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IBG: Busman’s Bye Week

The football team may take a week off, but the juggernaut that is the Irish Blogger Gathering never lowers its guard for a moment, lest beings of a lesser quality attempt to sap and impurify our precious bodily fluids. But a bye week is like the boss being on vacation — you’re working, but you’re…

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Wonder, Think and Know: Boiling Over Edition

I don’t think Mike Royko ever stood next to a blackjack table in Las Vegas and said, “Some things you wonder, some things you think, and some things you just know”. If he had, though, he probably would have realized there’s money to be made watching me place bets and then placing the opposite ones….

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Wonder, Think & Know: Pure Michigan Edition

At some point in his life, Mike Royko probably thought “Some things you wonder, some things you think, and some things you just know”, even though he never said it. But he definitely never thought “leaders and best” about anything originating from Ann Arbor. Wolverine tears heal Chuck Norris. Although I’ll spend some time during…

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IBG: Allowing the Hate Edition

After a warm-up week to get our legs under us, the IBG has returned for another year and another format change. This year, each of the participants will pose a question to the group, and each of us will collect our answers to all the questions and link the other ones. To read the answers…

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Wonder, Think & Know: Uncle Ben Edition

I realize Mike Royko never said “Some things you wonder, some things you think, and some things you just know”. I’m pretty sure he said “Michigan Sucks” a couple times, though. No doubt a QB can make a difference. That game would have been 13-10 early in the fourth quarter last year and I would…

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