Daily Archives: October 17, 2003
Speaking of Losers
Posted on October 17, 2003 7 Comments
Apparently some “Southern Heritage” site linked to one of my “The Confederates Were Losers” screeds, which is precipitating another wave of good ol’ boys to trot out their victimized wailings and send them to me in poorly spell-checked form. To forestall having the same argument over and over again, this would be a good time […]
Fans of Losers
Posted on October 17, 2003
As is my capricious right, I’m going to go ahead and elevate this out of the comment thread for “Dear Cubs Fans.” It comes from “Bowler” who writes: This is the one point where I think I lose interest in your writing. I realize you write for a national audience, but let me tell you […]
Hit It, Sadly Enough.
Posted on October 17, 2003
I mentioned earlier this week that I expected I would get more than 2000 pieces of spam this week, in which I’m tracking my spam rather than deleteing it outright. I just want to note that as of 8:05am (Eastern) friday morning, I am in the possession of 2190 pieces of spam, and still have […]
Dear Red Sox Fans:
Posted on October 17, 2003
What I wrote yesterday largely applies to you, too, except, of course, the part about Steve Bartman, and that the Yankess are not a speck, a bug, a straw man propped up by the baseball gods. They are baseball gods’ favorite children. No, it’s not fair. You’re in the wrong universe for fair.
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying