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How Could I

2012-02-17T21:04:00.001-05:00

Forget the content

English Football and Current Top Flight Tenancy (2011-12)

2011-09-07T16:14:00.001-04:00

The below chart is something I picked up off the Arsenal mailing list some 12 years ago and have kept up-to-date in anorak-ish fashion ever since.

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 Side                   Promoted
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 Everton                1953-54

 Arsenal                1913-14

 Liverpool              1961-62

 Manchester Utd         1974-75

 Tottenham              1977-78

 Aston Villa            1987-88

 Chelsea                1988-89

 Blackburn Rovers       2000-01

 Bolton Wanderers       2000-01

 Fulham                 2000-01

 Manchester City        2001-02

 Wigan                  2004-05

 Sunderland             2006-07

 Stoke City             2007-08

 Wolverhampton          2008-09

 Newcastle Utd          2009-10

 West Bromwich          2009-10

 Queens Park Rangers    2010-11

 Norwich City           2010-11

 Swansea City           2010-11

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It's worth noting that the five "oldest" sides are also the traditional "Big Five"...

WC Host Nation Winner: Prediction Time

2010-10-16T07:03:00.000-04:00

2018: Russia
2022: USA

Spectator Sport

2010-10-13T14:53:00.000-04:00

The sidelined player
rues the call
which took him from the game

He watches others
score to win
and knows nothing but shame

The cause is moot
the deed is done
and explanation's lame

What hurts is neither
knee nor joint
but losing hope of fame

Introducing the Belles Townhomes

2010-10-05T08:49:00.000-04:00

Introducing the Belles Townhomes – Seven LEED Platinum Units – Luxury in the Presidio Just North of The Richmond « San Francisco Citizen.

Maybe--someday. *Sigh*.

This Seasonless Land

2010-10-05T07:07:00.000-04:00

Can't remember what happened when.

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MMM Red Corn

2010-09-13T14:40:00.000-04:00

I love living in a farm state...

1) Bought 2lbs of red grapes for $1.57.
2) Bought two ears of red corn for 68¢.

Yep, red corn. And the water had red in it when boiled. Tasted a bit fuller-bodied than yellow/white, if that makes sense.

Yes, I love living in a farm state—always access to cheap veggies and fruits when they're in season!

ZineWiki

2010-08-08T15:17:00.000-04:00

I happened to be looking for an old article in Maximumrocknroll and wouldja know I bumped into this:

ZineWiki - the history and culture of zines,
independent media and the small press.

I was never too much into hardcore/punk, but I did have my late teen phase of checking out each and every possible subsubgenre of music—which meant I ran into a few "zines" along the way.

These were, of course, the best way to find things out in those ancient pre-mass-internet times (aside from BBSes, but damned if I even knew that was a possibility then) and this looks to be a pretty nifty site.

Bottom line: looks like there's a wiki for just about anything!

P.S. Found MRR archives anyway—not comprehensive, but Operation Phoenix Records has quite a few punk 'zines there.

Journeying in eastern Europe: Planes, trains and extortionate taxis | The Economist

2010-04-28T11:33:00.000-04:00

Link: Journeying in eastern Europe: Planes, trains and extortionate taxis | The Economist

BBC – Robbo Robson: Down Among Dowie And The Dead Men

2010-04-27T15:10:00.000-04:00

Link: BBC - Robbo Robson: Down Among Dowie And The Dead Men

BBC News – Chocolate lovers ‘are more depressive’, say experts

2010-04-27T10:23:00.000-04:00

Link: BBC News - Chocolate lovers 'are more depressive', say experts

I just have to comment on this because I see these sensationalized out-of-context studies all the time. To whit—has anyone ever considered that perhaps chocolate eaters are more depressive because, oh, I dunno, they eat chocolate as a self-medicating activity? Der…