My friends Clay Ruby and Paul Magder have already agreed to the stay. So why is today’s hearing in any way news?
(Swear to God, some days, I think I am totally missing things. Is there a reason why dozens of reporters and camerafolks are crammed in a courtroom this morning, tweeting and reporting on something whose outcome is already known?)
So, on December 2, Cesare Rizzuto, at thecuttingedge180@gmail.com, pops me a line. He writes:
You really are à small man Get over it Ford got votes in not Mr. E health Get à réal job.
Sweet, short, to the point, albeit almost incomprehensible. Uncharacteristically speechless, I respond with nothing.
Cesare, undeterred, comes back, today:
The more i trad you the more i will vote P.C. Have you ever had à réal. job.
I do not wish to anger the Ford Nation, but I do not know what a “réal. job” is. Throwing caution to the wind, I respond:
Consider spell check. Please.
What will Cesare say next?
I hate them.
However, I have already found that, if you delete cookies, etc., you can get in with little difficulty.
Anyone else have clever suggestions about how to do so?
P.S. However brief it is, I predict this will be the most-read. most-commented post since the now-legendary Kraft Dinner post of 2008. Comment away!
Ben Rayner, no less:
The band’s latest, Why Do You Hate Me?, is an enjoyably prickly and authentic throwback to London circa 1977, not to mention occasionally the Hamilton that gave us Teenage Head at around the same time. Kinsella’s sneer could belong to a chap half his age, and his gleefully puerile handling of droll tunes like “Horny Single Mom,” “Jesus Got Wood” and “The Modern Age” (“F— you and your Facebook page” goes the refrain) exudes a contagious joy.
“Even I think we’ve come a long way and we’re better than just a bunch of middle-age f—sticks with guitars,” guitarist Derek Raymaker quipped to me weeks ago. And they are. They play the Bovine on Dec. 1.
1. Son One has GTHL game last night.
2. Boy on other team goes to aggressively check him for second time in a minute.
3. Son One raises hands to protect head.
4. Son One’s arms connect with other boys’ head.
5. Son One gets first-ever major penalty and suspension, as other boy allegedly injured.
6. Other boy is off ice for a few minutes, then miraculously returns.
7. Officials do not rule that other boy is ineligible to play due to alleged injury.
8. Other boy continues to play enthusiastically.
9. Son One packs up hockey bag and we leave.
10. Questions abound.
Here’s the question: as you might expect, the severity of a penalty is determined by the seriousness of the offence. If the other boy was (fortunately) not injured at all, and was back on the ice in no time at all, does not the penalty need to be re-assessed? Am I missing something?
Hockey experts, your advice is welcome.