Posted by Michael on January 27th, 2009 — 7:52am
I love Chicago. The Bears. The Blackhawks. The Cubs. Barack Obama. Richard J Daley. Richard M Daley. Rod Blagojevich. The Lake. The Mistake by the Lake. Wrigley Field…
I can’t wait to visit for the first time this summer. If not because it’s a chance to merch it up then because I’ll feel safe in Chicago. It’s come a long way since the days of Al Capone and prohibition. As exhibited yesterday, when a 14-year-old boy waltzed into a South Side District police station “reporting for duty”. Chicago police officer’s response: “Where the hell have you been Richardson? Get your ass out on patrol.”
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Posted by Michael on January 26th, 2009 — 11:10pm
Clearly it is surprise to return from Berlin (blog to follow later) and find the Mango destitute of any new prose. What have our bloggers been up to in the short interim I have been absent? Maybe they’ve been at the sales in Cuba. Git’ mo! Git’ mo! Git’ mo! Maybe they’ve been celebrating the Year of the Ox… Maybe they’ve been checking out the new Paul Daniels blog… Who knows. Whatever the reason, it’s been a crazy five days. With all these new variables though, a few things have to remain constant. For example, the sanctimonious and boring whinings of Rafael Benitez.
Now I know it is in poor form to blog about football on the Mango, not least because nobody cares – other than Thomas. (Remember him? Come on! You must remember his last blog, surely. It was only on the
27th July 2008 for god’s sake!) However, Benitez’s outbursts in the papers and on the television need to be documented for what they really are. After all, be it whinging about “Alex Ferguson always get his way, boohoo!” or “Everton no play fair!” or “My dolly! Give me! Give me!”
Fuck. Off.
Since when was there a restriction on how football teams play? The Toffees are a team without any fit strikers forced to play a midfielder in the forward position, too right we’re going to be seen as defensive. We’ve only got defenders left! As for Alex Ferguson exerting his influence on referees, I don’t know if that is true, but you know what? So fucking what? Is that the reason Liverpool have drawn six of their last nine games (or whatever it is)? Nope. Get over it you douche, you’re starting to sound like an England supporter.
Football is a funny entity and rarely shows mercy on notorious huffers. So now that ‘Rafa’ complains so regularly Liverpool surely have guaranteed that last league championship in 1990 slips a further year into the past. Let’s hope so.
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Posted by Michael on January 18th, 2009 — 12:54am
First off the bat, I don’t mean to cause any offence by so blithely commenting on the death of a young British student. However, I constantly look forward to any coverage the media gives to the Meredith Kercher murder, if only for the single reason that no courtroom ever has seen the likes of Amanda Knox. (Something that CD will no doubt contest – nothing parallels the exhilaration he gets from watching Tom Cruise show off his tight trousers in 1983′s The Firm.)
Lowe on hair, high on ideas – Vote Lowe
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Posted by Michael on January 17th, 2009 — 3:40pm
Our objective:
Get Lowe to Manchester.
You’ve experienced sex, now experience Lowe – Vote Lowe
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Posted by Michael on January 15th, 2009 — 11:37pm
On any given blog I have to suppress every urge to give in to misanthropy. This becomes only too fucking hard when I see stuff like this. Seriously. Los Angeles?!
Can anyone tell me which people actively like Glasvegas?
Loweds of ideas, loweds of balls – Vote Lowe
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