Are photographers really a threat? Given that real terrorists, and even wannabe terrorists, don’t seem to photograph anything, why is it such pervasive conventional wisdom that terrorists photograph their targets? Why are our fears so great that we have no choice but to be suspicious of any photographer? I’ve sometimes felt watched when taking photos …
A friend was able to get us some great seats to the Sox-Rays game this past Sunday. Even though they weren’t the “good” company seats, they were the best seats I’ve ever had at Fenway (two rows behind the photographer’s well). Because there was a good chance of rain (which didn’t happen) I didn’t bring …
It seems like my Ramblings has turned into just a bunch of video clips lately. Oh well, it’s what’s hitting me lately I guess. Anyway, here’s a bit of Tina Fey’s monologue from SNL; her old-fashioned movie style cracks me up.
Use ska to teach your kids to clean their room! This song is from the show Yo Gabba Gabba (which I’ve never seen) and features Alex Desert of Hepcat. (via Battle of the Midwestern Housewives)
Pretty funny video. The Mo Vaughn and the over-the-top Youkilis impressions are great..
While some friends have made fun of me in the past for my preference for short songs — I’ve always thought “If you can’t sing it in 3 minutes, don’t bother” — somebody apparently agrees with me. Joshua Allen did a little “research” to determine that 2 minutes and 42 seconds is the ideal song …
You already know that Yankee fans are the be-all and end-all when it comes to deciding what’s classy in baseball and what’s not, right? Well, I’m very pleased to report that Daring Fireball tech blogger and Yankee fan John Gruber has bestowed the “classy” label to Bill Buckner’s treatment on Fenway’s opening day! Classiest thing …
According to a poll of 109 historians, George W. Bush is the worst president ever.
I have a new site for my music podcast Sinko: same URL, different look. I was originally using Apple’s iWeb because it was simple and worked well with Garageband (which I use to create each podcast) but uploading was another story: with each new episode iWeb recreated the entire site (which had to be uploaded), …
Following a series sweep at the hands of the Blue Jays this weekend, Surviving Grady breaks out an ancient Rush reference to help explain what went wrong: Geddy Lee of Rush was in the house… With the guy who wrote “By-Tor and the Snow Dog” rooting against us, there was little we could hope to …