Off the Grid

I am dangerously close to being back. But once I get back turkey and beers with my oldest and best friends will take priority over writing. But fear not loyal reader(s?), for I’ve used my time off the grid to work on several writing projects in my hopper and some creativity spilled over into ideas for this site and the newsletter (if you get an email with the subject newsletter, open it and read it, I swear it isn’t spam).

 

So like a drug dealer I’ll give you the first taste for free to get you hooked. Then on the Monday after Thanksgiving I’ll start writing like crazy and I think the result will be a lot of good stuff to read and participate in. So here’s what to expect once I’m back in the world:

 

- Cool Your Heels: Why UNC is Overrated (you knew this was coming)

- City Vibes (North Charleston was recently rated the 10th most dangerous city in the US; I blame the heat, all the concrete, and the traffic on Ashley Phosphate)

- Stats v Art in Sports

- The Case against Voting

- The NBA and Globalization

- On Being a Duke Fan

- Duke Basketball Belated Preview

- College Football Playoffs/How the System is Going to Overcome President Obama

- ACC Expansion Explains Everything about the Sad State of Today’s College Sports

- MSNBC Becoming Air America is Counterproductive

- Adventure: A ‘How To’ Guide

- Things to Do Before You Die

- Sports Bigamy

- Picking a Soccer Team

 

And my favorite idea of all due to the fact that I am a splendiferous world renowned “hater” galore, we here at The Stormy Present will be creating an Enemies List a la President Nixon. This will be a list of people (or inanimate objects) we would, like Ernest Hemingway, challenge to a fist fight if we saw them on the street.

 

See you soon.

I am Glenn Close

The president of the Stormy Present has taken himself hostage abroad Air Force Rainbow Nation, and Jeff and I are left to not panic and keep this ship afloat. We’ll do what we can, Trey. Punch terrorist Gary Oldman in the face and tell him to get to work on the next Batman.

The games for our 12th week of Total Conciousness Football Picks are up for the choosing. And just to warn you, the pickens… Well, they’re slim.

I’m a little disappointed no one has taken on my semi-defense of Al Sharpton on the Society page, but perhaps that’s because my argument was an assailable wall even Orcs would not dare attack (see what happens, Trey? Let me get on this thing and Wilson Burrell will come sniffing around like a starving bloodhound [incidentally, Wilson, if you do read this, no offense intended, dear ninja/Jedi- I still have fond memories of our bonding over the Squaresoft game Chronotrigger… good times).

Stay tuned, the Stormy Present will keep on trucking, and get those picks before eight o’clock tomorrow.

Hiatus

I am on a hiatus for this month. That’s how I roll. I’ll return mentally and physically healthier.

I hope we don’t lose your readership in the interim (not that we have much of a readership anyway). If you promise to hang in there, we’ll make it worth your while. Or you can just harass Jim or Jeff or Brad into writing stuff while I’m away.

And if you really need a fix check out our friend MAO over at the AD Hall. Or if you aren’t at work and aren’t a prude, read Christian Sings the Blues. Hilarity will ensue.

It’s All Over But The Crying

It’s all over but the crying.

And by that I mean that this election is almost over, which is great, except that undoubtedly the election will be followed by lawsuits filed in every state the that the loser of the election lost by a small margin.

And people ridicule me for saying that lawyers are ruining the world.

Anyway, go to the Politics page for some non-annoying political fun. You can place your bets (no money on the line, just respect) on who will win various elections. You can also read what I wrote about how voting a straight ticket makes you an asshole and how if you don’t know what either of the two candidates are about you should leave it blank.

Over at SP Sports Jeff wrote about how he rooted for the Gamecocks because if they beat UT then Phil Fulmer would get canned. Turned out they lost and he got canned. So feel free to comment on Jeff’s post about who you think UT should hire to be their head coach.

By the way, the best part about the election is that Bravo is showing a West Wing marathon.