Innocents and Accidents, Hints and Allegations

Memes are cheap. I'm Scottish, so here goes. 1. When was the last time that you watched a sunrise? Who were you with? Hard to rem...

In Josh Beckett's return from Nowhereland, Commander Kickass went 98 decent pitches, going 5 2/3 innings against the Mariners. However, ...

Journalist Daniel Schorr, who was a reporter during the Watergate era and managed to get himself placed on President Nixon's "Enemi...

It was Papa's birthday on Wednesday, which I scandalously failed to note here. "Every man's life ends the same way. It is o...

In Seattle last night, the Red Sox experienced all the Dickensian highs and lows on the way to an 8-6, 13 inning, but wait there's more,...

Recently, works of mine own creation are featured here and here. And here. That is all.

Peter Wolf and Merle Haggard singing "It's Too Late For Me", from Wolf's incomparably good new record, "Midnight Souv...

The word for the 100 Word Challenge this week is abundant. Mine is called "Abundant Caution". “Abundant caution?” “A...

Cowboy Clay was cuffed around the lot by the woeful A's this afternoon, 6-4, plunging Boston down to 53-42, 7 games out, and circling th...

It's Greg Behrendt's birthday. Behrendt is a standup comedian who really deserves to be bigger than he is-he coauthored the big hit...

The erstwhile Kevin Kouzmanoff tied the game for Oakland last night in the third with a sacrifice fly, then singled in the game winner in th...

Miss Janera the time traveler is checking in from Wednesday with her Wednesday Wickedness, this time from comedian and talk show host Ellen ...

In a matchup of dramatically questionable starting pitchers, Dice K throttled Ben Sheets and the Athletics last night, 2-1. A fourth inning ...

Since I can't seem to wrap my mind around a Sunday 160 today, here's this week's Sunday Stealing. 23. Do you rent movies oft...

My pal Cristyn West (otherwise known as @craftycmc on the Twitter) asked me if I would review her novel "Plain Jane", a thriller w...