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OK, so this doesn’t have jack to do with politics, but I haven’t been this excited since last November: the Columbus Crew are rumored to have signed Argentinian super-club Boca Juniors star (and fan favorite) Guillermo Barros Schelotto to a two-year contract for $2m per year. At 33, he’s not a regular starter for […]

I’m not sure which.

Somebody sent me a link to this excellent AMV utilizing one of my favorite Anime series, Samurai Champloo (itself an eclectic mashup of Edo-period Japan and hip-hop culture). So pop on some headphones and join me in grooving out to some Gang Starr this morning…

So, I’m really run down (which is why the blogging volume is lower than normal), and this isn’t remotely topical or timely, but damn, is it ever funny. “F-k it. I’m throwing it downfield.” (Warning: If Amanda Marcotte’s language makes you clutch your pearls, stay away from this one. Far […]

Coral reefs are one of my favorite biotopes. It’s astounding the variety of flora and fauna you can find in a very small area of reef, with their attendant diversity in color. Plus sessile animals! Those of us paying attention know that these species are extremely sensitive to environmental changes, and that […]

I’ll come right out and say it. We are one of the highest per-capita energy consumers on the planet, and we are completely oblivious to what is going on in the world.
In North America which is the world’s largest producer of carbon dioxide emissions, 84% say they are aware of global warming, but less […]

A nice comparison of Bush’s SOTU speeches in word-cloud form. You can pick up some interesting trends…

As we learn more about life in extreme conditions on earth, scientists are beginning to realize that we might be looking for the wrong signs on other planets…
Two NASA space probes that visited Mars 30 years ago may have stumbled upon alien microbes on the Red Planet and inadvertently killed them, a scientist theorizes in […]

In today’s Dispatch:
Florida football coach Urban Meyer counts Gators basketball coach Billy Donovan among his good friends, so it’s no surprise that Donovan is telling the Gators how to best defend Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith.
“I send everybody at him. I’m in attack mode, safety blitzes, corner blitzes, everything,” Donovan said.
Oh please please please […]

I am far too cynical for my own good. Embarrassingly so. I mean, someone you haven’t talked to in years calls you up out of the blue to catch up, and you assume there is an ulterior motive because said person is newly elected to government and you work at a government agency? […]

It was a dreadful season for my favorite footy team, but they still managed to eek out a few nice goals - including a couple top-shelf displays of football.

Thanks to my pals at Climbing the Ladder for painstakingly reviewing all thirty goals scored by the Columbus Crew in 32 games played to pick just the […]

Am I wrong to be excited about this already? I mean, the upcoming election looks to be pretty good for progressives (and America), the Buckeye football team is #1 and looking like another National Championship might be possible, and the thing that most excited me today was this photo:

I think I need a vacation […]

I know wingnuts will scream “class warfare”, but I don’t think it’s class warfare to report the facts. A study was released yesterday by the Center for American Progress and Policy Matters Ohio showing that most people are being left out in the recent economic rebound.
The study said Ohio worker productivity increased 2.1 percent […]