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Mass Confusion: March 2011
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March 31, 2011. AJ's no Gary Busey. That's a good thing. I know, I've been slacking. It's been a few days since my last post. Please forgive me. but I know where to place the blame. You see, a little over a year ago I wrote this post. Looking for a Mysterious Benefactor to help sponsor this blog, so that I could give up the need to actually have to work for a living and to be able to post something pithy here each and every day. It will be our little secret. Links to this post. March 24, 2011. Nobody tho...
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Mass Confusion: September 2011
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September 30, 2011. Total Eclipse of the Plot. So when we last left our saga at the end of New Moon. Edward (our pasty-white hero) has agreed to acquiesce to Bella's request to be turned into a vampire - but only if she agrees to marry him. And if she doesn't get a little more fangy and a little less heart-beaty soon, the Volturi ( La Policia Nosferatu Italiano. Will come and kill Bella, Edward, and the entire Cullen clan. And besides, it would be a buzzkill before graduation. She is also so. Meanwhile, ...
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Mass Confusion: December 2011
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December 29, 2011. The Customer is Always Right? Here's a story from my time in the casino trenches. I felt it was appropriate to share after seeing all that footage of over-exuberant holiday shoppers taking things a little bit too far. Sometimes the customer needs to be put into their place! Didn’t we push? In short, shot-takers simply didn’t bother coming to my table – they could see very quickly it wasn’t going to fly. 8220;I want a different card! 8220;This is bullshit! 8220;You get nothing! However,...
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Mass Confusion: April 2011
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April 27, 2011. For Those in Hogwarts Withdrawal. I just finished reading The Magicians. By Lev Grossman, and wanted to share my thoughts. The book's plot draws on both Harry Potter and the Narnia series, but thrusts these recognizable memes into a far more gritty and unforgiving environment. S time goes by, Quentin and his schoolmates learn that though magic can do many things, it cannot provide happiness or a purpose in life. Searching for some sort of "quest" to occupy their time, they make another sh...
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Mass Confusion: June 2011
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June 28, 2011. Watch What Happens - Again and Again. Crazy Countess Luann (left) and not-Niclole Kidman, a.k.a. Alex. Reality television comes in several distinct flavors. One family of shows is the competition, which can be either audience-vote driven ( American Idol, Dancing with the Stars. Or a self-contained elimination show ( Survivor, Top Chef. Personally, I much prefer the latter, when done well. But here's what's different with the Real Housewives of New York. Yes, they do all of the same things ...
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Mass Confusion: February 2011
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February 28, 2011. He's got some Adrian Adonis DNA. No, this post isn't about the Oscars, painfully unfunny as much of the scripted schtick was. but rather it's about those people who should not be allowed to use Twitter or Facebook. I call these people the "Comedy Killers" and they need to be stopped. Get the joke and we're all on the same page here, those comments refer to, respectively, The King's Speech, Titanic. Why do you do it? And Big Momma's House. I'm sure you've experienced the same phenomenon...
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Mass Confusion: June 2012
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June 13, 2012. Not Enough Time In A Day. I wish I had more time to devote to this blog on a regular basis, but sadly, between my ESPN duties, the advice I give (gladly) on Twitter, the attempt-in-progress to get a taker for my second book, throwing in family responsibilities on top of all of that. well, something has to give. While I give my advice freely and without expecting anything in return, I would be foolish not to do the math and realize that if even 10 percent of my followers donated just $1/mon...
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Mass Confusion: May 2011
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May 19, 2011. Coming August 1, 2011. Links to this post. So, what did. They all have in common? All the people pictured in my previous post. Were interviewed for my first book, "How Fantasy Sports Explains the World:. What Pujols and Peyton Can Teach Us About Wookiees and Wall Street" - which is just a few months away from being found on the shelves of your local bookstore. Also in the mix? How does it all come together and what in the world does this all have to do with fantasy sports? Links to this post.
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Mass Confusion: March 2012
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March 31, 2012. Done in 60 Minutes - Volume 4. Links to this post. March 27, 2012. Done in 60 Minutes - Volume 3. Links to this post. March 21, 2012. Done in 60 Minutes - Volume 2. Links to this post. March 20, 2012. Done in 60 Minutes - Volume 1. Here's the first in what I hope to be a series of crossword puzzles that I'm calling "Done in 60 Minutes." Don't worry, it shouldn't take you that long to solve them. That's simply the time limit I'm putting on myself in making them. Links to this post. The Unf...
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Mass Confusion: July 2011
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July 27, 2011. I've been filling in for my colleague Tristan H. Cockcroft this week on some of his baseball columns as he takes a well-earned week off to rest up for the upcoming - and indeed we now know it IS upcoming - NFL season. Part of the purpose of these columns (like this one. Is to provide a list in which we predict a ranked order of players based on " their expected performance from this point forward, not for statistics that have already been accrued.". Everything's up in the air. But here's t...
