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2 days 10 hours ago The temptation to nit-pick a

The temptation to nit-pick a few of these has become too great...

Ghostface, even in power ballad mode, is too catchy to make this list.  Godspeed you!, Black Emperor "Dead Flag Blues"?  Man, that would have been appropriate at various points in the 2008-2010 time period.
6 days 10 hours ago A bit ironic because, at

A bit ironic because, at various times in his life, HST made a living as a sportswriter. 

Probably, the best sports writing I have read has been by writers who do other types of work (HST, David Foster Wallace, e.g.).
6 days 12 hours ago Bought several bottles of the

Bought several bottles of the first vintage when they released.  Outrageously expensive, but pretty good juice (plush, polished, evidently oaked, with deep black fruits and severe tannins). 
6 days 13 hours ago Rosenberg is a better writer

Rosenberg is a better writer than 99.9% of sports journalists.  If not for the "Jihad," this would not even be a debate. 
3 weeks 2 days ago Buckstashe

There is one sure-fire way to determine whether these guys really posed a threat, or whether this may be FBI bootstrapping: the Buckstashe test.

From what I have been able to determine from preliminary googling, at least one of the accused sports, or at one time did sport, some form of Buckstashe. 

 

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/01/5-arrested-for-allegedly-trying-to-...

 

I think it is too early to jump to any conclusions, but before the facial hair tendencies of each of these individuals has been thoroughly scrutinized--and conclusively documented--I am willing to entertain the notion that The Ohio Five could indeed be very dangerous. 

 

EDIT: HOLY BUCKSTASHE, BATMAN.  From the video on this link, I would put the preliminary Buckstashe count at 2.5. 
3 weeks 4 days ago Yeah, oh yeah, the parking. 

Yeah, oh yeah, the parking.  One of the happiest days of my life is when I sold my car for what is essentially a decent night's bar tab. 
3 weeks 4 days ago Yeah, depending on where in

Yeah, depending on where in Noe you live, J is an option, but it can be many blocks away.  I suppose the buses too, but I think it requires multiple transfers, which, eff that. 

It's funny how, wherever I live, I too come to loathe the morning commute, whether it's stop and go on the U.S. 10 for forty minutes, or something as simple as walking a half block, grabbing coffee, and then riding a train for fifteen minutes. 
3 weeks 4 days ago First, you are so screwed. 

First, you are so screwed.  Sorry.  Rents are through the roof what with Tweeter downtown, the Internets, and what have you.  Here are some tips:

 

1.  Get a package of prior rental referrals, your credit score, and a pay-stub, and bring it with you to look at places.

 

2.  Bring your checkbook with you and be prepared to put down a deposit on the spot when you finally find a place you like.  The place I live now I filled out the application on the spot, and cut a check, the first time I saw it.  And that was three years ago.

 

3.  Get your transportation situation figured out.  This is a bad place to drive.  Don't get a place and then try to figure out how you are going to get to work. 

 

4.  Don't live in SoMa.  It sucks. 

5.  Noe Valley and the Inner/Outer Sunset are the best bargains, but to live in Noe you almost have to drive.  Inner Sunet is on the N line, and the neigboorhood is not a bad place to live.  Outer Sunset is not as bad as it was when I lived there, but pretty much dead, and you can't even get a cab back there at night.  But it's cheap, and near the Park.

 

Welcome to the City! The best Michigan bar for games is the Blarney Stone, which is in the outer Richmond. 

 

 

 

 
6 weeks 4 days ago Burns

grew up in Ann Arbor.  Wallace was one Hell of an ambassador for our school, and his legacy will be felt for as long as there is independent journalism: http://www.mjfellows.org/fellows/
6 weeks 6 days ago Rhys

Swan Terrace 2009. Needs time. But has tremendous potential.

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