I love this time of year- for TV fans, its a buffet that keeps on giving. As many of you who routinely read my blog will know, I've become a bit of a TV-junkie. I've admittedly always spent way too much of my time in front of the tube. Luckily since...
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Links of the Week: Super Mario, Derek Jeter, and the Last Blog of My Bachelordom
Well, I'm finally tying the knot this weekend. It's been a long, interesting six months or so since our engagement. Between moving the wedding up a year, helping coordinate all the major details, and testing how many I don't really care's I can get...
Links of the Week: Buying a Round, Sammy Sosa, and Changing Things Up a Bit
In the year or so that I've been writing the Links of the Week blog, I've been asked more than anything, "Where do you get your links?" Well, I'm subscribed to dozens of RSS feeds, I follow a few hundred folks on Twitter, and I get sent quite a few...
Links of the Week: Inception Parodies, Gambling on your Grades, and the Good Parts of Wedding Planning
Wedding planning is a lot of work. It's a stretch for me to be complaining about the process, considering I’ve been involved in roughly 8% of decisions, but still, I recognize how hard it is and how many small details are involved. It’s hard, but...
Links of the Week: Ron Artest, Google’s Facebook, and About that LeBron Article…
This time of year is a tough time to be a Chicago Cubs fan. I know your initial reaction to that statement may be, “Well, every time of year is a tough time to be a Chicago Cubs fan.” But this year is different. The other day, the team tried to...
Links of the Week: Inception, Michael Jordan, and an Ode to Those Who Plan Things
Since January, I’ve been planning a wedding. Well, I should say, my fiancée has been planning a wedding. There is a lot that goes into planning a wedding, more than I ever thought before. You see, originally I thought it was fairly simple: book a...
Links of the Week: World Cup Photos, The Facebook Movie, and Beavis and Butthead
So, this week I learned something about what I do: I am not a long form writer. After watching the LeBron James "Decision" last week, I began thinking about how what he did to his fans and had the idea of comparing "The Decision" to Bash at the Beach...
Links of the Week: Toy Story 3, NBA Draft Fashion, and My Prediction for the Future of Soccer in America
If there are three things that American sports fans like its underdogs, fast breaks, and last-second scores. Luckily for soccer enthusiasts, the latest US World Cup match featured all three. The recent World Cup victory by the U.S. over Algeria...
Links of the Week: Tom Izzo, O.J. Simpson, and the Great Surprised Kitty
Last night, the NBA Finals concluded with the Lakers defeating the Celtics, winning the franchise’s 16th NBA Championship and second in a row. I had gone into morning thinking about how to write this blog intro about the sloppy game (but in a...
Links of the Week: Twinkies, Your Brain on Computers, and Three Cheers to the Blackhawks
In case you've been living in a cave these past few days, allow me to be the first to inform you that the Chicago Blackhawks won the NHL Championship for the first time in 49 years. That's not to say that I played any part in rooting for them. I held...