Monthly Archives: August 2009

Friday Roundup: The “Big Flirt” Edition

A picture because we’re feeling picture-lite on the site. Mother Nature, you coy little thing. You’re working with Fate today, aren’t you? Casting that blue-gray sky over my head as I find myself needing hot coffee while I peruse the … Continue reading

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Notre Dame “Improves” Football Weekend Experience

Here’s the press release. Below are things we find notable, and thus we take note here and add the flourishing touch of commentary. “Rally on the Green,” a hospitality village located on Irish Green (adjacent to the south side of … Continue reading

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Econ 101

My first year at ND, I took a fun Econ course.  One of the few classes with more than 60-70 kids in it for my entire time at ND, it was a big survey course with 100+ in Debart.  It … Continue reading

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Join the 2009 HLS College Football Pick’Em Tournament!

Regular readers may recall that in the past we liked to run a little “Expert Picks” tournament among the founding loyal sons of HLS during the season. As time has passed, we just get busier, and administering our own game … Continue reading

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2009 ND vs. Opposition Draft: HLS’s 6th Round Pick – #33

Over the summer of 2009, folks from The Blue-Gray Sky, Classic Ground, Rakes of Mallow, and Her Loyal Sons held a mock draft from a pool of talent consisting of the rosters of the 2009 Notre Dame Fighting Irish and … Continue reading

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A (only slightly) Less Frantic Post Regarding Today’s Open Practice

First, a thank you and an apology. From the looks of stats that the CoverItLive.com widget gives, our little blow-by-blow of today’s open practice got a lot of interest, and we’d like to say thanks for dropping by. Nice to … Continue reading

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ND Open Practice Liveblog

Hopefully, below this text, a little widget shows up that will allow me to live-blog the open practice on Saturday. If that doesn’t work out, I should be doing regular updates on our twitter account as well/in parallel. Here goes … Continue reading

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HLS Tweets for the Week of 2009-08-14

Oh man, this might be a must-follow: @CoachAlGroh # Saw John Madden at brunch 2day. My toddler and I walked by, toddler fell. I said, "boom," as I normally do. Wasn't making fun of John. # What's with all these … Continue reading

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2009 ND vs. Opposition Draft: HLS’s 6th Round Pick – #32

Over the summer of 2009, folks from The Blue-Gray Sky, Classic Ground, Rakes of Mallow, and Her Loyal Sons held a mock draft from a pool of talent consisting of the rosters of the 2009 Notre Dame Fighting Irish and … Continue reading

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Friday Roundup: The “Chock-full-O-Nuts” Edition

This morning has been ridiculous. The Roundup: Evan Sharpley, PhD. (Or, if you want to make a really lame joke like the author, PhQB.) (HT: BGS) I have to admit, Ben Ford manages to take 20 minutes of boredom and … Continue reading

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