Archive for December 12th, 2011

Blogroll addition.

Monday, December 12th, 2011

By way of Insta, Great But Forgotten.

I was more than a little skeptical when I saw his entry. But when I clicked over and saw that they had covered

And all on the first page of the site, I pretty much said to myself, “Yeah, these guys are worth keeping an eye on.”

Then I kept clicking. Screaming Yellow Zonkers! Ellery Queen! And Tom freakin’ Reamy! (I haven’t read Blind Voices, but I have read San Diego Lightfoot Sue and Other Stories.) Yeah, if these guys are willing to go that deep, I’ll trust them on a lot of stuff. (Okay, I do have a quibble or two. I don’t think Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was all that and a bag of chips, though I agree it wasn’t horrible.)

I could waste hours here. Indeed, I think I already have. But, you know, when someone singles out Night of the Comet, attention must be paid.

The bloodbath continues.

Monday, December 12th, 2011

Rough day for coaches.

Terry Murray out as coach of the Los Angeles Kings. This is a hockey team, by the way.

Also, for the benefit of the Texas Tech fans in my audience (both of them), Lawrence sent along this link to turnover in the coaching ranks.

Trolling, trolling, trolling…

Monday, December 12th, 2011

“The reality is that what ‘is’ and ‘isn’t art’ is something we can determine with a slider in our prefrontal cortex.”

7-10 split.

Monday, December 12th, 2011

Miami Dolphins drop Tony Sparano, at least according to speculation. We should be about 30 minutes into that 4:15 press conference.

Academic update: Fall 2011, part 2.

Monday, December 12th, 2011

This is a little early, since the final grade hasn’t been put into the main university system yet. (Edited to add 12/13: it is there now.) But I’ve been in touch with my “20th Century: Triumph and Tragedy” professor by email, and she’s confirmed the grades posted in the university’s BlackBoard system.

And…?

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No longer the Chief.

Monday, December 12th, 2011

Todd Haley out as head coach in Kansas City.

The Chiefs were 19-27 under Haley, who was hired in 2009. They won the AFC West championship last year, their first division title since 2003, but this year lost five games by 27 or more points.

Your loser update: week 14, 2011.

Monday, December 12th, 2011

NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:

Indianapolis

A few notes: someone pointed out to us yesterday that Indy is just engaged in “sucking for Luck”; that is, they’re deliberately tanking the season in hopes of getting a first round the number one draft choice. We agree that this is probably the case: but all the Loser Update is intended to be, is a tally of who has a shot at going 0-16. Motivations aren’t a factor in the LU.

Secondly, we owe Lawrence $100. However, the link he posted says nothing about the Texans clinching the playoff berth. Here’s a better one.

Thirdly, this is only tangentially related to the loser update, but we’ve been threatening to link it all weekend: Elektrosjokkfotball. Basically, imagine two teams of Swedes playing soccer, where all the players (and the ref) are wearing shock collars, and the two observers/commentators have the controls. (I can’t tell for sure, but there may also have been alcohol involved.) I’d watch a lot more soccer if it was like this. (Push the “CC” button for English subtitles. Hattip: TJIC on the Twitter.)