Monthly Archives: January 2017

Tuesday Sniping: Immortal Bernie Parent Edition

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Steven Unite

Mid-1970s, Philalala metropolitan area, bumper stickers on Datsuns and AMC Pacers and Chevy Novas reading ‘ONLY JESUS SAVES MORE THAN BERNIE PARENT’. Here he is some 40 years later, in La-La Land, flanked by his fellow goaltending legends.

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Monday Boxing: Immortal Wayne Simmonds Edition

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Steven Unite

Apologies for the blurry — well, even blurrier than usual — snap. Low-light plus 83x optical zoom equals balky autofocus. The tall guy in the snap had 3 goals on the afternoon, including the gamewinner in the 4-3 championship game, … Continue reading →

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First Post: Sunday, January 29, 2017

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Steven Unite

Form is temporary, class is permanent. Witness the men’s and women’s finals at this year’s big lawn-tennis tournament in Melbourne. Age, injuries, autoimmune diseases could not stop the Williams Sisters, Rogerr Federr, Rafa ‘The Bull’ Nadal. ’grats to the Fed. … Continue reading →

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First Post: Saturday, January 28, 2017

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Steven Unite

Mistah Alex Trebek, lover of nonalternative facts and ice hockey. What else is there? (Though he did have to bail out of the horse bidness, sadly.) On the whole, however, a Quality Canadian, a Quality Individual…

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First Post: Friday, January 27, 2017

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Steven Unite

Sisters are doin’ it for themselves! Venus & Serena, making American Tennis Great Since 1994, when Don Trump Sr. was in the middle of a most miraculous business transaction: losing money operating a casino. Wonder if the caudillo (thanks for … Continue reading →

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First Post: Thursday, January 26, 2017

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Steven Unite

Now this is more like it. Outdoor lawn-tennis in shirtsleeves on the public hardcourts of Studio City, Calif., today through at least Wednesday. So, shut-up and play! Or, as the fat White House fat mouthpieces say with tact, subtlety and … Continue reading →

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First Post: Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Steven Unite

Good evening now in most North American Time Zones. Time for some television, because we know it is what people do with their free time. And, you know, one of the biggest television-watchers out there is none other than Don … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Sniping: Alternative-Facts Edition

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Steven Unite

Come on, you knew we would not resist that headline this week. Anyway, here’s a little sunny defiance to be played on a continuous loop for the next four to eight years.

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First Post: Sunday, January 22, 2017

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Steven Unite

No pictures today. Server in motion. Regrets. Too bad, too. It was a nice snap of the Arse scoreline over Burnley today, 2-1 in a real grandstand finish in which the 3 pts. were in doubt until the final kick … Continue reading →

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First Post: Saturday, January 21, 2017

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Steven Unite

Like another famous and frequently played Symphony No. 9, this never gets old. We will miss this sort of high-culture when funding to the Arts & Humanities in ’murrika goes bye-bye. The costs of commerce-commerce-commerce are high. Mammon is never … Continue reading →

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