Good for the Rays (except for the crappy theme song). Obviously I would’ve wanted the Sox to win, but what can you do? (I mean, besides pinch hit for Varitek…WTF?) TB just played better tonight. That said…go Phillies! A friend of mine noted that while the Red Sox won the world series in 2004, the …
I loved the Scandinavian reaction (both the bartender and the patrons) to Bart Simpson’s prank phone call…
Amazing game last night, and it was very cool to have been there for it. I obviously didn’t watch the game on TV, but it’s amusing to read the differing opinions on the announcers’ alleged bias: “…I could bitch about the absurdly pro-Boston telecast…” — Halos Heavens “Then I watched the game and saw the …
Jeff: Do evangelical Christians realize the staggering irony of dismissing Obama’s message of “hope” as meaningless and ineffective? * Not ironic
A poem in which each instance of the word “love” is replaced by “Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame Catcher Carlton Fisk”. (via kottke)
I’ve been meaning to check out Last.fm + YouTube = music tv goodness for a while, and it’s pretty cool: If you have a Last.fm account, plug it in and watch videos by bands you like. It’s like a personalized MTV (back when MTV actually played videos, of course). Here’s “my” channel.
I don’t know how I missed it (or perhaps it’s sitting on my TiVo and I don’t even know it) but Rush was on The Colbert Report. Thank you YouTube!
I watched the final episode of season 5 of The Wire tonight. I’m not going to add another web page singing the praises of the show (though, clearly, I loved it). Instead, I’m going to complain about my TiVo and/or HBO — I don’t know which exactly is to blame, but the final 5 minutes …
Earlier this week we took Amelia out for ice cream for her birthday (parties later this week). While we were eating it, we overheard a ridiculous political discussion. Three people were talking about their reason for why they would never vote for Barack Hussein Obama. One said “In 1944 you wouldn’t vote for Hirohito” (as …
I wanted to officially announce that I have left my job to do consulting work full-time. So if you have a need for user experience, user interface, and/or web design, please feel free to contact me. In the coming months I’ll be updating this site to better reflect my services, but in the meantime I’ll …