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| SoothingDeadspin is one of my favorite sports blogs. Their super caustic prose is like ice cream to a depression. Like the popular dairy product it doesn't address the root cause, but immediately obliterates all symptoms.
Here is sample from Monday:
• Marion Barber might be one of the top five most fun players to
watch in the NFL...He runs the ball like if he gets tackled, someone rapes his
mother with a branding iron. On strength and sheer power of will, he
leads all NFL running backs.
• Edgerrin James breaks a touchdown run for the Cardinals, as the
Panthers try out a new tackling technique called "Gently Rub Your Chest
Against Edgerrin James And Hope It Makes Him Uncomfortable Enough to
Fall Down." It's mostly ineffective. 
Effing awesome.
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| CryingI really hope this happens tomorrow.
(from motivationalbuck.com)
But I'm not expecting it to.
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| DroolingI really like food. That is why one of my most favorite sites is TasteSpotting.com. The pictures and links never fail to make my stomach growl.
If I were an anorexic I could see myself getting cured just by visiting this site regularly.
Here's a juicy looking grilled watermelon
and a pancetta crostini
My mouth is watering right now.
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| Bartman ProofingIt appears Xanga is becoming the CD-R to the HD-DVD (or Blue-ray if you prefer) of Facebook. It is a little disheartening....not that I've contributed anything worthwhile. To try to rectify my lack of participation (and because I love telling myself that I am a contrarian) I will start posting and linking whatever interests me.
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Steve Bartman is an anathema. He is the Chicago Cubs fan to whom some people attribute the end of the Cubs playoff run in 2003. Bartman infamously reached over a wall and redirected a foul ball which probably would have been caught for a crucial out by Cubs left fielder Moises Alou.
This is an article on the satire site SportsPickle.com detailing the Cubs efforts this year to prevent such a tragedy from occurring. The title alone made me spit out my delicious Cinnamon Toast cereal:
Cubs Install Invisible Wall Of Lasers To Slice Off Arms of Fans Who Reach Into Fair Territory
A few quotes (so you don't have to read the article):
“We’re calling it the Bartman Wall,” said Cubs general manager Jim
Hendry. “We haven’t won a World Series in almost 100 years, and we’re
taking every measure possible to end that streak this year.”
"Wall of lasers or not, someone was going to get hurt if anything like
that happened on my watch,” said manager Lou Piniella. “If some
glasses-wearing, walkman-listening dork prevented me from winning a
World Series, I’d pull him out of the stands and beat him to death."
“I don’t think I will be attending any games, unfortunately,” he [Bartman] said.
“I can’t risk losing an arm. They’re all I have to protect me when
random passersby recognize me and attack.”
Needless to say this gave me a serious case of the giggles.
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