We talked about this a bit before, but broader context is needed. This is the sixth time this has happened since the NBA-ABA merger of 1976; the other five times were: – Sonics/Bullets, late 1970s – Sixers/Lakers, early 1980s –… Continue Reading
Go to around 2:40 on the above clip and judge for yourself; later in this same show, which I just discovered on Hulu yesterday, Jason Alexander refers to her as “high.” I honestly have no idea what the purpose of… Continue Reading
If you’ve ever wondered where the term comes from: The term “happy hour” originated from sailors in the United States Navy who used the term to describe the period of time during the day scheduled for entertainment. In the 1920′s,… Continue Reading
Nine years down in Texas With sluts of both sexes Liars, lumps, and drug addicts, and drunks I love my friends Oddly beautiful. Also, the entire song contains deep allegorical references to the career of Kevin Costner: Read this for… Continue Reading
When Mad Men comes back for the final episodes, will Joan be a bigger part of the picture? Continue Reading
The goaltenders in the 2014 Olympic gold medal game were Carey Price (Canada) and Henrik Lundqvist (Sweden). Canada won, 3-0. Those same goaltenders are now facing each other in the 2014 NHL Eastern Conference Finals. No one saw this coming… Continue Reading
I had high hopes for this because it’s from part of the crew that did Happy Endings, which was probably the show aside from HIMYM that had the greatest chance of becoming “the new Friends,” but never truly panned out. Side note: did you… Continue Reading
It seems like people have been discussing this idea of “what Big Data can really do” for years without tremendously tangible day-to-day results (possibly because of this and this). Still, it seems logical that as SmartPhones become the primary gadget… Continue Reading