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  • The 2010 Atlanta Braves
  • April 2, 2010
    Get ready to enjoy seeing exactly how elastic the time-tested “out with the old, in with the new” phrase really is.
  • LADIES BRACKET
  • March 26, 2010
    Did you forget to fill out a women’s bracket again this year? Do you know anybody who organized an office pool for the ladies’ day-late, many dollars-short version of March Madness?
  • MUCK FICHIGAN
  • March 26, 2010
    While I understand the friends or family I know that have their alma maters of their own or perhaps their parents that they’ve rooted on for as long as they can remember, my own with the entire recruiting process and annual ensuing coaching carousel turns my stomach.
  • FIRE PROOF
  • March 19, 2010
    NA poorly-placed, unattended candle claimed the lives of many paperbacks I owned early one morning about two years ago. Some were salvaged (autographed copy of David Sedaris’ “Barrel Fever” … [phew]), but about two dozen had to go into the trash.
  • OSCAR RACE
  • March 5, 2010
    Of course, even with twice the nominees, this year’s Best Picture has come down to what it usually does: two films with one playing the role of front-running Goliath to another’s late-charging David.