I'm pretty sure Mary was writing this one up the moment Patriot coach Bill Belichick made the inexplicable decision to go for it on 4th-and-two on his own 28 yard line with just two minutes and eight seconds left in the game. For those who didn't stay up last night to watch the game, the Patriots made one of the all-time great coaching blunders to give the Colts the opportunity to make a miraculous comeback and extend their winning streak to something like 18 games. Peyton Manning took advantage and stuck a dagger in their heart with 13 seconds left. Indeed, much to everybody's surprise, the game hyped as "The Game of the Year" turned out to be the best game of the year.
Indy Noogies New England
Colts beat Pats! Katie
Beagle's ears rise at the sound
Of Belichick's screams.
--Mary Campbell-Droze
Monday, November 16, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Ambitious, High-Achieving, Type-A Beagle
The alarm rings and
Katie trots to her next stop,
The home-office bed.
Katie trots to her next stop,
The home-office bed.
This Week's MC-D Colts/Beagle Haiku.
In which MC-D praises the errant leg-lifting of the Houston Texans' kicker. Because she's a class act, she doesn't mention that beagles also know a little something about lifting a leg.
I, however, am not a class act.
Cockeyed Kick Keeps Colts Campaigning
Texans shank left and
All is right. Did Katie the
Beagle hold her breath?
--Mary Campbell-Droze
I, however, am not a class act.
Cockeyed Kick Keeps Colts Campaigning
Texans shank left and
All is right. Did Katie the
Beagle hold her breath?
--Mary Campbell-Droze
Monday, November 9, 2009
Welcome to the world, Emerson
One more Facebook post of interest to pass along this evening:
Rich Riordan Emerson Collins Riordan was born on Nov. 8th at 7:54 am, weighing 8lbs 13oz, 20.5 inches long.
Congratulations, Susan & Rich!
Those of you non-Facebookers out there who want to pass along your own congratulations can, of course, find Susan at Gettysburg Family, where the family has grown by one baby boy.
Rich Riordan Emerson Collins Riordan was born on Nov. 8th at 7:54 am, weighing 8lbs 13oz, 20.5 inches long.
Congratulations, Susan & Rich!
Those of you non-Facebookers out there who want to pass along your own congratulations can, of course, find Susan at Gettysburg Family, where the family has grown by one baby boy.
Slacker Blogger
Holy cow, I haven't posted since last Tuesday? I'd like to claim that this is because I've been a bundle of activity out in the real non-digital world. But that would mostly be a fib. However, worry not blogosphere. You haven't been forgotten. Here's a quick update on my week, cribbed from Facebook:
John Magee has nothing to vote for today in Wolverine Lake, but is thinking good thoughts for some good candidates in other communities. Good government starts with good elected officials. November 3 at 10:56am
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John Magee finds himself checking Facebook more often these days, to see if his sister Susan has had this darn kid yet. Emerson, where are you? November 5 at 11:26am
Susan Magee Riordan - Same place he was yesterday. And the day before. And the day before that. Think of poor Rich who's had to curtail his evening cocktails in case he needs to drive me to the hospital. November 5 at 11:29am
John Magee - Good God, the situation's even more desperate than I thought! November 5 at 12:02pm
Krista Magee Morehouse - The horror! November 5 at 3:18pm
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John Magee is drinking Michigan-cherry-flavored coffee this morning because I forgot to buy more of our regular beans last night. (We got it as a gift from somebody and hadn't tried it yet.) It's not bad for a novelty, but it's no threat to replace the standard brew. Friday at 9:48am
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As a Democrat, I'm disappointed. As a citizen, I'm irked. But as an investor with his 401K money in a small-cap fund, I'm deeply disturbed. High and Low Finance - Goodbye to the Accounting Reforms of 2002 - NYTimes.com. Fri at 10:21am
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John Magee and Monique had a good time working the Commonwealth Club fish fry tonight. Added bonus: our tummies are now really, really full of fish and chips. Fri at 10:23pm
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John Magee, Monique, and our neighbor Wendy just took an unbelievably beautiful late-season / early November sunset cruise on the Stealth Pontoon. I always leave the pontoon in too late hoping for a weekend evening just like this ... and this year that evening showed up! Sat at 7:11pm
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The Lions are the stupidest team ever. They fell for the "no play" fake play on fourth down and jumped offsides. Even Pee-Wee teams don't fall for that. Yesterday at 6:44pm
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John Magee can't believe how quickly this beautiful day disappeared. I want a do-over!Yesterday at 8:30pm
John Magee has nothing to vote for today in Wolverine Lake, but is thinking good thoughts for some good candidates in other communities. Good government starts with good elected officials. November 3 at 10:56am
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John Magee finds himself checking Facebook more often these days, to see if his sister Susan has had this darn kid yet. Emerson, where are you? November 5 at 11:26am
Susan Magee Riordan - Same place he was yesterday. And the day before. And the day before that. Think of poor Rich who's had to curtail his evening cocktails in case he needs to drive me to the hospital. November 5 at 11:29am
John Magee - Good God, the situation's even more desperate than I thought! November 5 at 12:02pm
Krista Magee Morehouse - The horror! November 5 at 3:18pm
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John Magee is drinking Michigan-cherry-flavored coffee this morning because I forgot to buy more of our regular beans last night. (We got it as a gift from somebody and hadn't tried it yet.) It's not bad for a novelty, but it's no threat to replace the standard brew. Friday at 9:48am
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As a Democrat, I'm disappointed. As a citizen, I'm irked. But as an investor with his 401K money in a small-cap fund, I'm deeply disturbed. High and Low Finance - Goodbye to the Accounting Reforms of 2002 - NYTimes.com. Fri at 10:21am
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John Magee and Monique had a good time working the Commonwealth Club fish fry tonight. Added bonus: our tummies are now really, really full of fish and chips. Fri at 10:23pm
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John Magee, Monique, and our neighbor Wendy just took an unbelievably beautiful late-season / early November sunset cruise on the Stealth Pontoon. I always leave the pontoon in too late hoping for a weekend evening just like this ... and this year that evening showed up! Sat at 7:11pm
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The Lions are the stupidest team ever. They fell for the "no play" fake play on fourth down and jumped offsides. Even Pee-Wee teams don't fall for that. Yesterday at 6:44pm
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John Magee can't believe how quickly this beautiful day disappeared. I want a do-over!Yesterday at 8:30pm
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
The Top Disasters of the 1980s
Some days interesting topics come across my e-mail inbox at work. Today, somebody asked whether we had enough coverage of natural disasters of the 1980s in one of our planned online history products. To answer that question without further ado, I present my nominees for the Top Five Disasters of the 1980s:
5) This hairstyle on the lead singer of Flock of Seagulls.
4) The movie Heaven’s Gate (1980).
3) Ozzy Osbourne’s liver, years 1980-89 inclusive.
2) David Lee Roth leaves Van Halen, replaced by Sammy Hagar, 1985.
1) The Columbia University football team’s 44-game losing streak, 1983 to 1988.
5) This hairstyle on the lead singer of Flock of Seagulls.
4) The movie Heaven’s Gate (1980).
3) Ozzy Osbourne’s liver, years 1980-89 inclusive.
2) David Lee Roth leaves Van Halen, replaced by Sammy Hagar, 1985.
1) The Columbia University football team’s 44-game losing streak, 1983 to 1988.
Indianapolis Colts, Week 8, in beagle haiku, plus some newspaper whining
Katie the Beagle
Thinks Indy's Niner win is
Nothing to bark at.
--Mary Campbell-Droze
Sadly, these 17 syllables aren't much less informative than the full game report in my Monday paper. Or, rather, in my Monday no-paper, since the Detroit Free Press is only home-delivered on Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, and the paper itself continues to shrink while growing ever-more-expensive at the stands. The dead-tree edition of Monday's full paper ran 30 pages and cost a full dollar.
And for the last week or so their iPhone/Mobile edition has been broken, so that you can only read the top ten or so stories.
Quite honestly, I'm considering replacing the whole thing with a Xeroxed single page of haiku. You may think this is a bad business model, but I don't see how it's worse than building a news business model based on not providing news to your readers. And as near as I can tell, that has become the Free Press's business model.
I was willing to follow them into their digital experiment, since the proposal was that they would provide all the news they used to, just in a different format. But I'm increasingly wondering where the news went.
Thinks Indy's Niner win is
Nothing to bark at.
--Mary Campbell-Droze
Sadly, these 17 syllables aren't much less informative than the full game report in my Monday paper. Or, rather, in my Monday no-paper, since the Detroit Free Press is only home-delivered on Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, and the paper itself continues to shrink while growing ever-more-expensive at the stands. The dead-tree edition of Monday's full paper ran 30 pages and cost a full dollar.
And for the last week or so their iPhone/Mobile edition has been broken, so that you can only read the top ten or so stories.
Quite honestly, I'm considering replacing the whole thing with a Xeroxed single page of haiku. You may think this is a bad business model, but I don't see how it's worse than building a news business model based on not providing news to your readers. And as near as I can tell, that has become the Free Press's business model.
I was willing to follow them into their digital experiment, since the proposal was that they would provide all the news they used to, just in a different format. But I'm increasingly wondering where the news went.
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