Just said good-bye to the parents, who spent a couple days with us here on the homestead ...
A great weekend. Great food. Great conversation. Great times playing with Phoebe ... And not so great weather. It poured almost endlessly yesterday and today ...
The afternoon is fast turning into a lazy Sunday evening. Kates and I can barely keep our eyes open.
Here's some of the reads that caught my eyes over the last few days ...
Sports ...
a A tragic end for minor leaguer traded for bats
a For Free Throws, 50 Years of Practice Is No Help
a Manny Ramirez has some things to say
a What Yankees Knew About Rodriguez’s Injury, and When They Knew It
Media & the Internet ...
a When Everyone’s a Friend, Is Anything Private?
a 15 Fake and Funny Twitter Accounts
a WIAA files suit against Gannett over broadcasting of postseason games on Internet
a In Denver, Residents Lament the Closing of a Newspaper
a Will Report for Tips
a Small Town News" journalist dissed by Letterman was laid off last week ... I'm posting this mostly because I thought the "Small Town News" segment -- in case you missed it -- was hilarious. I think this reporter's reaction to it is a little over-the-top.
a Copyright Challenge for Sites That Excerpt
a YouTube and Universal Music Are Said to Discuss Deal
a A Google Search of a Distinctly Retro Kind
a How To Save Print ... A good funny
Politics ...
a For Young President, Flecks of Gray
TV ...
a CBS has its eye on Fox's ratings prize
Music ...
a Kelly Clarkson's 'All I Ever Wanted': 3.5 stars
a U2 looks in, branches out
Life & other stuff ...
a Here, all sales are final ... Never made it to any of the local Circuit City sales to check out the big sales (We don't have the money to spend), but this was an amusing read nonetheless.
a This winter, last year's add up to some bragging rights ... I'm throwing it back.
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3.08.2009
1.18.2009
Sunday reading
Some of the reads that caught my attention during the last week ...
Baseball ...
a Dawson, Smith getting a raw deal
a Deal Or No Deal
a Whatever Yankees Want ... Great editorial from The New York Times.
a Willie, Bloomquist and the Dunn
The "Miracle in the Hudson" ... You can't deny this was the most fascinating story of the week, perhaps even the year. The pilot even has a Facebook page with hundreds of thousands of fans and counting ...
a After Splash, Nerves, Heroics and Comedy
a As Jet Was Ditched, Nearby Ferries Went Into Rescue Mode
a Pilot who ditched jet safely in Hudson River flew fighter planes for Air Force
Politics ...
a In the Beginning ... A good take on the inaugural oath.
a Donor fatigue setting in for some Obama supporters ... Amen.
a The Long, Lame Goodbye
a Exit Bush, Shoes Flying
a Why We Have to Look Back
a 10 Take Aways From the Bush Years
a Palin is getting in her own way
Media & the Internet ...
a At First, Funny Videos. Now, a Reference Tool
a Can CNN, the Go-to Site, Get You to Stay?
a CBS Pumps Up TV.com to Create a Destination
TV ...
a O'Brien, Fallon see late-night challenges ahead
Technology ...
a Can Apple Fill the Void?
And finally, my favorite photo of the week.
Baseball ...
a Dawson, Smith getting a raw deal
a Deal Or No Deal
a Whatever Yankees Want ... Great editorial from The New York Times.
a Willie, Bloomquist and the Dunn
The "Miracle in the Hudson" ... You can't deny this was the most fascinating story of the week, perhaps even the year. The pilot even has a Facebook page with hundreds of thousands of fans and counting ...
a After Splash, Nerves, Heroics and Comedy
a As Jet Was Ditched, Nearby Ferries Went Into Rescue Mode
a Pilot who ditched jet safely in Hudson River flew fighter planes for Air Force
Politics ...
a In the Beginning ... A good take on the inaugural oath.
a Donor fatigue setting in for some Obama supporters ... Amen.
a The Long, Lame Goodbye
a Exit Bush, Shoes Flying
a Why We Have to Look Back
a 10 Take Aways From the Bush Years
a Palin is getting in her own way
Media & the Internet ...
a At First, Funny Videos. Now, a Reference Tool
a Can CNN, the Go-to Site, Get You to Stay?
a CBS Pumps Up TV.com to Create a Destination
TV ...
a O'Brien, Fallon see late-night challenges ahead
Technology ...
a Can Apple Fill the Void?
And finally, my favorite photo of the week.
12.14.2008
Sunday reading
OK ... So my Bearcats didn't put on a very strong performance yesterday.
Sheesh, if they would have played as well the rest of the game as they did in the fourth quarter, they would have been golden ...
That fourth quarter was going so well, I was having visions of those "Cardiac 'Cats" making another legendary comeback ... Then -- don't even get me started on that botched call after the onside kick.
So now they've lost four straight championship games. Never mind the fact they've been there four straight years (on top of winning two straight in '98 and '99).
Bring on the awkward comparisons to the Buffalo Bills.
Some of the reads that caught my interest during the last week ...
Sports ...
a Cubs fans denied ... again.
a Baseball Executives Face the Odds
a As Money Tightens, Scaling Back On Jobs and Fun
a Red Sox unveil new club logos and uniforms ... Not a fan of the change.
a From the Phillie Phanatic, a Family of Mascots
a Oklahoma case shows system isn't OK
Music ...
a Letters to Cleo reunion blasts from its past
Politics ...
a Obama Worked to Distance Self From Blagojevich Early On
a The Real Obama: A Centrist? No. A Transformer
a Two Cheers for Rod Blagojevich
Media & the Internet ...
a Pressing the Question
a YouTube Videos Pull In Real Money
a Advertisers Face Hurdles on Social Networking Sites
a Governor sought to withhold Wrigley Field funds unless Chicago Tribune fired editorial writers critical of him, complaint says ... Sickening.
Technology ...
a Apple's iPod Problem ... As my iPod continues to run smoothly -- knock on wood -- I've often pondered the notion of this story.
a The day TVs die
Life & other stuff ...
a Publishing books about the Great Emancipator is a recession-proof business
a Surviving the dark winter solstice
Sheesh, if they would have played as well the rest of the game as they did in the fourth quarter, they would have been golden ...
That fourth quarter was going so well, I was having visions of those "Cardiac 'Cats" making another legendary comeback ... Then -- don't even get me started on that botched call after the onside kick.
So now they've lost four straight championship games. Never mind the fact they've been there four straight years (on top of winning two straight in '98 and '99).
Bring on the awkward comparisons to the Buffalo Bills.
Some of the reads that caught my interest during the last week ...
Sports ...
a Cubs fans denied ... again.
a Baseball Executives Face the Odds
a As Money Tightens, Scaling Back On Jobs and Fun
a Red Sox unveil new club logos and uniforms ... Not a fan of the change.
a From the Phillie Phanatic, a Family of Mascots
a Oklahoma case shows system isn't OK
Music ...
a Letters to Cleo reunion blasts from its past
Politics ...
a Obama Worked to Distance Self From Blagojevich Early On
a The Real Obama: A Centrist? No. A Transformer
a Two Cheers for Rod Blagojevich
Media & the Internet ...
a Pressing the Question
a YouTube Videos Pull In Real Money
a Advertisers Face Hurdles on Social Networking Sites
a Governor sought to withhold Wrigley Field funds unless Chicago Tribune fired editorial writers critical of him, complaint says ... Sickening.
Technology ...
a Apple's iPod Problem ... As my iPod continues to run smoothly -- knock on wood -- I've often pondered the notion of this story.
a The day TVs die
Life & other stuff ...
a Publishing books about the Great Emancipator is a recession-proof business
a Surviving the dark winter solstice
6.22.2008
Sunday reading
... Here it is another Sunday. And I'm wondering where the weekend went ...
... On Friday, we grilled out and shared a night on our deck with good friends Laura and Kevin. The conversation was so good, the sun set without us barely noticing ...
... On Saturday, I soaked up the sun and worked in our yard. And then we went off to see Mom and Pops, who were camping not far out of the city ... It seemed like a good idea -- until we got out of the car were mowed down by a buzz kill of mosquitoes. We rushed Phoebe inside the camper ... and all of joined in shortly after. Instead of an ideal night around a campfire, we spend it inside playing Uno ... Pops played a buzz kill of his own; he won six of the eight hands we played ...
Today, we did church (Phoebs slept the whole service again ... ). I did a baseball practice ... And Mom and Pops came to our place. But the thunder and rain chased us inside once more, and we settled for watching the Brewers finish of the Orioles ...
And how 'bout those Cubs ... After becoming the victims of a hard-fought sweep in Tampa Bay last week ( ... Dang, Tampa is good this year; that series was every bit as tough as I figured it might be ...), the Cubbies came out swinging this weekend. Aramis won it in the ninth on Friday ... Then I got to catch that rocking fourth inning and yesterday's thriller ... And now they're blasting the Sox again tonight as I write this ... But let's not talk about September until we get there, OK?
Here's two weeks worth of stories that caught my eyes ...
But first, this one says it all: Is everything spinning out of control? Can-do, bootstrap approach embedded in American psyche is under assault
Sports & Baseball ...
a Cubs documents: Wrigley condition not dire
a The Bringer Of The Big Heat ... A good one from the SI archives about Nolan Ryan.
a A Jones For Hitting: Chipper Jones, the baddest switch-hitter since Mickey Mantle
a Spirit of '77 for White Sox, Cubs
a Guillen swap sides? No way
a Met fan squawks about Willie Randolph firing, sends Wilpons chickens
a The Catch: Super Bowl moment small part of Tyree's journey
a Rodgers savoring honeymoon as Packers' starting QB ... A good one from my friend Raechel.
a Verdict still out on Kobe's legacy ... Compare him to Michael Jordan all you want, but they'll never be equals.
a Watching Tiger, Kobe compete on same day
Music ...
a Alanis Morissette continues channeling her anger
a Another Somebody Sung Somebody's Song Wrong
Politics ...
a Obama, or Osama? Hotmail glitch
a In Her Own Time
TV ...
a 'Big Bird' Caroll Spinney Still Flocking to Sesame Street
The Internet ...
a 'Geek girl' helps keep Mozilla safe in scary times
a The Fate of The Sentence: Is the Writing On the Wall? ... Interesting.
a The Web makes us antsy readers, not deep thinkers ... Also quite interesting.
The media ...
a The L.A. Times's Human Wrecking Ball
a Katie Couric shows her ‘nerd’ side ... Quite amusing.
a Will Viacom nuke the YouTube clip of CBS' Lara Logan ... Also quite amusing.
a Tom Brokaw: 'Meet the Press' til Nov. 4
a Tim Russert: the details about what caused his death
The Onion ...
a Mariners Fire Whiffing Coach
a Cricket Located
a Fantasy Baseball Owner Rips Team In Media
a Falling Down Laundry Chute And Breaking Neck Remains America's No. 548,221 Killer
Travel ...
a America's Unkempt Front Yard
a Fake But Fun Destinations
Life & other stuff ...
a How a lake went down the drain
a Men fillet Charlie the Tuna statue in Oregon
a Nike sneaks logo onto the lakefront path ... Not cool.
a More Schools Trying Separation of the Sexes
a Looking to Avoid Aggressive Drivers? Check Those Bumpers
a Your friends? They're dead.
... On Friday, we grilled out and shared a night on our deck with good friends Laura and Kevin. The conversation was so good, the sun set without us barely noticing ...
... On Saturday, I soaked up the sun and worked in our yard. And then we went off to see Mom and Pops, who were camping not far out of the city ... It seemed like a good idea -- until we got out of the car were mowed down by a buzz kill of mosquitoes. We rushed Phoebe inside the camper ... and all of joined in shortly after. Instead of an ideal night around a campfire, we spend it inside playing Uno ... Pops played a buzz kill of his own; he won six of the eight hands we played ...
Today, we did church (Phoebs slept the whole service again ... ). I did a baseball practice ... And Mom and Pops came to our place. But the thunder and rain chased us inside once more, and we settled for watching the Brewers finish of the Orioles ...
And how 'bout those Cubs ... After becoming the victims of a hard-fought sweep in Tampa Bay last week ( ... Dang, Tampa is good this year; that series was every bit as tough as I figured it might be ...), the Cubbies came out swinging this weekend. Aramis won it in the ninth on Friday ... Then I got to catch that rocking fourth inning and yesterday's thriller ... And now they're blasting the Sox again tonight as I write this ... But let's not talk about September until we get there, OK?
Here's two weeks worth of stories that caught my eyes ...
But first, this one says it all: Is everything spinning out of control? Can-do, bootstrap approach embedded in American psyche is under assault
Sports & Baseball ...
a Cubs documents: Wrigley condition not dire
a The Bringer Of The Big Heat ... A good one from the SI archives about Nolan Ryan.
a A Jones For Hitting: Chipper Jones, the baddest switch-hitter since Mickey Mantle
a Spirit of '77 for White Sox, Cubs
a Guillen swap sides? No way
a Met fan squawks about Willie Randolph firing, sends Wilpons chickens
a The Catch: Super Bowl moment small part of Tyree's journey
a Rodgers savoring honeymoon as Packers' starting QB ... A good one from my friend Raechel.
a Verdict still out on Kobe's legacy ... Compare him to Michael Jordan all you want, but they'll never be equals.
a Watching Tiger, Kobe compete on same day
Music ...
a Alanis Morissette continues channeling her anger
a Another Somebody Sung Somebody's Song Wrong
Politics ...
a Obama, or Osama? Hotmail glitch
a In Her Own Time
TV ...
a 'Big Bird' Caroll Spinney Still Flocking to Sesame Street
The Internet ...
a 'Geek girl' helps keep Mozilla safe in scary times
a The Fate of The Sentence: Is the Writing On the Wall? ... Interesting.
a The Web makes us antsy readers, not deep thinkers ... Also quite interesting.
The media ...
a The L.A. Times's Human Wrecking Ball
a Katie Couric shows her ‘nerd’ side ... Quite amusing.
a Will Viacom nuke the YouTube clip of CBS' Lara Logan ... Also quite amusing.
a Tom Brokaw: 'Meet the Press' til Nov. 4
a Tim Russert: the details about what caused his death
The Onion ...
a Mariners Fire Whiffing Coach
a Cricket Located
a Fantasy Baseball Owner Rips Team In Media
a Falling Down Laundry Chute And Breaking Neck Remains America's No. 548,221 Killer
Travel ...
a America's Unkempt Front Yard
a Fake But Fun Destinations
Life & other stuff ...
a How a lake went down the drain
a Men fillet Charlie the Tuna statue in Oregon
a Nike sneaks logo onto the lakefront path ... Not cool.
a More Schools Trying Separation of the Sexes
a Looking to Avoid Aggressive Drivers? Check Those Bumpers
a Your friends? They're dead.
9.11.2007
8.05.2007
Sunday reading
Some of the reads that caught my eyes this last week ...
a Rock-and-Roll Call for the Class of '57
a Lonelygirl15, Downloaded Until There Was Nothing Left
a As JFK proves, the theories are usually much more interesting than the truth
a Nine Innings: Diamond Musings
a Bonds' landing spots: Four teams most likely to trade for superstar slugger
a Rock-and-Roll Call for the Class of '57
a Lonelygirl15, Downloaded Until There Was Nothing Left
a As JFK proves, the theories are usually much more interesting than the truth
a Nine Innings: Diamond Musings
a Bonds' landing spots: Four teams most likely to trade for superstar slugger
7.29.2007
Sunday reading
... some of the stories and headlines that caught my eyes this past week ...
TV ...
a With 'Back to You,' the multi-camera sitcom gets a fighting chance
a Kevin Reilly reflects on move to Fox
a A Dramatic Transition: Legal Thriller Broadens Ted Danson's Acting Chops
a Carey talks 'Price Is Right'
Music ...
a Bands and brands going hand in hand
a Tegan & Sara ready to face the future
Baseball & sports
a Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn still awestruck about Hall of Fame
a The Iron Horse and Ripken
a Chances Are Three Times as Unlikely
a Ripken Enters The Hall: The Man, the Myth
a Schilling: Lack of denials implies guilt
a Jenkins enjoying that winning feeling
a Costas not upset about Bonds's 'midget man' shot
a Donovan: Brewers getting antsy
a HR record about to fall, but there are plenty more out there
a Top 11 tainted sports achievements
a Bike track spurs cycle of nostalgia
Other stuff ...
a Google's View of D.C. Melds New and Sharp, Old and Fuzzy
a Getting discovered online
a Bill attempts to protect dead stars' images
a The Meat Shall Inherit the Fridge
a Seeing past the sugarcoating: If not cereal companies, from where will kids learn to pick apart cartoonish marketing?
a For the 'I Like Turtles' Boy, 17 Seconds Of Fame
And after a rough week in the sports world, some good Onion reads always cheer me up ...
TV ...
a With 'Back to You,' the multi-camera sitcom gets a fighting chance
a Kevin Reilly reflects on move to Fox
a A Dramatic Transition: Legal Thriller Broadens Ted Danson's Acting Chops
a Carey talks 'Price Is Right'
Music ...
a Bands and brands going hand in hand
a Tegan & Sara ready to face the future
Baseball & sports
a Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn still awestruck about Hall of Fame
a The Iron Horse and Ripken
a Chances Are Three Times as Unlikely
a Ripken Enters The Hall: The Man, the Myth
a Schilling: Lack of denials implies guilt
a Jenkins enjoying that winning feeling
a Costas not upset about Bonds's 'midget man' shot
a Donovan: Brewers getting antsy
a HR record about to fall, but there are plenty more out there
a Top 11 tainted sports achievements
a Bike track spurs cycle of nostalgia
Other stuff ...
a Google's View of D.C. Melds New and Sharp, Old and Fuzzy
a Getting discovered online
a Bill attempts to protect dead stars' images
a The Meat Shall Inherit the Fridge
a Seeing past the sugarcoating: If not cereal companies, from where will kids learn to pick apart cartoonish marketing?
a For the 'I Like Turtles' Boy, 17 Seconds Of Fame
And after a rough week in the sports world, some good Onion reads always cheer me up ...
7.22.2007
Sunday reading
... Some of the stories and headlines that caught my eyes this last week ...
Music ...
a 20 albums that defined an era
a Unknowns' commercial tune
a Talks on Internet radio royalties continue
a Lavigne clash widens
Baseball ...
a Awe* for Barry Bonds
a We know about Giambi; what about Bud?
a They didn't just monkey around
a A squad that can hit, run, throw and irritate
Politics, media, entertainment ...
a The Debates' New Face: YouTube Users Will Quiz the Candidates
a Obama Faces the Test Dean Failed: Broadening Support
a 'Hairspray' Is an Aerosol Version of the Real Baltimore
a An inevitable ending to Harry Potter series
a Gibson gives ABC's spirits and ratings a boost
Other stuff ...
a Sprint to 1,000 customers: You're fired
a By popular vote, the world's 'New 7 Wonders' named
Music ...
a 20 albums that defined an era
a Unknowns' commercial tune
a Talks on Internet radio royalties continue
a Lavigne clash widens
Baseball ...
a Awe* for Barry Bonds
a We know about Giambi; what about Bud?
a They didn't just monkey around
a A squad that can hit, run, throw and irritate
Politics, media, entertainment ...
a The Debates' New Face: YouTube Users Will Quiz the Candidates
a Obama Faces the Test Dean Failed: Broadening Support
a 'Hairspray' Is an Aerosol Version of the Real Baltimore
a An inevitable ending to Harry Potter series
a Gibson gives ABC's spirits and ratings a boost
Other stuff ...
a Sprint to 1,000 customers: You're fired
a By popular vote, the world's 'New 7 Wonders' named
7.08.2007
Sunday reading
Some of the stories and headlines that have caught my eyes the last couple weeks ...
Music & entertainment ...
a Kelly Clarkson's dispute with Clive Davis has made her music hard to hear
a The Baby is Back on Ferrell's Funnyordie
a Chuckles, Guffaws and Some Yucks: Potty-Mouthed Toddler Got Will Ferrell's Comedy Web Site Up and Running
a Bringing Out the Worst In Celebrity Coverage? Esquire Chided for Jolie Cover Story
a What were they thinking? Good actors' bad choices
a Blunt's shaking his hit
a Watching Films or TV Together Is a Rite of Coupledom, Until A Scarlet Temptress Beckons
a TV cancellation hidden in a cloud of euphemism
a Paris fans are so Paris
a Rowling's spell, not a wizard, is behind the magic of 'Potter'
a When bad roles happen to good actors
a What will Ben Silverman think of next for NBC?
Sports ...
a Once the dirtiest player in the NFL, Conrad Dobler is now fighting for guys he tried to dismember ... My friend Mike is responsible for many of the photos you see with this one ...
a 'Bronx' revisits boys of summer 1977
a With Old-School Sluggers, A 'Derby' Done Right
The Internet ...
a Blogging Vs. Broadcast Rights: Free Press Or Freeloading?
a Calling In Pros to Refine Your Google Image
a Nanoseconds Of Happiness: You're Going to Love Your iPhone, Until the Next Gizmo Calls a Candidates learning that YouTube and other Web sites are potent portals
Other stuff ...
a A Roto-Rooter rescue
a A President Besieged and Isolated, Yet at Ease
a For 50 years, Milwaukee's been on a freeway ride
a Robotic cars could take pressure off nation's highways
a Travelers to the Grand Canyon have always had a killer view. Now they can take a step in a new direction
a Two Little Letters, Addressed to Everyone, That Speak Volumes
a Big blasts at harbor rock out near Big Gig
Music & entertainment ...
a Kelly Clarkson's dispute with Clive Davis has made her music hard to hear
a The Baby is Back on Ferrell's Funnyordie
a Chuckles, Guffaws and Some Yucks: Potty-Mouthed Toddler Got Will Ferrell's Comedy Web Site Up and Running
a Bringing Out the Worst In Celebrity Coverage? Esquire Chided for Jolie Cover Story
a What were they thinking? Good actors' bad choices
a Blunt's shaking his hit
a Watching Films or TV Together Is a Rite of Coupledom, Until A Scarlet Temptress Beckons
a TV cancellation hidden in a cloud of euphemism
a Paris fans are so Paris
a Rowling's spell, not a wizard, is behind the magic of 'Potter'
a When bad roles happen to good actors
a What will Ben Silverman think of next for NBC?
Sports ...
a Once the dirtiest player in the NFL, Conrad Dobler is now fighting for guys he tried to dismember ... My friend Mike is responsible for many of the photos you see with this one ...
a 'Bronx' revisits boys of summer 1977
a With Old-School Sluggers, A 'Derby' Done Right
The Internet ...
a Blogging Vs. Broadcast Rights: Free Press Or Freeloading?
a Calling In Pros to Refine Your Google Image
a Nanoseconds Of Happiness: You're Going to Love Your iPhone, Until the Next Gizmo Calls a Candidates learning that YouTube and other Web sites are potent portals
Other stuff ...
a A Roto-Rooter rescue
a A President Besieged and Isolated, Yet at Ease
a For 50 years, Milwaukee's been on a freeway ride
a Robotic cars could take pressure off nation's highways
a Travelers to the Grand Canyon have always had a killer view. Now they can take a step in a new direction
a Two Little Letters, Addressed to Everyone, That Speak Volumes
a Big blasts at harbor rock out near Big Gig
4.01.2007
Sunday reading
It's raining outside ...I've officially started wearing contact lenses (man, they're excruciatingly frustrating to get in the first couple times) ...
And the Final Four games were far from exciting last night ...
In the meantime, some good reads before the 2007 baseball season kicks off tonight ...
Woo hoo!
a 'Grey's Anatomy': Real-Life Doctors Dissect the Drama
a Castle in Disrepair: It's been politicized and kitschified, and its luster is gone. The Smithsonian needs to get back to basics.
a Deaths noticed: Obituaries, long a newspaper art form, are branching out in cyberspace and soon, a magazine
a Becoming the media's Alpha Mom
a Why Do We Sleep?
... And for the YouTube portion of this post ...
... More and more I find myself passing time by searching for forgotten music videos, lost TV moments and anything else I might be able to dig up on YouTube -- and I gleefully love every moment of it. It's yet another great way to transport yourself to another time and place, and best of all, it's free.
... So when NBC announced a couple weeks it was launching its own video site I felt a sense of excitement and anxiety that YouTube would have a competitor. Excitement because a media giant was jumping into the ring and the caliber of its content could be really great, but anxiety because it's a media giant jumping into the ring, and the free and amatuerish form that makes YouTube so worthwhile could be thrown to the wolves ...
I'll anxiously wait ...
a For YouTube, This Is a Test
a Our Case Against YouTube
a Rules for YouTube: Make Art, Not Bore
3.25.2007
Sunday reading
Good reads ...
a The Illinois senator lends himself to white America's idealized, less-than-realblack man
a Obama leads the YouTube vote
a Baseball not just about haves and have-nots
a Elite Corps Renders Opinions On Thousands Of Items For Mega Website
a For Toe Reader, Our Feet Are Windows To Our Emotional Well-Being
a Cut-and-Paste Is a Skill, Too
a Sure, she's famous, but do we really need Paris Hilton news?
a No mystery why he's at the heart of 'Lost'
a Smile! You're on YouTubeEdwards may lose race by a hair
a The Illinois senator lends himself to white America's idealized, less-than-realblack man
a Obama leads the YouTube vote
a Baseball not just about haves and have-nots
a Elite Corps Renders Opinions On Thousands Of Items For Mega Website
a For Toe Reader, Our Feet Are Windows To Our Emotional Well-Being
a Cut-and-Paste Is a Skill, Too
a Sure, she's famous, but do we really need Paris Hilton news?
a No mystery why he's at the heart of 'Lost'
a Smile! You're on YouTubeEdwards may lose race by a hair
2.26.2007
Startling panda sneeze
I just caught this on the news ... Ha-larious!!
... And while we're talking about funny animal videos, here's a classic ...
... And while we're talking about funny animal videos, here's a classic ...
1.07.2007
Sunday reading
... What a weekend.
... Fun with the parents and my famously entertaining extended family. My cousin got married. It's always nice to just drive -- and listen to good music. The Badgers won. The Chiefs lost. The Cowboys lost (... please God, let it mean that ESPN will finally get over their obsession with Bill Parcells, Terrell Owens, Tony Romo and anything associated with the soap opera that is the Dallas Cowboys ...). There's nothing like letting loose and just dancing. And there's few things more special than dancing with my beautiful wife. I love sleeping at hotels -- especially nice ones. I wished my brother and his wife could've been there. It was good to see Grandma and Grandpa once more because you never know ...
... Here's some of the good reads I caught this past week ...
a A Brief Life, an Enduring Musical Impression
a Balancing Music Hype With Mere Noise
a Music blog lays claim to ultimate critics’ poll
a The Year in Pop Music
a YouTube: Get it while it's hot
a Eight Reasons Bill Cowher Is Leaving the Steelers
a Want to respond? Don't even go there ... a friend in the biz sent me this Tribune column. It's a classic.
... Fun with the parents and my famously entertaining extended family. My cousin got married. It's always nice to just drive -- and listen to good music. The Badgers won. The Chiefs lost. The Cowboys lost (... please God, let it mean that ESPN will finally get over their obsession with Bill Parcells, Terrell Owens, Tony Romo and anything associated with the soap opera that is the Dallas Cowboys ...). There's nothing like letting loose and just dancing. And there's few things more special than dancing with my beautiful wife. I love sleeping at hotels -- especially nice ones. I wished my brother and his wife could've been there. It was good to see Grandma and Grandpa once more because you never know ...
... Here's some of the good reads I caught this past week ...
a A Brief Life, an Enduring Musical Impression
a Balancing Music Hype With Mere Noise
a Music blog lays claim to ultimate critics’ poll
a The Year in Pop Music
a YouTube: Get it while it's hot
a Eight Reasons Bill Cowher Is Leaving the Steelers
a Want to respond? Don't even go there ... a friend in the biz sent me this Tribune column. It's a classic.
12.31.2006
Sunday reading
Some good reading from this past week ...
a Julie Andrews continues to climb every mountain
a Mel, Michael and friends created the 'Year of the Mouth'
a Tight lips and sobriety would have served celebs well
a Ford wanted people to regard him as healer of country
a 2006 was the year YouTube became culturally ubiquitous
a Mike Schmidt: More players deserve recognition
a Julie Andrews continues to climb every mountain
a Mel, Michael and friends created the 'Year of the Mouth'
a Tight lips and sobriety would have served celebs well
a Ford wanted people to regard him as healer of country
a 2006 was the year YouTube became culturally ubiquitous
a Mike Schmidt: More players deserve recognition
12.10.2006
Sunday reading
... I finished putting up the Christmas lights today, and managed again to do it without falling off the roof and breaking any bones ...
... My Christmas shopping is done ...
... And my beloved Bearcats are heading back to the D-II National Championship game ...
Life is good.
...Thanks to Internet radio, I listened to the 'Cats bowl over Bloomsburg. Once again, "Sweet Home Alabama" blared on the stadium PA, and the goal posts came down and went into Colden Pond ... Sitting here hundreds of miles away, I'm picturing every moment as it unfolds and reminiscing about my days following the team during the 'Florence or Bust' run of '98 and the miracle ride of '99. And my heart is yearning to be there again tonight to experience it once more ...
Let the countdown to next week's big game begin ...
Some other good Bearcat reads ...
aBearcats step into national spotlight in Division II semifinal
aNorthwest Missouri State has no problem getting big-city talent
a Northwest Missouri State has plenty of pass catchers
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Some interesting reads from the last couple weeks ...
Starting with this one: Things a Man Should Know: About Fatherhood, a fun, comical read for any father ...
New media...
a Morgan Freeman releases new film `10 Items or Less’ by digital download
a ’80s music videos pop up to rock YouTube
a TV, Internet melding
a Star of blogosphere segues easily into ‘old’ media
a Chronicle of the Newspaper Death Foretold
TV ...
a The silent transition: Meredith Vieira moves smoothly into new role at 'Today' ... Interesting. I was just talking the other day about how funny it is that Katie Couric and Rosie are having so much trouble in their new seats and Meredith is sailing ...
a 'The Office' opens doors for Rainn Wilson
a Writers as actors and vice versa ... one of the things that makes The Office so good ...
a 1st ‘Office’ managers write script for States ... if it hand't been for this story, I never would've known watching the episode ...
a Actor aims to leap from 'Heroes' to 'Star Trek'
a 'Heroes' star Masi Oka living the dream
Music ...
a Stefani stumbles during 'Escape' ... Hollaback Girl was 'bananas' enough. Stefani has really gone off the deep end now. Whether it's the AMAs, SNL or VH1, I've been reaching for the remote every time her mindless yodeling song comes on. She ripped off 'Fiddler on the Roof' with 'Rich Girl' (...something I had to inform my brother of at one point last year when the song came on the radio, you would've thought he'd never heard of 'Fiddler'...) and now she's ruining 'Sound of Music' songs .... ugh.
Baseball ...
a Ripken dodges steroid talk as Hall of Fame election nears
a McGwire won't get my Hall vote this year ...I hate to think about it, but these guys have a point ...
a Not all smiling over Soriano deal ... including me.
a Cubs must say 'No' to Soriano for his good and the team's ... more reasons not to smile about Soriano ...
a Piniella learns drought, doubt go together
a A baseball player answers his fan mail 15 years later
And in politics ...
11.20.2006
Monday tubin'
Tonight's episode of "How I Met Your Mother" was the best ever!!!
Period.
The story of Robin Sparkles will go down as ... wait for it ... legendary!
It's gonna be all over YouTube in the morning ... There's even a freakin' MySpace page!!
Period.
The story of Robin Sparkles will go down as ... wait for it ... legendary!
It's gonna be all over YouTube in the morning ... There's even a freakin' MySpace page!!
10.22.2006
Sunday reading
Some of the reads that caught my eye during the past week ...
In TV ...
a ‘Grey’s’ actor as busy as a medical intern
a TV theme songs are practically a lost art ... darn right! I have a huge collection of them on my iPod, which can make for some fun road trips ...
a The People's Republic of YouTube
a 'Friday Night Lights' is on the ropes ... Frankly, I hardly care. Weren't a book and movie enough? ... and if NBC is so giddy about this "splendid for-all-ages, family friendly show," why did it kill of the gem they had in "American Dreams" ... I'm just asking ...
a 'Heroes' separates from the pack to find its own way
a It's gonna get really ugly in TV land
a "Studio 60's" fictional focus on ratings is becoming a real-life scenario at NBC ... pretty much.
a Couric needs some urgency ... ditto.
a Bob Newhart covers his life, career, comed in book ... I love Bob Newhart.
In Music ...
a First Beatles remix is set for release ... looking forward to it!
a Who knew? The Who returning at end of October with first album in 24 years
The World Series ...
a Trammell sings praises of Leyland
a Fired Trammell insists he’s proud, not spiteful
a '84 Tigers reflect with pride on achievements of '06 team
a Tigers have shot at emulating 1984 World Series champions
a Detroit Tigers would like to recapture magic of '84 World Series team
a Tigers' success a novelty for younger generation
a Cards might as well go all the way
a Cards Straggle Into Detroit for Series
a Leyland and La Russa Downplay Friendship
In TV ...
a ‘Grey’s’ actor as busy as a medical intern
a TV theme songs are practically a lost art ... darn right! I have a huge collection of them on my iPod, which can make for some fun road trips ...
a The People's Republic of YouTube
a 'Friday Night Lights' is on the ropes ... Frankly, I hardly care. Weren't a book and movie enough? ... and if NBC is so giddy about this "splendid for-all-ages, family friendly show," why did it kill of the gem they had in "American Dreams" ... I'm just asking ...
a 'Heroes' separates from the pack to find its own way
a It's gonna get really ugly in TV land
a "Studio 60's" fictional focus on ratings is becoming a real-life scenario at NBC ... pretty much.
a Couric needs some urgency ... ditto.
a Bob Newhart covers his life, career, comed in book ... I love Bob Newhart.
In Music ...
a First Beatles remix is set for release ... looking forward to it!
a Who knew? The Who returning at end of October with first album in 24 years
The World Series ...
a Trammell sings praises of Leyland
a Fired Trammell insists he’s proud, not spiteful
a '84 Tigers reflect with pride on achievements of '06 team
a Tigers have shot at emulating 1984 World Series champions
a Detroit Tigers would like to recapture magic of '84 World Series team
a Tigers' success a novelty for younger generation
a Cards might as well go all the way
a Cards Straggle Into Detroit for Series
a Leyland and La Russa Downplay Friendship
9.17.2006
Sunday reading ...
Once again, ridding my desktop of interesting and intriguing reads I've collected ...
a Exile in Stonesville ... the best and worst of Oliver Stone ...
a Marketing 'World Trade Center' takes a special touch
a Windy City goes for the green
a 'Monday Night Football': My Good Snooze Spoiled ... I've long looooooved Tony Kornheiser's commentaries. Long before he even set foot on an ESPN set and he was still writing HA-larious Sunday Style columns for the Post. And I'm thrilled that he's part of the MNF team ...
a YouTube: You're in charge
a 50 years ago, Elvis shook us up
a In the Concert Hall, It Smells Like Tween Spirit
a Where there's smoke, there's soul ... good stuff about John Mayer ...
a A Measure of Change in the American Home
a Exile in Stonesville ... the best and worst of Oliver Stone ...
a Marketing 'World Trade Center' takes a special touch
a Windy City goes for the green
a 'Monday Night Football': My Good Snooze Spoiled ... I've long looooooved Tony Kornheiser's commentaries. Long before he even set foot on an ESPN set and he was still writing HA-larious Sunday Style columns for the Post. And I'm thrilled that he's part of the MNF team ...
a YouTube: You're in charge
a 50 years ago, Elvis shook us up
a In the Concert Hall, It Smells Like Tween Spirit
a Where there's smoke, there's soul ... good stuff about John Mayer ...
a A Measure of Change in the American Home
7.23.2006
Sunday reading
... I was having so much fun last night, relaxing, jamming with my iPod and doing my Sudoku puzzles that Kates had to take both of them away from me and hide them so I would go to bed ...
Suddenly I was like a lost boy. Shucks.
Anyway ... Interesting and intriguing reads from the past week ...
Life & politics
a Read it here! It's hot outside! ... My friend in the journalism business, Matt, sent this to me this week as just about all of us were being sent out in business suits and ties to find out it was hot everywhere! ... even if you're not in the journalism biz, this one should have you laughing out loud ...
a Mark Patinkin: Plugging in may not be about tuning out, after all
a Resume the draft: Start in Congress ... Fun column. And only No. 7 applies to me, so apparently I don't have much to worry about ...
a Jonathan Chait: Is Bush Still Too Dumb to Be President? ... every time this discussion comes up, I can't help but think back to being in D.C. during August 2001 and hearing a veteran of the White House press corps talk about how easy they'd been on Bush who at that time was just a few months into his presidency. The journalist told us then, 'just wait a few weeks and you'll see the media really start to question the President.' ... But we all know what happened the following month instead and as this column points out we "were desperate to see heroic qualities in him." and before we knew it, our country was embedded in Iraq ...
a The Boy in the Chimney ... a fascinating LA Times story about a boy's body found in a chimney, where it had gone unnoticed since 1977 ...
Pop culture, media & entertainment
a YouTube Slapped With First Copyright Lawsuit For Video Posted Without Permission
a Rivers Cuomo Says Weezer Is 'Done' ... too bad. They had a really good year.
a In ‘Clerks II,’ Smith brings back same characters, same attitude ...personally, I liked 'Dogma' and 'Chasing Amy' ... but 'Clerks' still makes it ...
a Lupica Knows How To Please Young Readers ... about Mike Lupica, one of my favorite writers, and his latest project.
a Anchored in TV History ... PBS is airing a doumentary about Walter Cronkite. It sounds good ... now if I could just remember to watch it this week.
a In Bravo's new 'Tabloid Wars' reality show, journalism is the star ... looking forward to watching this one too!
Baseball & Bonds
a Tigers sharpen their claws in Chisox series
a A decade later, Rivera still dominates ... Ignoring the stats for just a little bit, I've always thought of Mariano Rivera as horribly overrated. Ok, so maybe his 2001 World Series performance was an anomaly, and maybe it's because he plays for the Yankees -- I still get sick of hearing broadcasters gush about him every time he steps from the bullpen ...
a Clutch Treat: Some players just have a knack for late-inning heroics
a Ringolsby: Quick fixes for stretch run can be costly ... some perspective on baseball's trading deadline
a Bonds avoids indictment, then injures knee
a Column: Sadly, Steroids Saved Baseball
a Ray McNulty: No indictment necessary to condemn Barry Bonds
a Prosecutors in Bonds Case Veer Toward Vendetta
Suddenly I was like a lost boy. Shucks.
Anyway ... Interesting and intriguing reads from the past week ...
Life & politics
a Read it here! It's hot outside! ... My friend in the journalism business, Matt, sent this to me this week as just about all of us were being sent out in business suits and ties to find out it was hot everywhere! ... even if you're not in the journalism biz, this one should have you laughing out loud ...
a Mark Patinkin: Plugging in may not be about tuning out, after all
a Resume the draft: Start in Congress ... Fun column. And only No. 7 applies to me, so apparently I don't have much to worry about ...
a Jonathan Chait: Is Bush Still Too Dumb to Be President? ... every time this discussion comes up, I can't help but think back to being in D.C. during August 2001 and hearing a veteran of the White House press corps talk about how easy they'd been on Bush who at that time was just a few months into his presidency. The journalist told us then, 'just wait a few weeks and you'll see the media really start to question the President.' ... But we all know what happened the following month instead and as this column points out we "were desperate to see heroic qualities in him." and before we knew it, our country was embedded in Iraq ...
a The Boy in the Chimney ... a fascinating LA Times story about a boy's body found in a chimney, where it had gone unnoticed since 1977 ...
Pop culture, media & entertainment
a YouTube Slapped With First Copyright Lawsuit For Video Posted Without Permission
a Rivers Cuomo Says Weezer Is 'Done' ... too bad. They had a really good year.
a In ‘Clerks II,’ Smith brings back same characters, same attitude ...personally, I liked 'Dogma' and 'Chasing Amy' ... but 'Clerks' still makes it ...
a Lupica Knows How To Please Young Readers ... about Mike Lupica, one of my favorite writers, and his latest project.
a Anchored in TV History ... PBS is airing a doumentary about Walter Cronkite. It sounds good ... now if I could just remember to watch it this week.
a In Bravo's new 'Tabloid Wars' reality show, journalism is the star ... looking forward to watching this one too!
Baseball & Bonds
a Tigers sharpen their claws in Chisox series
a A decade later, Rivera still dominates ... Ignoring the stats for just a little bit, I've always thought of Mariano Rivera as horribly overrated. Ok, so maybe his 2001 World Series performance was an anomaly, and maybe it's because he plays for the Yankees -- I still get sick of hearing broadcasters gush about him every time he steps from the bullpen ...
a Clutch Treat: Some players just have a knack for late-inning heroics
a Ringolsby: Quick fixes for stretch run can be costly ... some perspective on baseball's trading deadline
a Bonds avoids indictment, then injures knee
a Column: Sadly, Steroids Saved Baseball
a Ray McNulty: No indictment necessary to condemn Barry Bonds
a Prosecutors in Bonds Case Veer Toward Vendetta
7.16.2006
Sunday reading
Lots of good reading this week. Here they are, some of the stories that fascinated me, captivated me and intrigued me from the past week ...
The life surrounding us ...
a Inspector: Homeland Security database flawed ... a good laugh. Seriously!? 8,591 potential terrorism targets in Indiana!? Seriously!?
a Wolves in Blazers and Khakis ... an excellent op/ed piece from the Washington Post regarding the boys involved in the Duke LaCrosse episode ...
a Where did all the kids go? ... A HA-larious, sarcastic look at kids playtimes thes days ...
a Even now, Gumby has that special dimension
a Death by Wikipedia: The Kenneth Lay Chronicles ... Hey, I'm not gonna lie -- Wikipedia is one of my favorites sites to read and surf around on it. But you've always gotta double-check your facts ...
a Vidgames can help you switch to sudoku
a Dave Barry talks about his Peter Pan ventures
a The YouTube way to fame and fortune (maybe)
a Music Blogs Try -- Futilely, Thus Far -- to Generate Radio's Communal Spirit
Entertainment stuff ...
a SHeDAISY pulls in sibling to continue sister country act
a After decades of bonding, disbanding and reforming, these women have nothing left to prove ... ah, the Go-Gos! ... I'm still glowing from seeing them a couple weeks ago, and a majority of their catalog had since been added to my iPod ...
a 'Clerks' Filmmaker Nurtures His Fans, and Himself, Online
a Pee-wee back on TV
Bonds and baseball ...
a Ex-friend accuses Bonds of ‘roid rages’ ... why I oughta ...
a Attorney says friend implored Bonds to stop using steroids
a Mantle, Campanella, Greenberg and Ott honored on new stamps
The life surrounding us ...
a Inspector: Homeland Security database flawed ... a good laugh. Seriously!? 8,591 potential terrorism targets in Indiana!? Seriously!?
a Wolves in Blazers and Khakis ... an excellent op/ed piece from the Washington Post regarding the boys involved in the Duke LaCrosse episode ...
a Where did all the kids go? ... A HA-larious, sarcastic look at kids playtimes thes days ...
a Even now, Gumby has that special dimension
a Death by Wikipedia: The Kenneth Lay Chronicles ... Hey, I'm not gonna lie -- Wikipedia is one of my favorites sites to read and surf around on it. But you've always gotta double-check your facts ...
a Vidgames can help you switch to sudoku
a Dave Barry talks about his Peter Pan ventures
a The YouTube way to fame and fortune (maybe)
a Music Blogs Try -- Futilely, Thus Far -- to Generate Radio's Communal Spirit
Entertainment stuff ...
a SHeDAISY pulls in sibling to continue sister country act
a After decades of bonding, disbanding and reforming, these women have nothing left to prove ... ah, the Go-Gos! ... I'm still glowing from seeing them a couple weeks ago, and a majority of their catalog had since been added to my iPod ...
a 'Clerks' Filmmaker Nurtures His Fans, and Himself, Online
a Pee-wee back on TV
Bonds and baseball ...
a Ex-friend accuses Bonds of ‘roid rages’ ... why I oughta ...
a Attorney says friend implored Bonds to stop using steroids
a Mantle, Campanella, Greenberg and Ott honored on new stamps
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