Sunday, January 1, 2012

Our blog best-of eBook is now out!

By Rick Morris

In our first five years of operation, The FDH Lounge has had many milestones and this is another great one. It’s our second eBook, a best-of from our first five years on our blog, NOTHING IS OFF-TOPIC: THE BEST OF THE FDH LOUNGE MULTIMEDIA MAGAZINE.

I’m very pleased that we were able to pull together so many great pieces from the past few years. We looked for ones that would still be relevant today and we found quite a few. Here’s the Table of Contents; we hope you enjoy reading this very much.

Table of Contents Part I: Sports Columns

Pages 5-6: 1979: The Year That Yielded The Modern World — December 21, 2011

Page 7: Donovan McNabb’s Foolish Race-Baiting — September 18, 2007

Pages 7-8: Cleveland Needs To Grow Up About Lebron’s Yankees Hat — October 13, 2007

Pages 9-10: NFL Sunday Ticket Will Change Your Life — November 20, 2007

Pages 11-12: Black QBs in the NFL: Victims of Personnel Non-Support — November 23, 2007

Pages 12-13: How to Really Honor Sean Taylor — November 27, 2007

Pages 13-17: Why Stats Should Be the End-All, Be-All of All-Star Game Selection — January 9, 2008

Page 18: What’s Right and Wrong About Sports Today — February 10, 2008

Page 19: The Top 10 Quarterbacks of the Last 20 Years — March 4, 2008

Pages 20-21: The Top 10 Quarterbacks of All-Time — March 5, 2008

Page 22: NFL’s LA Solution: SoCal Chargers — June 1, 2008

Pages 23-24: Lebron May Go, But He’s Cleveland’s To Lose — July 5, 2008

Page 25: The Packers Have No Choice But To Move On From Brett Favre — July 19, 2008

Pages 26-29: How to Create the Ultimate Hoops Tournament — August 17, 2008

Pages 29-30: Urban Meyer: Covering the Spread for Wealthy Boosters — September 10, 2008

Page 30: The Idiocy of Obsessing Over Winning With a “Hometown Guy” — November 10, 2008

Page 31: Brian Burke to the Maple Leafs: Huge News For a Legacy Franchise — November 28, 2008

Pages 32-33: Plus-One is the Way to Go for the NCAA — December 7, 2008

Page 34: Farewell Greg Maddux, One of the Best Ever — December 10, 2008

Page 34: The NFL Youth Coaching Bubble Is Bound To Burst— January 25, 2009

Pages 35-36: Manny Roid-Mirez — May 7, 2009

Pages 36-37: Dream Sporting Event: New and Improved IROC — July 19, 2009

Page 38: Dream Sporting Event: Real American Soccer (Part I) — July 26, 2009

Pages 39-40: Baseball Purism: Outdated Thinking — August 22, 2009

Pages 40-42: A Tribute To Steve Yzerman As He Enters The Hall of Fame — November 9, 2009

Pages 42-43: Time To Rip Apart Inaccurate Criticism of Lebron’s Teammates — June 1, 2010

Page 43: To Its Everlasting Shame, The NBA Turns a Blind Eye To Tampering — June 10, 2010

Pages 44-45: How Could Lakers-Celtics Game 7 Not Be a Bigger Deal? — June 17, 2010

Pages 45-48: Lebron’s Decision: Immediate Thoughts On a Sad Spectacle — July 8, 2010

Pages 48-49: Dream Sporting Event: Real American Soccer (Part II) — July 14, 2010

Pages 49-52: Dream Sporting Event: Real American Soccer (Part III) — July 14, 2010

Pages 53-54: Lebron Is The Cavs’ Deadbeat Dad — August 7, 2010

Page 55: Admiring The Jets’ Approach To Franchise-Building — August 28, 2010

Pages 56-58: King Lebron Doesn’t Reign: Clarity Does — December 6, 2010

Pages 58-59: How a Plus-One Would Work This Year — December 6, 2010

Page 60: The Sports Mount Rushmore For American Cities (Athletes Only) — January 15, 2011

Page 61: Portrait of a Historic Losing Streak — February 3, 2011

Pages 62-64: How To Project a Bracket for Selection Sunday — March 10, 2011

Pages 64-65: Pro Wrestling Archetypes for MMAApril 9, 2011

Pages 65-66: Breaking Down The Shocking Jim Tressel Resignation — May 31, 2011

Page 67: FDH’s Top 32 Players In The NFL — August 9, 2011

Page 67: FDH Top 30 Players in MLB — August 13, 2011

Page 68: FDH Top 30 Players In The NHLAugust 14, 2011

Page 68: FDH Top 30 Players in the NBA — August 20, 2011

Pages 69-70: Dream Sporting Event: NBA Lockout League — August 20, 2011

Pages 71-72: FDH and Sportsology’s Top 10 Athletes Of All Time — August 23, 2011

Table of Contents Part II: Entertainment Columns

Pages 73-78: WWE Transitional Periods, Then and Now — November 1, 2007

Pages 78-80: Wrestling Heels Who Should Have Turned Face — February 2, 2008

Pages 80-81: Great Old-School Wrestling Angles — February 17, 2008

Pages 82-83: Guiding Light’s Producers: Defecating on Tradition — April 8, 2008

Pages 83-85: Top 10 Pranks From The Office — April 8, 2008

Page 85: The $100 Cheesesteak — May 29, 2008

Pages 86-89 Five Times Pro Wrestling Could Have Gone National Sooner — May 29, 2008

Pages 90-91: Handicapping the Jay Leno Sweepstakes — July 12, 2008

Pages 92-93: Starrcade’s 25th Anniversary: The Night the Business Changed Forever — November 9, 2008

Page 94: Believe It Or Not, Iran’s Mullah’s Have Never Heard of Pro Wrestling! — December 14, 2008

Pages 94-96: The WWF’s 1993: The Most Disjointed Wrestling Year Ever — January 11, 2009

Pages 96-97: Forecasting the Conan Tonight Show Era — May 29, 2009

Page 98: The Wrestling Business Needs Buddy Landel — March 21, 2010

Pages 99-100: Top 75 Christmas Movies of All-Time — December 24, 2010

Pages 99-104: Ranking the WrestleManias: 26 to 20 — March 27, 2011

Pages 104-110: Ranking the WrestleManias: 19 to 10 — March 27, 2011

Pages 111-115: Ranking the WrestleManias: 9 to 3 — March 27, 2011

Pages 116-118: Ranking the WrestleManias: 2 and 1 — April 2, 2011

Page 118: The FDH Lounge Top 50 Pro Wrestlers of All Time — April 9, 2011

Pages 119-122: Ripping Apart The MTV Movie Awards — June 6, 2011

Pages 123-125: Programming The WWE Network — August 28, 2011

Pages 126-127: Movie Review: Moneyball — October 2, 2011

Table of Contents Part III: Inspiration Columns

Pages 128-129: Remembering a Century-Old Institution: The Cleveland Athletic Club — January 1, 2008

Pages 129-130: Inspiration Has a Name: Terrence Webster — February 9, 2008

Pages 131-132: RIP William F. Buckley, Jr. — February 27, 2008

Pages 132-133: RIP Alexander Solzhenitsyn — August 10, 2008

Pages 133-135: A September 11 Remembrance — September 11, 2008

Pages 135-136: Remembering Harry Kalas — April 13, 2009

Pages 136-137: Requiem For A Friend And MentorJanuary 24, 2010

Page 138: How Pro Wrestling Legend Junkyard Dog Fought Racism In The South — March 21, 2010

Pages 139-140: Fare Thee Well, Wig Man — May 25, 2011

Pages 140-141: Hanging Out With The Greatest Sports Fans In The World — August 28, 2011

Pages 142-144: 9/11: 10 Years Later — September 11, 2011

Table of Contents Part IV: News Columns

Pages 145-146: Happy To Mark The End of the Karl Rove Era — August 15, 2007

Pages 147-151: Iraq War FAQ — September 13, 2007

Pages 151-152: Jena and Iraq: Hearsay vs. facts on the ground — October 24, 2007

Pages 152-154: Pakistan Debacle Exposes Our Overreach — November 5, 2007

Pages 154-155: Bill Clinton Plays The Race Card: Now Liberals are Hating on Slick Willie! — January 21, 2008

Pages 155-156: Berkeley Hippies Still a Disgrace — February 2, 2008

Pages 156-157: Why the “Kitchen Sink” Approach Will Fail Against Obama in the Fall — February 17, 2008

Page 158: Obama’s (Intentionally) Ill-Defined “Change” — February 20, 2008

Page 159: Hillary Now Will Lose Unless She Disembowels Obama — February 23, 2008

Pages 160-162: Imagine Michael Scott Moderating the Pennsylvania Presidential Debate — March 6, 2008

Pages 163-164: Why the Economy is Way Worse Than “The Numbers” Show — April 21, 2008

Pages 164-165: George W. Bush Got The Clown He Deserved in Scott McClellan — May 31, 2008

Pages 165-168: If Fear Helps You Avoid Rape, It’s a Good Thing — June 1, 2008

Pages 169-170: Israel’s Schizophrenia — July 20, 2008

Pages 170-172: Quietly Selling Out Your Political Base Is As Bad As Doing It Loudly — August 2, 2008

Pages 172-174: Professional Politicians Are The Enemy — August 17, 2008

Pages174-175: Obama and the Infantilization of Politics — August 24, 2008

Page 176: Nancy Pelosi’s Vile Lies About Catholic Abortion Policy — August 25, 2008

Pages 177-178: The Bailout Blues: The Evil Party and The Stupid Party — September 30, 2008

Pages 178-188: Wall Street Crisis and Bailout: An FAQ — October 5, 2008

Pages 188-189: The Nate Silver Thumb on the Scale — October 13, 2008

Pages 189-191: A Form Apology Letter for “Obama Conservatives” — October 19, 2008

Pages 191-192: Grumpy Contrarian Political Takes — November 2, 2008

Pages 192-193: The Real Agenda the Obama Voters Approved — November 7, 2008

Pages 193-194: Festivus Grievances: McCain Post-Mortem Edition — November 16, 2008

Page 195: Have Yourself a Secular Little Christmas — December 6, 2008

Page 196: If Pelosi Wears the Pants, Obama is Screwed — December 21, 2008

Page 197: The Next Biofuel is … Kudzu??? — December 28, 2008

Pages 197-198: Why the Right Shouldn’t Leave the Auto Industry to Die — January 3, 2009

Page 199: A Challenge to Obama Supporters: Celebrate This Country After Obama Also — January 20, 2009

Page 200: Closing Gitmo May Sell Out US Security — January 24, 2009

Page 201: Octo-Mom and the Welfare System — February 15, 2009

Page 202: Why Real Conservatives Are Ill-Served by Obama vs. Limbaugh — March 3, 2009

Page 203: Obama’s New Federal Initiative: Black Market for Smokes — March 18, 2009

Page 204: The Extremism Smear on Tea Parties — April 16, 2009

Pages 204-206: The Right-Wing Death Cult — April 18, 2009

Pages 206-207: Notre Dame Disgraces Itself By Letting Obama Play Down Abortion Differences — May 17, 2009

Page 207: Empathy in Public Policy is a Scam — May 27, 2009

Page 208: It’s Not Smart or Moral for the GOP To Be Too Chummy With Big Business — July 19, 2009

Page 209: A New Approach To Getting Criminals Off The Streets — March 15, 2010

Pages 209-210: William F. Buckley Predicted Afghanistan Problems – Back in 1989! — April 3, 2010

Pages 210-212: Health Care Debate Post-Mortem — April 3, 2010

Pages 213-214: The Paleocon (Common-Sense) Approach — August 14, 2010

Pages 215-217: A Tea Partier (Conditionally) Calls For Higher Taxes — October 10, 2010

Pages 217-218: Happy 100th Birthday, Ronald Reagan! — February 5, 2011

Pages 218-223: Debt/Default Crisis: A Pox on Everyone’s House — July 17, 2011

Pages 223-224: Make No Mistake: Limbaugh Wants Obama Reelected — December 21, 2011

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