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Question marginalia

Scott Hudson asks, “Who cares about the Grammys?” (and I agree so much I didn’t even watch the program). David Newquist asks, “Who cares about blogs?” (and with which I agreed in part almost two years ago.) While a guy’s gotta be thankful for being mentioned on a PBS blog, I ask (tongue-in-cheek), “Could […]

In da funk

I don’t know what it is about February. For being the shortest month, it is one of the most effective in putting me in a snarly, short-tempered mood. Part of it this year could be age — or the growing realization of age. My middle daughter turned 18 last weekend. My oldest daughter turns 21 […]

Accumulated marginalia

I have to admit at the outset that some of this marginalia has been sitting in the draft pile for a while. Combined with more recent items, they’re finally seeing the light of cyberspace here.

The spat among board members and others from the National Book Critics Circle over one of the finalists for NBCC’s […]

Somebody build an arena here overnight?

USA Today has a couple nice pieces on the USHL today. Still, maybe the reporter should have done a bit more fact checking. The main story reports: “Sioux Falls boasts a spacious $50 million arena.” Sure wish the guy would tell the Stampede and everyone here where it is. Not sure how much the current […]

Hockey book briefs

Being a latecomer to the sport of hockey (not surprising as I’ve only been on ice skates once in my life), I occasionally try to learn more about the sport through a primary obsession — reading. Not surprisingly, hockey books don’t really rise to the level of great literature. Still, they’re often worth the time […]