Got the Snickers, got the Three Musketeers, got the 40-year-old cardboard witch and skeleton, got the plastic pumpkin light… If this year’s like the past five or six, we’ll have a dozen kids show up, and 1/3 of them will be 16-18 years old.
The Curmudgeon casts his votes for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Here’s mine: Doctor Frank Jobe. Who, you say? The guy who invented “Tommy John” surgery, thus giving new hope to countless pitchers and even some position players who previously would have had to retire with arm injuries. What’s the injury? The ulnar collateral ligament …
Teresa Nielsen Hayden suggests no one waste too much sympathy on Scooter Libby: . . .the VRWC deliberately saw to it that many of Clinton’s loyalists left government service with their personal finances in shambles. No White House in history has ever been so mercilessly prosecuted, nor so thoroughly exonerated, as the Clinton administration. It’ll …
Ok, everybody. Take a deep breath and recognize that, while Rove has not yet been indicted, nor may he ever be, the guy who has been is the chief of staff to the man who holds the second most powerful office in this country. That’s a big damned deal, and it’s a clear sign that …
The Chicago Sun-Times is delirious. Despite the sweep, all four games gave us taut, nail-biting baseball. Congrats to the Sox and their long-suffering fans, and I hope the Astros get back soon.
Where in the world are Linkmeister’s readers? First seen at Pharyngula’s and Solly’s places. Update: Some of you are not playing the game. Add a pin to the map denoting your location!
The Astros left 15 men on base, including at least two each in the eighth through 11th innings. It’s a little tough to win when you do that. Besides tying the record for longest World Series game by innings (Babe Ruth pitched all fourteen innings back in 1916 for the Red Sox) and setting the …
Rosa Parks, 1913 – 2005 Never have so many owed so much to one woman. R.I.P., Mrs. Parks.
Day Six of the public radio pledge drive, and Chef Mavro turns up with a heck of an offer: $250 for two reservations to a prix fixe meal at his restaurant. The event is called “No?l ? Provence,” to be held December 8. Unfortunately the menu isn’t posted online (probably because it sells out so …
Time Magazine has come up with a list of its 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to present. Why 1923? Because that’s the year Time started publishing. As always, these lists are highly subjective, but they’re always fun to look at to measure which ones I’ve read (not as many as I’d have thought) and …