Thursday, January 18, 2007

Quick fix, quick (Necktie) sand

Sports Illustrated - So the necktie party wasn't entirely unfair. But what was Tallon thinking in hiring a virtual novice like Savard to work with this motley crew? What has he done to indicate that he can get more out of these guys than Yawney? A poor man's Wayne
Wired - They range from supportive ("Hang in there!") to critical ("Horie's refusal to wear a necktie makes a poor impression on the media.") to stupid ("Horiemon is poo poo."). He leaves them all up. "A lot of the negative comments can be educational
Southwest Journal - A gray photo of a young boy, necktie wildly flapping across his white collar shirt, gravitates toward the screen. As his shoulders fill the frame, a soft fade brings viewers to the same boy seven decades later, in full color, recalling his younger
Nation - Even in a line as ludicrously overblown as "I can do for you what Martin did for the people," Knowles's fixation on material forms of uplift ("Audemars Piguet you/Switch your necktie to purple labels!") steers the track toward the theme of literal
Hammond Daily Star - One of the guys kind of nudged me with his shoulder said Why aren't you wearing the white shirt?'," Hatmaker said, referring to Roland's preference for a white shirt and necktie game day ensemble. " And I said there's only one white shirt in this
San Francisco Gate - We've always had a good relationship (except for the time he grabbed my necktie in the locker room and told me I didn't know what I was talking about. But that was a blip on the screen.) Overall, I think he's been smart, perceptive and ahead of the
Sports Illustrated - few headaches. But on the whole, Karl would no doubt rather have Iverson's scoring and competitiveness, even if he has to reach for the Tums every now and then. It sure beats the alternative, which is mediocrity. After all, who needs another necktie