Henrik Zetterberg is not exciting.

Just quietly excellent.
He’s been around for four seasons now. He’s improved in every one of them.
He’s never called out a coach or held out for more money (unlike some talented Red Wings I could name…).
He’s worked as hard on his defensive game as his offensive game. He’s been one of very few Red Wings to [...]

I am shocked and horrified. Really. I am. Honest.

How astounding!
You mean to tell me that branches of the United States government used false data to inflate terror statistics so as to convince the populace that the threat of a terrorist attack was greater than it actually was?
How utterly surprising and disturbing.
What is really shocking about this is that it took six years and [...]

The world’s tiniest violin…

Professional sports don’t solve any problems. They don’t cure disease, end hunger, elect new leaders, change regimes, occupy countries, check celebrities into rehab or come up with an alternative to fossil fuels. They just don’t.
In fact, I should be out doing all those things, and so should you. But we don’t either. Most of us, [...]

Now you’ll see…

… The United States issued a new dollar coin today, taking the first slow steps towards a world like the one I live in, where I have to keep not one, but two huge fucking jars of change on my dresser. One filled with pennies, dimes and nickels … and one filled with money I [...]

A ray of sunshine…

I don’t even like baseball much anymore. Haven’t for a long time, really.
There was a good eight to 10 years of my life —from about ages seven to 16 — when the sport ruled over pretty much anything else. I collected baseball cards, listened to the game on the radio, watched them on television when [...]

Now’s your chance!

There are witnesses, Frances. Quick! You can do it!
Girl — don’t you know any better? You’re the last hope of carrying on the legacy. Haven’t you seen enough by now to know how your story will end if you continue on this path? How has she brainwashed you? What did she tell you about your [...]

Random questions about Al Gore …

What do you suppose are the chances that Al Gore declared for the presidency sometime in the next year?
Yeah. Probably slim and none. But what would happen if he did?
What would happen if he did it fresh from winning an Oscar? Or right after he takes the Nobel Peace Prize?
Would the Democrats flee from him, [...]

A well-earned kudos

I’m posting this link for two reasons.
First, it’s important that an NBA player has finally come out of the closet, because professional basketball — and the culture of an NBA team in particular — must be one of the toughest places on earth to be a closeted gay man. Amaechi deserves praise from a lot [...]

‘Barkeep — Haterade, all ’round, please.’

Oh. My. Goodness.
You’ll never believe it, but an NHL hockey player who happens to be smaller than most of his contemporaries and not-so-skilled with his fists as he is with his stick, has been accused by many in the hockey world of diving to the ice to embellish infractions in the hopes of drawing a [...]

Ahhhhh! — It’s a shinbone!

They’re grooming Muslim women for lifeguard positions in Australia. But wait? How will they maintain their all-important modesty? This could be trouble. I mean, do they not need to wear swimsuits in order to dive into the water to rescue people? And won’t men be in the near vicinity of these swimsuits, thereby receiving glimpses [...]