Monthly Archives: April 2010

Once Again, the Internet Wins

There are many things to not like about the Interweb. Sure, maybe information travels too fast and trends are hocked up and discarded with little care and people say things to one another online they’d never dare say to each … Read on! —->

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Now It Is You Who Are Wrong

I hate when people/things I like attract people who are jerks. Fandom is a perfect example of this phenomenon. As a fan of a certain team, you want to believe that your fellow fans of said team are righteous, caring … Read on! —->

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The Parallel Universe Fake Mets: Games 20-22

Game 20: Dodgers 5, Mets 3 (23)In a game that took three years off my life, the Fake Mets took an early lead on a Fake Jason Bay 2-run homer. But the Fake Dodgers battled back to tie, and the … Read on! —->

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Bud Selig, Twit

Honestly, I think MLB’s revised Twitter policy has been blown way out of proportion. I believe this so strenuously I’ve been trying to browbeat any writer who reported the story to change their tune. I even offered a free group … Read on! —->

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May All Your Borders Be Porous

The current anti-immigration nonsense in Arizona would be funny if it wasn’t so terrible. A state comprised of territory swiped from Mexico in one of America’s most egregious instances of imperialism, and which has a Spanish name, has now enabled … Read on! —->

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Once Again, My Brain 1, Me 0

I’ve been ramping up my Comedy Podcast Listenership lately, and one show I’ve been digging a lot is Comedy and Everything Else. Hosts Jimmy Dore and Stefane Zamorano interview funny people at length (often as long as two hours) about, … Read on! —->

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The Parallel Universe Fake Mets: Games 17-19

Game 17: Mets 7, Braves 4The Fake Mets took an early 3-1 lead, thanks to a massive first inning two-run homer by Fake David Wright. But the Fake Braves tied the game with solo homers by Fake Troy Glaus and … Read on! —->

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The Parallel Universe Fake Mets: Games 13-16

Game 13: Mets 2, Cubs 1 (10)The Fake Mets carried a 1-0 lead into the ninth, thanks to a stellar eight-inning performance by Fake Oliver Perez. But Fake Frankie Rodriguez gave up back-to-back doubles in the top of the ninth … Read on! —->

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Mitch McConnell Wants Free Finance

You can’t reform finance, man! Finance needs to live free and roam wild, like nature intended! You gotta let it grow, man, just like my head of luscious hippie hair. When you don’t, you upset the delicate financial balance put … Read on! —->

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The Great You-Know-What Hope

The image below is a screengrab I took from Yahoo! Sports’ front page yesterday. Peep the caption below Toby Gerhart’s pic and see how long it takes you to get to a needle-pulled-across-the-record moment. No, it’s not the word “evaluator”. … Read on! —->

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