“[Seattle University]’s return to [Division 1 basketball], albeit without a conference, reminds me of post-colonial independence movements. They have spent years in the wilderness, off the radar, whatever, but now get to basically invent an identity and narrative for themselves as a legit program. At the same time, there’s this mythical past they can always reference, with Elgin Baylor being the pre-colonial icon from which all else draws its strength.”

– Free Darko. That’s it. It’s a new year and I’m going to come clean about my addiction to these astonishingly, almost unreadably nerdy blogs that tend to be about tying their subject matter into as much insignificant shit as possible as they are about the actual subject matter. FD and Actionbutton are highlights, but I could not be more open to hearing about others.