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Category Archives: Commentary
SitCombat: 12/6/12
30 Rock won back its crown (with a wedding episode, no less!), turning back a decent effort from The Office and a mediocre League. I hate writing these intro parts, so let’s just dive right in, shall we? We get … Continue reading
Good Cause, Bad Slogan
The burden of being Tom Garrett extends beyond my profound lack of social interaction, incompetence at parallel parking, and maintenance of an inexplicably-large retro video game collection (although it occurs to me that the former and the latter points may … Continue reading
SitCombat: 11/29/12
Hello there, SitCombat. It’s been a while. It is nearly December, and, in these virtual pages, SitCombat makes a return that I can only assume will be triumphant. A combination of some downtime for the shows, plus a week in … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Reviews, Television
Tagged 30 Rock, Commentary, Dennis Duffy, Liz Lemon, Reviews, Surge Points, Television, The League, The Office
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Good News / Bad News (Part Two)
My name is Tom, and I’m here to help. When last we “met,” I discussed the problems faced by the Republican Party in the wake of last week’s elections. While I noted that the fallout from the elections and the … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Politics
Tagged 2016 Election, Big Pharma, China, Columnist Manifesto, Commentary, Democrats, Gay Marriage, Immigration, Long Form, Medicare, NDAA, Politics, Republicans, Social Security, The War on Drugs, Tom Garrett
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Good News / Bad News (Part One)
“The Democratic Party has shown itself over the last four elections to be a very slow learner, and, so, it may take them some more elections to get a new vocabulary.” – George Will, election night, 1984. In the modern … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Politics
Tagged 2012 Election, 2016 Election, Bill Bolling, Commentary, Democrats, Gay Marriage, Ken Cuccinelli, Politics, Republicans, Tea Party, Terry McAuliffe, Virginia
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Hell in a Cell: Live Blog
I wouldn’t say I’m about to write a live blog of the WWE’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view reluctantly, but it would also be fair to say that I wouldn’t have done so without the encouragement of my legion handful of fans readers. … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Television
Tagged Big Show, CM Punk, Commentary, Dolph Ziggler, Hell in a Cell, John Cena, Live Blog, Professional Wrestling, Ryback, Sheamus, Sports Entertainment, Television, Vince McMahon, WWE
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SitCombat: 10/25/12
30 Rock eked out a narrow victory over newcomer The League last week. I introduced The League into the contest to shake things up a bit, and my hope is that the upstart from FX may prove to be a … Continue reading
Christmas Shopping = Complete
Divining gift ideas gets less fun and more difficult as we get older. One reason for this phenomenon is that people get grandfathered into our gift-giving list for years after we stop seeing them on a regular basis. Of the … Continue reading →