Happy Memorial Day, y'all. If you have it off, I hope you're enjoying it. If you're not in the States or you have to work, I hope it's bearable. I hope everyone's thinking of your soldiers today either way.

Catch-up, catch-up:

1. Everyone who has asked me what I've been up to lately has gotten the same answer: running around shooting indie hipster ( Read more... )

1. I had an epic post about baseball that was eaten when my laptop fried out a memory chip on Sunday night, but the gist was: no matter how far removed we get from that mid-90s version of it, when I think of the Braves' starting rotation, I still think Smoltz Glavine Maddux Millwood; filled out the last page in my scorebook a few weeks ago, am glad ( Read more... )

FLIST. does anybody want to play in a fantasy baseball league with me and kickthebeat? leave an email address where we can send you details, but please, only if you're really, really serious about being interested. we need at least a couple of other people to make the league viable this year.

Poll CONTINUING THE SURVEY OF IMPORTANT TOPICS.

This is not the best match-up in the world, but it was the best I could do when trying to think of someone to pit against Zeppelin. As far as I go, I do have some love for Dark Side Of The Moon, but then Zeppelin II <3 and it's not even a battle.

OTHER TOPICS ON WHICH MY MIND HAS BEEN OCCUPIED:

1. Public libraries. I love ours -- they're great on ( Read more... )

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SOMEONE WHO IS TIVOING THE CUBS/WHITE SOX REWIND AND TELL ME WHOSE JERSEY P.WEEZY IS WEARING WHILST HANGING OUT WITH BOB AND LEN IN THE BOOTH, OKAY?

(you guys, you have no idea how delightful that was, p.weezy hanging out with those two drunks in the booth, looking happy and healthy and i just. *heart hands*)

The internets have failed me, friends list. By which I mean, Matt Wieters reported to the Orioles' spring training camp this morning and there are not yet PICTURES ON THE INTERNETS for me to look at.

I demand instantaneous gratification, internets. WHERE ARE MY PICTURES OF THE WIETS.

frankly, some nights, beating the red sox at the yard is actually more satisfying than beating them in fenway.

Poll MY EYES, MY EYES.last week i tried to find andy mcphail's email address on the orioles' website so that i could tell him that if he would just go ahead and give matt wieters all the millions of dollars that mr. wieters wants in his contract, i would personally find a way to provide the orioles with that revenue. i failed to find mcphail's email address, which is ( Read more... )

cubs fans, i feel that if you people loved me even a little bit, one of you would write me a story about ryan theriot and mike fontenot in omaha in 2000, when lsu won the college world series. because if you don't, i'm gonna have to, and as i said to shep. last night, then we're just in a place where i'm ashamed to know me. i promise not to be ( Read more... )