Archive for February, 2009

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The Fourth Best Columnist, At Best
Well, it looks as if I didn’t win Best Columnist in the SJ-R’s Reader’s Choice Awards. When my last column inspired one reader to leave an online comment, I thought I might be able to ride that wave of popularity all the way to the award, but apparently I fell [...]

Trivia Answers: Know your drummers »

The winner of this poorly attended round is Russ with an impressive 8+1. The rest are as follows:
 
Nick – 7
Jeff – 6
M.B. – 6
Looking for Springfield – 4+1
Johann – 3
Roy – 2+1
Brian – 2+1
 
And now, the results:
 
1.       Led Zepplin – John Bonham (Perhaps the most heralded rock drummer of all time. A bit of a [...]

What’s this? A blog post? »

Don’t be a boor
My column this month is on practicing etiquette in everyday situations. The proper thing for you to do, gentle reader, after carefully considering my words, is to write a comment congratulating the newspaper for publishing such wisdom and suggest that your life has been made the better because of it and perhaps [...]

Trivia: Who’s on Skins »

Behind every great band is a great drummer. These aren’t necessarily great drummers or great bands, but some are and they should be recognizable to you. Guess who’s been hiding behind the kit for all these many years.
I want the name of the band, not the name of the drummer, although you can throw [...]

Is this thing on? »

Hello?
I think everyone’s left for Facebook.