Tag Archives: commentary

First Post: Sunday, June 18, 2017

Yes, sir. Greetings from sunnie Southern California now. Kevork the Rocky Mountain Spotted Retriever here and his adoptive pop wish you a Happy Father’s Day, as it applies. Arf!

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Nocturnal Submission: Freestanding Edition 275

Charts seem to be coming in on-time today. We’ll see. Maybe tomorrow’s ‘First Post’ will have a ‘Yesterday’s Activity’ section after all. It depends on the leakers. It depends on the witch hunt, etc.

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First Post: Saturday, June 17, 2017

If you know anything about this here Weblog, you know we have a healthful mistrust of up-to-the-minute popular culture, otherwise we’d still be dancing the Macarena (what?) and singing Who Let the Dogs Out? (Woof! Woof!) and pledging loyalty to … Continue reading

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First Post: Thursday, June 15, 2017

Good song from the Pavement band.

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Nocturnal Submission: Freestanding Edition 274

HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES! Already missing hockey? This is fantastic. HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES! Hockey!

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First Post: Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Apologies to Saint Anthony of Padua, whose Feast Day was yesterday — and we neglected to commemorate it the way we always do. Anthony, you are the Patron of Lost Things, and so we pray to you for all sorts … Continue reading

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Tuesday Sniping: Separated-at-Birth Edition

You know how if two people look and act the same, one of them is probably redundant, superfluous, surplus to demand? We have applied this theory to such superstar pairings of Ellen DeGeneres & Neil Patrick Harris; Karl Rove & … Continue reading

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Monday Boxing: No Insecurity, No Insecurity, You’re the Insecurity Edition

Validation. Some of us require it a little too much. Over here, we already had a healthful mistrust of con-men emotionally needy self-promoters, and this is like a booster shot.

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Monday Boxing: Geo. Gershwin Edition

Yes, Pgh. Pens, Adam West, Gay Pride Month & gender-reassignment, etc., but today we go to the Caribbean instead. We have a hunch Don Trump Sr. would not be so anti-Cuba if they had an obscenely rich family in charge. … Continue reading

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Nocturnal Submission: Freestanding Edition 273

Ladies & gentlemen, Rafa ‘The Bull’ Nadal…NADAL!

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