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I haven’t updated this blog in forever. And probably won’t anymore. I write for sportsnet.ca now, mostly football and probably some baseball. I’m also one of the senior editors at (and an occasional feature writer for) Sportsnet Magazine, which offers … Continue reading →

I’m offering this without much comment, except to say that I hope Obama’s team is smart enough to dig this speech up and use it almost exactly the way this Youtuber has done. It’s a very effective argument. As soon … Continue reading →

There’s an old jpeg, or maybe it’s a gif, floating around the Web. It says: “Arguing on the internet is like competing in the Special Olympics. Even if you win, you’re still retarded.” The same could be said for “debating” … Continue reading →

Alternate title: The reason we’re going to start writing about hockey and basketball tomorrow. From the Washington Post this morning: In the Washington Post/ABC News poll released this week, 48 percent of respondents said the candidates’ positions on issues are … Continue reading →

I could use this space to write a 1,000-word ‘I-told-you-so’ post right here that would sum up everything I’ve been saying for the last few years about the Detroit Red Wings. I could wax poetic about how much joy it … Continue reading →

Are you fucking kidding me? Is nothing sacred to this whore? Shoes? Converse fucking shoes? The same kind of Chuck Taylor one-stars that everybody remembers from this iconic photo. You are selling your dead husband’s lyric sheets to be reprinted … Continue reading →

I’ve been known, on occasion, to be somewhat crude and dismissive when faced with obvious media bullshit. Sue me. It’s what I do. Which is why it is both surprising and extremely uplifting to see my favourite politician respond to … Continue reading →