Let’s see who’s leading each division, shall we? AL East – Yankees by a game over the Rays and Red Sox. The Os are 2 games back and the Jays 2 1/2. Nothing particularly unusual there. Next! AL Central – The Royals by a 1/2 game over the Tigers. The Twins, White Sox and Indians …
And their Governor is a fool. Apparently there’s something about the office itself which makes its occupants even more stupid than they started out to be. That’s harsh, Link! Well, sorry, but it’s true. See, there’s this US military training operation called Jade Helm (.pdf) being planned by the US Army. Its purpose is to …
Today I took Mom to a doctor we’ve only seen once before. Nothing serious, just a routine examination of things. There, in the waiting room, was a wall with a glassed-in set of shelves. There were three parts to this display of tchotchkes. On each side were figurines of San Francisco Giants baseball players of …
Brake pad replacement, rotor replacement, brake system flush, and lifetime brake repair agreement = $572.79. It’s amazing what one little idiot light on an instrument panel can lead to. Oh! On the brighter side, back in January I discovered that the tires I had on the car were not Run Flats but ordinary old radials. …
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Josh Hamilton is a major league baseball player with an addiction problem which apparently began when he was 21 in 2002. He had a long history of addiction to booze and drugs in the early 2000s which cost him three years of potential major league service. He has had a couple of relapses since he …
Um, thanks, Mini for telling me my brake pads have worn thin. Why can’t you also infuse my checking account with the cash to pay for replacing them? I like this car fine, and I’m sure I’m just misremembering what happened with the previous car, but it sure seems like things happen to the Mini …
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General Petraeus “was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine but was spared prison time on Thursday after pleading guilty to mishandling classified information.” If it had been any old analyst or clerk, you betcha there would have been jail time. When you reveal classified information to a woman …
Use a dictionary. Do not assume you know how to spell the word. It’s “straitjacket”, not “straightjacket.” It’s “backpedal”, not “backpeddle.” It’s “lose”, not “loose.” It’s “for all intents and purposes”, not “for intensive purposes.” It’s a “dog eat dog” world, not a “doggy dog” one. It’s “publicly”, not “publically.” This has been a Public …
Here’s an acoustic version of one of Mr. Clapton’s slightly lesser-known songs. Here are the players. Yes, that’s Billy Preston on the Hammond B-3.
For whatever reason, ever since the former Florida quarterback appeared on the scene and won the Heisman Trophy back in 2007, ESPN has been fascinated or possibly obsessed with him. They’ve devoted more screen time to Tim Tebow than to any athlete I can think of (with the possible exception of Johnny Manziel), even true …