, but it’s kind of sad to see him doing those ads for AT&T. And I say that as a dedicated (locked in for 20 more months of AT&T “service”) user. Can we all now agree that the whole Anderson/Wilson juggernaut was a big failure? DougJ +6 [...]

Ladies and gentlemen, I present you Tammy’s masterpiece tonight. Behold, the tacosagne: That is right. Multiple layers of refried beans, taco meat, cheese, salsa, rice and beans, all topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and salsa verde, baked until perfection. I’m in a food coma.

We’ve never tried blogging about booze, the hard stuff, the sauce, here before. So I’m going to give it a try. First off, I don’t know much about hard alcohol. But I’ve been watching a lot of “Mad Men” and I’m fairly certain I will look more or less exactly like Roger Sterling when [...]