Paroxysm

Paroxysm Playoff, Round 2: How Deep is Your Love?

Hardwood Paroxysm, MO
So, between these discussions and our own individual analyses of the teams, here are the losers and winner (singular) of this piece of the delicious, deep Paroxysm Playoff pie. Charlotte Bobcats: The Cats lose this category off the bat simply by virtue ...

Editorial Notebook The Perils of Progress

New York Times, United States
Contemplating the economic rubble from our most recent paroxysm of enthusiasm, I wonder whether we should do something about our blind passions. I’ve heard the supporting arguments, of course, about how optimism seeds the American Dream, nurturing the ...

Too much iron poses problems

South Coast Today, MA
Atrial fibrillation can be persistent â€" there all the time â€" or it can be intermittent, so-called paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. (A paroxysm is a sudden outburst.) Many things can trigger a paroxysm: too much alcohol or the generation of extra beats ...

Gay marriage forced on Iowa

Beliefnet.com, NY
Stern likens this to "a paroxysm of prophylaxis--banning 'Jesus saves' because someone might take offense." Of course, you are a crazy bigot to believe this might affect you negatively at all. Ask Andrew Sullivan and Ta-Nehisi Coates. ...

Eeek! Mrs. Obama Touched the Queen!

Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Some years ago, I believe it was Mrs. Annenberg, the wife of the arriving ambassador, who threw people into a paroxysm of dismay when she curtseyed to the queen. Same level of importance, just the opposite direction. Good Lord. ...

While We’re Waiting… Stacked Outfield in Columbus, Dontrelle ...

Was Gaza Israel's Waterloo?

CounterPunch, CA
Jimmy Carter’s 2007 book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, set off a similar paroxysm of vitriol and paranoia within the American pro-Israel community. Again, rather than engaging in a reasoned debate of the issues (or better yet, from a tactical ...

The Internet Broke

The Two Man Game, TX
Apologies to anyone popping by yesterday afternoon, during last night’s game, or sometime this morning; some issue with the server made this site (and Hardwood Paroxysm, for any double-dippers) inaccessible. But I’ve bought a new hamster, ...

Things About the Warriors/Suns Game

Hardwood Paroxysm, MO
Literally almost every day, the Matts, Roberto, and I meet up at Hardwood Paroxysm headquarters. It’sa rundown chicken coop outside of Effingham, Illinois with an eMachines PC running Windows Millenium Edition with AOL 7.0 on a 56k dial-up modem. ...
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