August 2011
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Gutless Wonders (Smoking Ban Delay?)
A friend of mine grew up playing football in southern West Virginia. He used to tell the story of his coach, a man who called every player who failed to achieve a “gutless wonder.” God only knows what the coach thought he was achieving; I suppose the idea was that such a comment would encourage the player to accomplish more. I’ve thought about that phrase through the years,...
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It's no surprise I'll be surprised
WVU football officially kicks off a week from this Sunday. If you haven’t read Sam’s excellent season preview set as a montage to “You Never Even Called Me By My Name” read it now. I’ll wait.
I agree 100% with Sam on this—at least I think I agree—anyway, here’s what I think:
-Everyone’s Holgorections (trademark still pending) are a little much and a tad premature. Why? I don’t know. Maybe...
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So My Daughter Can Leave Mountainview Elementary...
This weekend, my family received a letter. The letter told us that Mountainview Elementary School was considered a failing school. This conclusion was reached as a result of the controversial No Child Left Behind Act. NCLB is a stupid piece of legislation that replaces learning to think with learning to regurgitate rehearsed answers that will satisfy standardized tests. Still, Mountainview is...
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"And I Never Minded Standing In The Rain" - WVU...
Football season is mercifully upon us. After eight months of the endless toil and drudgery of rumors, innuendos, firings, replacements, yelling, screaming, swearing, and marinating, our team is about to start playing football again. Thank God. To celebrate, I thought I’d write a season preview as best I can, using the lyrics from one of the all time great songs, the otherwise excerable David...
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Moments In Mountaineer Tweeting (#10, Historical...
Joe Mazzulla, all-around great Mountaineer, yesterday responded in the following way to somebody who was presumably asking him about his recovery after a night of partying:
How was the bay of pigs RT @GFCoyle: @Jmazzulla21 how’s the resurrection from death going?
Love the historical reference, no matter how inappropriate it might be when compared to a hangover recovery. Mazzulla deserves...
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If They'd Be Honest About MountainFest, It Would...
“Dear Morgantownians,
I know. Mountainfest wasn’t exactly ideal for those of you who don’t own or appreciate motorcycles. Between the nonstop noise and the never ending traffic, you were horribly inconvenienced for the past three days simply so outsiders could treat our city here like their own personal playground. But just look at the revenues. Look at them! Because...
