Happy David Ortiz Day everybody.

With any luck we will see more Ortiz magic tonight as he leads the sox to yet another ALCS Comeback. I, for one, am looking forward to 5 gloriously calm moments tonight as he comes to the plate ready to dash the world series hopes of the Indians.

The number wasnt in my address book and the caller hung up as soon as I answered.

I rechecked the caller ID to see if it looked familiar and this is the number that was listed:

(496) 419-846193

Yes, I know that too long to be a phone number. No, I don't have the slightest clue what is going on. I'm tempted to call the number just to see what

America tends to have a pretty terrible voter turn out rate. I suspect this is because Americans don't relate well to politicians. Lets face it, the issues are boring. Even the most politically charged issues actually only interest a small number of people enough to motivate them to get out and vote. Most folks don't really care much either way ( Read more... )

I ran across a pretty cool animation that shows you the various effects of drugs on the brain. The animation uses cute little drugged out mice that you get to put in a special brain seeing machine and the machine tells you all about how that drug works on the central nervous system. Its pretty decent in terms of the information it provides but ( Read more... )

"I got one of those man hugs that I don't know how to handle"

-Jerry Remmy about running into Johnny Damon

I wanted to alert the beer drinkers on my friends list to NERAX the New England Real Ale Expo. It takes place at the VFW in Davis Sq Somerville, May 2ond through the 5th. library_sexy are currently planning to go on Friday the 4th and maybe again to the Saturday afternoon session if anyone wants to join us ( Read more... )

I don't play myself but I know several people on my friends list do. There is an article on slashdot today about a technique used to gain access to WOW accounts. Apparently there is enough value in selling off the goods and gold that a player has accumulated to make this worth while. Its also a lot easier to snag your WOW login info than it is ( Read more... )

Ok my cafeteria here at work has a ton of coffee available, different types, brands and flavors... its great, everyone loves it. There are also several options available for lightening said coffee. Skim milk and whole milk are provided as is half and half. So far, pretty normal. But the last container in that group is labeled "Fat Free" Half ( Read more... )

In the hearts of mega-corps?

I ran accross an interesting article. Apparently someone sent these guys a copy of a walmart internal powerpoint presentation about the types of people who shop at walmart and some statistics about them. This sort of thing isn't really that unusual at any large business and really there isn't anything too special ( Read more... )

Well, it sounds like there will be one less game to attract me to the Nintendo Wii.

As I mentioned earlier there were plans in the works to develop a Bob Ross themed painting game for the Nintendo Wii and the DS. It now looks as though this title has been canceled.According to the game spot article the company that was brought in to develop the ( Read more... )