There are many reasons that parents make decisions about their child’s education and development. Over the years, various school districts have adjusted the birth dates by which they determine cutoffs for grade eligibility. Recently this article over at DeadSpin started … Continue reading →
Many conservatives are having a grand time poking fun of Barack Obamas apparent hypocrisy over the Washington Redskins. Specifically, the alleged hypocrisy is that the President has no trouble congratulating the Chicago Blackhawks despite deploring the Redskins’ name. Okay, since … Continue reading →
His name may rhyme with Heisman now, but Joeshould’ve chosen to make Theismann rhyme with“OMG, I’m never going to walk again!” It’d havebeen way, way more accurate. Unlike professional baseball in America and professional soccer everywhere else in the known … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin locks himself away in the lab for a couple of months and he emerges to find out that the International Olympic Committee has removed wrestling from the core list of sports for the 2020 Olympic games. According to … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin received this inquiry from one of our favorite minions: Dearest Mandy, (Alternative opening statement: Beseeching The Wise and Inscrutable Mandarin To Continue Reading This Missive), Admittedly it has been a goal of mine since making the acquaintance of … Continue reading →
Dr. J. had the same look on his face on a rainy November Saturday in fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh grade… Dr. J. played recreational soccer growing up. After an undefeated inaugural season, followed by an ever-defeated second season, Papa … Continue reading →
You wouldn’t know it by following the coverage of the Olympics in all of the main stream media outlets, but there was an Olympic first yesterday. But you are saying to yourself, “Oh great Mandarin, we are completely aware of … Continue reading →
Does anyone recall last year when the Czar wrote about the Цесаревич’s spectacular and politically (un)popular baseball adventure, in which his plucky band of die-hard teammates took on the well-funded and well-organized baseball team of a Very Wealthy Suburb called … Continue reading →
The Lil Med Student had his first baseball game (if that’s what you want to call it) this weekend. He was 2 for 2 at the plate (without using the tee), with 2 runs and an RBI. Defensively, he scooped up … Continue reading →
The Czar had heard good things about Dreamworks’ Real Steel, and was more than okay with the kids renting it this weekend. You probably heard too that it was better than it looked. Wow. This was, seriously, one of the … Continue reading →
Surely you’ve heard the latest ridiculous commentary on the free market system from President Obama in which he aligns himself with the slackers and ne’er do wells in the Occupy Whatever movement. He claims he believes in the free market … Continue reading →
The scandal happening at Penn State is beyond description. For years, it appears, university and university athletics officials were aware—not dimly, but positively aware—that defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was raping children, but opted to do nothing about it. Sandusky has … Continue reading →
Being a time-traveling robot, one doesn’t always think linearly so I have a couple thoughts that have been bouncing around the ol’ neural net and I figured I’d do a quick dump on each. ‘Puter would counsel me to say … Continue reading →
A Canadian Reader writes in from the London you would want to visit with one of the strangest emails the Czar has received in a long time. Enjoy. Mighty Czar, Many thanks for the ‘Never attribute to malice what can … Continue reading →
The Czar apologizes for the length of what is, ultimately, a fairly personal post. Muscovy, as many of you tourists know, is a quiet, sleepy suburb to the west of Chicago. Here, your Czar rules as a ferocious tyrant, even … Continue reading →
So the Czar found himself coaching a tee-ball game today. Due to a variety of scheduling conflicts, only a single assistant coach showed up. So the Czar, dropping off the Царевич (who won the game ball for some outstanding defensive … Continue reading →
The Czar has spent an uncomfortable majority of the weekend watching his boys play baseball. The Цесаревич and Царевич are both on teams this year; however, the Цесаревич had his very first game of the season yesterday, and smeared the … Continue reading →
Dear Czar, This is from Bloomberg News: President Barack Obama, speaking in Santiago, Chile, yesterday said the U.S. would hand off its leadership role “in a matter of days, not a matter of weeks.” “This command-and-control business is complicated, and … Continue reading →
Maybe you done seen this. Maybe you not. University of Hawaii’s Rainbow Warriors marching band decided last December to mix things up a little. This is something that the vast and powerful computational systems of the Mandarin could choreograph. Of … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin is a devout believer in fair-play and sportsmanship. Your Mandarin also is a firm believer that when you compete, whether that is on the field of play or in the workplace, you need to give the maximum effort … Continue reading →
Well, if we’re doing obits to the great Don Meredith, then we’re sure as hell doing an obit for Ron Santo. Ron was a guy that not only symbolized Chicago, but also the Cubs: no matter how bad things got, … Continue reading →
Okay, so it turns out that photographer Mark Pain was covering the Ryder Cup, and managed—by pure luck—to take a picture a split-second before Tiger Woods hit him with a golf ball. The picture is here. Cool, eh? Okay, but … Continue reading →
Yep, hopefully at some point growing up you heard your mother or father say just that. Life isn’t fair. Maybe even followed by, “so deal with it”. Many readers will remember that GorT is a soccer coach so this story … Continue reading →
View more news videos at: http://www.nbcwashington.com/video. George Michael (1939–2009). Back in the 1980s, Washington’s WRC had the local newscast to watch, and Michael was one of the main reasons. The rest of the country knew his Sports Machine (with one … Continue reading →
In this Caps-dominated Antient Society, the Czar offers the following to your Volgi. Khabi!!!And of course, you are doubtless wondering about the Czar’s reaction to the Manny Ramirez 50-game suspension for testing postive for an illegal substance. Well, fact is, … Continue reading →
Mike Potemra relays the news that Keith Olbermann’s mother has died. Before Olbermann became a self-important, unhinged lunatic of a newsreader, he was a self-important deadpan sportscaster of genius whose work with Dan Patrick should be taught in Sportscasting School—which, … Continue reading →
Allow the Czar to make a slight rebuttal to GorTechie’s otherwise brilliant post. This rebuttal is only to clarify some potentially disparaging remarks made about baseball, a “past time” near and dear to the Czar’s heart. We played it as … Continue reading →
Let me make a rebuttal to the Volgi’s post here. And let me say that one could take Mr. Webb’s post as somewhat of tongue-in-cheek – but I’ll take him at his own words: “For those who think I jest…“. … Continue reading →
…goofiness for some Washingtonian goodness. Oh. My. Lord. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
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Continue reading →Well, a few more days have passed since GorT’s last Olympic update and it’s time for some more mocking. First, kudos to the folks over at Stryde Hax hacking around the ‘net to find out the truth at the bottom … Continue reading →
In keeping with the Olympic fever (there’s only one cure — more cowbell!) sweeping our fine Nation, ‘Puter rushes in where angels fear to tread. That’s right, boys and girls, it’s time to set straight, once and for all, which … Continue reading →
I’m a big fan of the Olympics, I watch just about any Olympic event, yes, any…try me. Plus, it’s a great excuse to enjoy HiDef channels. Hopefully, NBC won’t disappoint by showing Law & Order:ReRun while there are plenty of … Continue reading →
