Been excessively busy this last couple of weeks, so I’ve fallen behind on posting and Carpdates in particular. I place the blame squarely on you, the reader. Anyway, go Carp, etc., etc.

So, if the 3,463,682,201 stories appearing in my RSS feed (per minute) are any indication, this Phelps guy is the big story of the Olympics. That’s all well and good, and more power to the guy, but as I understand it, he was the overwhelming favourite to win everything long before the games started. This [...]

Oh no he di’int. Oh yes he di’it:

Newsweek: If the need arises and the range is close, Mark Salter will edit John McCain in midsentence. After 19 years at each other’s side, neither man gives it a second thought. When a writer for The New Yorker was interviewing them last year about their latest best-selling book, the talk turned to hockey and [...]

I for one welcome our next American President, Joey Pants.

Not much to say tonight, really. Pretty much exhausted my Carpthusiasm for the day — don’t worry, it’ll return tomorrow! — and there’s nothing happening out there except the usual comings and goings and wheelings and dealing. Mad Man o’ Z has a new answering machine message, so that’s something. I could photoshop another hilarious [...]

3-1. It’s Carpmentum, people!

Anybody else notice that the Carp, who are still 4 games under .500, have gone 6-2 since I started cheering for them? Today they beat the division-leading Hanshin Tigers 5-2. One of the challenges of following a team in a non-English-speaking market is that I’m largely in the dark about most things aside from the [...]