November 2008
3 posts
Leave Everything On The Field
I’m writing this at 2 AM on Election Day. Dixville Notch and Hart’s Landing, two little towns in New Hampshire, have already voted (they vote at midnight EST). Both towns voted for Barack Obama.
Not that that result is indicative of anything (Dixville Notch is hardly a bellwether), but the organizers assigned to those two towns have earned their salary.
That’s not why...
There’s still 3:08 left in the game, and I’m making calls out of state while watching it, but my gut tells me Denver Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan will likely be looking for a new gig after the season. It’s been a decade since the Broncos won the second of their two Super Bowls, and the team’s been uniformly mediocre ever since. Even when they’ve made the playoffs,...
The Lost Years & Last Days of David Foster Wallace →
One of the best articles I’ve read all year. As someone who’s struggled on and off with the horrible mental storm that caused Wallace to kill himself, I was stunned when I heard the the news, and sadly cognizant of why he would do so.