preseason football: watching the interview process from home

thoughts from last night's game:

nike: "football is everything" … has the hyperbole finally reached its apex? sadly, I think not

fox: perhaps I am reading too much into the football-war relationship, but didn't the virtual down-and-yardage markers look like sergeant's stripes painted in each team's colours?

directv: new package allows you to monitor 8 games at once … a spectacular implementation of surveillance efficiencies

smithers:

[Aside] I'm in deep shit. I forgot sportsBabel's 5th birthday, which happened almost a month ago. I had a good reason, though, honest!

I was told twice this year by good friends that I am ADHD with my academia, which I chose to take as the highest of compliments.

However, it doesn't help for shit when it comes to the "production" of publishable texts.

Nonetheless, this has easily been my most productive year at sportsBabel and, like an athlete disciplining his body for sporting peformance, I can feel myself improving every day. Still a long ways to go, but I plan to be around for a while.

That said, here is a recap of my top ten favourite posts from the year:

1. Hybrids, Mutants and Replicants
2. Digital Umbilical
3. The Photo Finish
4. The New Temporality of Olympic Triumph
5. Blood
6. Golf Production vs. The Libidinal Drive(r)
7. Lost Touch
8. The Chess Queen
9. Urine as Noise
10. Juice

And how about a sexy cheesecake shot since it's your special day?

A hearty high five to you on your birthday, sportsBabel. Can't wait for the next period of reflection one year eleven months from now!

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smithers:

[Aside] Linds and I just recently returned a short trip to Nova Scotia, where I had a few adventures worth posting:

I had the pleasure of meeting Amateur from Now THAT's Amateur while on vacation. It was fun to talk about his experiences as a high performance paddler and pick his brain about Halifax 2014 and other subjects over lunch. No, he doesn't address himself in person with the one-word nickname, a la Cher or Madonna. But I'm not giving up the secret and revealing his true identity!

Also sat down with my former boss Gary Ness at Acadia. Good to catch up with him and the program there. After hearing about where my blog travels have taken me, he pointed me in the direction of Thoreau, who also had the habit of posting eclectic thoughts to his journals. Neat!

Best of all, I had my annual round of golf with best pal Seabs. I hadn't seen him, nor lifted a club for that matter, since we were introduced to robot golf butlers last summer. And while the layoff didn't do wonders for my golf game, the friendship is still as tight as ever.

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