Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
If you've talked to me within the past few weeks, I probably gushed about the fact that I was going to the NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field. Well, I did and it was awesome. I took some pictures, which you can check out here. Great weather (relatively speaking), a ...
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
So the results of my Fantasy Hockey draft are in, and I think I made out pretty well. Getting the first overall pick and then being able to nab Vincent Lecavalier in the 2nd round certainly didn't hurt. Keep in mind, this league has ten teams in it. Here's what ...
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
In my early teenage years, Metallica was king. My first CD ever was their Master of Puppets album, which I acquired not too long after buying the ...And Justice For All and Metallica albums on cassette tape. I quickly ventured into heavier pursuits, such as Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power ...
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Saturday, May 24th, 2008
Detroit Red Wings vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Who I Want to Win: Detroit
Who Will Win: Detroit
Number of Games: 6
Prediction: This is the matchup everyone was hoping for. Well, everyone except those whose teams were in contention up until this point.
Pittsburgh's strengths coming into the series are as follows:
The explosive offense of Sidney ...
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Thursday, October 11th, 2007
I went and saw Down play at the House of Blues in Chicago last night. This was the third time I've seen them, and they put on a good show as usual. It was billed as "An Evening With Down" which meant that there were no opening bands (thank God, ...
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Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Given that I am a Detroit Red Wings junkie, I decided to order the NHL Center Ice package again this year from Comcast so I can watch the games from here in Chicago. As usual, dealing with their customer support was somewhat frustrating...
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Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
A while back, I wrote a post about how crappy FM radio is in Chicago - particularly Q101 (101.1FM). I don't know if this is entirely still the case, as I haven't listened to any FM stations since mid-September 2006, but judging by what happened last week the dumb-fuckery continues.
One ...
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Thursday, May 3rd, 2007
I just finished Chuck Klosterman's Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto. If you are unfamiliar with Klosterman, he used to be a writer for Spin magazine and has published a handful of books over the last six years. One of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs' funniest parts ...
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
After a short hiatus, I am back up and running. This site now has a new home that is not 6 feet away from my bed. Comcast should be happy about that.
A few things have happened since I last posted. I am now one of the lucky ~4 million people ...
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Sunday, December 10th, 2006
So, it turns out that on Friday afternoon some guy walked into the office of a law firm roughly 4 blocks from where I work and gunned three people down. You would think that I'd have heard about it, at least via RSS news feeds, long before I got a ...
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