Tuesday Sniping: Habemus Equos Atros Edition

All right, all right, ya Latin Scholars. Ars longa, vita brevis. To which J. Conrad added, “And success is very far off.” Continue reading →

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First Post: Sunday, March 10, 2013

It’s March. Daylight Saving (singular is preferred, remember) Time has begun. If this (DST, song or both?) cannot make you smile, it’s improbable anything will. Obrigado, Brasil. Obrigado, Elis Regina e Jobim. Continue reading →

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First Post: Saturday, March 9, 2013

The best thing you’ll read all weekend…maybe… Continue reading →

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First Post: Friday, March 8, 2013

On the other hoof, it’s also truly horrible to go through life OD’ing on Leonard Cohen! Continue reading →

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First Post: Thursday, March 7, 2013

To adapt a quotation from the late, great Chas. Bukowski: “Some people have never heard of Leonard Cohen. What truly horrible lives they must lead.” Perhaps. Continue reading →

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First Post: Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Good morning! Continue reading →

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Tuesday Sniping: Mistah Chavez, He Dead Edition

All right, all right, ya Conrad-loversz! March 5 now historically a bad date to be a Leftist Dictator. Bill Maher weeping inconsolably. That alarmist! Continue reading →

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Tuesday Sniping: Sara Garnett, R.I.P. Edition

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Vale!

Thank you, Sara Garnett, for making the J! show watchable the past four nights. We already mourn your absence from the next TOC. Sniff. Continue reading →

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First Post: Sunday, March 3, 2013

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Goodbye, Champions League!

The Arse boots away any hope of a top-four finish. Hail, Spursz! Continue reading →

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First Post: Saturday, March 2, 2013

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R.I.P.

Another link to the Old Man, lost. What middle-class household didn’t have this iconic cover peering out from the album racks? Continue reading →

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