The title of this blog comes from a conversation I had with a co-worker last summer. He was showing off pictures of his vacation at the Atlantis resort in The Bahamas. One of the pictures he showed was of a fleet of yachts and sailboats anchored at the marina. He asked how [...]
Entries from January 2008
The Vig, Part II
January 30th, 2008 by Chris Snethen · No Comments · My American Life
Tags: Mt Adams·Rod Tidwell·The Bahamas·The Kwan·The Vig·USD
Why Can’t We Have Nice Things?
January 29th, 2008 by Chris Snethen · No Comments · Regional
Oregon City’s Black Point Inn finally closed it’s doors this week. I’ve only been there once, with my parents about 15-months ago. We had Sunday brunch. The place was nice enough. We had Sunday brunch. But the location at 7th and Washington seemed awkward. That’s an intersection everyone drives through but never stops at. Does [...]
Tags: Abernethy Bridge·Black Point Inn·John Adams·Oregon City·Oregon City Bridge·Stone Cliff Inn·Washington
Watching MSNBC
January 29th, 2008 by Chris Snethen · No Comments · Politics
I wonder how long it took them to come up with the following verbiage to describe the result of Florida’s Democratic primary.
Clinton will finish with the most votes.
How interesting. Will she be able to overcome both the media and her own party and get some momentum out of her victory in the Florida straw poll? [...]
Tags: Florida
Michael Wilbon Suffers Heart Attack
January 29th, 2008 by Chris Snethen · No Comments · Sports
Or at least that’s the word on the street. I thought it was weird that he wasn’t on PTI yesterday, now we know why.
Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser are the only two newspaper columnists currently employed by ESPN who still have their dignity in tact, although an argument could be made as well for Peter [...]
Tags: ESPN·heart attack·Michael Wilbon·Michael Wilbon Suffers Heart Attack·Peter Gammons·PTI·Tony Kornheiser·Wilbon
I’ve Found a New Home
January 29th, 2008 by Chris Snethen · No Comments · My American Life
I’m exicted to announce that as of this morning, The Vig is hosted by the Portland Tribune. You can see the “new” site here. You shouldn’t notice a whole lot of difference. Well, the RSS feed has changed, so you’ll want to get that updated. But other than that, it’s the [...]
Tags: Portland Tribune
Stupid Balloons
January 28th, 2008 by Chris Snethen · No Comments · Man City
They’re replaying yesterday’s Sheffield United-Man City match on Fox Soccer Channel right now. On paper it should have been a fairly easy match for the Blues. Sheffield was relegated out of the Premiership last season and are mid-table in The Championship this season. Wheras Man City are fighting for a spot in [...]
Tags: Bada·Champions League·Derby County·Joe Hart·Luton Shelton·Michael Ball·Sheffield·Sheffield United-Man City·The Championship·UEFA·UEFA Cup
The Bowie Election
January 28th, 2008 by Chris Snethen · No Comments · Politics
Tags: 2008 election·change
A One Woman Boy Band
January 28th, 2008 by Chris Snethen · No Comments · Politics
Tags: Uhhhhh
Under the Weather
January 27th, 2008 by Chris Snethen · No Comments · My American Life
It’s been a rough weekend for me. What I thought was a temporary bug kicked into overdrive Saturday. While I felt much better today, I’ve apparently lot my voice. Or at least it was gone when I talked to my dad today. Bad times.
I’m all about the OJ and Nyquil right now. The blogging’s gonna [...]
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Civic Pride
January 27th, 2008 by Chris Snethen · No Comments · Stuff
Tags: Milwaukee








