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Hello. I'm Mark. This is a place for my perspective on life's crazy nuances. Anyway, these are some of my rumblings:

ATTENTION: On October 8th, 2001, Mark visited Blarney Castle and kissed the Blarney Stone. Be warned that more recent commentaries will reflect such. Thank you.


  • NFLDraftCon2008 (4-14-2008)

  • Getting Away From Monterey (11-24-2007)

  • July 14: A Heavens-ly Holiday (7-8-2007)

  • Debased Ball Records (5-28-2007)

  • Super Bowl XLI: WE PULL OX RIBS (2-2-2007)

  • I Was Home for Christmas (1-7-2007)

  • I May Need to Pay Attention (10-6-2006)

  • NFL MMVI (9-3-2006)

  • Toddling Along South Carolina Beaches (8-7-2006)

  • News of the the Nation (7-1-2006)

  • How Many Times Can You Listen to the Same Song? (6-10-2006)

  • Ethay Antasyfay Osterray. (3-1-2006)

  • My Favorite Action Figure. (2-7-2006)

  • Family Friendly Football Favorites (1-6-2006)

  • A Christmas Letter to Our Non-Christian Friends. (12-15-2005)

  • Music’s Sour Notes. (12-2-2005)

  • The Story of The Boy and His Dad (and Mom) (11-7-2005)

  • Hurricane and Abel (10-11-2005)

  • The Great Football Debate. (9-9-2005)

  • It Started with a Dubya. (8-15-2005)

  • I’ll Take Sports Potpourri for $600. (8-1-2005)

  • Our Seoul Souvenir. (7-1-2005)

  • Ice Cream and Stomachs: Churning in South Carolina. (5-24-2005)

  • So, You Hate Anti-ism. (4-15-2005)

  • How Art Thou Liberal? Let Me Count the Ways. (3-11-2005)

  • Super Bowl XXXIX: a Lesson in Betting. (2-3-2005)

  • Oh, So Very Taxing. (1-25-2005)

  • Dear Santa Claus. (12-14-2004)

  • Not Believing is Not Seeing. (12-2-2004)

  • Vacation Over; Time to Think. (11-23-2004)

  • Voting For a Butterfly Endorsement. (10-15-2004)

  • Noodle Scratchers of the Past Year of Football. (9-9-2004)

  • Gilligan, Sure. But No Captain Stubing References?. (8-20-2004)

  • The News Cycle. (8-4-2004)

  • Hero-Worshipping’s Lifetime Achievement Reward. (7-23-2004)

  • If There’s No Music, It’s Not a Shark. (6-25-2004)

  • Commie Pinkos: Where Are They Now? (6-4-2004)

  • An Evening with Jon's HCJ Tickets: A Very Special Report (5-7-2004)

  • The One Where My Thursdays Become More Entertaining (5-4-2004)

  • The Names of the Game. (4-22-2004)

  • The Gospel According to Conventional Wisdom. (2-27-2004)

  • Prediction Perfection: Patriots Pound Panthers. (1-23-2004)

  • New Year's in an Airport. (1-13-2004)

  • Bleeding-Heart Limbaughals: the Rush Away from Conservatism. (12-24-2003)

  • Ship Shape for Sure. (12-5-2003)

  • My Kingdom for an Island. (10-2-2003)

  • My Ballot for Annoying Football Moments. (9-4-2003)

  • Blogs are Our Friends. (8-27-2003)

  • Candidates, College Students, Pots, and Me. (7-29-2003)

  • I'm Writing This as Though I'm Still Alive. (6-16-2003)

  • Minnesota Defined. (6-6-2003)

  • Helping W Out! (5-22-2003)

  • Grudge Match Response Writing 101. (4-23-2003)

  • Target: Team Coverage. (4-2-2003) [Caution: Beware pop-up ads]

  • Pledging to be Under God. (3-19-2003)

  • Burning Bush: a Dubya Entendre. (3-7-2003)

  • Mom Always Said I Was a Gem! (2-24-2003)

  • To You and Yours, Happy Moving Day 2002. (2-5-2003)

  • Super Bowl XXXVII: The Raiders Files. (1-24-2003)

  • Honey, Can You Answer the Tooth? (11-22-2002)

  • Write Here in Rochester's First Ward (10-25-2002)

  • The Who's Fooling Whom? (10-2-2002)

  • God-Given Right to an Emmy. (9-17-2002)

  • Football: The Purist of Entertainment (9-5-2002)

  • Prisons: Funds or Foe? (8-8-2002)

  • Chicago: My Kind of Decision. (7-26-2002)

  • Campaigning for a CEO. (7-6-2002)

  • Of Sound(ing Off About) "The Mind" and "The Body" (6-28-2002)

  • There's No Space for Conspiracy Here ... or is There? (6-6-2002)

  • Start Spreading the News: I Don't Hate New York (5-27-2002)

  • Grounded in Outer Space (4-4-2002)

  • Taking Candy from an Industry! (3-27-2002)

  • Being Green in Politics! (3-8-2002)

  • Giving Campaign Finance Reform a Pat(riot) on the Back! (2-22-2002)

  • Valentine's Day in a Computer World. (2-14-2002)

  • Super Bowl XXXVI: What's in a Name? (1-31-2002)

  • Fun with Spam. (1-22-2002)

  • NFL Playoffs: XXI - XXII. (1-11-2002)

  • 2001 in Review: Where were You? (12-28-2001)

  • A Long Line of Millennium Celebrations (12-20-2001)

  • And now a Word from our Sponsor, er, Membership ... (12-13-2001)

  • A Few Sounds from a House with Cats (12-4-2001)

  • Lowering the Bar on Smoking Concerns. (11-21-2001)

  • Red Wing, Bad Knees, and Consumer Migration Patterns. (11-16-2001)

  • Pass the Bill for the Minnesota Twins! (11-9-2001)

  • A New Theory in the Fight against Ignorance. (11-2-2001)

  • Free Speech, Patriotism, and how Business and Government Leaders Don't Understand Either (10-25-2001)

  • Baguettes, Umbrellas, and Kenny Rogers: Our Trip to Ireland! (10-20-2001)

  • My Parents Own a Farm (9-13-2001)

  • Football Prognostication: It's Anybody's (Ingenious) Guess (9-7-2001)

  • The Poop on my All-Time Favorite Movies (9-1-2001)

  • Did Catherine Harris Suddenly Become the Commissioner of Baseball? (8-16-2001)

  • 200,000 Years of Flame-Broiled Fun! (8-9-2001)

  • An Idiot's Guide to the North(er) Shore! (7-22-2001)

  • Crying over Spilled Soy-Based Beverage! (6-28-2001)

  • Doh! Clinton Will Have to Just Grin and Beret It! (6-20-2001)

  • A Call to End Telemarketing (6-14-2001)

  • Positively Helping W Formulate an Energy Plan (5-25-2001)

  • The Office of Blood Donation (5-17-2001)

  • Beg Pardon? Gerald Ford is Courageous? (5-10-2001)

  • A Way Out of Unfair Globalization! (5-3-2001)

  • Dressing for the Weather in Rochester (4-15-2001)

  • Campaigning for Ballparks (4-7-2001)

  • A Traveler's Guide to Kentucky (3-29-2001)

  • This Commercial will Self-Destruct in One Minute! (3-21-2001)

  • X-Felines: The Truth is Meow There! (3-9-2001)

  • Coal Trains and High Fashion. (3-6-2001)

  • Vince McMahon Inspired Keys to Better Baseball. (2-23-2001)

  • Republican Dead Giveaway! (2-12-2001)

  • Only a Jerk Clowns about Super Sunday! (1-25-2001)

  • How Key is a "W" Anyway? (1-23-2001)

  • George W. Bush: Role Model Extraordinaire! (1-20-2001)

  • Pass Me the Mandarin Oranges, Please. It's Time for Statistics! (1-9-01)

  • Not Just a New Kitten, but Also a Petting Zoo and an NRA Membership! (1-1-01)

  • NFL Playoffs: I root for ALL teams! (I just root for some to lose.) (12-29-00)

  • Spare A-Rod as There are Many a Spoiled Child (12-27-2000)

  • Merry Christmas and Season's Beatings (12-21-2000)

  • Gil will fix it for us! (12-20-2000)

  • George "Dubious" Bush speaks a bit early. (12-19-2000)


    If you have any constructive thoughts on my commentary, let me know. If, for some reason, you'd like my opinion on a certain topic and want to suggest a commentary topic, let me know that, too. My e-mail address for such endeavors is mark(AT)wentzmania.com. Or you can visit ye olde blog.