http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/01/25/meet-me-in-the-morning-aussie-open-edition/ Fearless. Thoughtful. Witty. Canadian. And Opinionated. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:58:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/01/25/meet-me-in-the-morning-aussie-open-edition/#comment-3225 We Are The Champions League | The Walrus Blog Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:45:09 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/01/25/meet-me-in-the-morning-aussie-open-edition/#comment-3225 [...] In this last instance, I’m going to abstain from judgment by reason of cultural relativism. I’m still reading online articles and columns on the NFL and the NBA, preparing my fantasy baseball league, and checking the Vancouver Canucks’ box scores. Just because I live in Europe doesn’t mean I’m going to jump ship from the sports I’ve grown up following, even though everyone around me might judge them irrelevant, and even though none of the actual contests occur during normal waking hours in my own time zone. That never stopped me before. [...] [...] In this last instance, I’m going to abstain from judgment by reason of cultural relativism. I’m still reading online articles and columns on the NFL and the NBA, preparing my fantasy baseball league, and checking the Vancouver Canucks’ box scores. Just because I live in Europe doesn’t mean I’m going to jump ship from the sports I’ve grown up following, even though everyone around me might judge them irrelevant, and even though none of the actual contests occur during normal waking hours in my own time zone. That never stopped me before. [...]

]]> http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/01/25/meet-me-in-the-morning-aussie-open-edition/#comment-2561 Pat Tanzola Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:29:32 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/01/25/meet-me-in-the-morning-aussie-open-edition/#comment-2561 Unfortunately there are no good Italian tennis players (Agassi doesn't count) so this post doesn't tantalize me as it could... Although, Prodi-vs-Berlusconi in a 'Who's Prime Minister Today?' contest makes an interesting metaphorical back-and-forth Unfortunately there are no good Italian tennis players (Agassi doesn’t count) so this post doesn’t tantalize me as it could… Although, Prodi-vs-Berlusconi in a ‘Who’s Prime Minister Today?’ contest makes an interesting metaphorical back-and-forth

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