Monthly Archives: February 2012

Romney = Skinner. Or, Why Romney Won’t Be President

Posted on 28 February 2012 by Zuuko

Scene – Stabalot: The Itchy and Scratchy Musical’s opening night. Play ends. Audience claps and asks for avante-garde director Juliana Krellner. Krellner: Thank you. Thank you. Its such a thrill for me to be back in my hometown, Springfield! <Enter … Continue reading →

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Look Up. Look Ahead.

Posted on 21 February 2012 by Zuuko

Usually right before the finish line on mega-projects, I find solace in the weeks coming ahead. Weeks when I’ll be free to do what I want, get back to blogging, writing, running, visiting friends… I never end up doing these … Continue reading →

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Ron Francis will have his revenge on Seattle

Posted on 19 February 2012 by zolltan

This week, Seattle news outlets have been abuzz with a proposal for a new arena that would bring an NBA and NHL franchise to the city. Although I personally haven’t met or talked to anyone who was excited about this, … Continue reading →

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A Private Detective

Posted on 17 February 2012 by zolltan

The neon sign shouts EA, and, on the other side, with symmetry you didn’t expect, DRIN. Some joker has stolen a letter from the chrome public library sign. Evidently a terrible joker, since the remaining letters now say “Pulic”. The … Continue reading →

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“She cried to me, hey why not ask for more?”

Posted on 16 February 2012 by zolltan

A struggle with, and an appreciation for, what Alyssa Rosenberg and her blog does. This may be one of the more “two-handed backhand” compliments Alyssa Rosenberg receives on her blogging. Please do keep in mind that I’m genuinely a fan. … Continue reading →

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The Seattle Times Biking Concern Trolls

Posted on 14 February 2012 by zolltan

The above is yesterday’s front-page photo in the Seattle Times. I’ve complained about this before, but Seattle Times’ coverage of biking seems oddly designed to encourage people to avoid biking at all costs while giving the appearance that the Seattle … Continue reading →

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Bure-ing the lede

Posted on 8 February 2012 by zolltan

If you’ve ever been to NHL.com, you know that they title all their reports and videos with huge-stretch puns that are both wonderful and terrible. For instance, this video of a glove save by J.S. Giguère was titled “J.S., I … Continue reading →

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Poor Planning

Posted on 6 February 2012 by Zuuko

I love Zolltan. He’s an interesting character and one of my favorite people all time. When I read the following report from one of our international managers, I couldn’t help myself from picturing Zolltan writing this after getting totally pissed off … Continue reading →

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What excuse genius?

Posted on 2 February 2012 by zolltan

The grammar of the title is shaky, but I am going for something vaguely like “of what responsibilities does the quality of genius absolve a person?” Nikolay Nekrasov famously wrote “Поэтом можешь ты не быть, но гражданином быть обязан” – … Continue reading →

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Henry Miller

Posted on 1 February 2012 by zolltan

Marylin Manson didn’t marry Henry Miller either. But if he did, that’d be fucked up! Tropic of Cancer is a book that is colossal in its pretentiousness. Which is pretty cool because there’s actually a part in the book where … Continue reading →

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