Someday there will be interesting reporting to be done. So far, though, Sharapova has not been presented with a challenge. With a superb ratio of 32 winners to only 8 unforced errors, the 25-year-old demolished Shuai Peng of China 6-2 6-1. Now comes a day of rest while I fly to Germany for a week of work. Once I'm settled in, Sharapova will be ( Read more... )

And by "like, an hour" I meant that the match would take 60 minutes on the nose. This one goes 6-1 6-1 to the Russian over Ayumi Morita ( Read more... )

Maria Sharapova was scheduled to play the last game of Thursday evening on Court Philippe Chatrier, the premier stadium at Roland Garros. I had the live radio feed going during work and was all set for the match to start up around 1pm EST... but it ended up getting bumped to this morning when Philippe Chatrier was taken hostage by the second- ( Read more... )

What happens when Maria Sharapova's opponent tallies zero winners? You get a lopsided 6-0 6-0 affair that's over and done with in 48 minutes. It's nice to have a warm-up. (You know, on top of the warm-up premier tournament that Sharapova won last week in Rome.) Send in the next no-name clown, please ( Read more... )

Wish List:

- an indie rock show friend in boston
- a ska friend in boston
- an mtg friend in boston
- a video gamer friend in boston
- somebody who would drop $50 on a craft brew fest without a second thought ( Read more... )

I only know a few things about Amanda Palmer, but she must be the biggest of deals, because she threw up a kickstarter a couple days ago to fund an album and has already got almost $500K in the bank. This is unreal.

"Maieutics" is a way of teaching based on the idea that truth is naturally found inside a person, their soul waiting to give birth to it, and that philosophy is the midwife who aids in the process ( Read more... )

I no longer wish to uncork bottles of wine. I wish only to screwnicorn them.

Trapdoor checkers is a perfectly designed game whose tagline says it all: "Like regular checkers, but with trapdoors!"

Although there isn't any special amount of linguistics involved, people like Joe Kessler might enjoy a board game whose name is MorphologyAnd finally, ( Read more... )

I just worked my way through a book. Yeah, that's right, reading. Let me share with you some of my favorite parts. It starts off, on the dedication page, with a quote ( Read more... )

On facebook, got crazy excited that Vanessa Carlton had posted a link to a Braid music video, then realized it was a Braids music video. #AloneInTheWorld #NobodyWillEverUnderstand