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- Apparently, I'm Still A Judge!
- Blog King
- Blog King
- Blog King - Group Hug
- Blog King - Your Random Posts Suck
- Blog King -- Challenge Scores
- Blog King -- Lots More Mediocrity
- Blog King -- Random Post Rankings
- Blog King Survivors
- Blog King, I hardly knew ye . . .
- Whoops!
- [url=http://etalkinghead.com/]eTALKINGHEAD[/url] is the First Blog King!!!
Cycling
- Because it can't be all poker and politics
Fiction
- Latest Harry Potter is a Disapointment
Humor
- An iPod that loves you back
- And in Other News . . .
- April 2nd - A day to reflect on the meaning of April 1st
- April Fool's Day
- Attend at your own risk
- Black Market Babies.com
- Bush "Connects" With Black Voters
- Bush Campaign Clears Up False Suggestion Iraqis Not Grateful
- Bush Responds to McCain Attack
- Bush to Announce Ventures to Mars and Moon
- But isn't that the right answer?
- Catholics may Eschew Easter Mass
- Damn this guy is funny.
- Damn this guy is funny.
- Fake News from a Source You Can Trust
- For All You Castrated Poker Players Out There
- Healing?
- I'm in the wrong business
- If you can't beat 'em, join 'em
- Must. Breathe.
- Of course I'll work this weekend
- Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
- Thanks for the assist
- The Aristocrats
- The Ramble: Disaster is the new mission
- They are French, after all
- To The Guns All Ye Seamen, For The Final Battle Is Nigh Upon Us
- To The Guns All Ye Seamen, For The Final Battle Is Nigh Upon Us
- Tough Call
- What happens when you don't constitutionally protect the sanctity of marriage.
Movies
- 2003 Movie Review
- 21 Grams (**�)
- 21 Grams (**�)
- 4 Days Left to See Battle of Algiers
- 4 Days Left to See Battle of Algiers
- A different kind of beauty
- Battle of Algiers HELD OVER
- Battle of Algiers HELD OVER
- Best. Tie-in. Ever.
- Big Fish (**�)
- Big Fish (**�)
- Capturing the Friedmans DVD (***�), non-DVD (***)
- Capturing the Friedmans DVD (***�), non-DVD (***)
- Citizen Kane -- in the THEATER -- tonight through Monday at the Film Forum
- Citizen Kane -- in the THEATER -- tonight through Monday at the Film Forum
- Daredevil (*�)
- Daredevil (*�)
- Demonlover (*�)
- Demonlover (*�)
- Does Citizen Kane Deserve its Status in the Annals of Film?
- Does Citizen Kane Deserve its Status in the Annals of Film?
- Dullstar Galactica (*)
- Dullstar Galactica (*)
- Er, no I'm not.
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ([img]"http://sobek.colorado.edu/GIF/STARS/or_star.gif"[/img][
- George Lucas is an Arrogant #$&$! Original Star Wars Films to NOT be Included on the DVD
- George Lucas is an Arrogant #$&$! Original Star Wars Films to NOT be Included on the DVD
- Great Movie, better book.
- Great Movie, better book.
- Handicapping the Oscars
- Handicapping the Oscars
- Harry Potter Reloaded
- I no longer believe in non-violence as a solution
- Oh shit.
- Oscar Thought
- Pushing the dork meter into the red
- Rounders (**)
- Rounders (**)
- SHENANIGANS!!!
- Signor Ferrari�s 4 Star Movie Rating System (which actually has 5 stars):
- Signor Ferrari�s 4 Star Movie Rating System (which actually has 5 stars):
- The Aristocrats
- The Battle of Algiers (*****) Returns For 2 Weeks
- The Battle of Algiers (*****) Returns For 2 Weeks
- The Battle of Algiers (*****) Go see this movie.
- The Battle of Algiers (*****) Go see this movie.
- The Dreamers (**�)
- The Dreamers (**�)
- The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons From the Life of Robert S. McNamara (****)
- The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons From the Life of Robert S. McNamara (****)
- The Porn of The Christ
- Whither Ferrari? For I Wish To Say I Am Sorry.
Music
- A Modest Proposal
- He's Got An Answer (for everything)
- How I feel today (due in part to my iPod)
- Subliminal Plastic Revolver?
- What You Should Be Listening To
New York City
- A better downtown
- Ah! Life in New York City. Ain't it grand?
- Ah! Life in New York City. Ain't it grand?
- All hail Roger Toussaint
- Also, no.
- An open letter to the assholes on the elevator this morning
- And I didn't do so good in High School
- Flip-flopper
- Ghost of Carolina's
- Gothamist enhancer
- Harry Potter Reloaded
- He'd be a legend in the industry and a hero to con artists everywhere
- I ♥ NY, Vol. 1
- I ♥ NY, Vol. 2
- I can feel myself starting to hate the Knicks already
- It's snowing
- Jumpin' Jive for the Cause
- Like Riding A Bicycle
- Reflections on a New Year
- Remembrance Forgotten
- Remembrance Forgotten
- Run!
- Save the Date. Seriously.
- The Critics Agree
- Ugarte Goes Soft: Brooklyn Museum Renovation Reconsidered
News
- 9/11 Report
- A tough law to swallow
- And in Other News . . .
- Behold the awesome power of Jon Stewart!
- Gay Ex-Officers Say "Don't Ask" Doesn't Work
- Goddamit, That Was Our Idea
- If we can put this guy in check . . .
- MurdochSpace
- New Stay Free!: Issue #24 is out
- Shame on you.
- That's why they want to hide behind a fence
- This here's AMERICA.
- Those Who Trespass
- USDOL: A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Wal-Mart Corporation
- Well, maybe it was his first time dealing with classified documents
- Your tax dollars at work (not theirs)
Opinion
- African-American
- Characterless Conservatism
- Clubbing Baby Seals is Just Wrong
- Clubbing Baby Seals is Just Wrong
- Just who is America?
- Red River may have lied -- But can you prove it?
- Shame on you.
- Take it away, Jon ...
- The Color Brown? Really?
- The Lord speaks in mysterious ways
- Two Open Letters
Personal (Rick)
- Because it can't be all poker and politics
- I won't say no to Zaino
- My Dinner With Dawndre
- Banzai
  - I won't say no to Zaino
Personal (Ugarte)
- A good week, if I do say so
- A proposal for a new emoticon
- A Tale of Two Sidneys
- Am I a WHAT?!
- An open apology to my GOP friends
- Back Home
- Back on the boards
- Back to Back Laugh Attack
- Back to the grind
- Because it can't be all poker and ... wait a second!
- Curse You, Dawn Summers
- Death calling!
- Debut of The Ramble
- Deep Underground
- Doppelganger
- Fake News from a Source You Can Trust
- Flashback
- Funny Lawyer Redux
- Game On, Part Deux
- Ghost of Carolina's
- Growing Pains
- Happy Thanksgiving
- Harry Potter Reloaded
- Heartless Bastards
- Hello St. Petersburg!
- Hello World
- Helping Myself
- Hype Machine ... Engage!
- I Waited For This?
- Is anybody out there still listening?
- Is This Thing On?
- Is this thing on?
- Judgment call
- Just a bit more Oscar stuff
- Koan
- Like Riding A Bicycle
- Losing teams make strange bedfellows
- Lower your expectations
- New Blog
- New in Brooklyn: Monk's Trunk Children's Resale and Consignment
- New Stay Free!: Issue #24 is out
- No Longer Novel
- One other thing
- Perspective
- Playing Catch-Up
- Playing to type
- Ramble: Schlub Edition
- Random Pre-ramble Quotes
- Read This!
- Road Warrior
- Roll with the punches
- Some men like having sex with each other. What's up with that?
- Someday I Hope To Be Below The Fold on Somebody's Blog
- Speak up!
- Support A Struggling Comic. But Not Just Any Struggling Comic. Support Me.
- Taping Show coming up!
- The blogs are here!
- The Healing Power of Laughter
- The Inaguaral Reposting of The Ramble
- The Ramble: Dog Days
- The Ramble: No-Salad Days
- The Reviews Are In!
- Third time is the charm
- This time I mean it
- Ugarte, Reviewed
- Welcome to the Neighborhood
- What a difference a day makes
- Where Desperation Lingers
- Comedy
  - Gigs
Photography
- Isn't he koi?
Poetry
- The Grafitti is Getting Much Better
Poker
- ... and soon the WORLD!
- A Cautionary Tale? OK, not really
- Bad Beats for a Good Cause
- Bullshit Blogger Banning
- Cock-a-doodle-doo
- Damn you, you persistent little chasers!
- Felicia's PJK Tourney A Huge Success (for Underdogs)
- Ferrari is ashamed?
- Ferrari Speaks!
- For All You Castrated Poker Players Out There
- For Dawn, with Love
- Grovel Exclusive: Ugarte Banned From the Blue Parrot!
- Grovel News or Ha! More Poker!
- Help Demonstrate the Power of the Blogosphere -- and Fight Cancer!
- I agree with that!
- I am shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on here!, or UPG #1
- Interim Poker Grovel
- Just desserts
- More news you can't use, or Ugarte's Proto-Grovel
- More nice timing
- Old Friends in New Places
- Once a poker blogger, always a poker blogger
- Party Poker Quiz
- Reverse Engineering the Final Table
- Rick's Poker Grovel: The Bad Beat of My Life
- Rick's West Coast Poker Report #1, or Thank You, Mr. Crawford.
- Some Hands I've Folded
- Someone's knocking at my door
- South Bay/Peninsula Poker
- Stinkypants, Roy Cooke, and . . . Rick Blaine?!?
- The Biggest Upset Since David Stepped to Goliath
- The Grublog Poker Classic
- THE HAMMER!!!
- The Reviews Are In!
- Ugarte is ashamed
- Ugarte's Grovel #22, or Kicking A Man When He's ... Up?
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #10 or Burning Down My Master's House
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #11 or Yes, Damnit, Yes!
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #12 or Drowning in the River or, more accurately, Bitch Bitch Bitch
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #13 or The Perils of Waiting to Blog
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #14 or Lots of Losing
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #15 or Getting Ready
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #16, or Tight as a Drum
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #16.5, or Placeholder
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #17, or Like I Was Saying
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #18, or Where's Wildo?
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #18.5, or A Short Explanation
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #19, or Return of the Heidi
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #2
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #20, or Purple Haze
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #21, or Horseshoe Up My Ass
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #23, or Jacked
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #24, or Shortest ... Tournament ... Ever
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #25, or Not Much to Say
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #26, or Locked Tight
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #27, or Don't Quit Your Day Job
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #28, or Back in the Swings
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #29, or Joining The Party
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #3
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #30, or Long Time Gone
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #31, or Finding My Level
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #32, or Don't Call It A Comeback (Redux)
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #33, or Pay The Man His Money
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #34, or Earning Minimum Wage
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #35, or Jacks and Slicks and Rick
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #36, or Unheeded Alarms
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #37, or Where Have I Been?
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #38, or Long Time No Cards
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #39, or Starting Small
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #4
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #40, or Pride Goeth
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #41, or Back on Track
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #42, or Party Party!
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #43, or Two Tabling Again
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #44, or Cancelled
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #45, or Where's an 8 when you need one?
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #46, or Big Blind, Big Money
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #48, or Strong Weak Aces and Weak Strong Kings
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #49, or Foul Play
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #5 or Next Time I'll Listen
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #50, or Push Harder
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #51, or Doubling Up
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #52, or Thanks For Nothing
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #53, or Committed
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #55, Grovel 54 v2.0
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #56, or Live From New York
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #57, or Without a Title
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #58, or Long Way To Go
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #6: Tepid Days and Shout Outs
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #7: Baby Steps Into The Breach
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #8 or Don't Call it a Comeback
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #8.5 or Not Exactly a Real Grovel
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel #9 or Mayday! Mayday!
- Ugarte's Poker Grovel 13 1/2, or, Rick pretends to be Ugarte and links to Pauly
- We have a winner ...
- Welcome Back!
- What're the Odds?
- Why you shouldn't call with AXo
- Yet Another Bad Beat Story + Quiz
- Ugarte's Grovel
Politics
- 2 Birds With One Stone
- A glimmer of hope
- A Heartbeat Away?
- A pre-debate thought
- A Victory . . . But For Whom?
- An open apology to my GOP friends
- And, once we convert them, the Iraqis will be cured of their melancholy humors
- Another Crazy Liberal Protester Gets What She Deserves
- Bush Campaign Clears Up False Suggestion Iraqis Not Grateful
- BUSH COMES FROM BEHIND TO WIN FLIP-FLOP OLYMPICS
- Can We Do This When People Stop Disliking Me?
- Can we say case closed NOW?
- Characterless Conservatism
- Culture Of Life
- Debate preview
- Diplomacy, GOP style
- Essay Good . . . Nation Building Bad
- Excellent OpEd piece on trade by Paul Krugman
- Excellent OpEd piece on trade by Paul Krugman
- Family Values Roll Call
- Fascinating -- and possibly troubling
- Ferrari Speaks: A short list of reasons why the Iraq war was not a good idea
- Ferrari Speaks: A short list of reasons why the Iraq war was not a good idea
- Fight for your [right to] Party!
- Finally, a Reason to Vote For Kerry
- From the mouths of babes . . .
- He's not as happy as I am
- He's such a poseur
- I call [url=http://www.southpark.dsl.pipex.com/scripts/scr213.shtml]Shenanigans[/url]
- I knew
- I should be offended
- I won't swear to it, but . . .
- I'm getting seasick
- If you like John Ashcroft's America, you'll LOVE George Bush's -- er, Iyad Allawi's Iraq!
- In Iraq, No News is Good News
- Is it time to bring back the ERA?
- Is Rumsfeld Going to be the New Home Land Security Chief?
- John Kerry is a very busy man.
- John McCain for V.P.
- John McCain for V.P.
- John McCain: Expert in Calling Himself an Expert at Things
- Just another way the invasion of Iraq has made us all safer.
- Just Wondering
- Keep on risin' . . . (UPDATE)
- Landslide! (updated)
- Let's Pretend ...
- Like that girlfriend you dated for too long . . .
- Listen up, Democrats: Here's the New Plan
- Look Out! No, seriously, right behind you! I mean it this time!
- My dinner with Republicans
- My Kid Brother Gets Serious
- Nader and the Real Numbers
- Nader and the Real Numbers
- NAFTA, Trade Agreements, Kerry and Edwards. Some thoughts.
- NAFTA, Trade Agreements, Kerry and Edwards. Some thoughts.
- Not a Bushism. Really!
- Not poisoning pregnant women, poisoning babies!!
- Now I know why
- Ok, so Kerry will win, but should everyone drop out?
- Ok, so Kerry will win, but should everyone drop out?
- One Order of Free Press, Hold the Irony
- Pop Quiz
- Preach it George!
- PREDICTION: There will NOT be a terrorist attack before the presidential elections.
- Presidential Debate #3: McCain's Sad Last Stand
- Protesting Takes Energy
- REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
- Rumsfeld wriggles like a worm on a hook
- Simuliveblogging!!!
- Smacking of Hubris, Nader Decides to Run
- Smacking of Hubris, Nader Decides to Run
- Some of my best friends are Bush supporters
- Stingy, indeed
- Sunshine State
- Sure she's a liar, a warmonger, and a whore, but she's a minority!
- That Voodoo that you do so well.
- The Army talks to the New York Times?
- The Buck Stops . . . Somewhere Else -- Anywhere Else
- The Democrats have a lot to offer
- The Masses Have Spoken
- The Pope Wasn't Available?
- The Vice Presidential Debate: Jabba vs. the Ewok
- There Goes The Neighborhood
- They "Strengthen" Social Security Programs, Don't They?
- THEY WERE NEVER THERE! (or were they?)
- This May Explain Karol's Support of Bush
- Time To Vote
- To Serve Man
- Two Open Letters
- Unedited liveblog of the 2d Presidential Debate
- VP Debate instant analysis
- Walkabout in Florida
- We've still got our money on Sharpton
- What happens next?
- What if he had picked Dick?
- Whoops!
- Why Dawn Should Be The Next President.
- Why we don't know more about 9/11
- Why we don't know more about 9/11
- Wow.
- Yay?
- You know what would really send a message to those terrorists . . .
- Dubya
- Iraq
- Israel
- Kerry
  - Just Wondering
  - Keep on risin' . . . (UPDATE)
Polls
- Poll results (and new poll!)
Religion
- A Faith-Based Explanation of the Right's Duplicity
- Because You're Not A Blogger If You Don't Mention The Passion
- Como se dice "bullshit"?
- Question of the Day
- Where's your messiah now?
- Why I don't post anymore
Sports
- Signor Ferrari's College Football Report: Buckeyes and Big Ten Roll.
- A Minor Lamentation About The Undue Attention Being Lavished on The New Orleans Saints
- A Texas-Sized Swindle
- Actually, if you name it "Pete" it smells like a used jockstrap
- Are you ready for some football? College Football!!!
- Euphemisms Gone Wild
- Gothamist enhancer Part II
- Hey world, are you sure Scott Boras is a moron?
- Huh? A haircut must be really important in Iraq.
- IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Let's Go Red!
- Lily what?
- Losing teams make strange bedfellows
- My All-Star Game Wish
- NBA Conspiracy Theory Playoff Picks
- NBA Conspiracy Theory Playoff Picks
- Nice timing
- R.I.P., Doug Pappas
- Signor Ferrari's NCAA Tournament Pool
- Signor Ferrari's NCAA Tournament Pool
- So much for not being favored...
- The Inuendo Diet
- There Goes The Neighborhood
- They do this for a living?
- Turn off that damn alarm
- United For Now
- Would you like a wake-up call, or should I set an alarm?
- YAY!!!!!
- Cornell Hockey
the Blog
- Blogroll update
- Happy Birthday!!!
- Have you seen this man?
- Hello, San Diego!!
- Here at Rick's our policy has always been to securely stow our nipples.
- Here at Rick's our policy has always been to securely stow our nipples.
- Housekeeping!
- Let There Be Light
- Mea Culpa
- New look, same lack of content
- The Blue Parrot is No More
- Today is the first day of the rest of this blog
- Well I'll be damned!
the Blogosphere
- A shout-out for us?
- Blogroll Update
- Bush supporters continue to elevate the discourse
- Characterless Conservatism
- Help Demonstrate the Power of the Blogosphere -- and Fight Cancer!
- Here's lookin' at you, kid
- I Bow Before You
- I got 9 out of 10
- I'm more likely to win the blogger tournament
- If you like John Ashcroft's America, you'll LOVE George Bush's -- er, Iyad Allawi's Iraq!
- My Dinner With Dawndre
- New Poll
- OK, this one may be better
- Radosh.net > NYT
- Somehow this blog didn't make the list
- Spread the love. Make the peace.
- Sure its a long way down, but I'm just following [url=http://www.radosh.net]Radosh[/url]
- Thanks, [url=http://www.clarified.blogspot.com/]Dawn[/url]
- That's What I Meant
- The blogs are here!
- There Goes The Neighborhood
- Ugarte Everywhere
the Environment
- EPA's spirit of "collaboration" means at least three extra years of poisoned babies
the Law
- Attend at your own risk
- Does anyone else find these ads disturbing?
- Freedom isn't free. Nor is it available for everyone at any price.
- Hey, look! Content! Sort of.
- No Sex Toys In Texas
- No Sex Toys In Texas
- Predicting the next reality show
- Price is right!
- Price is right!
- This is what it sounds like when judges cry