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IT’S WHY THEY PLAY THE GAME

Originally published 2/10/2008 By MIKE VACCARO February 10, 2008 — THE ball was in the air for what felt like a lifetime, and David Tyree was perfectly willing to wait it out that long if that’s what it took. All around him, the Super Bowl had come to a complete standstill. All around him, every […]

SUPER BOWL XLII

Helping Out a Friend

I have a friend named Rachel. She’s selling a signed and unedited proof of Neil Gaiman’s second short story collection “Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions”, published in 1998 – complete with a letter from the publisher found wedged between the pages. She needs money for her myriad medical problems and prescriptions. Help her […]

Told You So

I knew it’d frigging fit. Lying liarsons of Lying, Lyoming.

House Update for Sunday

So for everyone who asked, yes, today was much better than yesterday. First off, the Dish TV guy got everything hooked up perfect, and I now have MSG network and NFL network. I have 2 dishes on my house now, too. We got our new split-queen boxspring and we now have a REAL bed again. […]

OMFG

So uh, I suppose this means that I’m obliged to hold a Super Bowl party in 2 weeks. WOOOOOO GIANTS

Boy Am I Shot

The POD is empty. All of the large items are in the house. Just freaking done. DONE. We had a nightmare of appliance proportions today: 1. This morning while I was closing up our old place, Aimee rushed ahead with the baby just in time for Best Buy to come and deliver our new washer […]

HOW ‘BOUT THEM GIANTS??!??!

Year-End Report

We here at LydenCorp would like to extend our hearty congratulations to all employees for a fantastic year. Highlights follow…

For Chrissy’s Edification

Aimee and I have been ROCKING THE HELL OUT with Rock Band since Christmas Eve, as DAFT STEEL, the punkmetal gods. Except we’ve been told we have to increase our fanbase in Amsterdam. Apparently Amsterdam would like us to play some fruity Fall Out Boy song called “Dead On Arrival.” I mean, REALLY. Have you […]