Archive for November, 2008


Sunday Soapbox: Thoughts On Breaking The “Curse”

November 2nd, 2008 by Oskar Kennedy

This comment on my post-World Series update got me thinking about sports “curses,” and the relative ridiculousness of said. Sports in general, and baseball in particular, is rife with superstition. Every local newscast has, at one point or another, broadcast a story about the home team’s pitcher, who hasn’t changed his “lucky” socks since his rookie year, and is now under the direct jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Among the most enduring of these false causal narratives is the concept of the “curse.” Some event occurs that has something at least tangential to do with the team. If that team fails to win a championship for a few years, fans and sportscasters experience decide that there’s some connection. The event somehow affects the team’s performance, and it can’t win until the stigma of the event is erased.

Curiously, the way to break a sports curse and win a championship seems to be winning a championship. Think Sleeping Beauty, only instead of needing a prince’s kiss, the only way she could wake up was to set an alarm and go to bed at a decent time. (more…)

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Fair Warning

November 2nd, 2008 by Oskar Kennedy

Tomorrow I’m posting my first and (I suspect) last comic drawn on paper, without the aid of a computer. If you respect your eyes, you’ll avoid your feed reader tomorrow.

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My pen needs Ctrl-Z.

My pen needs Ctrl-Z.

November 3rd, 2008

Why I’m voting for McCain

November 4th, 2008 by Waldorf Van Buren
  1. The Constitution Party candidate is too liberal for me.
  2. I like the sound of a mav’rik flip-flopping.
  3. I think the energy companies aren’t making enough money.
  4. I think the insurance and pharmaceutical companies aren’t making enough money.
  5. Tax breaks for the rich work wonders for the economy.  Just look to George W. Bush for examples.
  6. Everybody loves a cranky Grandpa.
  7. The smell of Preparation H and Ben Gay will make it lovely for White House visitors.
  8. John will make sure the Lincoln bedroom is restored to Pre-Lincoln times, just as he remembers it.
  9. The idea of being bogged down in two undeclared wars with a possible impending third and fourth will be great for literature, bloggers, and satirists everywhere.
  10. I can launch my line of Maverick Cologne: Declare your independence by smelling like Bush.
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De Facto Poll Tax

November 4th, 2008 by Oskar Kennedy

I’m starting to develop a slight news crush on Rachel Maddow.

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