This was no ordinary homecoming. This was a do-or-die attempt to lay the ghost of years of rejection from the horse-rearing elite and the literati who sat in those privileged boxes overlooking the track and those unprivileged craven hordes who grovelled around the centre-field where he had suffered as a boy. The clubhouse as …
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May 05 2018
Cinco de Mayo
Reprinted from 5/5/2012 The name simply means “The Fifth of May” and it’s an oddly U.S. American holiday. Except in the State of Puebla they don’t much celebrate the victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla in Mexico which makes it much more like Patriot’s Day that we here in New England get …
May 01 2018
Allez le Barricades!
The Internationale Arise ye workers from your slumbers Arise ye prisoners of want For reason in revolt now thunders And at last ends the age of cant. Away with all your superstitions Servile masses arise, arise We’ll change henceforth the old tradition And spurn the dust to win the prize. So comrades, come rally And …
Apr 01 2018
April? Already?
Once upon a time April Fools used to be fun but now it’s just a bunch of brands trying to seem cool with a bunch of boring ass obvious lies. And, because it’s Easter. Christianity is a myth designed to prop up Roman Imperial State control just like the cults of Mithras and Sol …
Mar 29 2018
Naturally Dyed Eggs
NATURALLY DYED EGGS Now with updates! Natural Easter Egg Dyes In the Gilmore house there is no surer sign of Easter than onion skin boiled eggs. I like them much more than the traditional store kit dyed kind because they have a subtle onion scent that lingers even after you peel them. In fact sometimes …
Feb 14 2018
My Las Vegas Convention- A Happy Story
(originally in orange Sat Jun 17, 2006 at 07:01 PM PDT) I repeat it annually because there are lessons I don’t want to forget. Can you handle the truth? How about a good story? If you are a regular reader you may know that I was State Co-ordinator of my meatspace club. You may not …
Feb 13 2018
142nd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
Relegated this year to Fox Sports and practically forgotten by me in favor of Winter Olympic Curling (Canada, Switzerland, and Russia btw making it 6 of 12 Canadian Golds in the modern era) it barks and whines like an insistent canine that needs a walk so it can pee. Sorry dude. I’ve been sick too. …
Feb 04 2018
Superb Owl LII: Iggles and Patsies
I think I’ve mentioned I hate both these teams and I can easily think of 17 different things I’d rather be watching. Except for the commercials. Juste à côté. Recognize this one? Yeah, who’d a thunk? But it’s all about who you hate the most and it’s definitely the Patsies. Why Tom Brady’s New England …
Feb 04 2018
Puppy Bowl XIV
Hard to believe I have 14 of these things junking up my DVR when I should let them wash over and through me like the adorable animals they are. Not that I don’t rewatch them sometimes when I’m feeling particularly in need of some cuteness and emotional support mind you, just that they’re all basically …
Feb 02 2018
Groundhog Day
What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered? That about sums it up for me. Ned? Ned Ryerson?! You like boats, but not the ocean. You go to a lake in summer with your family up in the mountains. …
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