Was listening to an interview with Jim Leyland this morning on WEEI. Leyland essentially said that if Bonds had been a media darling his whole career and kissed people's asses we'd all be running around saying we'd seen the greatest player in the history of the game ( Read more... )

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Short notice, but the draft is on Monday night at 9PM EST. Buy-in will be either $50 or $100, most likely $50 although I'm of course rooting for $100 since my fantasy baseball skills are unsurpassed. willmagic can attest to this.

Give a shout if you want in and I'll send you the details.

so i just watched the high stakes poker episode where barry greenstein says "lol donkaments" to earn $10K for charity. i of course had to google "lol donkaments" to find the 2+2 thread where the charity drive originated.

in the process i stumbled across this gem:

My driver Balu was supposed to pick me up at 7AM on Sunday morning (my first day off in Bangalore after 6 days of training) but as I would soon discover one of his consistent traits is to arrive anywhere from 15-60 minutes early. I did not worry about making him wait a bit for me and eventually stumbled out of the hotel into the hazy Bangalore ( Read more... )

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I left Boston on Friday night and about 30 travel hours later arrived in Bangalore (Sunday morning, local time). So far, so good. Aside from the families on a single motorcycle, the shanty towns built out of tarps and the remarkably pleasant weather, Bangalore reminds me a lot of Boston. Har, har ( Read more... )

Long, pointless rant here...

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I think the state of massachusetts has hit a new low...


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The 535 voting members of the US Congress have nothing better to do than debate a non-binding resolution decrying the "troop surge" in Iraq? Is this really worthy of your time? Are you fucking kidding me ( Read more... )