http://seekeronos.blogsome.com Because everyone should have a jar of thoughts. Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:43:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’ll not linger on the actual merits of the case - at least as it pertains to the status of whether or not gays and lesbians should be allowed to marry. But it does sadden me to see how one lone, rogue judge clad in black robes can summarily dismiss the ... http://seekeronos.blogsome.com/2010/08/05/reefer-madness/ Bob Costas Elena Kagan confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice. Well… can’t say that we didn’t see that not failing. http://seekeronos.blogsome.com/2010/08/05/grokking-revelation-19-china-and-the-coming-world-war/ I normally have a “delete on sight” policy toward junk email and especially chain emails (mail that gets circulated to friends of friends of friends, etc… a relic from the “pre-Facebook/Twitter Era”). But this one was good enough to keep. If a conservative doesn’t like guns, he doesn’t buy one. If a liberal ... http://seekeronos.blogsome.com/2010/05/20/chain-e-mail-treasures-conservatives-vs-liberals/ Very sparse coverage for today, and Day 10 … Day 9 I did manage to catch the NHK recap of the day’s notable wins, which includes the two European stars of this hon-basho… Kotooshu (EO) and Baruto (ES) who both started at 7-1 … but Baruto got the upper hand first, and ... http://seekeronos.blogsome.com/2010/01/19/2010-hatsu-basho-days-9-10/ “…And then there were four.” Four remaining front-runners for a possible yusho in this tournament, that is. And with my somewhat sleep-deprived memory at work, we’ll primarily look at those bouts: Kitataiki (EM15/7-1) maintains his status against Shotenro (WM9/3-5), nothing terribly memorable here - and tomorrow he is slated to face ... http://seekeronos.blogsome.com/2010/01/17/2010-hatsu-basho-day-8/ Topping today’s events is nothing short of the Unthinkable™. Well, if not unthinkable, at least what most sumo watchers would have considered to be a heck of a long shot: BARUTO TOPPLES HAKUHO! In what came as a total surprise, the previously undefeated Hakuho (EY/6-1) was sent to the floor of the dohyo ... http://seekeronos.blogsome.com/2010/01/16/2010-hatsu-basho-day-7/ Day 6 in the dohyo! First the Juryo seed for the day at the bottom of the Makuuchi lineup: Sagatsukasa (WJ1/4-2) gets the tsukidashi push-out from Toyohibiki (EM16/5-1) who is showing signs of improvement in his game. If the senior maegashira keep up with their sub-par performance, and Toyo keeps his game ... http://seekeronos.blogsome.com/2010/01/15/2010-hatsu-basho-day-6/ As much as I hate to interrupt the Hon-Basho coverage with political schtuff… something just crossed my desktop that I can’t let go of. It seems that our national press establishment aren’t the only members of the leftist name-calling machine; no more esteemed a personage than the (questionably) Honourable Charles Schumer ... http://seekeronos.blogsome.com/2010/01/14/chuck-schumers-tea-bagger-comment/ Day 5 developments - Yesterday, I noted that Tokusegawa (EJ1/2-3) had been moved up to the big(ger) boys of the Makuuchi Banzuke, and he faced off against Koryu (EM16/1-4), pulling off an impressive force-out (yoritaoshi). However, tomorrow’s matching will bring the West Juryo #1 Sagatsukasa (4-1) to bear against the ... http://seekeronos.blogsome.com/2010/01/14/2010-hatsu-basho-day-5/ First, the obvious sub-headline which has probably been beaten to death in the Japanese news cycle like a certain former ozeki: CHIYOTAIKAI RETIRES! After suffering a straight run of losses in January Hon Basho, to include getting a temporary dirt-nap from the hands of fellow veteran Kaio, the former Ozeki is hanging ... http://seekeronos.blogsome.com/2010/01/14/2010-hatsu-basho-day-4/