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Monday, February 6, 2006

Rolling Stones Win Super Bowl XL

Okay. Not really. But that big ole tongue logo looked cool as hell in the middle of Ford Field. The Pittsburgh Steelers won Super Bowl XL tonight, "one for the thumb", adding their name to the elite list of five-game winners alongside San Francisco and Dallas. Not that they weren't already elite... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 2, 2006

What Do You Mean, You're Not Watching The Game?

This weekend marks the culmination of football season in the National Football League with the Super Bowl in Detroit. Avid fans will be glued to their television sets. Casual fans will be glued to their sets. Hell, even people who don't normally watch football will be watching. Why? Because it's the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Another Earthlike Planet Discovered

A planet 5.5 times larger than the Earth has been discovered circling a star in the Sagitarius constellation. The Earthlike planet was found using a fairly new technique called OGLE, or Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment, which basically gauges the changes in light magnitude coming from the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 19, 2006

27 New Animal Species Found In California Caves

The obvious one-liner to follow this title would be: If you think that's something, you should check out the thousands of uncategorized species walking around in Los Angeles. But seriously... Biologists have found 27 new species of animals after a study of 30 California caves in Kings Canyon... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 12, 2006

Unofficial Slogan, "Armpit Of New York", Remains Unofficial

New Jersey was in search of a new state slogan. When an ad agency presented them with "We'll Win You Over", the slogan was rejected and the idea was lofted to hold an open contest for the state's new slogan. Among the final group of slogans voted on were "Expect the Unexpected," "Love at First... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 4, 2006

Horns Hook National Championship

The Texas Longhorns just defeated the #1 USC Trojans, who hadn't been defeated in almost three solid years. Texas came back from an eight point deficit late in the fourth quarter, kicking a field goal and scoring a touchdown after stopping USC from converting a 4th down play, winning 41-38. My... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 2, 2006

How 'Bout Them 'Eers?!!

I just watched one helluva game between the West Virginia University Mountaineers and the University of Georgia Bulldogs in the 2006 Nokia Sugar Bowl. WVU held on to win 38-35 in what began as a Mountaineer romp, WVU scoring 28 points in the first 16 minutes of the game. But Georgia slogged their... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 31, 2005

Most Ridiculous News Item Of The Year

Straight to it: The third most ridiculous story of the year would have to be the Wendy's chili finger story. I'm surprised Wendy's didn't come out with a special finger-filled Halloween edition chili. Well, maybe not. That would be in bad taste. A close second would have to go to the moronic selling... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 29, 2005

Annoying Christmas Ads That Keep On Giving... Annoyance

As if the crass commercialization of Christmas wasn't terrible enough in and of itself (not to mention being bombarded with cynical and pithy comments on the crass commercialization of the holiday ad infinitum), we are still being subjected to Christmas commercials. There are several international... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 7, 2005

This Texas Hold'em Thing's Gotten Out Of Hand

By Utah state law, ties in elections are decided by the casting of lots. What the lot is is not specified and apparently you can choose your lot (which would be great in the big game of life, huh?). In the case of Eureka, Utah, the disputed city counsel seat was decided by the drawing of cards, high... Sign in to see full entry.

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