The greatest sporting event you’ve never heard of — the Rugby World Cup
The biggest sporting event in the world is probably the Olympics. The next biggest is the FIFA World Cup. The next biggest is something I bet most of you...
What I remember most from my last night on Earth
When I was 9 I became seriously ill with a very severe case of bronchitis that wouldn’t respond to antibiotics.
I developed an extremely high fever (105 F at one...
Mitt Romney’s Mormonism — cause for concern or target for bigotry
I have a confession to make. I know very little about Mormonism.
Oh, of course I know the basics -- Joseph Smith, no coffee allowed, the missionaries in the white...
For What’s That Sound — the OTHER Finals! Let me tell you about the Nucks and the Bees.
Someone is going to win their first Stanley Cup in at least 39 years.
The NHL got lucky ... AGAIN. The Vancouver Canucks are playing the Boston Bruins in the...
Anzac Day
My thoughts are bouncing all over the place today, so I will put them all here rather than a bunch of posts in O/T.
First, Today is Anzac Day, a...
The United States vs. Barry Bonds … a $5 million witch hunt?
After an investigation and prosecution lasting more than 5 years, the Justice Department finally got a conviction in the case against Barry Bonds -- for obstruction of justice, a...
Montana tea party on crack … or something
This year, riding a fervor of Tea Party "down with big government, down with Obama" rhetoric, a number of Tea Party candidates were elected to the State House. The...
A fairy tale city
Aucklanders make a habit of making fun of Christchurchers, and vice versa (Of course everyone in New Zealand makes fun of Aucklanders). They have a heated rivalry, sometimes a...
For Pepe and Great Lardini — Canada’s OTHER game and its long love affair with baseball
Since Pepe embarrassed the hell out of me the other day, I'm embarrassing him back!
Sometimes people wonder how I know so much about American sports. Well, I can't go...
When is all in good fun too far, even with Sarah Palin?
A local theatre is putting on a production of "The Mikado," a Gilbert and Sullivan Savoy opera from the 1880s. The piece contains a brief line in which the...