What’s Coming this Week
A few things: Victoria Day on May 23, Towel Day on May 25, and (hallelujah!) the final week of what is, nominally, the Johnny-Depp-versus-Amber-Heard defamation trial but what is, actually, an egregious mash-up of the worst aspects of celebrity culture and cable-TV obnoxiousness.
Video Memory of the Week
Posted: 2022 May 21
Photo Memory of the Week
Music of the Week
Version with lyrics chosen to compensate for the general mush-mouth-ed-ness of the singer. Or maybe my ears are just getting old . . .
Posted: 2022 May 20
Words of the Week
"A watched pot has never delivered such excitement." - Joe Ray
Source: Wired, 2022 May 13Posted: 2022 May 20
Tweet of the Week
What an interesting coincidence that the people who believe Western civilization is uniquely terrible turned out to be uniquely terrible at running Western civilization
— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) May 20, 2022
My Tweets
Tag Archives: Sports
Deviltry Afoot
The world is full of signs: real and imagined. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Photos of People, Sports and Exercise
Tagged Number Play, Sports
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Nothing to See Here, Honest
Hidden patterns; obscure motives. Continue reading
No East or West
Two odes to the Grey Cup. Sort of. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Sports and Exercise
Tagged Culture, Musicians, Sports
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The Shimmy
More life lessons from baseball. Continue reading
Mid-Week Movie #18: Windsurfing
Classic #surferdudes meet #moviecarchase genre. Continue reading
Mid-Week Movie #17: Canadian Curling Trials
#Rocky meets #ClassicSportsVideo in this 5-minute video combining nonstop excitement and incisive analysis. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Event Videos, Laughing Frequently, Sports Videos
Tagged Sports
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Third
Representatives of their peers. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Musings, Through Canada
Tagged Canada, Christmas, Hockey, Sports
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Baseball Field, Phoenix AZ
Reflecting (hah) on the start of the baseball season. Continue reading
Recruit Obstacle Course, Kingston ON
A freeze-frame view of a highly kinetic afternoon. Continue reading