Saturday, March 21, 2009

Why watch Return of the Jedi? Again?

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Why am I watching Return of the Jedi instead of the tournament? Why am I asking you about it? I like basketball plenty, I just haven't f...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

A Mediocre Book and A Terrific One

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Within the last few days, I have finished James A. Connor's "Pascal's Wager", which was mediocre. No fault of his, I wasn...

I'm going to pretend I didn't read that...

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First Our Man DP, Dr. Scrappitude, Dustin Pedroia suffers a "rib cage" injury, now Our Man Youk, Kevin Youkilis, Mr. Upon This Roc...

Hurrah for Grover Cleveland (Alexander)

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It's President Grover Cleveland's birthday. Since I don't really care about him, I decided I would rather write about major leag...

You Saw A WHAT in my back seat?

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http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090317/NEWS/903170386/1001/NEWS (h/t Dvorak Uncensored (www.dvorak.org/blog) ) Too priceless to s...

A surprisingly difficult prompt

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http://www.creativity-portal.com/prompts/imagination.prompt.html Thanks to the Imagination Prompt Generator: 10 Things I Am Pessimistic Abou...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Ron Silver, RIP

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Actor Ron Silver, who starred in one of my favorite movies, "Reversal of Fortune", as well as one of my favorite TV shows, The Wes...
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Monday, March 16, 2009

Hey Mom, I'm in Jail!

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This is a radio one, but it still ranks as one of the most memorable things I have ever experienced. Controversial radio hosts Opie and An...
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Begged, Borrowed and Stolen

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Thanks to Katie (dontcallmekathleen.blogspot.com) for the idea and the Imagination Prompt Generator (creativity-portal.com/prompts/imaginati...
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Sunday, March 15, 2009

Bring Back Public Hanging!

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101926747&ft=1&f=1014 "AIG will pay bonuses totaling $165 million. The mon...
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Friday, March 13, 2009

Raiders of the Lost PDF

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The inimitable Will Carroll from Baseball Prospectus.com has unearthed the following gem: A PDF of a transcript of a story conference betwee...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

More Memes From Miss!

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From Miss (butyoucancallmemiss.blogspot.com), another Monday Meme on Wednesday (Damn Daylight Savings Time!) High School Memories 1. Did you...
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Happy Birthday, Douglas Adams!

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The late English author Douglas Adams would be celebrating his birthday today, if he were not, well, late. He wrote, among other things, The...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Happy Birthday, Chuck Norris!

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March 10 is Chuck Norris' birthday. While I don't agree with his politics, the "Facts about Chuck Norris" meme that has cr...
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My cynicism was NOT rewarded!

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Well, I got a response from the Pakistani Spectator guy, and, strangely enough, it did not involve forking over thousands of dollars in orde...