Archives

2008
Nov
01
Jack
2 comments
Oct
25
17
Moment of Impact
1 comments
11
bin Laden
“FiveThirtyEight.com When bin Laden declared war on the United States, it was in the hope that ...”
Hitchens
“Sometimes I like Hitchens, sometimes I find him a wordy dullard. This is one ...”
1 comments
10
Cactus
“7. Pixies, "Cactus" Though Black Francis doesn't let loose his usual yowling scream in "Cactus"—a song ...”
Palin
1 comments
03
FHL
“[gallery]”
Sep
13
As a Ribbon (redux)
“This is a revised version of this story. The alternating red and blue lights bounced off ...”
1 comments
12
Good Vibrations
1 comments
A Fire Story (redux)
“This is a revised version of this story. The red and white lights whirled, reflected off ...”
iTunes 8.0 Genius
1 comments
06
Football Afiçion
“[gallery]”
05
Tact
1 comments
Aug
29
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essay
“This is an excerpt from a great essay. Click the link below to read ...”
15
Films
“I don't make films. But, if I did they would have a Samuria. ”
09
Cúchulainn
“Now you'll sing a song of liberty for blacks and paks and jocks And they'll take ...”
Steelers 16 v. Eagles 10
“Pittsburgh looked pretty good in their first pre-season game against Philadelphia. The Eagles played ...”
Jul
30
X-Files
1 comments
18
10
09
Crime
“Sixty-nine people witnessed a crime today and did nothing. I am drinking vodka tonics, ...”
Jun
15
Coen Bros.
an old favorite
“'What you want Natalie?' 'To drink and fight!' 'You can call us Burr from the way we're ...”
1 comments
May
31
As a Ribbon
“The young couple were pleased with their apartment in Lakeview Oregon. The rooms were ...”
Fry and Laurie
“we don't care whose ass we kick, and if we're ever all alone, we'll just ...”
30
Yes
“Crosby scores 2 to lift Penguins to 3-2 win in Game 3 PITTSBURGH (AP) -The Penguins ...”
28
No
“Osgood blanks Pens again; Red Wings halfway to Cup DETROIT (AP) -If the Red Wings keep ...”
26
No
“Samuelsson, Red Wings beat Penguins in Cup opener.”
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Mulder
1 comments
19
Yes
“Penguins rout Flyers 6-0 for Stanley Cup trip  PITTSBURGH (AP) -Sid and The Kids are off ...”
17
Novel
“I think I want to write a novel, or at least a really long short ...”
1 comments
16
No
“Flyers stay alive, force Game 5 back in Pittsburgh PHILADELPHIA (AP) -A fast start by the ...”
13
Yes
“Penguins move to brink of Cup finals with 4-1 win PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Ryan Whitney's wide smile ...”
11
Yes
“Talbot's game-winner pushes Penguins past Flyers 4-2 PITTSBURGH (AP) -Losing on an Evgeni Malkin goal, or ...”
09
Yes
“Malkin's 2 goals lead flyin' Penguins past Flyers, 4-2 PITTSBURGH (AP) -Evgeni Malkin scored two dazzling ...”
04
Yes
“Hossa's OT goal gives Penguins 3-2 win, ends Rangers season PITTSBURGH (AP) -So much for the ...”
03
02
No
“Jagr and Lundqvist keep Rangers alive in 3-0 win over Pens NEW YORK (AP) -Jaromir Jagr ...”
Apr
30
Yes
“Penguins push Rangers to brink of elimination NEW YORK (AP) -Evgeni Malkin looked every bit like ...”
28
Yes
“Staal, Fleury lead Penguins past Rangers for 2-0 series lead PITTSBURGH (AP) -Jordan Staal's game-winning playoff ...”
25
Yes
“Malkin, frantic comeback win it as Penguins beat Rangers 5-4 PITTSBURGH (AP) -A memorable Pittsburgh comeback ...”
24
Malkin
“Pretty good article about Evgeni Malkin.  Like many others though, it spends time with the ...”
20
2:42
“Two Minutes and 42 Seconds in Heaven How many horn solos does it take to kill ...”
19
17
Yes
“Malkin, Crosby complete sweep of Senators OTTAWA (AP) -The Pittsburgh Penguins were on the happy side ...”
16
Yes
“Crosby, Staal and Hossa score in third to give Penguins 4-1 win over Senators, 3-0 ...”
14
Yes
“Senators have no answer yet for Penguins' Malkin, Crosby PITTSBURGH (AP) - They're not shutting down ...”
12
Yes
“Roberts-led Penguins' strong start too much for Senators in 4-0 victory PITTSBURGH (AP) -The Ottawa Senators ...”
11
Socialism Now!
“"I am the derriere of the Socialist party," she concluded.”
Harry's Bar
“My pal, Meghan, and one lone commenter, sent me this story about Harry's Bar in ...”
Yes
“Roberts-led Penguins' strong start too much for Senators in 4-0 victory PITTSBURGH (AP) -The Ottawa Senators ...”
05
no doubt about it
“THEY'RE MADE OUT OF MEAT by Terry Bisson "They're made out of meat." "Meat?" "Meat. They're made out of ...”
It all makes sense.
Mar
22
I for one...
“In The Know: Are We Giving The Robots That Run Our Society Too Much Power?”
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09
Commenting
Hilarious
“There is alway a hint of truth: The suffering of heartbreak is universal, but it is ...”
Great Name for a Band
“Capgras delusion is the phenomenon in which a person believes that a close friend or ...”
07
06
Who Watches the Watchmen
“Well, with this movie, I am hoping for the best and expecting the worst. ...”
Feb
29
Leap Year
“So today is February 29 2008.  I am celebrating with some whiskey, and some camels. ...”
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17
01
Wrote my Senator today:
“Dear Senator Rockefeller, I just called your office a few moments ago to express my opinion ...”
Jan
26
q: are there any good movies?
“A: 'The Machine Girl.'”
05
The War
“Letter from the dead.”
2007
Dec
29
Mattress
“ '...but we can never figure out where to put our lower arms.'”
22
Sep
29
rough drawings
“Rachel sketched Caitlin. Caitlin leaned against an ancient tree. The lake was in ...”
14
Anti-Pats
“The Extra Points article from FootballOutsiders.com and an excerpt of the comments posted: #358 DON’T WORRY, VERN. ...”
11
Aug
30
Monongahela
“'Jesus,' I said. 'At least give me a whiskey.''A spoon full of medicine makes ...”
29
#53 redux
“She looked sideways down the bar away from me. I looked down the bar ...”
18
a short fiction
“'You wreck everything,' she said to Woolcott. 'You wreck everything.' He did not ...”
03
Jul
27
21
14
Cain
“Stories are wonderful things- but from the outside looking in, Ed, everytime. From the ...”
Gide
“ One can make literature out of anything. -André Gide”
07
on the river
“At the time I was the night manager of a tall hotel along the Monongalia ...”
Jun
24
Maps
“My father knew maps, and he knew the roads of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania,  and West ...”
09
at the bar
“I sat at the bar. It was a long wood bar, and I always ...”
May
23
22
05
The Longer Thoughts
“For we have thought the longer thoughts, And gone the shorter way. And we have danced to ...”
04
#53
“Kaede leaned up against the brass rail that ran around the bar. Hana sat ...”
Apr
27
Brisa Roché
“I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. Shall I part my hair behind? Do ...”
Ike
“Farewell Address Farewell Radio and Television Address to the American People by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, ...”
apopcolypse
“For over four thousand years, MEGIDDO, a hill in northern Israel, has been the site ...”
20
Old Fashioned Morphine
“Gimme that old fashion morphine Gimme that old fashion morphine Gimme that old fashion morphine It's good enough ...”
Mad Tom of Bedlam
“ Mad Tom of Bedlam For to see Mad Tom of Bedlam, Ten thousand miles I've travelled. Mad Maudlin ...”
The Agony of Defeat
“Sens eliminate Pens; Crosby's 1st postseason ends Pittsburgh Penguins at Ottawa Senators SENATORS WIN SERIES ...”
14
A Fire Story
“Jack Woolcott was in a stainless steel tub with his legs stretched out, and his ...”
The Littlest Birds
“ Well I feel like an old hobo, I'm sad lonesome and blue I was fair as the ...”
Lincoln
Mar
27
GM Trevelyan
“ The dead were and are not. Their place knows them no more and is ours ...”
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Primitive Mythology
“Nevertheless, we are certainly in the same old book of which, so to say, all ...”
Primitive Mythology
“...a terrific sense of clausterphobia, and simultaneously of release from context of the world above, ...”
The Life of King Henry V
“ For he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother; be he ne'er ...”
2006
Feb
24
The Mines
“ I feel that way still. Scott's Run has work and vision. It is doing immeasurably ...”
16
Nineveh
“Robert Graves (1895–1985). Fairies and Fusiliers. 1918. A PURPLE whale Proudly sweeps his tail Towards Nineveh; Glassy ...”
Archives
“[snazzy-archive]”
10
Patriot Act Compromise Clears Way for Senate Vote
“By Charles Babington Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, February 10, 2006; Page A01 excerpt: "If they came with the idea ...”
Jan
31
William Shakespeare
“Those hours, that with gentle work did frame The lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell, Will ...”
27
Emily Dickinson
“ They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat ...”
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Nepal
“ In the past decade, a brutal conflict has cost 11,000 lives in one of ...”
20
17
14
Dylan Thomas
“Now as I was young and easy under the apple boughs About the lilting house and ...”
04
Lies, and damned Lies.
“Jubilation Turns to Anger, Outrage By JENNIFER C. YATES The Associated Press Wednesday, January 4, 2006; 7:23 AM TALLMANSVILLE, ...”
1 comments
2005
Dec
17
No Title Needed
“ MR. McCLELLAN: Yes, Les, we reach out to the American people in a lot of ...”
Nov
24
I always thought so…
“ You scored as Nihilism. Your life is marked by strong Nihilism: You feel ...”
Sep
15
Drinking
“I wish I could drink more. Drinking is fun. Working is for suckers.”
14
Bricolage
“ Bricolage – from the French-language verb bricoler, meaning "to tinker" or "to fiddle" – ...”
06
that condition which is called war
“ Hereby it is manifest that, during the time men live without a common power to ...”
Aug
Jul
23
Pens Land Crosby!
“Penguins hit jackpot in NHL lottery Saturday, July 23, 2005 By Dave Molinari, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sidney Crosby is ...”
15
what I drank
“This fine heated afternoon I have decided to drink Tanqueray and Scweppes tonic. 'I'm ...”
May
27
what I drank this morning
“Today I am drinking Captain Morgan's and lime Coke. I know, it is a ...”
Apr
30
what I drank this morning
“Todays first candidate for imbitation is a wine called Red Bicyclette from the vin ...”
29
what I drank this morning
“The first drink of the day is a jack and coke. I put four ...”
Feb
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