A $4.4M Salary Six-Pack of Thoughts

A report released today says Pete Carroll was the highest-paid private university employee in the United States during the 2006-07 fiscal year.  Here are some thoughts on that issue: Carroll’s salary was $4.4M that year! Second on the list was a dermatologist making $4.3M as a clinical professor at Columbia.  A dermatologist?  Insert your favorite joke [...]

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An NBA All-Star Six-Pack of Thoughts

I’m not the biggest fan of the NBA, but the weekend was a blast.  I’m sure my wife wasn’t thrilled with me staying up late on Valentine’s Day to watch all the events I DVRd, but it was worth it. Nate Robinson, aka Krypto-Nate, was amazing.  The dunk over Dwight “Superman” Howard was title worthy [...]

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An A-Rod Six Pack of Thoughts

It’s amazing how when one story goes away, another comes along to fill the void.  Now that football is done until the fall, I wondered what could fill its big shoes.  Can you say A-Roid? I believe A-Rod when he says he took steroids.  I don’t believe A-Rod when he says he doesn’t know what specific [...]

3 Comments »Filed under: MainPosted on February 9th, 2009

A Six-Pack of Super Bowl Thoughts

In our world where everything that just happened is considered the greatest of all-time, let’s take a breath and remember this Super Bowl was just like last year, which means boring for three quarters and then a frantic finish.  While the actual plays down the stretch were more exciting this year, in my mind last [...]

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