Before the house fell on the Wicked Witch of the east there was the time of Wicked. Wicked tells the back story of Elphaba’s rise from awkward step sister to Wicked Witch of the West. Based on Gregory Maguire’s novel the show takes the audience down the twists and turns of jealousy and friendship while entertaining with wonderful songs humor.
The New York Giants are once again underdogs, even after winning the Super Bowl. The team has turned those doubts into fuel as they dominate the NFC East, the toughest division in the NFL. Eli Manning is ready to take the step to become “the” Manning with his favorite target Plaxico Burress finding seams in the secondary and Brandon Jacobs running over the opposing lines.
One of the most influential, engaging, vital, enduring and just plain rad bands of the past two decades, San Francisco's Metallica rule all that is metal. Their inexhaustible energy and masterful riffage have the uncanny ability to compel metal heads, indie geeks, hippies and punks to simultaneously pump their fists in the air.
Ten weeks into the season the leading running back in the NFL is not Adrian Peterson. No, Peterson is second behind none other than Chris Johnson of the Tennessee Titans. I saw this and was inspired to write this post, only to find out that Trent Dilfer already broached the subject on Countdown Daily. However, this is still a great subject. Would you rather have Peterson or Johnson, power or speed?
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