Bacon Kielbasa Bake

A coworker and friend of mine, L, went to Syracuse University, home of the Orangemen, who opened their football season by hosting the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers. As our alma maters were meeting on the gridiron, we decided to watch together, and I decided to cook a breakfast dish I haven’t made for decades.
 My [...]

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The Phone Call with StubHub

 I spoke to Ms. Norberg, of StubHub.

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StubHub follows up

I’ve heard back from a senior supervisor of executive customer care at StubHub. Those who stop by frequently might remember we had three spring training tickets stolen a week before we left town.
And now, two months after we began e-mailing and calling StubHub to try and replace the stolen tickets before we got to Florida, [...]

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The large and small of spring training

You know how planning a vacation together can be stressful?

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A Spring Day in Florida

Having had my ticket to see the Twins play the Pirates stolen before we left town made things interesting, as far as getting into McKechnie Field (“Southern Home of the Pirates”) goes. StubHub, who supposedly guarantee the tickets we bought in December of 2008, and which were stolen 6 days before we left town, was [...]

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Watchdog, or rabidly anti-Chinese?

In response to my post on the Olympic torch and the Tibetan flag, someone emailed me about the “incredible bias in the western media against China (would you agree?) There has been for some time. … The average [Chinese] person on the street doesn’t know anything about politics and cares even less. Making a fortune [...]

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Fletcher’s — Circling the Wagons

“I’ve got fifty bucks on this game,” Murphy told Ron, “All I ask is for Johnson to just keep hitting his receivers, using the pass to control the game, is that so much?”
Murphy had his elbows out wide, staring enrapt at the football game on overhead. Emil sat nearby in gentile dishevelment, nursing a pint [...]

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Barry Bonds as the painted bird

I turned on the Giants game last night and was amused, mildly surprised, and bemused by the thunderous boos Barry Bonds received at Dodger stadium. I heard later that it got vicious in parts of the stands, with at least one fight breaking out.
Which surprised me a bit because the Dodgers fans I’ve known have [...]

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Michael Vick, Football, and Dogfighting

I’ve been thinking about the difference between playing professional football and dogfighting.

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No relief for the Giants

My fears about the Giants are gradually being realized. I was afraid their bullpen problems would come back to bite them in the butt, and it’s happening. Tuesday night the bullpen once again gave up the game in extra innings.

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