An inauguration like none before

I decided November 5th to make a point of staying away from the National Mall when Barack Obama got sworn in as the 44th President.  Too cold and too crowded.  I was right on both fronts but I was tempted on the morning of to make it down there.
Instead I ran errands in downtown Baltimore, then headed south on I-95 to [...]

NFL round-up — Conference Championships

Steelers 23, Ravens 14:  Another heavyweight fight, and Pittsburgh won in a knockout.  That hit on Willis McGahee was brutal and I hope he’s OK.  Amazing that he’s had the career he’s had after that nasty knee injury suffered in his last college game.
Cardinals 32, Eagles 25:  Can’t say too much about Larry Fitzgerald, who went [...]

Born four score and a day ago

“Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.

NFL round-up, Playoffs Round 2

 

Steelers 35, Chargers 24: Rest and healing have done Willie Parker well.  I haven’t seen Pittsburgh run so strong all year.  Classic match-up next week with Baltimore, which has gone down to the Steelers twice already this year.
Cardinals 33, Panthers 13: I was way wrong.  I’m not surprised that Arizona put up a few points, [...]

What Samuel J. Wurzelbacher has to offer

My inclination is to be sympathetic to Joe the Plumber.  But he’s made it impossible.
I suggest that his given last name heretofore be used as shorthand for the unwitting  but unmistakable pursuit of ignorance by someone who claims to be searching for the truth or a solution of some kind.
That boss who alienates employees precisely as [...]

Crusty crustacean

OK, I had no idea that lobsters could live to be 140 years old.  I’m not against letting longevity linger, so the story of “George”, who was released from a tank at the City Crab restaurant in Manhattan to a purportedly protected area near the Bush dynasty’s vacation compound, is fine by me.
But if this doesn’t [...]

NFL round-up, Playoffs Round 1

Ravens 27, Dolphins 9:  I daresay Ed Reed is more of a threat to score off a turnover than even Deion Sanders was.   Baltimore barely broke a sweat.  Next week at Tennessee I predict the Ravens will avenge their 13-10 loss in the fall.
Chargers 23, Colts 17:  I admit to hating on Norv Turner.  So my biased [...]