Tuesday Sniping: Signal-to-Noise Ratio Edition

Hey! How ya’ been? Remember way back when when the hi-fi systems had components, one of ’em being the tuner, and you could feel through the gyroscopic knob or wheel the sweetspot for the FM station you were trying to pull in? It was like a golfer reading a putt just-so, finagling the club and waggling back-and-forth to get it exactly right, or else a goalkeeper in fútbol trying to align the wall in front of him before a free-kick. Or something like that. Continue reading →

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Tuesday Sniping: Full-Card Madness Edition

Good morning from the Left Coast now. Not yet in the double-digits on the clock here. Continue reading →

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First Post: Sunday, April 16, 2017

Happy Easter these days. Especially to our peeps (!) & assorted frenemies & outright haters in the Bible Belt, Rust Belt, Beltway and, yes, even the Van Allen Belt. Continue reading →

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First Post: Saturday, April 15, 2017

Hey! How ya’ been over there? What’s goin’ on in the Rust Belt & Bible Belt & Beltway? Continue reading →

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Tuesday Sniping: Immortal Darryl Sutter Edition

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Also over and out

Gone now, but he lives forever in La-La Land. Just like Chollie Manuel in Philalala and Marisa Tomei in Hollywood: not all-time greats, but historic nonetheless, with accomplishments that can’t be Trumped O’Reillyed Spicered denied. Good work. Continue reading →

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Monday Boxing: Immortal Garcia Miller Pesach Edition

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Over and out

That headline is pretty ungepatchged, nu? Continue reading →

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First Post: Sunday, April 9, 2017

Today is Palm Sunday, and so begins Holy Week 2017. As we do every Holy Week, we reacquaint you with the so-called Greatest Album Ever Made. Continue reading →

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First Post: Saturday, April 8, 2017

Good morning along the Left Coast here. Everywhere else on the continent, good afternoon this time. Good afternoon now. Continue reading →

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First Post: Wednesday, April 5, 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/arts/television/joe-harris-dead-created-underdog-trix-rabbit.html

Underdog! Don’t mess with The U! R.I.P., Joe Harris. Continue reading →

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Tuesday Sniping: Fore! Fore! Edition

We remind you that the rank-and-file bowl, middle-management plays tennis and the executives go golfing. As always, the middle-way proves best: tennis offers the most exercise. See for yourself! As well, never forget the great female golfer, Big Mama JoAnne Carner. That would be a heavyweight tag-team right there on the links: Big Mama JoAnne Carner and Don Trump Sr. Thank you. Continue reading →

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