Get your game - and party - on
For many sports fans, the Super Bowl is the party of the year. For others, it's simply the first party of the year. Hey, any reason to get together with friends and throw back a few brews is a good one. Put it together with sports and you've got a guaranteed winner.
Let the games begin
One of the things I look forward to at the beginning of each New Year is hearing the magical phrase: "Pitchers and catchers report Feb. 23."
A wild start to 2010
If we thought the start of 2009 had been exciting, so far 2010 has been a whirlwind. We ushered in the New Year with the first real hope for national marriage equality - at least the beginning of a real hope that the wheels of...
Here comes the judge
As I pondered writing this column, a friend of mine suggested I change the name to NOT Ridin' With Big E. Temperatures are in the 20s as I write and Chili Dawg, my 2001 Harley-Davidson Road King Classic, is actually very chilly in the garage, where he's been for several weeks now.
Further musings on the minister of music
I met Jeff Roberts through my nephew, Seth Funderburk, years ago when they were both at Sounds Familiar. I was fortunate to attend the first South by Southeast show at the Aloha with Lauren Ellis and Jill Block and travel to...
News of the Weird for February 4, 2010
Being the first licensed male prostitute in Nevada (and thus the U.S.), explained "Markus" in a January interview for Details magazine, is to him "a civil rights thing." "It's just the same as when Rosa Parks decided to sit at the front (of the bus) instead of the back."
Cage-side Report: Bash at the Beach results
Bash at the Beach, the Grand Strand area's first big-time mixed martial arts event, went off with a bang Jan. 23 at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, drawing more than 3,000 fans to the Oak Street facility, and we were there ring-side to...
| Weekly Surge beats the street each week to gauge the pulse of our community. This week we asked: | |
What sporting events are you most looking forward to this year and why? |
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"The Daytona 500 because I may get to go this year! I'm also looking forward to the World Cup in South Africa." |
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"The Super Bowl because it's the best sporting entertainment around." |
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"The Super Bowl because it's a football game." |
| -compiled by Mandy Kinseth, for Weekly Surge | |
Why is it that fast food restaurants advertise the great new 99-cent special but the restaurants here don't have them to sell?
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