I’m pretty excited about my first (and perhaps only) chance to see the Tarheels in action at the Dean Dome tonight. The opponent du jour (Nevada) is beside the point–they’ll get crushed into oblivion, cheerleaders will cheer, girls will swoon, Roy will cut a debonair figure despite another disturbing choice in necktie (not [...]
Entries from December 2007
Tarheels ASSEMBLE!
December 27th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Tags: Sports
Single-malt Glen Livet, Glen Garry perhaps…any Glen will do
December 23rd, 2007 · No Comments
I didn’t really understand what Mike McD was talking about when I first saw Swingers at age 18 (I pine for those salad days of yore). Back then, my taste in alcohol didn’t get much more sophisticated than the occasional Milwaukee’s Best (”don’t mess around with that Ice crap, Beast is the original and best”). [...]
Tags: Culture Commentary
When brothers compete, the public wins
December 14th, 2007 · 3 Comments
The brothers Gill now have separate versions of Song of the Day. Grant’s feature-rich (not to mention regularly updated) implementation goes toe to toe with John’s minimalist design in a battle royale of musical and stylistic taste. Darwin would be proud.
Tags: Music
I’ll draw their fire!
December 14th, 2007 · No Comments
One of my favorite movies of all time is “Back to the Future”. Robert Zemeckis’s masterpiece has everything you could want in a movie:
Suspense
Great music
Great soundtrack
International Intrigue
Triumph over the bully
Innocent Seductress
All this plus the never ending supply of great quotes. I would wager (on the conservative side) that I use at least two Back to [...]
Tags: Movies
Playing with fire
December 7th, 2007 · No Comments
I’ve been out of college for a little over two years now. For about half a year just after college I worked at Chili’s, which sucked. This was due mostly to the fact that I wasn’t a good waiter. I have a terrible short term memory and a complete lack of desire to sell [...]
Tags: Finance