They Touched The Prince’s Hardware
Quite a historical day, eh? No, I’m not talking about Obama nominating a Latin lady, I’m referring to the Pittsburgh Penguins defying the odds and returning to the Stanley Cu
p finals for a second consecutive year. Let’s hear it Steel City hoopleheads.
By sweeping the Carolina Hurricanes in four straight games, the Pens emerge as Eastern Conference champions. That and a bunch of bruises gets them the Prince of Wales trophy, a shiny piece of hardware that the team refused to touch last year. Why would they do that? Well, last year they figured the goal was a bigger trophy known as the Stanley Cup. After losing in six games to the Detroit Red Wings in the finals last spring, they ended up failing to get their mitts on any shiny metal. So this year they decided to get close to the Prince of Wales trophy. They grabbed it, posed with it, held it, caressed it. Yes, it was like a soap commercial.
Versus reporter Christine Simpson asked Penguins captain and all around greatest Canadian going Sidney Crosby why the change of heart. Sir Sidney simply said, “Last year we didn’t touch it and things didn’t work out the way we wanted.” Ah, the wonderful world of hockey were pros are more superstitious than Black Death survivors. Continue reading
Obama Taps Sonia Sotomayor
Not much of a surprise this morning as President Obama selected frontrunner Sonia Sotomayor to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter. She’s female, latino, and liberal. Those are the basics anyway. Oh yeah, she’s also the judge that stopped the Major League Baseball strike in 1995.
I wonder if she’ll go on Oprah. At the very least, I expect Maya Rudolph to return to Saturday Night Live for this one.
Rather than pretend I’ve followed her career since the 90s, I’ll give you two breakdowns on the fresh pick. Michelle Malkin and the New York Times have both already weighed in.
You can bet the confirmation fight will go from snippy to snooty to snotty to plain ol’ nasty in a flash. Sotomayor believes America often needs fixin’ and the bench is a great place to start. That means conservatives will cringe as she attempts to dress up past rulings and writings.
The battle should make for an interesting summer. I doubt Sotomayor will spend that time watching baseball though.
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Life as Pop Culture Professor Clay Morgan
In The Matrix, Morpheus tells Neo he can take the blue pill and go on believing whatever he wants to believe. Or he can take the red pill to stay in Wonderland and find out how deep the rabbit hole goes.
This is a red pill type site that provides information in an entertaining way. It’s about clear thinking and good writing. It’s about finding meaning amidst the absurd. It’s about humor and truth.
I’m a writer / speaker who teaches history and political courses at a couple of local colleges. Where is local, you say? Well, that would be Wonderland of course.
On topics ranging from pop culture to the meaning of life, my brain’s always poppin’. Take the red pill and unplug.
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