Hofstra University has dropped their (1-AA) football program. (I know the NCAA doesn’t call it 1-AA any longer, but if you think I’m going to type out “NCAA’s Football Championship Subdivision” every time, you’ve got another think coming.)
As noted in the linked article, Northeastern (also 1-AA, and in the same conference) dropped their program last week.
When is TMQ going to blog about the impending cupcake shortage?
Joe D’s comment below about Obama blotter acid reminded me of another favorite government publication of mine: the DEA’s Microgram Bulletin.
If you ever want a catalog of all the ingenious ways people try to get high, spend some time going through back issues. The June issue even has some snazzy illustrations of “Ecstasy” tablets (Homer and Bart Simpson, Obama, Autobots, and others.)
It isn’t that I drop acid, smoke the chronic, or take X and go to a lot of raves; I’m fascinated by Microgram because of the discussions of analytic chemistry, plus this will make good background material if I ever wind up writing that series of crime novels I’ve sketched out.
…from your opening loss at Charlotte to losing at home against the Mavericks and setting a new NBA record for futility.
Two other franchises had gone 0-17 to start a season. The Miami Heat set the record 21 years ago as an expansion team. The Los Angeles Clippers, who often look like an expansion team, matched the mark 10 years ago.
The Nets now stand alone, wallowing in despair and self-loathing.
Lawrence gave me some flack yesterday for not mentioning Bobby Bowden. My feeling was that Bowden wasn’t fired, he resigned; Lawrence’s argument is that Bowden resigned in the same way Nixon and Spitzer resigned. I don’t have much to say on the subject, but if you do, here’s your thread.
Obama Ecstasy tablets? Those will go well with my Chia head.
Dear Congressman Lamar Smith: Please be so kind as to consume excrement and thus hasten your demise.
Edited to add: I forgot this one. By way of the Scalz, homeowner’s association tries to tell a 90-year-old Medal of Honor recipient he can’t have a flagpole in his yard. Get the popcorn, folks, this should be almost as much fun as the ongoing situation in what Balko calls Marakafka County.