Of all the sites on the internet, this is one.
Well, doesn’t this just swell the Olympic pride and make the old heart overflow with joy. Cleaners at the Olympic Park are being housed ten to a room at a huge temporary compound. The campsite in East London, hidden from public view, has 25 people sharing each toilet and 75 to each shower. They sleep …
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I’m going to openly show off my ignorance here, but I have a feeling that even if I did have a good understanding of the whys and hows of the British TV licensing scheme I’d still think it was horrendously stupid. Just look at this article on how not to get your workplace dinged £1,000 …
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We’re all being beaten over the head with reminders about and coverage of the regular Olympics. They start soon, in case you haven’t heard. But the Paralympics, as usual, aren’t getting nearly the time and space. So since we know a few people going over to compete and because these things need all the publicity …
For the baseball fans, here’s a long, interesting article about baseball players who, for one reason or another, only ever got to play in one major league game during their careers. Some of these stories are funny, some are sad and some are kind of cool. Manager Hughie Jennings was in a bind. The night …
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I realize it was two days ago, but ever since I saw the guy again I can’t get this damn song out of my head, so…I must ask. Am I the only one (especially among Canadians) who thinks of this fine man whenever Tommy Hunter is pitching? It seems impossible that I could be, but …
So…does this seem ridiculous as all getout to anybody else, or am I a man on a dangerously unsecured island here? LONDON — Surface-to-air missiles could be stationed on the rooftops of an apartment block in east London as part of Britain’s air defences for the Olympics, the country’s military confirmed Sunday. Around 700 people …
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Before I say another word, I seriously just watched John Cena beat Brock Lesnar at Extreme Rules. No really, that happened. Don’t ask me *why* it happened, but it happened. I guess I have to allow for the idea that this might be going somewhere and is part of a larger story, but this is …
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I disappeared for a few days and then came back with two posts full of sadness. Sadness is part of life, but we can’t be sad all the time. So to lighten the mood, here’s a video of Levon Helm being awesome. I would also like to take a moment to wish Ro and her …
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Ya know, in my old story about the blunder in the Croatian national anthem where an opera singer belted out a line about having a penis that was a mountain, I said that if something laughable happens during the singing of the national anthem, we should just laugh it off. Well, in the case of …
In my last post, I talked a bit about the Leafs and their goaltender issues. I said I wasn’t quite sure what the problem is, but I think Mike Brophy nailed a good part of it in this piece. It’s partly coaching, but my biggest problem has been with consistency, which I suppose makes it …
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