I mentioned not long ago that at some point in the future I would be reading a book called Class A: Baseball in the Middle of Everywhere by Lucas Mann. I have arrived at that point; in fact, I'm almost past it, being now just 10 pages from the end.

I'm sorry to say I didn't think it was very good. It's fussy and overwritten; the author rarely lets ( Read more... )

UPDATE! As I've gotten deeper into Words of Wonder, I have indeed run across a handful of instances where the level was unsolvable, which you'll recall was a problem for which I had criticized certain bubble saga games. For example, I ran across a level in which I was required to clear two X tiles from the board, but only one X tiles appeared on ( Read more... )

Last night in Duluth, Minnesota, the Madison Mallards completed a two-game sweep of the Duluth Huskies to win the 2013 Summer Collegiate World Series. Hooray ( Read more... )