Gather ‘round folks, and I shall spin you a yarn. It’s a mighty tale that I’ve to tell. A tale of men. A tale of movies. A tale standing taller than the mightiest oak in the forest. A legend, more accurately—a legend about roller disco.
As college football reaches its climax, it’s important to remember that nothing is set in stone. Until the final BCS rankings hit the shelves on Dec. 9, no one is safe.
William Faulkner once said, “Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the writing done, no shortcut.” I can imagine surgeons and bricklayers taking umbrage against such a remark, since there is probably no shortcut to get the surgery done and no shortcut to get the bricklaying done.
Let’s play a game. Imagine I walk up to you, a typical 20-year-old college student, and introduce myself. Moving past the niceties of introductions you inquire what my interests are. “I’m a gamer,” I reply casually. How do you respond? Do you think of me as childish? The word “gamer” has acquired a vile connotation in most people’s vernacular nowadays. I hate being embarrassed to associate myself with my passion.
Late last week, Sullivan Hall, a venue in New York City’s Greenwich Village, closed unexpectedly after a 17 year run.
Wisconsin is the fifth best football team in the country.
Nov. 18, 326: St. Peter’s Basilica (the first one) is consecrated.
While in my sociology class, our lecture reached the topic of whether or not college athletes should get paid. Students and student-athletes weighed in on the discussion, but as usual with such a controversial topic, our class did not really come to a complete consensus.
While Packer fans thought losing Aaron Rodgers was devastating, imagine how Barcelona fans feel after losing forward Lionel Messi to a hamstring injury likely for the rest of the calendar year.
So there’s a rad thing happening in Madison next weekend. Actually, rad doesn’t quite catch it. There’s an incredible thing happening next weekend in Madison.
The writing is on the wall. The Bowl Championship Subdivision’s days are all but over.
Every so often, when I’m bored and find myself crawling through the Internet looking up music reviews, I end up on Pitchfork. Pitchfork doesn’t really cover the genres of music I typically listen to; however, sometimes I attempt to broaden my horizons and saunter over to their website to see how they feel about a particular album.
The other day I learned “The Counselor,” a movie I had no velleity to go see, was written by Cormac McCarthy. Not adapted from a work by McCarthy, the way “No Country for Old Men” was to great gravitas, or as some hope to do with “Blood Meridian.” This was an original screenplay, McCarthy’s first apparently.
Monday, the Atlanta Braves shocked the baseball world by announcing they were leaving their 17-year-old stadium, Turner Field, for a new $672 million stadium in Atlanta’s northern suburb of Cobb County.
There’s an old Japanese saying that translates roughly to: “Mario Kart Double Dash!!’ is the eighth wonder of the world.” I can’t attribute that prophetic claim to anyone specifically, but I’m assuming it was some revered Shogun. The phrase’s meaning is beyond dispute however; “Double Dash!!” will forever rule the “Mario Kart” roost.
Nov. 11, 1620: The Mayflower Compact is signed.
The Badgers, not surprisingly, looked good Saturday.
As the start of the college basketball season approaches, the hype of Kansas freshman Andrew Wiggins continues to grow. Wiggins, this season’s top recruit, may be the most highly talked about NBA prospect since LeBron James.
Not often is an athlete checked into a hospital and simultaneously heard echoes of blame for it. Miami Dolphins second year player Jonathan Martin reported to a South Florida hospital to be treated for emotional distress before he returned to his home to be with family.
So I saw “12 Years a Slave,” and it was remarkable. You should all see it. It’s beautifully shot and acted, it’s an incredible story, or at least I wish it was incredible, and it’s told as well as any other.
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