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World cup football in the USA

One big distraction is coverage of sport. One thing I like about TV coverage of sport, here in California is, if they cover a team, they pretty much cover every game or event. That can be either good or bad depending on your perspective. More on that in a moment. A little later this morning [...]

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Rain Dogs

If you want to write in the first person, what is the right way to address someone on a blog in terms of a greeting? Good morning / evening does not suffice, as you can read any time in the world even if it is only just published, depending on which time zone you reside. [...]

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What the Wire and Football have in common

Welcome to a further entry in a series of  tongue in cheek blog posts which I will, – oh shut up and get on with it! Continuing a recent theme on linkage I shall provide three more tenuous links to ponder. It’s about why some things mostly unconnected in a lot of details, feel like [...]

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