Monthly Archives: November 2008

Kicking Myself

11/9/2008 – 2:31 pm

I’m kicking myself because on Friday I was thinking, “You know what’s going to happen on Saturday? Ars*nal is going to beat Man Ure and all the bandwagon jumpers will exclaim with delight that they’re back in the title race. Of course, this is exactly what happened even though lots of folks were expecting a [...]

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Footie – Session 1

11/5/2008 – 3:07 pm

Recap: My first outing of the fall/winter/spring noon/pickup/indoor season, which will probably be limited to Wednesdays and maybe some Mondays based more on businesses than anything. Started late (per usual) with about 16 guys that grew to a max of 22 (two teams of 6 plus five subs). Pretty good numbers all around and a [...]

By Trent | Posted in * Footie, -Pickup | Comments (0)

…And Some Very Sad News

11/5/2008 – 11:39 am

I received word from the UWM English Department that Professor James Liddy passed away this morning at Columbia Hospital, aged 74. Not being a poet and not being Irish, I hadn’t heard of Liddy before beginning my classes as a grad student at UWM, but it wasn’t long until I figured out that James Liddy [...]

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Yes, We Can! (We Hope)

11/5/2008 – 12:48 am

Wow. I followed this election on and off throughout the night, but mostly on as time went on. Mr. President Elect, you had me at Ohio. And Pennsylvania? Colorado? Florida? 338 to 156 at present. I wrote eons ago about Obama’s utopian rhetoric, and after hearing his acceptance speech tonight (not to mention these final [...]

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Now That’s More Like It!

11/4/2008 – 11:05 am

Andy Cox, editor of Black Static, emailed me to point out a very positive review of “The Hodag” from Peter Tennant to counter the lukewarm one I linked to yesterday. Happily, Tennant’s remarks highlight the things I as the author was hoping readers would experience. I can’t help but quote the whole thing: The Hodag [...]

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Review Mania!

11/3/2008 – 10:06 pm

Well, three maybe doesn’t make a mania, but it’s two big thumbs up for my story “Of Silver Bullets and Golden Teeth” and a luke-warm response to “The Hodag.” * The Book Smugglers’ review of The Beast Within anthology calls OSBAGT “probably one the best written of the bunch” and that yours truly “definitely knows [...]

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Serious Schadenfreude and Halloweenies

11/2/2008 – 4:49 pm

Right, so lots of morons were flapping their lips about how Ars*nal was going to be a contender for both the Premier League and Champions League. They’ve now pulled a Liverpool, having seen their title aspirations basically over by November. They haven’t played many teams in the top half of the table yet have still [...]

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