Author: Michael

I’m Number 85,830!

There was some great basketball yesterday in the tourney and I’m pretty happy with my picks after day 1. I currently have 13 out of a possible 16 points, and am ranked first in the SportBlog pool, second in the Barefoot And Naked pool, and 220!?!?! in the Fans of Stanford pool. I’m amazed at… Continue reading I’m Number 85,830!

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Let the Games Begin

My NCAA Tournament picks are done. I have Kentucky, Wake Forest, Mississippi State and Stanford going to the Final Four. It was tough to pick Miss. St. over Duke since I haven’t even seen Miss. St. play. But I have seen a lot of Duke, and while they are an incredible team when everything is… Continue reading Let the Games Begin

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NCAA Tourney… Who Wants Some?

I’ve been trying to find a bloggers’ NCAA tournament pool with a lot of members, but it seems like there are a lot of different pools with just a handful of people in each. Oh well. I’ve decided to join two of them, and the pubic ‘Fans of Stanford’ pool on Yahoo’s Tourney site. If… Continue reading NCAA Tourney… Who Wants Some?

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UK Youth Need to be Schooled in Codeswitching

This is a trip – Slang makes youths unemployable. Some snippets: Young people face being overlooked for jobs because of their inability to speak English properly, education and business leaders have warned. Street slang made popular by rap music artists and wider TV culture is making thousands of youngsters unemployable. Phrases such as “what g’wan”,… Continue reading UK Youth Need to be Schooled in Codeswitching

Brain Dump

I haven’t posted in a week now because the market’s kept me so busy and I’ve been trying to track down some obscure bug in my MT installation that’s causing me to get ‘Server Error 500″ when I publish or add a comment. I still haven’t figured out what’s going on, but I suspect that… Continue reading Brain Dump

Countries I’ve Visited

create your own visited country map or write about it on the open travel guide This one is really sad. I’ve only visited 5 countries: USA, Canada, Mexico, Bahamas and Brasil. Some other places I’d like to visit: Ghana, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Spain, Portugal, Cuba once it’s legal of course :-), Trinidad and Tobago,… Continue reading Countries I’ve Visited

States I’ve Visited

create your own personalized map of the USA or write about it on the open travel guide I’ve visited 26 states. I think it’s a trip how few of the northern states I’ve been to. That probably has a lot to do with my dislike for cold weather and the fact that I don’t know… Continue reading States I’ve Visited