Why I am going to retire in four years, fig. 23 ( Read more... )

Shawn Green of the LA Dodgers has chosen to honor his committment to Judaism on Yom Kippur. The article is at http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/23/sports/baseball/23chass.html?8hpib but for those who just want to read behind a cut, ( here it is. )

One of the best parts of starting school is getting the class rolls and gawking at what people are naming their children. Spellings are theirs, not mine ( Read more... )

...Nixon's resignation, the anniversary of which was yesterday?

I was at my summer job, playing in the pit orchestra of Fiddler on the Roof, unpacking and getting ready to take my spot with the other musicians when one of the stage managers came up to us. "Come with me. Don't tell anyone," he said sotto voce. We stared at one another and at him ( Read more... )

My boy James could bring it.

To the Honorable the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia
A Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments
We the subscribers , citizens of the said Commonwealth, having taken into serious consideration, a Bill printed by order of the last Session of General Assembly, entitled "A Bill ( Read more... )

Did you see Letterman's Top 10?

Top Ten Signs Lance Armstrong is Getting Cocky

10. Race starts at 9, Lance rolls out of bed around noon

9. Has already figured out that the trophy can hold a 3-gallon margarita

8. He eats frosting by the fistful

7. For the last leg, he rode one of those crazy 1920s bikes with the big front wheel

6. Deliberately crashing ( Read more... )

So that this isn't a waste of anyone's time, here's a link to a 20% off coupon at Borders, good this weekend only.

French politicians have reacted with horror to an anti-Semitic attack on a woman and her baby on a train.

A gang of young men cut her hair, slashed her clothes and drew swastikas on her body, before overturning the pram in which her infant was lying.

The entire article is here.

Excruciating meeting with a bride and her mommy. Written in the "revenge of the..." style currently popular on customers_suck, where this is crossposted.

( Bridezilla Returns! )

Does anyone know if there's a way around the "can't take a screen shot while the DVD player is running" problem in OS X? Even if it's going to cost money, that's okay.