Romantic radical. Fearless dreamer. Lusty wayfarer.

Kyle Whelliston was all of these things and so much more. Over the course of thirty-one years, he wrote 2,373 articles and essays for various online and print publications, as well as some books. As per his last will and testament, all 2,928,166 of his life's words have been collected here, in one place, for eternal posterity. Keep his flame alive. This is the Whelliston Memorial Library.

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The Daily Paragraph 2/8/2007 (Texas-Sized Edition)
ARLINGTON, Tex. -- It's true what they say, everything's bigger in Texas. The hats, the Cadillacs, the stars at night, people's butts, the food. I went into a convenience store this morning and saw an 84-ounce fountain soda for sale, I couldn't even get my hand around it much less fit it in a cupholder. Texas-sized.

The Boubacar 1/15/2008 (Academy Edition)
ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Tuesdays are generally going to be a bit slow around here during conference season. For all its presupposed "Big"-ness, Mondays are nearly as slight as Fridays schedule-wise, with only the MEAC, SWAC and a few WCC and SoCon games reporting. So that gives us here at The Mid-Majority a little time for housekeeping. And housekeeping-related rants.

BracketBusters Selection Aftermath (plus contest winners)
Here, then, are all the pairings for BracketBusters 2007. You can click on a matchup to learn more about the two teams and how they, well, match up.

Let's Take it to the Fridge
As luck would have it, we got a somewhat decent response to our First Annual Bally Refrigerator Art contest. There were entries from actual kids, annnnd others who are probably old enough to do this. But how are we to prove anything? This is the Internet, where people talk with their fingers and listen with their eyes. Nothing is what it seems.

The Rule That Says a Dog Can't Play Basketball
Dan McQuade is an award-winning writer who has written for countless publications, including The Mid-Majority. He is much more well-renowned for being one of the Deadspin staff writers who imploded the site in a three-day mass walkout in late October 2019. Mr. And, of course, his ability to perfectly capture the ambiance of his hometown of Philadelphia, which he's done for two decades now.