A question for my lawyer/sports fan friends: NFL policy is to impose local TV blackouts for games that have not sold out. Does that apply to DirecTV customers with NFL total access packages, or whatever they're called? It seems to me a DirecTV customer would have a serious legal case if he could not see the game in his area even with the package he ( Read more... )

So, mymagritte and I ain't at that stage yet, by a long shot, but based on a conversation with a French relative this morning, it seems we have the option of honeymooning either here or here. Things are getting more interesting by the day....

So, I'm sitting out the Pulp Friction party this evening. The festivities will probably earn every superlative in the book, but I just need a break after a lengthy week that included travel to and from North Carolina with mymagritte to look at wedding sites, as some late night work upon our return. Also, we've experienced so many parties or private play ( Read more... )

According to the BBC, the average person will have read six of these 100 books. For thems that's interested, just copy, bold the ones you've read and paste back.

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The ( Read more... )

mymagritte posting to your journal...everyone should watch this one

As you might expect, sports media have been bringing up the comparisons between this year's New England Patriots and the 1972 Miami Dolphins. The latter are, thus far, the only team in post-merger NFL history to complete a season undefeated ( Read more... )

I guess Capitol Hill starts getting to your head when you're very young.

Is it just me, or are the people on this list, many of them in their mid-20s, taking themselves awfully seriously?

Forgive me, but even though this Andrew Sullivan post makes perfect sense, isn't our friend contradicting himself in the last two sentences?

During some brief idle surfing time today, I found a couple of links about white people wearing dreadlocks. Don't ask how or why I began looking for stuff on that topic. In essence, though, the argument I read on these sites -- journals for the most part -- goes as follows ( Read more... )

The arse-shaking in this video is a bit pointless, but the beat rocks. In short, good music -- which is very likely why it gets no U.S. airplay.