October 2008
12 posts
WatchJon Hamm’s John Ham
“Feel like a dummy yet?”
How do you do it?
I am in the unfortunate position of having to use a shared restroom at least twice a day, due to the fact that I leave my house for employment. This is not a good thing as I’m sure you know. Especially when entering stalls I wonder about how other men use a restroom. I don’t leave any traces of having used the place. Most people seem to leave many traces. Many many many traces. In...
I wouldn’t normally bite such obvious link bait, but really stupid articles have a way of gaining traction when not responded to. It also seems that a lot of otherwise smart people are quick to blame “free markets” for the current crisis and call it a day. So I’ll quote some really good reactions to Jacob Weisberg’s amusing assertion for Slate that libertarianism is...
Strange Times
Am I allowed to post gloating Sox posts when they win but completely ignore it when they lose? No, I suppose not. So in case you didn’t know:
They lost.
Taking it remarkably well so far. I mean, we did just win the Series a year ago, I’m not some Yankee fan than expects to win it all every year. Losing to Tampa Bay would be insulting if I wasn’t so busy being confused. This...
WatchThis is my day, yesterday, part of the My Day, Yesterday pool. I shot this with my Panasonic LX2 because it’s portable and doesn’t require digitization. It’s amazing what a barrier using tapes can be to actually delivering results. It doesn’t shoot video nearly as lovely as the D90 but I think I made the most of it’s ability.
Edited in Final Cut Pro. Finally figured...
The Long Suffering Tampa Bay Fans
Here’s my problem with this whole idea of long suffering Tampa Bay Fans. It would be completely true if Tampa Bay actually had fans. But they don’t. There is no such thing as a Tampa Bay Rays fan. If you’ve ever watched a Rays game (and the only reason you have is because they were playing your favorite team) you noticed either that the stadium was empty or that it was filled...
Report: 60 Million People You’d Never Talk To Voting For Other Guy
The study, which comes as a result of 20 years of research conducted in America’s cities, suburbs, and rural towns, indicates that residents living in places you “wouldn’t be caught dead in” have never even once considered voting for your candidate at any point during the campaign, and never will,...
Baseball
Bill Simmons, in his excellent article on Manny Ramirez, perfectly explains baseball and it’s unique impact on fans. For anyone who doesn’t understand baseball:
The relationship between a fan and his baseball team is unlike anything else. If you love a team — if you truly love it — then that team infiltrates your daily life for six straight months (seven if you’re...