Author: aetchells

Happy 200th Birthday Mr. Poe!


I might hit up the Poe house this afternoon to check out the new exhibit. I highly encourage you to celebrate his big day with at least reading one of his poems or short stories. Here’s a great site to read some of his stories. I’ve been hooked on Poe ever since I memorized The Raven in the 7th grade oratory contest (losing controversially). I was captivated by not just his works but by his tragic life, and how the two are tied in so personally in his work. His brilliance lie in writing about characters who were evil and of no redeeming value, and still he made us somehow relate with them, bringing us in contact with the darkest corners of our own minds. His poetry was as haunting as his short stories, and he believed that the death of beautiful women to be the “most poetical topic in the world”. A good example of this is one of my favorites, Annabel Lee.

Yeah It Sucks

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Let’s not kid ourselves. Yesterday was a disaster. The Cardinals simply came in with an amazing game plan, and the Eagles were playing catch up all game. There’s not much I can say that hasn’t already been said, but I’ve got a few thoughts:

  • Anybody who thinks the loss was McNabb’s fault is a moron. He looked bad in the first half, sure. But he put on one of the great 2nd half performances in NFL history. 266 yards in a half against a defense that knew he was passing on every down is pretty impressive.
  • Larry Fitzgerald is the best receiver in the NFL, and it’s not even close. Does Howard Eskin still not believe that receivers matter?
  • Westbrook looked seriously injured the whole game, so why didn’t Buckhalter play more? He looked much better than Westbrook.
  • Kurt Warner is now in the Hall of Fame.
  • What was Asante Samuel laughing about moments after the game over? The rest of the team looked devastated, and Samuel is laughing his ass off, in a game in which he was humiliated by Fitzgerald. What a clown.
  • Hate to say it, cause I don’t really feel like thinking about it right now, but this is a pretty compelling Super Bowl. Boldin should be healthy, and Kurt Warner is a lot better than Joe Flacco or Philip Rivers. I think this is going to be a closer game than people think.
  • Your thoughts? Leave ’em below.

Scoreboard Brought to You by The Raven

O’NEALS

  1. Dorksided 101
  2. Why’s John’s Rum Gone 91
  3. Same As Last Week 87
  4. Young Old and Restless 86
  5. A Whole Bunch of Nothing 82

BARDS

  1. Narcotyzing Dysfunktion 100
  2. Beauties and the Beast 83
  3. Just the Tip 76
  4. If you Get Beat By Us, Don’t Procreate 61
  5. Cheese Balls 52

LOCUST RENDEZVOUS

  1. The Jams 106
  2. The Casket is Lined With Fine Corinthian Leather 97
  3. Playoff Beards 95
  4. 1022 95
  5. Trust Us We Know 88

BLACK SHEEP

  1. Duane’s World 100
  2. Urkel’s My DD 83
  3. The Genus Edition 81
  4. Pull My Finger 75
  5. Six Days Left 72

GOOD DOG

  1. Lord Chesterfield & Windsor Court 87
  2. Idle Time Between Shots 85
  3. Invincible Ignorance 76
  4. 2nd Place Stormy 60
  5. The Lushies 55

BARDS

  1. Sofa Kingdom 111
  2. How Much for a Flight to the Hudson River? 100
  3. Sodomy: A Long-Standing Tradition 99
  4. Hurtin Bombs 98
  5. Cutz Dat Flo 90