In the comments to the last post, StuporMundi asks about the reason this blog’s had some tumbleweeds blowing through it the past month or so:
Is your absence from the blogosphere the price we pay just because you felt it necessary to get a job?
The answer is yeah, kinda, which I know is a crappy [...]
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Another Down and Distance is up. This one involves the concept of league parity, the salary cap, the current financial crisis and subsequent bailout, and a whole lot of swearing.
Connectivity issues are still ongoing, but my column at Troubl.org is up for another week. This time, we talk about why the New England Patriots are the most loathsome team in sports, sexism and misogyny in America culture as it relates to both Tony Romo and Sarah Palin, and why it’s still foolish to try [...]
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troubl.org | [down and distance: week one]The first of my weekly NFL column at Troubl. Written just before yesterday’s games!
loco nunca | not for hireFor a snarky Austin magazine.
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Still keeping it slow around these parts while the Repatriation Roadtrip is underway (today- Indianapolis to some stretch of I-40 between Memphis and Little Rock), but I figure I ought to make a quick announcement.
Starting Tuesday, on TROUBL.ORG, I’ll be writing Down and Distance, a weekly column on America’s two current favorite contemporary sports- [...]
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Hey, you know who’s still a douchebag? That James Frey asshole who wrote A Milion Little Pieces.
I read a Vanity Fair article about the guy a month or two ago and thought, you know, maybe he’s not so bad, he probably deserves a second chance. And then I opened this week’s issue of TimeOut [...]
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I’ve been kind of sidelined the past few days. Some people get migraines and things like that; I have a recurring pinched nerve in my neck that pops up once a year or so and nearly incapacitates me. It’s kind of ridiculous, but it makes it extremely difficult to concentrate or get anything done. [...]
Wow, I’m no longer totally married to every single word in the novel.
I got a request for the manuscript from an agent whom I queried a month ago, and decided that I should probably take a look at it before sending it along- the last rejection came with a note that said she thought [...]
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