I don’t know if I’ve told this story on the internet before, but here goes.
I remember when I was in grade school, maybe about 8 or 9 years old, my teacher told the class that “in Russia, the news only can say what the government wants it to say. Here in America, we have [...]

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I’ve arrived and it’s HOT in Detroit. I’ve been reconnecting with old friends and it’s been great.
The Pistons loss is easy to explain: referees. Oh, and the fact that the Spurs are amazing. We’ll be back next year.
More soon — still getting my internet bearings here in the motor city.

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Still on the road, so this will be a quick one. After hitting Vegas, Denver, Des Moines, and now Chicago (and all the empty spaces in between), I’ll be back in the best city this side of the Atlantic just in time for the Pistons to win it all tomorrow night.
Some of the more [...]

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I am OUTTA here.
So you know the earthquake on Tuesday that set off a tsunami warning for basically the entire state of California? Yeah, I was sitting right next to the ocean over in Isla Vista, watching ABC television and we didn’t hear a thing about a tsunami warning until about an hour after the [...]

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The Spurs had a lot of “extra help” tonight.
The Pistons went to the free throw line 16 times tonight.
The Spurs went to the free throw line 34 times. Look it up.
Manu Ginobli — you know, the ugly one with the floppy hair who thinks he can play but all he does is draw fouls? [...]

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