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Beebe’s 10
Thanks to @maninblack for tracking down the story that Dan Beebe has hired Austin-based firm GSD&M | idea city to help, like, figure out just what the hell this conference is and what to call it. "We’re looking at how we position ourselves, our name and whether we need a name change," Beebe...
Fran McCaffery Talks Chairs
[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from the upcoming January edition of our sister publication, Sitting Pretty, a monthly journal devoted to chairs, chair-making, and the sitting arts.] "That was a pretty heavy chair, too... It's kind of impressive for him to throw it down with that...
Big Ten Power Poll - Post Week 1
Let's be honest. Two of the easiest columns to write (and get feedback from your readers) are 1) the power rankings column and 2) the pop culture comparison column. Much like that magical day when somebody got their peanut butter on my chocolate (or did I get my chocolate in her peanut butter?),...
2011 Closing Arguments - Iowa
...And if you don't expect too much from me, you might not be let down... - Gin Blossoms, "Hey Jealousy" I. File Opening A. Case History So 2010 didn't go according to plan. A pretty Top 10 preseason ranking melted away after the special teams melted down at Arizona. The team hit a highpoint in...
Before Don Draper: Dick Whitman's Baseball Past
We know that Dick Whitman was born in 1926 in Illinois, the son of a prostitute who died in childbirth. During the Korean War, Whitman reinvented himself as Don Draper, his commander who was killed in an accident caused by Whitman. The Draper identity was an opportunity for Dick to remake himself,...
Wednesday Royals Links: Post-Greinke Edition
We're all still basking in the afterglow of Greinke's greatness. As an added bonus, I haven't read a Dayton Moore lecture or nonsensical excuse in like a day now. And, there's really cool links below! You may never work again, today, at least. Zack Greinke has club record 15 strikouts in 6-2 win...
OT: Mad Men
via upload.wikimedia.org This past weekend, the wife and I stayed inside almost all day on Sunday after I had done yardwork almost all day on Saturday. We both read our respective books in the morning (I'm reading A Walk In The Woods) and after lunch I turned on the TV and noticed that Mad...
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