January 2011
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“Chasing men is the highest purpose in life. As my old boyfriend, the great...”
– E. Jean Carroll, Elle.com (via 25firstdates)
This is idiotic. You’re limiting yourselves, men and women alike, if you declare that chasing anybody is your highest purpose in life. If you want to speak platitudes about love, fine, I’ve been told it’s pretty swell. But this? No....
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“As Sterling Equities announced in December, we are engaged in discussions to...”
– Official New York Mets statement (via hotfoot)
So the Wilpons want somebody to pay hundreds of million dollars for a minority share in the team, so they can maintain control. I find this a questionable proposition, but one way or another, it’s pretty clear that the team needs an infusion of...
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diflan replied to your audio post: AFI - The Boy Who Destroyed The World
Nobody believes me that there was a time when AFI was good
There’s definitely a difference between the “old” AFI and what they sounded like once they became more popular. The thing is, I actually liked Sing The Sorrow and it helped get me into AFI (along with Tim constantly playing their older albums in...
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AFI - The Boy Who Destroyed The World
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If park factor is so important, why don’t they put... →
Noted terrible baseball player Jeff Francoeur has been quoted as saying that “Citi Field is a damn joke”, presumably in reference to his offensive struggles last season (although he harbored no similar ill sentiment towards Turner Field, where he was equally bad for most of the prior two years). Ted Berg completely takes him apart in this article.
OK, Jeff Francoeur, I don’t want to...
illustratedexample replied to your photo: GPOYW I need a haircut edition. Been a while since…
Is that a Roque Santa Cruz?
I’m going to assume you’re bringing the jokes but there is nothing funny about my Craig Bellamy jersey. That man is a hero. This does make me wonder how many jerseys were printed for male model/part-time footballer Roque Santa-Cruz, though, and whether...
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I just lost a follower on Tumblr.
I normally wouldn’t notice except this drops the number to a now-hilarious 69.
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Brett Favre
He must be happy that his name has become a verb (as used by Brian Cashman) in the “taking forever to decide whether or not to play again” sense and not the “sending random women pictures of your penis” sense.
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Mark Messier is 50 today.
The heroes of my childhood/adolescence/early adulthood continue to age. Although I guess Messier always seemed kind of old; he’s had basically the same appearance since the mid-90’s and he played against Gordie Howe. Anyway, happy birthday Mess!
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A rare trifecta of terrible: A completely asinine... →
This is probably the worst soccer article I have ever read.
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Why I don't like the Jets:
Rex Ryan and the clowns on the current team. Regardless of what you say two inexplicable playoff runs as a #6 seed do not equal winning a Super Bowl, although I’m sure it’ll be spun that way for the next year regardless.
A good number of their fans, their appreciation of said clownery, and also their goofy, imagined rivalry with the Giants. At least they’ve cut down on this....
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Yanks sign Rafael Soriano: 3 years/$35 million
The Yankees will pay $11 million a year for a setup man, and they surrender a first round pick to the Rays on top of it. I know money’s no object to the Yankees, and they had to throw their money at somebody, but the “Offseason of Stupid” officially has its cherry on top.
I know he’s going to be billed as the “heir apparent” to Rivera, but giving that much...
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Jack Morris
Based on some of the ridiculous, overwrought, and hyperbolic articles and statements about him from various sportswriters, I’m under the impression that this man took time off from his job as Astronaut/Lumberjack/Secret Agent to pitch every 5th day and singlehandedly win every single baseball game he played in during the 1980’s. I wish I was there to see that. It’s too bad that...