Queenkv’s Brainpickings

Go Bears! Getting down with the football action at Henry’s in Berkeley.

OK — let’s move away from the depressing football talk and move on to something way more dreamy. I’m currently watching Steven Colbert interview Kasparov. The dude totally didn’t want to take him in chess. Lucky Colbert.
Now my favorite Comedy Central personality has tossing his hat into the race for the White House! I ran [...]

FREMONT, CALIF — I went jogging around Mission Blvd this morning. I forget about eating healthy on my Cali trips. So I try to burn off calories with my running shoes.
I’ve also managed to keep up my Eat Local Challenge in the Bay Area. It’s easy to do when so many vegetables and fruits [...]

YouTube - University of Florida student Tasered at Kerry forum
“University of Florida student Andrew Meyer is Tasered and arrested after causing a disturbance at a town hall forum, which featured Senator John Kerry, at the UF Auditorium on Sept. 17, 2007.”
(tags: Florida politics taser police college)

ABC News: Retired NFLers: League Not Playing Fair
“The system is [...]

Mark just e-mailed me this link:
SFGate reported 73-year-old David Halberstam was killed in a car wreck. He was on his way to a interview for a book he was planning about a legendary 1958 football game between the New York Giants and the Baltimore Colts.
According to the article:
Halberstam had been in the Bay Area [...]

A few minutes ago….
“Mark? If I showed you a picture of one of your cousins, would you be able to identify him?”
He walks over and stares at this picture. He flips my Powerbook upside down and peers at his face.
“Adam,” and my hubby went on to jog my memory. This cousin competed in motorcross racing.
I [...]

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We finally got a chance to explore the KU campus on Saturday. It’s a cute little campus with hills and stuff. We walked through Memorial Drive and up to the Campanile. It’s dedicated to [...]

from Cali…
My bro has been keeping up with the latest on Cal Bear Football, for me…and golly - it’s nice to have a winning record.
Go Bears!. I was totally thrilled by one of his e-mails with the subject heading: RE: CAL ranked #4 in the nation -Sweet! Now, I don’t follow much sports, but [...]

it’s next to picadilly circus…
I had a fab day at Reuters…I sat with the sports desk this morning….I picked the sports producer’s brain about European football…That’s soccer, to all you Yanks. Apparently, you’re stuck with one team for life - through better or worse. When I asked him why he didn’t switch his allegiance to [...]

finished my paper…had a delightful conversation with an English professor on soccer and globalization…he wrote about “football” but he doesn’t have a favorite team….
picked up Nick Hornby’s “Fever Pitch.” i didn’t get to use it for my paper…but I do like his writing…”About a Boy” was a great book…
listened to Cure’s “Friday, I’m in Love” [...]