Posts by Shane Ryan
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About Last Weekend: 10 Jokes You Can Repeat in Low Company
In case you were out living a young person’s life of leisure, here are the results and transactions that took place without your approval over the weekend.
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The Weekend That Was: Seattle’s Woes, the NFL Lockout and Chipwiches
It’s official: The lovable losers from Seattle have dropped 15 straight games. The American League record for consecutive losses is 21 (Baltimore Orioles in 1988), and the overall record is 24 (Cleveland Spiders in 1899). I think it’s fair to say that everyone outside Seattle is rooting for the Mariners to make this one interesting. To tie the […]
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The Weekend That Was: Women’s World Cup, the British Open, and Verbs
You ever notice how redneck speech sometimes involves mixing up the singular and plural forms of verbs? Where I grew up, you always heard sentences like these: “They was fishin’ for crawdads half the morning!” “That dog weren’t half as fast as the one he chased.” OK, if I’m being totally honest, I probably never […]
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The Weekend That Was: Springsteen, Derek Jeter, and the Women’s World Cup
Before we get started, I’d like to ruin a Bruce Springsteen song for you. I was out for a jog the other day, and “Born to Run” got stuck in my head. I am most definitely not Born to Run, but I couldn’t resist humming the tune. Then, out of nowhere, the melody morphed into […]
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The Weekend That Was: A Taste of Wimbledon, All-Star Snubs, and the Halladay
I visited New York City this past week and was able to squeeze in my three favorite experiences there: going to a game at Yankee Stadium, doing something weird by accident, and seeing a movie I can’t find back in North Carolina. (Actual culture is wasted on me.) The Yankees game went well — a […]
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The Weekend That Was: Terrible Nicknames, a Call to Duty, and TV Binges
I finally started watching Game of Thrones last week, and I raced through the whole season in three days like some kind of compulsive junkie. It’s a mistake I make over and over again. I’m too impatient to actually watch television at its own pace, so I figure out which shows are good, wait until […]
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The Weekend That Was: Golf Blowouts, Chicken Fights, and Funeral Crashing
In honor of Father’s Day, a quick story: My mom called last weekend to tell me a fascinating story about my stepfather. He’s a retired teacher living in upstate New York, and, judging by his recent behavior, he’s more than a little bored. He was at home browsing the newspaper last week when he came […]
