(Editor's note: damn it, I forgot to hit publish this morning....)
As soon as a year ago, this would be considered the "biggest game in school history" for the UC football team. They had about five of those last year. Not anymore.
The only way they could top where they've been is a national title shot -- and that talk could start with an impressive win tonight against South Florida.
The other thing that could get a shot in the arm is the Tony Pike for Heisman campaign. This is exactly the type of game that could catapult him to the top of the ever-present lists. Say he has a big game, USC beats Notre Dame and Colt McCoy doesn't do anything special against Oklahoma -- and Pike could be right at the top.
* The New York Times has a good story on UC and its "adopting" a young cancer patient.
* Mel Kiper Jr. has Pike as the No. 20 player on his "big board" -- and the fifth QB.
* Football Outsiders looks at how the Ravens got help for Michael Oher against Antwan Odom.
* Joe Reedy at the Enquirer does a nice roundup of NFL Blackout rules and what it means on his blog.
* Carson Palmer on a Cleveland radio station.
* I'll be honest, I haven't read this piece from Malcolm Gladwell in the New Yorker on football and head injuries, but I'm going to get around to it. I just need some time to do it.
* It doesn't look like Dave Duncan is headed anywhere. I think the Reds' pitching coach job is Ted Power's to lose.
* More pictures of the Reds' new facility in Goodyear. Wow. It's like going from, well the Florida State League to the big leagues. Just wow.
* Chris Sabo talks to NKU's student paper about going to law school and other stuff.
* Japan's top high school pitcher is talking to the normal teams you'd expect. And the Indians.
* MLB is releasing a cool DVD set of the World Series. I'm still waiting for the 85 series on DVD.
* Sometimes it doesn't matter how great your product is, the business side is still so important. Example A: Krispy Kreme.
* More on chicken wings.
* The L.A. Times interviews one of my favorite authors, Michael Chabon.
* The 10 coolest bookstores in the US. (Strand is amazing.) I know here Joseph-Beth is great, as is Half-Price Books. What do you like?
* This interview with Jeff Tweedy by the Onion's AV Club is awesome.
* If you're into the whole downloading thing through Amazon, they have a free song (the underrated These Days) from the upcoming R.E.M. live album
* I admit I was kinda bummed when I heard Maura Tierney wasn't going to be on TV regularly after her illness and wrote off the Parenthood sitcom, but they've added Lauren Graham, so, you know, watch out.
* Check out the deleted scene from The Office's wedding episode.
* An Elder grad is a writer on the great 30 Rock.
As soon as a year ago, this would be considered the "biggest game in school history" for the UC football team. They had about five of those last year. Not anymore.
The only way they could top where they've been is a national title shot -- and that talk could start with an impressive win tonight against South Florida.
The other thing that could get a shot in the arm is the Tony Pike for Heisman campaign. This is exactly the type of game that could catapult him to the top of the ever-present lists. Say he has a big game, USC beats Notre Dame and Colt McCoy doesn't do anything special against Oklahoma -- and Pike could be right at the top.
* The New York Times has a good story on UC and its "adopting" a young cancer patient.
* Mel Kiper Jr. has Pike as the No. 20 player on his "big board" -- and the fifth QB.
* Football Outsiders looks at how the Ravens got help for Michael Oher against Antwan Odom.
* Joe Reedy at the Enquirer does a nice roundup of NFL Blackout rules and what it means on his blog.
* Carson Palmer on a Cleveland radio station.
* I'll be honest, I haven't read this piece from Malcolm Gladwell in the New Yorker on football and head injuries, but I'm going to get around to it. I just need some time to do it.
* It doesn't look like Dave Duncan is headed anywhere. I think the Reds' pitching coach job is Ted Power's to lose.
* More pictures of the Reds' new facility in Goodyear. Wow. It's like going from, well the Florida State League to the big leagues. Just wow.
* Chris Sabo talks to NKU's student paper about going to law school and other stuff.
* Japan's top high school pitcher is talking to the normal teams you'd expect. And the Indians.
* MLB is releasing a cool DVD set of the World Series. I'm still waiting for the 85 series on DVD.
* Sometimes it doesn't matter how great your product is, the business side is still so important. Example A: Krispy Kreme.
* More on chicken wings.
* The L.A. Times interviews one of my favorite authors, Michael Chabon.
* The 10 coolest bookstores in the US. (Strand is amazing.) I know here Joseph-Beth is great, as is Half-Price Books. What do you like?
* This interview with Jeff Tweedy by the Onion's AV Club is awesome.
* If you're into the whole downloading thing through Amazon, they have a free song (the underrated These Days) from the upcoming R.E.M. live album
* I admit I was kinda bummed when I heard Maura Tierney wasn't going to be on TV regularly after her illness and wrote off the Parenthood sitcom, but they've added Lauren Graham, so, you know, watch out.
* Check out the deleted scene from The Office's wedding episode.
* An Elder grad is a writer on the great 30 Rock.
I moved to Ann Arbor for grad school in 1983 and lived there for nearly 20 years. When I first arrived, there was a fantastic book store. It was located in the middle of the college town, on State Street. It carried 15,000 books in a relatively tiny, narrow, two-story space. The owners were dedicated to a large collection of university press and public policy books, and an enormous stash of magazines and journals. I'm sure if the Top Ten list were done then, this store would have been on it. At the time, people told me it was considered the top independent store in the country. Its name?
Borders Book Store.
nice to see flyover country well represented on the book store list
book loft in columbus is a cool place to lose a couple of hours
http://www.bookloft.com/
Elliott Bay Book Store in Seattle is fantastic. It's not all that big, but it has a very large selection of new and used books. It's also in one of the cooler Seattle neighborhoods. I picked up "The Cloudspotter's Guide" by Gavin Pretor-Pinney, which turned out to be a fantastic read.
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