Category Archives: Stakes

Hey! Where’d everybody go? Miss ya!

Thrilling game last night at the arena. Los Doyers debacle shown on the scoreboards prior to the warmups. After that, La-La Land Big-League Ice Hockey skated to a 3-nil lead, which Vancouver chipped away at for the better part of … Continue reading →

You listen to enough Malkmus, you start to understand that much of his source material and subject matter come straight from premium-cable-channel television. He’s rhapsodized about The Wire, The Sopranos, you name it. Here must be his riff on Shameless, … Continue reading →

Hey! How’s the internets by you? ‘Can I buy another slice of real estate?’

Boys & girls! If you thought the races were 100pc crooked, would you wager on them? Or else you drive by a casino, and the sign says ‘Loaded Dice’, ‘Tight Slots’ etc. Do you go in and throw your shekels … Continue reading →

Feel free to appropriate the use of ‘whitebarf.com’ and ‘stormdrain.alt’ — no attribution needed, only virality, like we’d even understand what that is anyway.

Regular-season big-league ice hockey returned to La-La Land last night, but the home side did not get one of ’em so-called Hollywood endings; Claude Giroux & The Rest of The Philalala Flyers defeated the Kings, 4-2. It was the season-opener … Continue reading →

Man, oh, man. No matter which side you were rooting for, viewing those last 9 outs was a bit of exquisite torture.

When something’s good, it’s never gone. Thank you, Chase Utley. Thank you for preventing Home Plate Umpire Tom Hallion from having undue influence on the outcome of yesterday’s playoff béisbol contest involving your new team. Thank you, Chase Utley.