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By special request, a late night version of the Friday Random Top Ten. Strap on the iPod and let ‘er rip! Gov’t Mule – Fool’s Moon Musiq – Givemorelove / Leavemessage Guster – Homecoming King (from Guster on Ice) Pork Tornado – Guabi Guabi Dizzy Gillespie – Groovin’ High Cat Stevens – But I Might [...]

Via Eagles Eye, comes the news that the venerated Philadelphia Inquirer sports reporter, Bill Lyon is retiring and will publish his last column this Sunday, November 19th. Says the Inky: Bill Lyon has been at The Inquirer for more than 32 years, starting in the summer of 1972 as business editor. He became a sports [...]

Things just keep getting worse for our buddy, Radical Ricky “Santorum” Santorum. On Monday Hotline reported that the current Senator has challenged the presumptive Democratic nominee, Bobby Casey Jr. to a debate. Why this challenge has been made a year out, and by the incumbent nonetheless is a mystery. Meanwhile this week’s Strategic Vision poll [...]

56 minutes of beautiful, nearly-flawless Eagles football. With a full week to prepare a game plan without their biggest playmaker, the Eagles were ready to prove that they still belonged at the top of the NFC East. Playing with a vengeance, carrying the enmity from the embarrassing 33-10 defeat by Dallas earlier this season, the [...]

Believe it or not, one of my favorite television shows, besides Arrested Development, is Pat Robertson’s The 700 Club. Why you ask? Because it’s freakin’ hysterical!! A few key quotes from the man who is so damn funny, he doesn’t even know it. On feminism: “(T)he feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. [...]

Over the past year I’ve had the delight of reading and corresponding with Matt of The Tattered Coat. While we may have never met in real life, I consider him a friend and his writing has been something I’ve turned to for insight, humor, and a bit of inspiration. Sadly Matt has (rightly) decided that [...]

Add another log to the bonfire of network comedies that were simply too smart and quirky for the American audience. Fox announced today that they will be cancelling Arrested Development, cutting this season to only 13 episodes and taking if off the air for the rest of sweeps, not to return until December. As for [...]

“Next Question� Congratulations to Terrell Owens for finally apologizing to the numerous individuals he has offended over the course of the past several months. It was humorous to see a man of such egotistical proportions read a written 90-second statement in an effort to apologize for six-months of wrongdoing. Unfortunately, it was too little too [...]

It sure is nice to wake up on a Wednesday morning in early November and have something to smile about. Last night was a good night to be a Democrat, and showed a clear repudiation by the public of Republicans and the bankrupt right wing conservative ideology. From New Jersey, Governor John Corzine. From Virginia, [...]

After long meetings with all the candidates running for Governor in New Jersey and Virginia, the SkaroffBlog and its full-time staff have decided to add our voices to the mix and make official endorsements. This is a virtually unprecendented move for the SkaroffBlog. In 1988, 1992, and 2000 (in 1996 we endorsed Mr. Dole from [...]