On New York’s 23rd

Will next week matter?
Off year elections tend to be better for Republicans (same goes for runoffs), so there’s really nothing about the elections in Virginia, New York or New Jersey that should be considered a bellwether for the 2010 elections. New Jersey slipped over to the Democrats over the last decade, and even if The Fat [...]

Some Quick Reviews

-The Bruce Willis film “Surrogates” was a real joy. The ending was a tad Hollywood-vanilla that I hate with such a passion, but the message was a good one, if not entirely thought out. Sometime in the near future, advanced robots connect us to our lives, we never have to leave our homes. We can [...]

A Twins Blogger Returns; Another Twins Book

The pressures of trying to actually learn things in school, along with getting the best grades possible (these things being very, very foriegn to me), are cutting into my available writing time. Instead of posting on this blog I’ve been sticking to flame wars on Twitter and personal TMI revelations on Facebook. This has kept [...]

Lincoln the Fascist?

From LINCOLN’S YARNS AND STORIES by Alexander Kelly:
SENT TO HIS “FRIENDS.”
During the Civil War, Clement L. Vallandigham, of Ohio, had shown himself, in the National House of Representatives and elsewhere, one of the bitterest and most outspoken of all the men of that class which insisted that “the war was a failure.” He declared that [...]

Better than Fiction

Ignoring the fact the Twins are 25:1 underdogs in the current ALDS; the incrediblenessitness of the Twins 1-game tiebreaker against the Tigers for the AL Central title was a mind blowing deal. Mind Bottling. Ridonculous.
To understand how superlative this game was, in entertainment value, we need to compare it to something supposedly entertaining.
So, here [...]

From the Notebook

-Did double duty yesterday in the Twins Podcasts. The pregame podcast saw myself and Seth Stohs hanging out during lunch. It also included a 20 minute rant about Joe Mauer is the only moral choice for the AL MVP award.
The second podcast was a lot of fun too, Nick Nelson and Dan Wade joined me [...]

Upcoming Twins Podcast

So the Twins defied all the rules of logic and reason and decided to have another 163 game season. In celebration, I’m bringing the podcast back, at least for a day
For anyone interested, I’ll be hosting a TWO Twins podcasts tomorrow. One before the game at 1pm CT, another well after the game, [...]