Oh, man. The Dodgers just got Manny Ramirez as a two-month rental (he’ll be a free agent after this season) in exchange for 3B Andy LaRoche and P Bryan Morris. LaRoche has been up with the Dodgers this season but hasn’t hit well (and hasn’t gotten much playing time); Morris is a Class A prospect. …
I’ve been trying to remember to carry an insulated bag to the grocery store rather than getting plastic bags. Today I found another reason to do so: I got a $0.03 credit off my bill.
So Senator McCain had a spot removed from his cheek. It was tested for melanoma and came up benign. Good for Senator McCain. What’s interesting to me is that the work was done at the Mayo Clinic. Do you think any of the 47 million Americans without health insurance would like to be treated at …
I went into Longs Drugs today to pick up some 25th anniversary cards for my sister and brother-in-law. Got to the checkout stand and the cashier asked me if I had their Senior Advantage card. The age requirement for that thing is 55; apparently I looked older than that to her. Blech.
Could words be defined in limerick form? Of course!. Found at Making Light; you should read that comment thread for wonderful examples.
Via Detectives Beyond Borders comes a link to an article in the UK paper “The Independent” entitled “Crime fiction: Around the world in 80 sleuths.” It’s just what it sounds like: detective stories in 80 different international locations. It recommends books set in Scandinavia, Latin America, St. Petersburg (the one with the onion domes) and …
A clever guy calling himself John Galt (yeah, I think that’s a nom d’internet too) put together a video montage to go with one of my favorite Bonnie Raitt covers, “Angel From Montgomery.” She’s singing with the guy who wrote the song, John Prine. Nicely done. via Firedoglake
I chased around Circuit City and Best Buy today and couldn’t find any widgets like the one mentioned below. They each had hard drive enclosures which are meant to be permanent additions to your computer configuration, and that’s not what I have in mind (desk space is at a premium). Besides, the enclosures are typically …
The motherboard on my last machine died in 2005, so I replaced the entire machine (it was time anyway — moved from 6gb storage to 160gb). I kept the old tower with the two 3gb drives in it. Now I find a need to retrieve some folders off the old drives. I think they’re 3.5″ …
Obama speech: NYT Video Man, speaking to a mass of 200,000 people has to be either the biggest ego-boost or the most terrifying event of one’s life.