I have been out of town for the past week and didn’t have time to get to the site, but I’m back and let’s go! The Huffington Post reported through television station KXAN in Austin, Texas that the University of Texas has said no to a former law professor who is calling for the school […]

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China was stripped of a bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics today for fielding an underage gymnast. The International Olympic Committee acted (that is pulled its collective heads from their collective holes in the ground) after investigations by the sport’s governing body determined that Dong Fangxiao was only 14 at the 2000 Games. Gymnasts […]

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Or, get over yourselves. South Park is irreverent. It is foul-mouthed; but it is also one of the funniest programs on television, and I wish I saw more episodes than I do (Now I revel in the exploits of “Dora the Explorer” and lots of Barbie movies). One of the things that makes South Park […]

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This week is The Masters golf tournament and Tiger Woods is there, playing in his first tournament since his November car accident and the revelations about his serial adultery. He did a press conference today where he once again, participated in the public flogging of his image. Now, let’s let him go play golf. The […]

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I am vaguely aware of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews. She’s pretty enough, I guess, but she’s not drop dead gorgeous in my opinion, and I don’t even remember if she’s particularly good at her job, since I know enough about football that I generally ignore sideline reporters as superfluous at best, annoying at worst. But, […]

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I know that ordinarily, when one thinks of people in the comics industry, you think of people with artistic temperaments, and, if we’re talking about comics store owners, guys of limited scruples. Well, we lost two men in the industry over the past couple of weeks who were anything but. First, my condolences go out […]

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As we prepare for baseball season, there is yet another Wrigley Field story. For awhile, the Chicago Cubs have tried to find a way to obscure an advertisement for a casino across the street from the left field bleachers (positive spin – the team doesn’t want to condone gambling; my cynical side – the team […]

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