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Thursday, October 02, 2008
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Manny from 24 to 99
Well, October is here, and that means baseball post-season.
The following excerpt from this article (actually footnote #17 from the article) is a classic Manny moment:
After Manny crushed a home run in September '05, the camera caught him excitedly telling Schilling about it afterward, and somewhere along the way, Schilling just started staring at him in disbelief, like Manny had said something like, "I knew it was going to be a slider because I started craving a pork sandwich, and that always means a slider's coming!" Finally, Manny hopped away as Schilling shook his head in shock, like he was thinking, "Wow, he might be the dumbest guy who has ever walked this earth." When I asked Schilling about it a few months later (in a "Curious Guy" column) and wondered how many times that happened with Manny, Schilling responded, "Three or four times a day." Schilling and Manny were like oil and water.
-- from Manny Being Manipulated by Bill Simmons
So, this post isn't technically about the post-season, but it's related, I promise!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
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White Privilege
Tim Wise's blog entry
Here's a link to Tim Wise's blog entry, titled "This is Your Nation on White Privilege". A different look at the most recent developments in the presidential campaign trail, and not so much about the candidates or the issues, but more about American society & public opinions. I thought it was interesting enough to share with my subscribers.
A thank-you to myhomelessheart via whom I found it!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
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FeaturedQ #389 :: Three Dead Guys
is there no good in the living?
Given a chance to meet and talk to any 3 artists (dead or living), who would you choose?
- KIM Hong-do (and his contemporaries)
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Ludwig van Beethoven
why these three? because i like their works, they were the exemplars of their times and afterward, and/or they were considered geniuses in their particular field(s). Frank Lloyd Wright takes honorable mention as a close fourth on my list.
I just answered this Featured Question; you can answer it too!
Monday, September 15, 2008
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A Nice Sunday Drive
Riccardo Patrese & The Missus
go out for a nice drive.
on a race track.
in a Honda Civic Type-R.
please note that Mr. Patrese is a former Formula One driver who competed alongside names like Nigel Mansell, Ayrton Senna, and Alain Prost, in one of the longest F1 racing careers ever.
warning :: plentiful Italian expletives, laughter, candid camera,
possible grounds for matrimonial turbulence.
fun stuff starts around 1:40.
[ source: autoblog ]fun fun. one of the funniest videos recently.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
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booyahman the human kimbap
status quo
why am i so drowsy these days, i don't know. roll me up, scotty.
firefox 3.0.1
[ both imgs from icanhascheezburger.com]is anyone else experiencing some slowdowns when browsing with the recent update to firefox browser?
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