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A recruiter in the U.K. is blaming the lack of gay job candidates in the financial industry on the credit crunch.  Yup, I could just stop writing right there.
According to the Financial Times, a study conducted by Joslin Rowe Associates attributes a drop in openly gay applicants for city jobs in London to the fact [...]

The annual Beloit College Mindset List is something I look forward to…well…annually. If you’re not familiar with the list, it’s a compilation of the social and historical events and mores that will and won’t have shaped the development of this year’s college freshman. In short, it’s a reality check on the experiences that [...]

Script problems on the last two installments of Harry Potter (both from the same book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) has forced the studio to move back the release date of the next installment, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. A strange move, chalked up officially to a desire to release the flick [...]

…but Andrew beat me to the punch.
I didn’t watch baseball for years. In fact, I think the last time I watched baseball, other than one or two games at the park when a friend had an extra ticket, was the ‘86 World Series. But no need to go into that. In 2003, [...]

When a 16-year-old Waltham fan reached over to catch a ball hit by Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz in the game against the Texas Rangers on Tuesday, the umpiring call was fan interference. Ortiz was awarded second base and eventually scored in the same inning. The fan, Steve Falzone, was ejected by Fenway [...]

My usual Friday B.S. column was bumped this week for this love note to Jason Varitek, who it was announced filed for divorce from his wife Karen within the last few weeks. Jason Varitek is quite simply the hottest catcher alive, and no, I only wish that was a veiled gay reference.
If [...]