Everyone has opinions. These are mine on some of the biggest debates in college football this season ( Read more... )

Batting Practice BallsSince the Braves moved to Turner Field, my brother and I have made a habit of getting to games early enough to catch 60-90 minutes of batting practice from the left field seats. We have caught many practice home runs, and occasionally got to play catch with a friendly outfielder until some jerk of a fan ruined the game by ( Read more... )

So when it comes to free online web site/blog services, this is my chronology. Some of the join dates are guesses. Some are posted on my profile when I login ( Read more... )

I found an interesting football article in the Wall Street Journal describing how the average NFL broadcast is divided up:

• 11 minutes of action from the snap to the whistle
• 11 minutes of coaches and referees
• 17 minutes of replays
• 60 minutes of commercials
• 75 minutes of players between plays

Someone needed a list of these for something at the school, and I realized it was tough to find a single list that had them all, including the authors and dates. So here's a quick list. Let me know if I'm missing an obvious patriotic song that should be included.

Top 10 (listed chronologically):

• The Star Spangled Banner, 1814, Francis Scott Key
• ( Read more... )

I've quoted what I believe is the essential summary of Jon Erik Ariza's analysis of World of Goo, which he believes is one of the most important games of our generation. If you've played it, then this will make sense to you. If you have not, then perhaps you should. Either way, it's out there waiting for you. You can't stop progress...
World of Goo ( Read more... )

These are my favorite Christmas movies and specials, roughly in the order that I want to see them. I rearranged this list in 2011, but I left the numbers in place from 2009. This has nothing to do with their overall quality as films, because otherwise Die Hard would be #1. Also, there are countless others that I don't know well enough to include. ( Read more... )

I want, I want, I want a Pocket Retro Game Emulator. It plays Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Gameboy Advance, NeoGeo (why?), eBooks, and FM radio tunage. It's a bit on the small side, but it has an AV-out slot for playing through a TV when I'm not in a car ( Read more... )

I'm not surprised that there are companies out there making larger annual profits than health insurance companies, but I had no idea their profit margins had sunk this low:Health insurance profit margins typically run about 6 percent, give or take a point or two. That's anemic compared with other forms of insurance and a broad array of industries, ( Read more... )

The ones I own ( Read more... )