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"People who aren't fans of baseball - I call them jerks - often complain of the pacing of the game."

A Review of the Nationals new stadium

Now I wish I had thought to take pictures around Honolulu last Christmas for documentation of the Obama-buzz on the ground there. (I'm sure it's a whole world bigger by now.)

Wasilla Photo Safari, courtesy MudFlats


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An excellent comic with the science literacy of the departed Far Side, the dementedness of the hiatus-y Perry Bible Fellowship, and the clip art of still-running Dinosaur Comix.

Partially Clips


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Congrats to the Waipio Little Leaguers for winning the 2008 LLWS!


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A cat in the O'Donnell household? Steven the dog rolled over in his grave - an act made all the more sad by the fact that he never could execute the trick while alive.

"I’ve got to say over 90 percent."

- Ichiro Suzuki, estimating the amount his annual pre-All-Star Game speech has contributed to the American League winning every year he's playedhttp://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-ichirospeech071508&

A very strange weekend included:

- Accidentally getting locked on my roof.

- Tripping over a racoon (no one was injured).

- Meeting former Red Sox star Fred Lynn at a bar.

Where have I been lately? Sweet stumbling Botswana, I have no idea. There was a heatwave and some lightning, and then I remember waking up in New Jersey, and then a couple of Baseball games. The past few weeks have been like some sort of fever dream.

And then I go to the grocery store yesterday and see this:


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