A friend of mine sent me this.

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Al Gore spoke before a congressional committee today regarding climate change. He said the following:
The planet has a fever.
Maybe, just maybe, Gene Frenkie and Bruce Dickinson have the answer.

And in a related story: Nation’s Snowmen March Against Global Warming

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Quick hits on the Florida-Tennessee game…
Enjoyed the game, even though it was one-sided for about 30 minutes.
Florida - an embarrassing performance in the first 30 minutes. Where was their defense?? It pretty much came down to Tennessee playing harder. It was like Florida didn’t want to be there. Having [...]

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Here’s a glimpse of four albums I’m listening to a lot right now, and I highly recommend them.

John MellencampSong: Someday Album: Freedom’s Road
Great album. This song is not necessarily my favorite on the album (although I like them all), but the one most available besides “Our Country”, which everyone has heard too much now [...]

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What’s with the crying judge? As if the whole Ann Nicole Smith thing hasn’t been bizarre enough, now this guy starts crying while delivering his decision on where she’s buried?
And, as if we needed further evidence that she’s gone mental, Britney Spears is now attacking people and automobiles with an umbrella. As Mike [...]

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As a huge Celtics fan in the 80’s and early 90’s, I was sad to hear of the passing of Dennis Johnson today. DJ died of an apparent heart attack at the end of practice today in Texas, where he was coaching the Celtics NBDL team.
He was an oustanding defensive player in the NBA [...]

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Tim Russert tries to get tickets to the Duke-BC game last year (his kid attends BC) and ends up in a debate. This was pretty good. (h/t ACC Basketblog)

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Duke knocked off Georgia Tech today 71-62, giving them their 20th win of the season. The win also is number 700 for Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski at Duke. (He has 773 wins overall, which includes his five years at Army.) They didn’t play a perfect game (18 turnovers for the game and [...]

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I’ve yet to write a post-Super Bowl piece yet. I was going to say a few things last week, but never got around to it. Here’s a few things.
The game itself was not terribly exciting. It started off with a bang - just like the BCS title game - with an opening [...]

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Most of my favorite commercials these days come from ESPN. The “This Is SportsCenter” commercials are hilarious. My current favorite is the Manning family touring the ESPN campus. They did a great job with that one. The stern look Archie gives the boys as he glances back at them is classic.
They’ve [...]

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