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• Phriday Philately
• Hello Again
• Book Review: Clade (James Bradley)
• Review: Empire of Time (Daniel Godfrey)
• Review: Forever and a Death (Donald Westlake)
• Review: Two Lost Boys (L.F. Robertson)
• Review: The Run-out Groove (The Vinyl Detective Series)
• Review: Off Rock (Kieran Shea)
• Review: Fatal Music (Peter Morfoot)
• Review: Relics (Tim Lebbon)
• Review: Parallel Lines (Steven Saville)
• Review: The Killing Bay (Chris Ould)
• Review: Snatch (Gregory McDonald)
• Review: In Sunlight or In Shadow
• Review: Sinner Man (Lawrence Block)
• Review: Quarry in the Black (Max Allan Collins)
• Review: New Pompeii (Daniel Godfrey)
• Budget Tablet: HP 10 G2 (Android 5)
• Back from the dead
• The Burglar Who Counted The Spoons (Review)
• Is The Government Hiding Link Between Vaccines and Autism?
• How Hard is 300 wins? Ask King Felix.
• Hall of Fame Reactions
• SEC Shocker: Auburn Upsets Alabama
• Does Texas Voter ID Law Suppress Voting?
• What’s going on
• NFL Predictions
• Why Does DiMaggio’s Family Want Hannah’s DNA?
• Dodgers Continue To Roll
• All Star Game Reactions
• Cereal Racists, Broken Ribs, and Pringles
• Cargo and Tulo Crush Reds
• First Place Rockies On A Roll
• Muhammad Ali’s Rumble In Jungle Shoes
• Robert Edward Auctions: 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth
• Robert Edward Auctions – 1948 Leaf Rocky Graziano
• Robert Edward Auctions: 1912 Boston Garter Cards
• Robert Edward Auctions – 2013
• 2013 NFL Draft
• Thoughts About The Boston Marathon Bombing
• Rockies Off To Hot Start
• Controversy At The Masters
• Bombing at the Boston Marathon
• Zack Greinke Breaks Collarbone During Brawl
• Living with Parkinson’s
• Baseball’s Opening Week
• The Curse of Goodman
• March Madness Continues!
• He Shall Be Called Francis
• My Preeclampsia Experience (Part 2)
• My Preeclampsia Experience
• End of NCAA Basketball Regular Season
• The Election of a New Pope
• The Big Move: The End Is Near
• Baseball is Back
• Review: Hotel Transylvania
• Movie Review: Parental Guidance
• The Harbaugh Super Bowl
• Movie Review The Hobbit
• Should Driver’s License Tests Only Be Available In English?
• NFL Pro Bowl
• Manti Te’o Got Catfished
• 49ers and Ravens Win Conference Championship Games
• Don’t Take Away My Right To Bear Arms
• Lance Armstrong Confesses to Oprah
• NFL Playoff Results: Divisional Round
• Money Laundering, Political Style
• NFL Playoffs – Divisional Round
• The End of the 2012 Football Season
• January Football
• The Big Move: House Still Not Finished
• Obama Wants To Take Your Guns
• Final Two Weeks of NFL Season
• 2012 Christmas Cookies
• Reactions to the Connecticut School Shooting
• Why Do Star College Quarterbacks Fail In the NFL?
• Sandy Hook Tragedy
• Connecticut School Shooting
• The Republican Party’s Core Beliefs
• Western Kentucky Hires Bobby Petrino
• Ferdinand the Turtle: Meeting Bob
• Football and Death
• Fiscal Cliff Predictions
• December Football
• Who Will Win The Heisman?
• Review: Hit Me by Lawrence Block
• Baseball Preview 2013: What To Watch For
• A New Religion – And Obama Is Their Profit
• NaNoWriMo success
• Big 10 Will Have 14 Teams
• How Does James Patterson Write So Many Books?
• Has Thanksgiving Become Black Thursday?
• I’m Thankful For A Romney Loss
• Notre Dame Closing In On National Championship?
• Tide Gets Rolled
• NaNoWriMo: Ahead of Pace
• Obama Wins Second Term
• My Prediction: Obama Wins
• NaNoWriMo Update (Plus Football)
• NaNoWriMo – Jump In, The Water’s Fine
• Mitt Romney Can’t Lose
• NaNoWriMo 2012
• Is Notre Dame A National Championship Contender?
• Monday topics: Sandy, Baseball, Football
• What’s in the Chili?
• Republicans and Rape
• Are The Giants A Team Of Destiny?
• Did Geno Smith Lose The Heisman?
• Movie Review: Hope Springs
• Women in the Election
• Biased Science?
• Derek Jeter’s Postseason Legacy
• Should We Intervene In Syria?
• Is John L. Smith Morally Bankrupt?
• The Role of Today’s NRA
• Miguel Cabrera Wins Baseball’s Triple Crown
• Looking At The Old Classics
• The History of Media Bias
• What Is A Swing County?
• America Chokes Away The Ryder Cup
• What Makes A Book A Classic?
• NFL Officials Are Back
• Should Mike Trout Win the MVP?
• How Bad Was the Packers – Seahawks Call?
• Can Romney Win?
• A Vision In Austria
• Is It A Scary Time To Be A Woman?
• 2013 World Baseball Classic
• Who Are the 47%?
• College Football: Week 3
• Violent Outbursts In The Muslim World
• Random Thoughts
• Will The Real Mitt Romney Please Stand Up?
• Amazon Announces New Kindle Models
• Recap of Week 2
• College Football National Championship Rant
• A Man Short
• Should The President Have Any Power?
• Baseball’s September Story Lines
• College Football – Week 1
• What Should The Role Of Government Be?
• The Challenges of Writing a Novel
• Highlights of the Republican Convention
• Weird Neighbors
• College Football Seasons Kicks Off
• Remembering Neil Armstrong
• What Does Todd Akin Stand For?
• Melky Cabrera Banned For Testosterone Use
• The Big Move: Apartment Living
• What Is The Impact Of Akin’s Rape Comments?
• NFL Players Fight For Roster Spots in Preseason
• Random Thoughts
• Fantasy Football Time
• Is All Political News Biased?
• Honey Badger Kicked Off LSU Football Team
• Can Better Mental Healthcare Prevent Violence?
• Volleyball Domination And Other Olympic Highlights
• What Is Mitt Romney Hiding?
• Knowing Your Audience: Political Writing
• Does Chick-Fil-A’s Leader Have Civil Rights?
• Book Review: The Brahms Deception
• Are The Olympics Ruined By Spoilers?
• What Does Your Audience Want?
• Sneak Peek At My Book
• Who Will Win The Election?
• What Was Penn State’s Punishment?
• Reactions To The Penn State Penalties
• Reactions To The Colorado Theater Shooting
• Water For Elephants
• The Open Championship
• Writing – Knowing Your Audience
• What Are You Reading?
• Is Justice Scalia Incompetent or Just Biased?
• The Big Move: Sold!
• Movie Review: John Carter
• Can Tim Lincecum Be Fixed?
• Home Away From Home
• The Horse
• President Obama Violates Separation of Powers
• Tools of a Baseball Addict
• Movie Review: Brave
• Jeter’s Slump and Pujols’s Surge
• Obamacare Ruled Constitutional
• Give An Author A Second Chance
• Omaha Hosts College World Series, Olympics Swimming Trials, and More
• Movie Review: Men In Black 3
• Do Adam Dunn’s Strikeouts Hurt The White Sox?
• Obama and Fast and Furious
• Why Is The Book Always Better Than The Movie?
• Webb Simpson Wins US Open
• Review: Snow White and the Huntsman
• Are Athletes Overpaid?
• Which Amazon Kindle Device Should I Buy?
• U.S. Open Preview
• How Many People Don’t Pay Taxes?
• Proof That Obama’s Birth Certificate Is Fake
• I’ll Have Another Out of Belmont Stakes
• Is This the Most Important Election?
• Is Baseball’s Draft System Broken?
• Tiger Catches Nicklaus In Wins
• Nobody Cares About Connecticut
• New York City To Ban Big Gulps?
• Rockies Roundup (And Other Baseball News)
• I Like To Kill People
• Modern Technology And The Baseball Fan
• What’s On Your Wireless Network?
• Is The Indy 500 Dead?
• Project Update
• Republican Party Is Helping Obama
• Around The World Of Sports
• How To Write Like A Professional: Fantasy
• A Bad Trade
• Time Magazine: Are You Mother Enough?
• What Is The Length Of An NFL Running Back’s Career?
• Should I Sell My Collection?
• How To Write Like A Professional – Autobiographical
• The Big Move: Too Much Stuff!
• Should Churches Be Tax Exempt?
• Review Of The Hunger Games Trilogy
• 2012 Kentucky Derby
• Should Cole Hamels Have Hit Bryce Harper?
• Fiction Contest – Win Prizes!
• What’s Your Point Of View?
• Who Will Be Romney’s Vice President?
• Is Albert Pujols Washed Up?
• Johnny’s Leaving
• Are Capital Gains A Form Of Double Taxation?
• NFL Draft Analysis: Day 1
• Santorum Quits The Race
• Impressions of Olympic Wrestling Trials
• Did Saints GM Spy On Teams?
• How To Write Like A Professional (Part 4)
• Review: 11/22/63 by Stephen King
• Infrastructure Maintenance: Spend A Little Now Or a Lot Later
• Product Review: Roku
• 2012 Robert Edward Auction
• How to Write Like a Professional (Part 3)
• Did Arkansas Have To Fire Bobby Petrino?
• Are the Democrats Waging A War Against Women?
• Longest Serving Prisoner Dies
• The Sports Beat
• How To Write Like A Professional (Part 2)
• Guide To Attending The Masters
• GOP Endgame
• Ubaldo Jimenez Supended For Throwing At Tulowitzki
• The Ultimate Bust: Ryan Leaf
• How To Write Like A Professional
• Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
• The Supreme Court and Health Care
• Tragedy: The Death of Trayvon Martin
• Tiger Woods The Favorite To Win The Masters
• Political Speech
• Are Sports Fans Dumb?
• How To Effectively Use Social Media
• Broncos Trade Tim Tebow To Jets
• Is a $50 Light Bulb Affordable?
• Peyton Will Be Manning The Broncos
• Touring Our American Heritage
• Apology To Creighton Fans
• Day 1 Of the NCAA Tournament
• Who Will Win The World Series?
• Breaking Down My Bracket
• NCAA Tourney Snubs?
• The Draft Continues
• The Death of Andrew Breitbart and Other News
• Who Agrees With Rush Limbaugh?
• My Fantasy League Draft
• Should Santorum And Gingrich Be On The Virginia Ballot?
• Are Bounties OK in Football?
• How Did Your Ancestors Come To America?
• Is Apple Bringing 700,000 Jobs Back To America?
• Should We Drill For Oil in ANWR?
• What Books Have You Bought Lately?
• Why Does Golf Only Have Four Major Championships?
• What is The Hardest Part of Writing?
• Your Lithograph Makes Me Look Fat: George Bellows and Reducing
• Republican Race Remains Undecided
• Zemanta Review
• Johnny Goes Linsane!
• The Race is On
• ESPN Apologizes For Calling Jeremy Lin A Chink
• Primary Voters: Vote For Rick Santorum
• The IRS Has Funding Issues
• Baseball’s New Collective Bargaining Agreement
• Jeremy Lin Reminds Me Of …
• Mickelson Gets 40th Career Win
• Why Intervene In Syria Now?
• Kosmo’s Briefs
• Is It Ever OK to Use Torture?
• The Best Movies Of All Time
• Gisele Rips Patriots Receivers
• Looking Ahead To Baseball
• What Makes a Top 25 Recruiting Class?
• The Shooter
• Obama Robs Florida McDonalds
• Ode To A Groundhog
• The Super Bowl
• Spare Time Fun
• Pop Art Catholicism: Andy Warhol’s Religion
• Republican Race Gets Tight
• Why Doesn’t Mitt Romney Pay More in Income Taxes?
• The Death of Joe Paterno
• Winter Morning
• How Can Politicians Earn My Vote?
• Rockies Sign Jamie Moyer
• Rick Santorum Wins Iowa Caucuses
• Why Is Wikipedia Down Today?
• Can A Coach’s Confidence Affect Player Performance?
• Resetting Priorities
• 2012 Hall of Fame Voting
• The Worst Form of National Economics
• My Life As A Writer
• BCS National Championship
• It’s All About Football
• Joran Van der Sloot To Plead Guilty
• 2012 Republican Race
• Analysis of the Iowa Caucus Results
• Final Week of NFL Season and The Bowls
• New Year’s Pot Luck
• Ask Marilyn About Random Drug Testing
• Message to Ron Paul Fans: Grow Up
• The Arrogance of Beauty: Whistler’s Peacock Room
• How Do The Iowa Caucuses Work?
• Top News Stories Of 2012
• One Week Remains In NFL Season
• Happy Holidays
• Mrs. Claus and the Christmas Mistress
• Plans for 2012
• Who Will Win In Iowa?
• What Technological Advances Will The Future Hold?
• Top Sports Stories of 2011
• Questions About Yu Darvish
• How Do You Spend Your Free Time
• Is Amazon Prime Worth The Cost?
• Rick Perry’s No-So “Strong” Ad
• The Cameron Effect
• Is Tim Tebow For Real?
• Office Party Time
• The Sacrificial Lambs
• Cardinals Fan Reaction to Pujols Leaving
• End Of Year Political Recap
• Will Albert Pujols Sign With The Marlins?
• What’s In A Name (Bowl Edition)
• Christmas And Consumerism
• Rick Perry Thinks He’s God – And Other Random Thoughts
• Amazon Gift Ideas
• That Pinot Clashes With The Drapes: On Art And Wine
• Liar! Liar! Urban Meyer
• My Thanksgiving
• Whom Should I Vote For In the Republican Primary?
• Friends For Thanksgiving
• Baseball’s Collective Bargaining Agreement
• Will Tiger Woods Bounce Back in 2012?
• Should Pitchers Be Eligible For The MVP?
• I Got A Smartphone
• The One Night Stand
• Jerry Sandusky, Dustin Verlander, Tiger Woods
• My Fight With Zazzle
• The Writing Continues – Or Does It?
• Will Penn State Hire Urban Meyer?
• Make Black Friday A Little More Green
• Questions in the Penn State Scandal
• Great Winter Gifts
• Will Joe Paterno Be Fired?
• Writing Frenzy
• Jerry Sandusky Arrested For Sexual Abuse
• Tony Stewart Chases Third Championship
• Medical Marijuana A Cause of Fatal Crashes?
• Should The NFL Change The Rules For Andrew Luck?
• Does Anyone Care About The NBA Lockout?
• Where Will Albert Pujols End Up
• Start Writing
• Electoral College Gear
• Who Will Emerge As the Republican Nominee?
• Jason Aldean – My Kinda Party
• Is Randy Moss Treated Fairly By The Media?
• Join NanoWrimo 2012
• Friday Roundup
• Fame for Crunchy
• Post #1000: Has This Blog Been Successful?
• The World Series Begins Today!
• 2011 Heisman Watch
• What I like About The 99%ers
• Treasure Hunt Chapter 2: Cheryl’s Den
• Changing The Election Rules
• Rex Burkhead Is A Role Model
• Fall Cleanup
• Treasure Hunt Chapter 1: The Game Begins
• The Political Failures of Barack Obama
• Why The Republicans Can’t Win
• Johnny’s Fantasy Football Thoughts
• Musings On College Football
• Don’t Tread On Me: Benjamin Franklin And The Power Of Images
• What I like About My Kindle
• The Future Of The Big XII
• 2011 Solheim Cup
• Congress Needs To Do Their Job
• Should We Get Rid of the Death Penalty?
• The Fox News / Google Debate
• Fall Observations
• Should Players Be Allowed To Return After An Injury?
• Will The Big 12 and Big East Merge?
• Is Cam Newton For Real?
• JOBS – The Four Letter Word of the Obama Administration
• Is Wikipedia A Reliable Source?
• Will Texas Cause The Big XII To Break Up?
• An Expert’s Opinion On The Value Of Gold
• Obama’s Jobs Speech
• Where Were You On September 11, 2001?
• Will Amazon Reinstate California Affiliates?
• Is Madden 12 The Best Football Game Ever?
• It’s About Jobs, Stupid
• Baseball Update
• Last Minute Fantasy Football Sleepers
• The Importance Of Labor Day
• What’s Your Dream Job?
• College Football Picks
• Are Green Initiatives A Waste Of Money?
• The Exchange
• Is Michael Vick Worth $100 Million?
• Guide To Guerrilla Investing
• Kosmo’s Non Sequiturs
• E Pluribus Unum: History of American Imagery*
• Rick Perry Leads The Race?
• How Will The Resignation of Steve Jobs Affect Apple?
• HP Touchpad: Chaos
• 2011 Fall TV – What Are YOU Looking Forward To?
• Fan Violence in San Francisco
• School Is Back In Session
• NCAA Football 12 Review
• The Iowa Straw Poll
• What Percentage Of Taxes Are Paid By The Rich?
• Jim Thome Reaches 600 Homers
• The Carlos Zambrano Meltdown
• Saving Our Agricultural Heritage
• Big Brother Week 5 – The Craziness Continues
• Unsweetened Tea … Party
• Having Fun At The National Sports Card Convention
• 2011 National Sports Card Convention
• The End Of Summer Is Nigh
• Tale of the Wolf
• Congress Needs to Balance The Budget
• Big Brother Week 4: Eviction Nominations
• Gabrielle Giffords Steals the Show
• Does the NFLPA Represent Rookies?
• Reactions to the Ubaldo Jimenez Trade
• You Know You Love Us: Art as Propaganda
• Pissed Off About The Debt Ceiling Debate
• Big Brother Week 3 – Veto Competition
• Time To Disband The Big XII?
• Madden 12 / Big Brother
• Inside Kosmo’s Life
• Space, the Debt Ceiling, and the NFL Lockout
• Random Thoughts From Kosmo
• Space Shuttle Memories: Becoming An Advocate
• Childish Behavior In the Debt Ceiling Debate
• Space Shuttle Memories: Leaving NASA
• Space Shuttle Memories – Engineer at NASA
• Big Brother / Hell’s Kitchen
• Space Shuttle Memories – Design Projects
• Space Shuttle Memories – Back at NASA
• Darren Clarke Wins, USA Women Lose
• Space Shuttle Memories – A Dream Realized
• Space Shuttle Memories – A Boy’s Dream
• The Root of All Evil – Even in Politics
• Big Brother – Week 1
• I Bought A Kindle
• History of The Open
• Take a Vacation or Not?
• Break Up The Pirates!
• 90 Feet To History
• Lawrence Block: An Author Who “Gets It”
• Should Gays Raise Children?
• Review: MLB 11 The Show – Road To The Show (Part 2)
• Joey Chestnut Still The Top Dog
• Celebrate Independence Day
• Inside The Prison Walls
• Who’s Worth More – Albert Pujols or Prince Fielder?
• What Does It Mean To Be Educated?
• Tricky Baseball Trivia
• Review: MLB11 The Show – Road To The Show (Part 1)
• Delta Unfairly Criticized Over Baggage Fees For Troops?
• When in Rome
• Tolstoy and “Happy Trees”
• Politifact Attacks Jon Stewart
• Pujols, the McCourts, and More
• The World Series of Poker Goes All In
• In Defense of Art
• What Really Killed The Dinosaurs
• Will Rory McIlroy Win The US Open?
• Maybe It Just Takes A Woman
• Madden 12 – Will It Happen?
• Should Republicans Be Roasting Weiner?
• Work Life Balance
• Will Bubba Starling Pick Baseball Or Football?
• Is Sex A Taboo Topic In America?
• Reactions To The Wii U
• Shaq Retires
• Summer Is Finally Here
• Should Baseball Ban Home Plate Collisions?
• Year 3 Anniversary Trip Part 1 (Kenosha/Pleasant Prairie)
• How I Would Fix Congress
• Looters (and other pond scum)
• The Ohio State Saga: Tressel Resigns
• Memorial Day
• The End Of The World (Baseball Numerology)
• Do Libraries Steal From Authors?
• Breaking Down The Republican Field
• The State of TV Today
• Baseball Update (American League)
• Fighting The Beast
• Millionaires on food stamps (and other random topics)
• Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) – Would You Go?
• I Can’t Support Newt Gingrich
• The Dilbertesque Files: Low Toner
• The State of the Yankees
• An Autumn Day
• Baseball Update
• NBA 2K11 – My Player Mode (PS3)
• Does Big Money Control Our Elections?
• How Old Are You?
• Should Pete Rose Be In The Hall of Fame?
• Opportunities for Writing
• The Streak
• Osama Bin Laden: Repercussions
• Top 5 iPod (or iPhone) Apps
• How To Keep On Your Story Line
• Reactions To Bin Laden’s Death (Crunchy)
• Reactions to Bin Laden’s Death (Kosmo)
• The Paper Princess
• The Fall of the Birthers
• Royal Wedding Pregame Coverage
• Nintendo Announces New Wii – Will The Craze Be As High?
• How Will the NCAA Punish Ohio State?
• Writing in Period
• Is Dilbert Based on Real Life?
• Heidi and the Shark
• The Rent Is Too D@mn High
• The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
• “Performance” Toyota of Lincoln
• The Life and Times of Mike Leake
• How To Concentrate
• Should I buy a Kindle?
• Concentrate
• Loopholes From Those ‘Holes In Washington
• What Inspires You?
• Robert Edward Auctions
• A New Advertising Campaign
• The Cowboy Rides Again
• Obama 2012
• Masters Trivia Contest Giveaway
• Can Butler Do It?
• Sports Wrap
• Change In Direction
• Speaker Boehner: Where Are The Jobs At?
• A Stripper’s Life
• Drafts, Tourneys, and Tiger (Oh My!)
• Unreasonable Expectations
• My Life in Hell
• Let Your Freak Flag Fly
• Will There Be NFL Football In 2011?
• Is Cheating OK If You Win?
• Why Libya?
• How’s Your Bracket Doing?
• The Cycle
• Obama’s Bracket-gate and Japan’s Katrina
• Baseball is as Boring as Watching Paint Dry?
• The Biggest Loser in the NCAA Tournament? CBS.
• How To Respond to a Massive Earthquake?
• Kosmo’s Writing Adventures
• The Evil Twin
• Does Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Care More About Corporations Than People?
• Alphabet Soup League Draft 2011
• Why Is Ohio State Getting Special Treatment From The NCAA?
• When Will Charlie Sheen Shut Up?
• Release Point
• Baby Joseph, Government Healthcare, and Death Panels
• What do Robin Yount and Mark Reynolds Have in Common?
• Charlie Sheen and Other Topics
• Freedom is Contagious
• Catch and Release
• Amazon, Sports, Chili, and Bruised Shins
• Wisconsin Republicans Blame Unions For State’s Budget Woes
• Spanning The Globe
• Life Perspective
• Kindle and PDF version of Mountains, Meadows, and Chasms
• Be A Good Sport
• The Middle East Mess
• Around the World of Baseball
• Phat Albert
• Will The Cardinals Sign Albert Pujols?
• Supreme Court of … the Highest Bidder
• Are The Super Bowl Fans Getting Greedy?
• The Road To Publication
• A Random Bucket o’ Stuff
• Not About The Super Bowl
• Secret Admirer
• Unconstitutional Obamacare
• Do We Overreact to Snow Storms?
• Should the NCAA Investigate the Iowa Football Program?
• The NFL Pro Bowl
• Why Not?
• Does Michele Bachmann Have A Clue?
• Tom Brady or Peyton Manning?
• Should Golf Allow Snitches to Affect Tournaments?
• Helping Young Writers
• Are You The Ultimate Soap Boxers Fan?
• This Old Barn
• Quarterbacks and the Hall of Fame
• Barn in the City
• Is Drew Brees a Hall of Famer?
• Lessons from the NFL Playoffs
• Let’s Talk Football
• Slide, Baby, Slide
• What Are We Afraid Of?
• Should I Invest In Gold?
• End of the Bowl Season
• Exploring Celtic Knots With Brett Garrett
• Did Sarah Palin Put Gabrielle Giffords At Risk?
• A Matter of Foreign Policy
• As We Begin The New Year
• Do You Collect Sports Cards?
• Eleven For Eleven
• How Can A Writer Handle Rejection?
• Goals for 2011
• Is Cursive Writing a Lost Art?
• Ken Burns, Buckeyes, and the NFC West
• Ducks in a Row
• A Most Unusual Hometown
• Johnny Picks The Bowls
• Christmas Cheer (and cookie recipes!)
• Too Many Irons In The Fire?
• Cliff Lee, Bob Feller, and More
• The Leak
• Yes, Virginia, There is an Obama Claus
• The Ramsey Backflip
• The Coaching Carousel
• Colder Still
• Favorite Quotes
• Life On Other Planets, Bush-era Tax Cuts, Gays In The Military, Wikileaks
• Introducing “Sparks by Kosmo”
• White Sox Sign Adam Dunn, Red Sox Sign Adrian Gonzalez
• Is It Cold Yet?
• Bench Warmer
• What Should We Do About Wikileaks?
• TCU To The Big East
• Kosmo On Sports
• Admitting Failure
• People Of The Month
• Should Full Body Scanning and Pat Downs Be Allowed?
• No Need To Touch My Junk And Other Musings
• What Islam Means To Me
• Nebraska Big XII Conspiracy
• The Home Stretch
• Are Speed Cameras Fair?
• End Of The Line
• Who Cares About Harry Potter?
• Things I Am Thankful For – 2010 Edition
• What Manny ‘PacMan’ Pacquiao Means to The Philippines
• Johnny’s Football Picks – Games of November 8, November 9, November 10
• Be A Skeptic
• How Can You Get Past Writer’s Block?
• Speedometers Are Optional Equipment
• United We Don’t Stand
• Dan Hawkins Fired, Cam Newton Ineligible?
• 500!
• Thirty Days Of Writing
• Write-In
• Johnny’s Picks (November 4 and November 6) and Analysis
• Election Day Reactions
• New Theme and other stuff
• And We’re Off NaNoWriMo
• Blitzed By Bejeweled
• What I Miss From The Past
• What Will Happen On Election Day
• Johnny’s Football Picks – October 28 & October 30
• It Is Election Time
• A Cyclone Hits Austin
• Creating Characters That People Care About
• Liberals Slinging Mud
• Who Should I Vote For?
• Johnny’s Football Picks – October 21st, 22nd, 23rd
• Fall Equals Sports
• Hope You’re Listening, Dad
• How The Internet Is Saving Society
• Why Don’t Republicans Want You To Know Where Their Money Is Coming From?
• Congressional Redistricting
• Johnny’s Football Picks – Game of October 14 and October 16
• Extremes In The Face of Reason
• Review: Madden 11
• What Do Writers Do When They Aren’t Writing?
• San Francisco To Ban McDonalds Happy Meal Toys?
• Johnny’s College Football Picks (October 7 and October 9)
• Baseball Playoff Preview (National League)
• Baseball Playoff Preview (American League)
• Why Does The United States Have a Two Party System?
• Telemarketer? There’s An App For That.
• End Of A Season
• Is Lisa Murkowski Cheating?
• Johnny’s Picks
• My CPA Exam Experience
• What’s Going On?
• The Retirement Party
• Similac: Case Study Of (Another) Botched Recall
• Christine O’Donnell – Witch Of The East?
• Donald Bellisario
• Johnny’s Picks
• The NL West Race
• President Obama Isn’t Always Wrong
• Random Thoughts
• McCourt Case
• Camp Serenity
• Should We Raise Taxes On The Rich?
• Why Do Some Players Play Better At Home?
• Derek Jeter, The Rockies, and The Playoff Picture
• Burning the Koran / Ground Zero Mosque
• Master Of The Obvious: Phoning It In
• Personal Memories of 9/11
• International Burn The Koran Day
• Time To Reign In Corporations
• Help Me With My Mortgage Refi
• Johnny’s Picks
• Weekend Recap
• The Bomber Pilot
• Wanted: Reporters
• Strasburg, CarGo, Tulo, and Cyclones
• Details
• Why Is John Cusack Fanning The Flames Of Hatred?
• What We Can Learn From The Discovery Channel Hostage Situation
• Things That Grind My Gears
• Johnny’s College Football Picks
• Air Show
• The Pirates Love Their Fans – And Wrigley Field
• Juice
• Where’s Kosmo?
• Barack The One Term President
• NFL Predictions
• Forget Gold – Invest in Blago!
• Am I having A Literary Mid-Life Crisis?
• Legacy
• The Mosque Mess
• How To Pull Off A Practical Joke
• K-Rod, Bryce Harper, and Kyle Parker
• What Should We Do About The Federal Budget
• What Kind Of Sh*t Are You Into?
• A Novel Approach: Setting A Scene
• Product Launch: Tip of the Iceberg
• War Is Our Business
• The PGA Championship at Whistling Straits
• Is Carlos Gonzalez A Product Of Coors Field?
• What Is The Answer For Gay Marriage?
• My Worst Customer Service Experience Ever – Verizon
• For Whom The Belle Toils
• Wasteful Stimulus Spending
• Kosmo’s Writing Status
• Sports Beat – Baseball Deadline Edition
• Seven Kinds Of Love
• What is the Cost of Discrimination?
• Safe At Home
• Join The Coffee Party
• Review of Dreamhost
• Is The Media Treating LeBron James Unfairly?
• Jumping to Conclusions – Again (Shirley Sherrod, BP, and the Lockerbie Bomber)
• How Much Money Should You Leave Your Kids When You Die?
• The End of The Casual Observer
• Shirley Sherrod, The White House, And The NAACP
• A Can of Spam
• What Is The Infield Fly Rule?
• What Is Up With Movies These Days?
• The Long Con, conclusion
• The Long Con, Part 2
• The Long Con
• Worthless
• Does Jaycee Dugard Deserve $20 Million?
• Is Consistency Overrated in Sports?
• I’ve Written A Book – What Do I Do Now?
• Favorite Movie Quotes
• Kosmo’s Favorite Fiction Stories
• Phobia
• Separation of Church and State
• Fiction Update
• All Stars and Hot Dogs
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• Is Taylor Teagarden An All-Star?
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• Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper
• Class Acts In Sports
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• Will I Ever Finish My Novel?
• Kosmo Looks At 35
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• Review of DirecTV (7 months later)
• The “What Could Have Been” Team
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• Why Do I Fear Hospitals
• Is The Field Of Dreams Worth 5 Million Dollars?
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• A Life Disturbed
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• The Most Important Qualification for a Supreme Court Justice: Life Expectancy?
• Will The Big 10 Add Teams?
• Decisions
• Cross Country, Part 2
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• Trestle
• The Major League Baseball Draft
• Should Cops Use Tasers?
• Ishikawa shoots 58, McIlroy Shoots 62, Ochoa Retires
• Why We Don’t Use the Alexa Rank
• The Accidental NASCAR Fan
• Albert Pujols Signs New Contract With Cardinals
• Friends in High Places
• Are Sports Drafts Fair?
• A Challenge to My Readers
• What Are the Broncos Thinking?
• Analysis of The NFL Draft Coverage
• The Imperfect Crime
• What’s Going On?
• The Champion
• Arizona Takes a Step Back With Immigration Legislation
• NFL Draft
• The Importance of Deadlines
• What Does Mitch Albom Know About Fantasy Baseball?
• Should I Turn Off My Computer At Night To Save Energy?
• Addicted to T-Shirts
• The Rookie
• Why ESPN Park Factors Are Wrong
• The Best iPhone Apps
• Update From the First Week of Baseball
• Dealing With Elderly Parents (Part 2)
• What Are the Best Baseball Sites? [2010 Update]
• Review: Lady Antebellum – Need You Now
• Baseball’s Blackout Rules Suck
• Free, Free, Free!
• The Disappearing Act (conclusion)
• The Disappearing Act
• Dispelling The Health Care Rumors
• Sports Recap
• Runner Lisa Koll Uhl
• Easter Ramblings
• Why I love the Yankees
• My Brother Is Bigger Than Yours
• The Proxy
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• The Case Against Medical Marijuana
• Why Did Stephen Strasburg Get Sent to the Minors?
• Dealing With College Students
• Civility Lost
• How to Get Your Guest Post Submission Accepted
• Strangers in the Night
• The Making of an Audio Book
• If I Had a Million Dollars, I’d Be Rich
• Why the Joe Mauer Contract is a Good Deal for the Minnesota Twins
• NCAA Tournaments (Men and Women)
• My Apologies to Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe
• Dealing With Age – Physical Therapy
• Evolution of a Creationist
• The Spy
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• 2010 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Early Thoughts
• House of Cards: Can Competition Harm Consumers?
• How This Thirty-Something Uses Facebook
• March Madness
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• Anatomy of a Fantasy Baseball Draft, Continued
• Life Isn’t Fair
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• The Critic
• Which Way Do You Lean
• Joe’s Olympic Adventure: After the Games
• Short But Sweep
• Sick and Tired
• Joe’s Olympic Adventure: Day 3
• Joe’s Olympic Adventure: Day 2
• Joe’s Olympic Adventure: Day 1
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• The Domestic Terrorist
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• What to Watch for in Baseball, 2010
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• Ask Kosmo
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• Blocked
• State of the Union and Bad Nuts
• Kosmo’s Favorite Sports Moments
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• Ice Storm
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• The Greatest Inventions of All Time
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• Attack of the Silver Carp
• Hall of Fame Reactions
• Interview with Kelly Whalen of The Centsible Life
• Fighting the Winter Blahs
• Stock Market Contest Results
• Stopping Terrorism and Closing Gitmo
• Britain Has Lost All Legitimacy
• Kosmo’s Sports Wrap
• How Do I Keep Up the Pace?
• To Err is Human, To Range Divine
• Why I Support Net Neutrality
• Kosmo’s New Year’s Resolutions
• Retail Positives / Retail Negatives
• The Case for Bert Blyleven
• What Do You Want To Write?
• The Dumbest Rule In Sports
• What’s Next for The Casual Observer?
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• Olympic Anticipation
• What’s Next for Martin?
• A Crazy Plan, Part 3
• A Crazy Plan, Part 2
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• Yes, Virginia, There is an Obama Claus
• Apple In the Cloud
• This Week Sucks
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• Casual Observations from Kosmo
• Bull
• Thankful Yet Hopeful
• Writer’s Diary
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• The Librarian and The Waitress: Part 3
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• The Librarian and the Waitress: Part 2
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• The Librarian and the Waitress: Part 1
• When Seconds Count, The Police are Just Minutes Away
• In Defense Of Scott Boras
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• NaNoWriMo Wrapup
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• Friends for Thanksgiving, Part 2
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• My Name is Dollar Bill
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• Michelle Wie Breaks Through at Ochoa Invitational
• Diary of a Writer
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• The Attack
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• Interview with Baker from Man Vs. Debt
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• Scrap The BCS
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• Crime and Punishment: Weather Balloons and Quarterbacks Edition
• Why I Hate HSBC (again)
• Phishing in the Dark
• The Plight of the Crocodile
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• You Waited 300 Articles for THIS?
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• Review of St. Louis
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• 3 Things
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• At the Deadline, Part 2
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• Stock Market Contest, end of June
• Editorial Shakeup and Writing Opportunities
• Check, mate
• Crossover
• Wednesday Wisps
• Hot Dog!
• Open and shut
• Voluntary identity theft
• Kosmo = Rachel Ray?
• Chill Out
• Interview with Lazy Man
• Wednesday Wisps
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• Review: The Mind of Bill James
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• Is Raul Ibanez on steroids?
• Baseball Draftermath
• The week in sports
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• Hey, it looks different!
• Randy Johnson & more
• Have you ever wondered
• Andrew Carnegie: The Man of Steel
• May recap
• Last member of the 300 win club?
• ESPN is a 4 letter word
• Stock market contest, June 1 update
• 10 things you might not know about baseball
• Getcha Goin’
• Lest Ye Be Judged
• Read this: She In China
• $68 Property Taxes – The JoAnn Watson Saga
• News, Entertainment, Sports trifecta
• Focus group
• Memorial Day
• Entertainment Beat: Welcome to the Show
• Sleep less, live more years
• Interview with Stephen Strasburg
• Review: Club Deli, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
• Musical Diamonds in the Rough
• Raising the roof
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• Sunday sports section
• Cedar Point review
• Retro fiction: Tina
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• A small victory
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• Auto industry saga
• The Entertainment Beat
• Buy.com
• Manny and Brett
• Profile: Ryne Sandberg
• How to make your business baby friendly
• Giving ’em the bird
• Obama, Specter, Bunning, Kemp
• Open letter to Iowa City KFC
• April recap
• Swine flu discussion
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• GM bankruptcy / Southland killer
• A day in the life of a chef
• A mind laid bare
• European Vacation
• Draft questions
• Draftermath
• TV Guide again
• Restaurant Review: Monical’s Pizza
• A sneeze and an apology
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• I love Niagara Falls
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• Why I hate HSBC
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• A memory like no other
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• Tale of the wolf: Part 2
• A Day in the Life of an Air Traffic Controller
• Casual Observer Stock Market Contest
• Sports wrapup
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• I hate telemarketers
• Ferdinand the Turtle
• RIP Nick Adenhart
• Places: Pitcairn Island
• You can’t lick ’em: Simpsons Postage Stamps
• Gerrymandering
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• Sports wrapup
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• Give me back my food
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• My daughter’s favorite toys
• Is the print media dead?
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• Tales from ancient internet history
• Evolution of a fan, part 3
• How many people make more than $250,000 per year?
• Fun science
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• Murder, incest, money, sports
• Nebraska gets killed in NIT
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• World Baseball Classic Update
• Book review: The Lion’s Game
• Evolution of a fan, part 2
• Iowa’s sports Mount Rushmore
• World Baseball Classic Update
• Baylor finds success without Bliss
• 4Info review
• Minnesota’s plan to cut government spending
• World Baseball Classic Update
• Evolution of a fan: Part 1
• The importance of a good name
• World Baseball Classic Update
• Wonderful wastes of time
• Sports wrapup
• Hot water
• Luge is my second favorite sport …
• Billy Joel is a history teacher
• Nursing drivers and teenage hookers
• Manny Ramirez signs with Tigers
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• Modern technology in banks
• Sports roundup
• Drivers who drive me crazy
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• Train of thought
• Why aren’t people helping Nadya Suleman (Octomom)?
• Lawrence Block author profile
• Use it or lose it
• What are the Best Baseball Sites?
• Review: Monk and Psych
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• A-Rod and the steroid testing
• The Casebook of Forensic Detection
• TV Guide
• The Alphabet Soup League
• The bluffer and the bargain
• Review: The Serial Killers Club, by Jeff Povey
• Stupid criminals, vol 2: Snow
• Stupid criminals, vol 1: Beer.
• Librivox (free audio books)
• The mall kiosk people
• Schedule of posts for the new year
• The $29 fee that cost Bank of America so much more
• Blago / Replacing a member of congress
• Abuse of statistics transitive property
• Oregon votes are in!
• Alternative voting strategy
• Soy Sauce
• Rest in peace, Michael Crichton
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• And We Are Off – NaNoWriMo 2010
• Things that drive me crazy in sports
• Paranoid
• Which is better – Roth or 401K?
• Hanging Chads
• Star Trek madness
• Coors Field Hangover
• Baseball Free agent Compensation
• How to get a newspaper delivered for free
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