Paul Shirley Archive

33November 15, 2011
A Note To Bicycle Riders, by Paul Shirley

Hey there, Bicycle Guy. I want you to know something. I totally respect your commitment to the environment, to exercise,...

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3November 8, 2011
Saving The Animal Bands, by Paul Shirley

One rainy Twickinshire afternoon, the members of the English band Noah & The Whale found the same email in each...

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4November 1, 2011
Spitwads & Dirt Clods, by Paul Shirley

One of the subplots running well below the main storyline of the 2012 Presidential Election is this: Rick Perry might...

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1October 25, 2011
Soccer For Your Ears: Explosions In The Sky, by Paul Shirley

During the years I lived in Europe, I noticed that people don’t watch soccer like people watch, say, American football....

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0October 19, 2011
My Father’s So-Called Career, by Paul Shirley

The best song ever recorded by the Drive-By Truckers, and one of the ten best songs recorded by anyone in...

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9October 4, 2011
Conference Realignment: Why Iowa State Is More Important Than You Think, by Paul Shirley

Normally, I feel about college sports what I feel about Bartlett pears; if it’s the right season, maybe, but otherwise,...

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1September 29, 2011
Apps!, by Paul Shirley

FlipCollective’s Executive Team Of Co-Vice Chancellors In Charge Of Smartphone Application Development And Web Notification (Paul) is pleased to announce...

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1September 27, 2011
Republican Intellectual Consistency, by Paul Shirley

[We see a MAN sitting at a desk in a modestly appointed office. He reads aloud from a computer screen,...

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1September 21, 2011
The NBA As The World’s Most Oblivious Twitter User, by Paul Shirley

As NBA labor negotiations careen ever closer to the precipice that overlooks a multitude of negative outcomes – cancelled games,...

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2September 20, 2011
Why You Should Buy The New Thrice Album, by Paul Shirley

One of the downsides of our interconnected, Internet-dependent world is that it is difficult to recall how, exactly, we came...

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