Vinegar Tween

I realize this is lazy, but below is the full text of the horse-by-horse analysis I wrote along with Justin Dew for the official Kentucky Derby site. You can also read it here. (If you haven’t been following Justin’s blog all Derby season, but you’ve been reading this site, you’ve truly been missing out.) Tomorrow [...]

It’s Derby Week!

This will change once post positions are decided on Wednesday, but here’s my current Top 10 list. I’m likely going to play a couple big exactas with a mix of my own personal favorites and my under-the-radar picks — like I Want Revenge + Chocolate Candy or Friesan Fire + Mr. Hot Stuff, but deciding [...]

I Would Love Nothing More Than to Publish Photos of Our Trip to Miami

However, on our last night in town, at approximately 1:30 a.m., I decided it was a perfect time to take a dip in Hotel Victor’s pool. Scott took my photo. We then had a glass of wine on the patio of our room (which opened out to the pool) and we left the camera outside.
The [...]

And Let’s Not Forget General Quarters, at 80-1

There won’t be a Triple Crown winner this year.
That feels like a bold prediction to make – it’s certainly in complete opposition to what I’d like to see – but, obviously, from a historical perspective it’s not that far-fetched of a prediction.
And, while I don’t think we’ll see a Derby, Preakness, Belmont sweep for at [...]

I Am Pulling for Lindsay Lohan

Here is the deal.
Lindsay Lohan right now is, if you read the tabloids and the 185,971 gossip blogs, a broken-hearted alcoholic drug-user stalker who can’t get a job (which, given the current economic state, is probably not that unusual of a situation).
The problem I have with the world’s overall opinion on Lindsay, however, is that [...]

Thoroughbred Racing and Me, One Year Later

As of today, it’s exactly two weeks away from the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby, and I can’t help but reflect on what happened at, or after, the 134th running. Being present at Churchill Downs on the day thoroughbred racing’s most visible tragedy (yes, I think, bigger than Barbaro) threw me (and Scott) into [...]

What Dinnertime Looks Like in Our House

For some reason, our cats are now human-dinner-plate hunters. They never were before. It’s both cute, and annoying.
Unrelated: Is there a special way to get the stink of chlorine out of your hair, and off your body? I am enjoying swimming as a hockey replacement, but not the stench.

Maybe I Should Rename This Blog ‘I Am Wrong About Things a LOT but Yet Steadfastly Insist That I Am Right’

I got a birthday card from my parents in the mail yesterday.
I immediately called them.
“What the hell is this?” I asked my mother. “This card says ‘Happy 29th Birthday?’ 29?? That can’t be right. What is your problem?”
My mother said, “I think I would be the most likely person to remember. You are 28 right [...]

If You Sliced Off the Top of My Head and Looked at My Brain, I Think It Would Be 25% Equally Divided Between These 4 Things Right Now