By now, many people know not to mess with Chuck Liddell – with good reason.
Have you seen some of the guys he’s beaten up?
Have you seen him?
But people didn’t always know about Liddell’s reputation. Before he was an ultimate fighting champ, rising through the ranks of the UFC, Liddell was in a hotel with UFC […]
Posted on January 30th, 2008 by Pat
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Where did the week go? Just the other day I was in Santa Barbara on the tail end of a long weekend awaiting the start of the Ryan Adams concert. Now it’s Friday.
My wife, Johannah, was making good on my final present for Christmas 2007: concert tickets. We were excited. But as we padded into […]
Posted on January 25th, 2008 by Pat
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Surfers in Morro Bay were treated to a nice surprise Monday morning: A full rainbow that arched over the surf and appeared to dip straight into the water.
Sports writer Brian Milne and I had been on the fence as to whether to get in the water when we decided that the rainbow had to be […]
Posted on January 21st, 2008 by Pat
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You know, I think these striking writers are a little spoiled.
I mean, yeah, they don’t get the same pay as the stars. And, sure, a writer in Hollywood never has job security. But at least they generally work more than a day. And at least the boss doesn’t get on them about facial hair. (It’ll […]
Posted on January 16th, 2008 by Pat
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Inspired by the Maverick’s contest going on in Half Moon Bay, I decided to get out to the beach myself on Saturday. Not surfing, of course (My performance in much smaller conditions Sunday would serve to remind me why I’ll never be a big wave guy). But as an observor.
A friend had told me there […]
Posted on January 13th, 2008 by Pat
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Considering I complained last week about VH1’s “100 Greatest Songs of the 80s” (Def Leppard – ugh!), I feel I probably ought to complain at least a bit about the “100 Greatest songs of the 90s,” which I watched in its entirety this past weekend. (What can I say – it rained a lot.)
I actually […]
Posted on January 7th, 2008 by Pat
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As the primaries kick into gear, there’s much debate over who’s best suited to lead our country.
Some people say it’s time for a woman president. Others say it’s time for an African-American president.
Me? I say it’s high time we had a president with facial hair.
You bald-faced naysayers can scoff at me all you want — […]
Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by Pat
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I can remember getting in some heated debates about Def Leppard when I was younger, the crux of my argument being that Def Leppard sucked.
Needless to say, I really, really REALLY hated Def Leppard. (That’s them in the, uh, interesting shorts above.) Still do, in fact.
So you can imagine how upset I was to see […]
Posted on January 2nd, 2008 by Pat
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