03/25/2017 archive

Formula One 2017: Melbourne

What? March Madness not enough for you? I’m still here being as obnoxious as possible and part of that is Formula One. Truthfully there are just too many changes for me to report at the moment, with any luck at all I’ll have caught up before Le Tour though I’m not making any promises. As …

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March Madness: 2017 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Regional Finals (Round of 8)- Day 1

6:09 TBS Gonzaga-Xavier West Region Xavier is the only true underdog left, but Gonzaga has been waiting for years. I’ll give this one to TMC. 8:49 TBS Kansas-Oregon Midwest Region The only team I hate more than Kansas is Kentucky (actually Florida and South Carolina are pretty reprehensible too). Anyway, Go Ducks!

Two Tragic Fires That Sparked Major Changes

Today we mark the anniversary of two tragic fires that occurred in New York City. In 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire claimed 146 lives and 79 years later, in 1990, the Happy Land fire killed 87 people, the most deadly fire in the city since 1911. The Triangle Factory fire lead to major changes …

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March Madness: 2017 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Regional Semifinals (Round of 16)- Day 2

11:30 ESPN Maryland-Oregon Dangerous. You should root for Oregon. 1:30 PM ESPN UConn-UCLA UConn. You know who to root for. 4:00 ESPN South Carolina-Quinnipiac The biggest underdogs in the Tournament, Women or Men. You should root for Quinnipiac. 6:00 ESPN Oregon State-FSU Oregon State because Florida.

Alone In The Kitchen With An Old Frenchman

Recently French chef Jacques Pépin turned 80 and retired. Over the years, he educated viewers of Public Television on how to cook and, something that no other cooking show host has done, techniques in the kitchen with wisdom, humor and a smattering of French lessons. As Gilad Edelman wrote in a Slate article, this man …

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The Breakfast Club (Gender Equality)

Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:30am (ET) to …

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