First Post: Saturday, September 7, 2013

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Hell, Seizures!

Warning: Flash photography! Continue reading →

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Nocturnal Submission: Freestanding Edition 14

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Lookie-Loo Slowing

Best is to call it “gaper-block”… Continue reading →

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First Post: Friday, September 6, 2013

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Here, piggie-piggie…here, piggie-piggie!

Short-Segment Barretts afflicts us today for the next 16 calendar days. (And, yes, regular consumption of chocolate-covered oink is a pretty good way to induce Short-Segment Barretts.) Continue reading →

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Nocturnal Submission: Freestanding Edition 13

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SMU, baby, SMU…What’s the ‘M’ stand for again?

Have you prepared yourself for the Return of the Professional American Gridiron 2013 season? It begins this evening, you know… Continue reading →

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First Post: Thursday, September 5, 2013

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Still swinging it!

Been watching any of this American Lawn Tennis tournament from Flushing Meadows this week? Arthur Ashe, a model of grace, class and modesty (all three now irretrievably disappeared from the current culture and society, probably) once said that to be good at tennis, you had to have quick feet, quick hands and a quick mind. Buzzer reflexes! Signaling-device reflexes! Lockout-button reflexes!

So here we are with the man in the picture, Mr. Leander Paes, now 40 years old, still competing at the highest levels of the tennis profession. Now do you see why they call it the “Game of a Lifetime”? The doubles competition is all about the quickness, and Mr. Leander Paes still possesses that in abundance. ’gratsz to Mr. Leander Paes on defeating the Bryan Twinsz — Koobie & Anita! Rock on, Chaka Khan! Continue reading →

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First Post: Wednesday, September 4, 2013

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Here is a side to the Extra entertainment programme you don’t normally get to see. Continue reading →

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Tuesday Sniping: Turk-Acceptance Edition

When you live out here in La-La Land, the easiest way to insult an Eastern-European ethnic-looking person is to call them a Turk. They will either want to stab you in the throat or, if they have been accustomed to the American style of humor for enough years, laugh like crazy. Continue reading →

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Tuesday Sniping: Evelyn Taft Is Alive! Edition

Columbia Broadcasting System and Crime Warner settle their differences and get back to work on — what else? — Labor Day. No Jackie Johnson, but the weather was ably handled by Evelyn Taft. Missed ya! Continue reading →

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Nocturnal Submission: Freestanding Edition 12

Transfer window closing quickly…who is going where? Continue reading →

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Monday Boxing: SEIU Local 280 Edition

Pari-Mutuel Employees Guild, represent! Power to the punchersz! Continue reading →

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