That's as far as I'm willing to go...almost all the results are about "bills" as in the things that become laws, and I just don't have the patience to wade through them all. It's kind of a funny idea, though. Time for more useless tidbits ( Read more... )

Brian Dubois, P, 1989-1990

This week's weekend randomness spun up courtesy of baseballreference.com was a short (5'10") lefty who was drafted out of high school by the Orioles, but spent his entire career with the Detroit Tigers ( Read more... )

Aren't Legos and Play-Doh, generally speaking, a lot cheaper than baseball cards? I'm just sayin'.

It's been raining constantly here quite literally all day, probably more rain than we've had for the last four or five months put together. It's like being back in Seattle, except it never rains as hard in Seattle as it is today. Ugh. Maybe a beer ( Read more... )

It's worth noting, as I begin this journal entry, that I have a significant beer buzz cooking. Melissa is having a night out with the girls and, because I didn't know there was going to be a girls' night out, I didn't have time to plan a similar event for the gentlemen. Therefore, it's beers for me. Hooray ( Read more... )

This wouldn't fit in the comments section. So it has to go here. Sorry.

Wrong. So wrong. So very, very wrong. How are you wrong? Let me count the ways:

AL MVP
Will be: A Rod
Should be: Big Papi (Ortiz ( Read more... )

I'm not a hateful person. I'm really a very easygoing, accepting sort. And yet...

1. Legal academia outside UVA. Okay, I have no idea about this Harriet Miers person, and she may or may not be a good choice for the Court. But what little I do know about her goes like this: a. The impression of her by those who do have an idea, from Republicans and ( Read more... )

I want my weekend columns to be something different from what we've been doing on the rest of this blog, and I hope that, at some point, Bill can join in too. My plan is to head to one of the better, more fun websites I know, baseballreference.com and click their "Random Page" option. Then, we'll talk about what I find. So, without further ado ( Read more... )

The single most intimidating man I have ever met, and that includes Tom Prince, is coming to town tomorrow. Yes, Melissa's father, Art, is driving out from Pittsburgh, where he was on business, to spend Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday morning with the Bates family. The Cheat will be traumatized by losing one of her "playrooms" as we reconvert ( Read more... )

Oh, so bed rest is an excuse now? I see, I see. What happens if you have an overnight stay at the hospital or something? I suppose you might miss two writing days, then? Or three? Where does it stop, Mike? Where does it stop?Ahem ( Read more... )

Well, now you've gone and done it. I am forced to explain why I had to go off my writing schedule ( Read more... )