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Six For ’26
Happy New Year to those who celebrate. It’s our semiquincentennial, and if the guttural message that Sam Elliott intoned that proved to be the first commercial I saw in 2026 is any example the over-the-top approach we’re gonna be indulged with for at least the first half of the year I’m gonna be googling Bicentennial

So How’d We Do In ’25? We’ve All Had Better Years
One of the biggest reasons we pivoted this year to an attempt to use statistics as a way to revisit 2025 was because what we attempted over the last ten days of 2024 went over like a lead balloon. That effort, which we whimsically dubbed “Predictions and Wishes”, was generally ignored by all but the

Best of ’25: Sundance Sunset
NOTE: As has become our custom since we launched this endeavor, we are devoting the last ten days of the year to reprising what we consider to the best of what we’ve mused about in the 355 preceding trips around the sun. But since we’re evolving and we pride ourselves on having a foundation steeped

Best of ’25: End Of The Road(show)?
NOTE: As has become our custom since we launched this endeavor, we are devoting the last ten days of the year to reprising what we consider to the best of what we’ve mused about in the 355 preceding trips around the sun. But since we’re evolving and we pride ourselves on having a foundation steeped

Who Knew Hockey Could Be This Hot?
NOTE: We interrupt this “Best of ’25” countdown to bring you a dual illumination of what we shared today on our sister site Double Overtime–ya know, the one where we typically urge you to visit regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional reports on business and technology. As you will hopefully discover

Best Of ’25: Has Time Run Out On CBS Needing 60 MINUTES?
NOTE: As has become our custom since we launched this endeavor, we are devoting the last ten days of the year to reprising what we consider to the best of what we’ve mused about in the 355 preceding trips around the sun. But since we’re evolving and we pride ourselves on having a foundation steeped

Best of ’25: Not Everybody’s Live, John. Until They Have A Reason To Be.
NOTE: As has become our custom since we launched this endeavor, we are devoting the last ten days of the year to reprising what we consider to the best of what we’ve mused about in the 355 preceding trips around the sun. But since we’re evolving and we pride ourselves on having a foundation steeped

Best Of ’25–Well, Now She’s Not Just My Girl
NOTE: As has become our custom since we launched this endeavor, we are devoting the last ten days of the year to reprising what we consider to the best of what we’ve mused about in the 355 preceding trips around the sun. But since we’re evolving and we pride ourselves on having a foundation steeped

Best Of ’25: When You Have To Scramble This Much, Maybe You Just Throw The Ball Away?
NOTE: As has become our custom since we launched this endeavor, we are devoting the last ten days of the year to reprising what we consider to the best of what we’ve mused about in the 355 preceding trips around the sun. But since we’re evolving and we pride ourselves on having a foundation steeped