Monthly Archives: December 2014

What You Missed While I Missed You

Posted on December 31, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

Dear Lolly, It’s been five years since I last saw you on your birthday. You were turning thirty. We’d broken up a few weeks before, but it was a big milestone, and I wanted to celebrate it with you, at … Continue reading →

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Niners Week Seventeen Awards: The Now Is Our Winter of Discontent Edition

Posted on December 29, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

I cared less about Sunday’s game than I have any Niners game since Jim Tomsula (our presumed coach-in-waiting) last was head coach (the final game of the 2010 season, another meaningless contest that the Niners won). I honestly don’t have … Continue reading →

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Niners Week Sixteen Awards: The We’re Through the Looking Glass Now Edition

Posted on December 25, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

Editor’s Note: I refused to allow this shitty team to ruin my Saturday night, so I passed the recap responsibilities to my attorney, former guest blogger, basketball nemesis, and fellow suffering Niners fan Josh. I don’t want to steal his … Continue reading →

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Niners Week Fifteen Awards: This is the End, My Friend Edition

Posted on December 18, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

Editor’s note: Since I couldn’t bear to watch the inevitable bloodbath that was last Sunday’s 49ers trip to Seattle (apparently it wasn’t that bad, but still), I called in another guest blogger: my buddy Matt. He’s my freshman year college … Continue reading →

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Niners Week Fourteen Awards: The Al Davis Bowl Edition

Posted on December 8, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

With the possibility of a playoff berth looking remote, the Niners had one mission left this season: Do not publicly embarrass yourselves by losing to your pathetic, 1-11 cross-Bay rivals. Sadly, they couldn’t even manage to pull this off, falling … Continue reading →

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