Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Gutpunch City.
As a Packers fan, I'm not digging the past few days. With the emphasis on taking the best talent -- not on taking talent that will help in a playoff push -- the franchise seems to be eyeing the future. I have no problem with that.
However, with the recent news of Ahman Green's arrest and Javon Walker's holdout and Al Harris' alleged sexual assualt, I'm starting to feel a little dizzy.
10:17:00 AM
ESPN's "SportsCenter" had a brief segment on the arrest of Packers RB Ahman Green. The anchor said that GM Ted Thompson said the organization supports Green and his family. Then, he said, Thompson declined further comment.
Interesting, but wrong. "Declined to comment further" would have been better.
9:54:00 AM
Monday, April 25, 2005
Legislation cannot propose a ban on anything.
Legislators, however, can.
8:51:00 AM
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Gas today: $2.21.
5:49:00 PM
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Wrong emphasis:
The season is in full swing for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's newest club sports team, lacrosse, led by sophomore Ben Cagle and freshman Steve Miller. The emphasis now is on "led by sophomore Ben Cagle and freshman Steve Miller."
The season is in full swing for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's newest club sports team, lacrosse, which is led by sophomore Ben Cagle and freshman Steve Miller.
12:43:00 PM
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
A Warning
Nicole at A Capital Idea posts notice for "Blogged down" in headlines.
1:10:00 PM
Monday, April 18, 2005
That's a lot of losses!
If you are taking about losing seasons, then:
Wrong: Brewers try to end 13-year losing streak
Better: Brewers try to end 13-year losing-season streak
Best: Brewers try to end streak of 13 losing seasons
9:45:00 AM
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Gas today: $2.26.
5:16:00 PM
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
The Packers' 2005 schedule:
| 2005 Regular Season Schedule | | Date | Opponent | Time | TV | | Sun., Sept. 11 | @ Detroit Lions | 3:15 p.m. | FOX | | Sun., Sept. 18 | Cleveland Browns | 3:15 p.m. | CBS | | Sun., Sept. 25 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers* | 12 noon | FOX | | Mon., Oct. 3 | @ Carolina Panthers | 8 p.m. | ABC | | Sun., Oct. 9 | New Orleans Saints | 12 noon | FOX | | Sun., Oct. 16 | Open Date | | | | Sun., Oct. 23 | @ Minnesota Vikings | 12 noon | FOX | | Sun., Oct. 30 | @ Cincinnati Bengals | 12 noon | FOX | | Sun., Nov. 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3:15 p.m. | CBS | | Sun., Nov. 13 | @ Atlanta Falcons | 3:15 p.m. | FOX | | Mon., Nov. 21 | Minnesota Vikings* | 8 p.m. | ABC | | Sun., Nov. 27 | @ Philadelphia Eagles | 3:15 p.m. | FOX | | Sun., Dec. 4 | @ Chicago Bears | 12 noon | FOX | | Sun., Dec. 11 | Detroit Lions | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN | | Mon., Dec. 19 | @ Baltimore Ravens | 8 p.m. | ABC | | Sun., Dec. 25 | Chicago Bears | 4 p.m. | FOX | | Sun., Jan. 1 | Seattle Seahawks | 3:15 p.m. | FOX |
1:02:00 PM
The NFL will release the 2005 schedule later today. Stay tuned for updates.
8:42:00 AM
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
The Importance of 'That'
I saw an interesting sentence in an article yesterday:
A tribal police officer on the scene twice requested the college dropout turned millionaire rein in his temper. Another case of the disappearing "that": "... requested that the ..."
1:11:00 PM
Sunday, April 10, 2005
Gas today: $2.30.
3:15:00 PM
Thursday, April 07, 2005
And I thought I was going to be in college for a long time:
At the off-campus house Johnny Lechner shares with three other UW- Whitewater students, the stairway to his attic bedroom is lined with photos dating back to his freshman year. Lechner has lost track of many of the buddies that posed with him at these long- ago fraternity parties and Homecoming parades. They have moved on to new lives - careers, wives, children, mortgages - and that's just not Lechner's scene. "I could have - should have - graduated many years ago, but I keep passing on the real world's invitation," said Lechner, 28, who is in his 11th year as a student in the University of Wisconsin System, the last 10 at UW-Whitewater. He's taken a full course load every semester except the current one, in which he's taking seven credits. Lechner has completed 234 college credits, about 100 more than needed to graduate and so many that he's now paying the so-called "slacker tax."
1:41:00 PM
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Gas today: $2.33.
8:15:00 PM
RIP, Mitch Hedberg.
8:03:00 PM
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
April Fool's Day to the extreme:
What started as an April fool's joke does not appear extremely funny to some. After BU's school newspaper, Pipe Dream, printed a front-page article about the "rape ride" service as a substitute to the University's "safe-ride" shuttle, many are not pleased with the gag. Included in the article is a photograph of a woman being attacked next to the rape ride van. Member's of the B.U. Women's Center were very upset with the publication and want a retraction and an apology from the school newspaper. The Women's Center says this article is so detrimental because any student who has been attacked previously will then be re-traumatized by both the article and photograph.
1:29:00 PM
Sunday, April 03, 2005
Today's top headlines:
News-Press (Fort Myers, Fla.): 'A hero of our age'
St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times: A People's Pope
Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.): Requiem
Daily News (Bowling Green, Ky.): God calls pope home
Kansas City Star: Farewell, 'Pilgrim Pope'
Press of Atlantic City: 'We all feel like orphans'
Albuquerque Journal: Mourning a Modern Apostle
Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch: A servant above all
The Oklahoman: 'Sheperd' goes home
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: In God's Hands
News Sentinel (Knoxville, Tenn.): His journey ends
Calgary Herald: Apostle of peace
El Colombiano: The pope ... with God (El Papa ... con Dios)
Peru.21: Good-bye, John Paul (Adios, Juan Pablo)
6:12:00 PM
Friday, April 01, 2005
Last week I was in Las Vegas, the city where dreams are made. Mine wasn't, but that's OK. I did get to visit a lot of casinos:
New York-New York
Mirage
Caesar's Palace
Bellagio
Aladdin
Paris
Bally's
Rio
MGM Grand
Tropicana
Excalibur
Luxor
Mandalay Bay
Main Street Station
Golden Nugget
Horseshoe
Harrah's
Casino Royale
Venetian
Treasure Island
and restaurants:
California Pizza Kitchen (Mirage)
Nathan's (New York-New York)
La Salsa (Aladdin)
Mesa Grill (Caesar's Palace)
Carnival (Rio)
Il Fornaio (New York-New York)
Java Java (Tropicana)
Garden Court Buffet (Main Street Station)
Fresh Market Square (Harrah's)
2:33:00 PM
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