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Where Shenanigans And Poop Jokes Happen: A Special, Non-Utah Jazz NBA Playoffs Readers Forum (or, “If Scott Guldin Told Me Fourteen Years Ago I’d Be Pulling For The Chicago Bulls, I’d Have Sworn He Was Trying To Sell Me A Bridge”)

x The most commented-upon posts in our blog’s brief history are the 2009 and 2010 NBA Playoffs Readers Forums. (Last year’s post had 170 comments, on topics as diverse as Scott Hastings’ Shoe Cam, Yoda’s age, T-shirts you regret buying … Continue reading

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Marriage In The Digital Age

NPR featured a story the other day about technology and marriage — specifically, the challenges of intimacy and companionship when there’s an iPhone in the room (or Blackberry at the dinner table, or laptop in bed). A typical scenario plays … Continue reading

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Answers, and The Good Enough Baby.

Thank you to all who participated in last week’s “Sam By The Numbers” quiz. Without further ado, the correct answers: x Only one person got the correct answer: 500. For the record, all answers were independently checked by a third … Continue reading

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Things a New Mom Learns in One Month of Motherhood

Today was Sam’s one-month checkup. I can’t believe that he’s been ours for an entire month. It seems like he was born just a blink ago, and yet it seems like he’s been ours forever. Here are some things I’ve … Continue reading

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Random Thoughts On Parenting: Week One

1. Before we were parents, we figured that parenting a newborn was something like Desmond Hume pushing the button in the hatch every 108 minutes. You are bound to a few straightforward tasks — breastfeeding, changing dirty diapers, etc. — … Continue reading

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The Next-To-Last Jazz Post You’ll Have To Suffer Through This Year

The reprehensible Lakers will end it for the Jazz. Ben will have a dark night of the soul.   Do you want the good news or the bad news first? Let’s start with the bad. Utah’s season is going to … Continue reading

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Be Your Own Banksy

Perhaps in the past you have taken issue with our taste in movies, books and music. Perhaps you simply hate us with a burning passion. Pent up that anger no more! We invite you to take it out on us … Continue reading

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36 Hours in Columbus

[UPDATED] To the best of our knowledge the New York Times has never done a “36 Hours” column for Columbus, Ohio. We have submitted this post for its consideration.     FRIDAY 6:30 P.M.   1. Wedded Bliss Once you’ve … Continue reading

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Friday Recommends: Apologizing

Christian Bale has apologized for his outburst. And Matthew Leathers called it when he said, “[Bale is] so stinkin’ method it’s ridiculous”: During the interview, Bale explained that he had been trying to summon an air of madness for his … Continue reading

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Dear Man Who Let His Great Dane Poop In Our Yard,

No, no, no, don’t feel obligated to clean that up! We know you’re a busy man with things to do, places to go, widows to swindle and upstanding citizens to hoodwink. You’re obviously far too important a person to be … Continue reading

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