Couldn’t Have Happened to a Nicer Guy

lgf: PFLP Leader: ‘Arafat Died of AIDS’
They were silent, and then one of them said to me: “To be honest, the French gave us the medical report, that stated that the cause of Abu Ammar’s death was AIDS.” I am not saying this, they did. Now they pretend that they miss Yasser Arafat, and [...]

Tony LaRussa: Managerial Genius?

Nice post on LaRussa’s managerial blunder during the All-Star Game. That being said, of any sport, I think baseball managers affect wins and losses with in-game strategy the least.  I also commented on the post re: Lidge v. Pujols. I completely agree about LaRussa by the way. There’s nothing he does as a manager that [...]

Astros Trade Rumors IV: Oswalt Isn’t Going Anywhere

This is a redundant, but no sooner had I posted on the Astros a few minutes ago do I read at Baseball Musings that a Mets blog has picked up on an article by one of the Chronicle reporters where they asked Oswalt a question about whether or not he would be willing to waive [...]

Pit Bull Sexually Assaults 2 y/o Child

I’m very suspicious of this report. As the animal control officers in the story say, it’s bizarre. There are questions about why a dog would ever try to do this and even more, HOW? Not to mention the various, inconsistent stories that appear in press reports. I’ll be blunt. If this child was really sodomized, [...]

20% of GMail

I’m at 20% of my GMail storage. I have 13,195 messages and my first message is from 2004-10-13. So that gives me a good 12 years before I run out of space. I wonder whether we’ll even be using email in 12 years. What about you?

Astros Trade Rumors IV

MLB Trade Rumors plays off a recent Houston Chronicle article where Tim Purpura says that the Astros aren’t looking for a rental player to help them for just this year to talk about what the Astros have available. He mentions and dismisses rumors about a trade for Oswalt, which makes sense to me. The two [...]

Birth Control for Dogs

The article describes a non-surgical means of birth control for dogs (males only apparently). A device implanted beneath the skin releases some kind of hormone that suppresses the production of sperm and renders the dog sterile for a number of months without castration. I wonder what the implications are for dog shows? The A.K.C. requires [...]

Is Michael Moore Editing Documentaries for the BBC Now?

Queen Throws A Tantrum At Palace |Sky News|UK News
A trailer gave the impression that the monarch had abruptly halted the photo-shoot after Leibovitz’s request.Scenes of the pair clashing were followed by images of the Queen walking down a corridor and telling her lady-in-waiting: “I’m not changing anything. I’ve had enough dressing like this, thank [...]

A Future Contract With America?

I could go along with 9 of the 10. I am not convinced that high-speed rail would solve transportation problems in America. Are our problems really with intercity or interstate travel? It seems like they are more in the area of INTRAcity, getting commuters to their jobs and entertainment centers. I think that it’s a [...]

Danger Train Rays O’ Death

While it has stopped (or at least slowed its assault on) actively attacking pedestrians and vehicles that come near its path of terror, the Danger Train in downtown Houston has resorted to more subtle means, specifically “leaking” electric current from its rails. Apparently stray electricity can cause structural damage to other stuff buried in the [...]