http://www.unfittimes.com The best in unwanted, unfettered, unread and untimely writing. Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:34:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_2471" align="alignleft" width="311" caption="Photo by sumrow via Flickr"][/caption] As the debate over U.S. health care reform degenerated into a battle over partisan positioning, Democrats found themselves struggling to inject some kind of legacy into their foundered effort. This meant that -- sans Public Option, post-abortion compromise -- Senators Harry Reid, Max ... http://www.unfittimes.com/2009/12/24/unfit-for-a-victory-speech/ [caption id="attachment_2458" align="alignleft" width="370" caption="Photo by hyku via Flickr"][/caption] For those of us who prefer to spend our "working" afternoons in pursuit of player transaction gossip, Major League Baseball's winter meetings are the highlight of the season. For a few days each December, the front office honchos from every MLB team, ... http://www.unfittimes.com/2009/12/10/unfit-for-the-rumor-mill/ [caption id="attachment_2439" align="aligncenter" width="325" caption="Not tonight!"][/caption] Me: Thank you for having me over for dinner. Them: Of course. Me: I brought wine. Them: Thank you. How thoughtful of you. Me: It's the least I could do. So, what are we eating? It smells delicious. Them: We're having Indian Curry Chicken Tikka. Me: Wow. That sounds amazing. ... http://www.unfittimes.com/2009/12/08/unfit-for-a-foodie/ [caption id="attachment_2398" align="aligncenter" width="205" caption="A Tiger divided against himself ..."][/caption] The rumor goes something like this, give or take a few sordid details: The Great Athlete, flush with success and fame, sees a beautiful woman from across the room at a swanky party. The woman, who recognizes the Great Athlete, is flustered ... http://www.unfittimes.com/2009/12/04/unfit-for-a-mistress/ [caption id="attachment_2367" align="aligncenter" width="370" caption="The holy day"][/caption] Excerpts from The First Year: A Pilgrim's Notebook I. Our harvest being gotten in, our governor declared a day of thanksgiving and sent five men on fowling that so we might after a special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruits of our ... http://www.unfittimes.com/2009/12/01/unfit-for-the-first-thanksgiving/ [caption id="attachment_2330" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Photo by Vicki's Pics via Flickr"][/caption] Last month, book publishing giant Simon & Schuster made headlines by blindly leaping into the future and presenting the world with its first ever “innovation in reading” – the “vook.” A vook, the clever conjunction of video and book, is a ... http://www.unfittimes.com/2009/11/24/unfit-to-be-read/ [caption id="attachment_2307" align="alignleft" width="280" caption="Photo by judhudson via Flickr"][/caption] This morning, the New York Times reported that "Republican leaders are circulating a resolution listing 10 positions Republican candidates should support to demonstrate that they 'espouse conservative principles and public policies' that are in opposition to 'Obama’s socialist agenda.'" What's more, reported ... http://www.unfittimes.com/2009/11/23/unfit-for-religious-doctrine/ [caption id="attachment_2291" align="alignleft" width="370" caption="Photo by bikesnotscott via Flickr"][/caption] Sports fans have been inundated this week with speculation -- scientific and otherwise (all at the same time!) -- about Bill Belichick's decision to try to convert on fourth down, deep in his Patriots' own territory, with very little time left in ... http://www.unfittimes.com/2009/11/18/unfit-for-aeschylus-vishnu-or-any-other-damn-fall-from-grace-metaphor/ [caption id="attachment_2282" align="aligncenter" width="175" caption="If only Fatty were alive today"][/caption] This past Sunday, Michael Richards and Larry David illustrated just how far the world of modern celebrity is from the one the rest of us are living in. On the latest episode of David's Curb Your Enthusiasm, Richards, playing himself, is ... http://www.unfittimes.com/2009/11/17/unfit-for-a-public-apology/ [caption id="attachment_2266" align="aligncenter" width="370" caption="Elephant"][/caption] This Week in Republican In-Fighting - At a Tea Party rally in Phoenix, Arizona, organized by an anti-illegal-immigrant group called American Citizens United, a scuffle broke out between organizers and two members of the National Socialist Movement. Apparently, one of the organizers became enraged when the Neo-Nazis ... http://www.unfittimes.com/2009/11/16/unfit-for-the-reagan-coalition/