Articles By People I Know (But Don’t Work With, Because That Wouldn’t Be Fair)

Ok, I don’t know ALL the authors, but enough of them that it was worth bragging in the title.
From The Mayor, rich NYC parents and their anger over their kids not getting into Ivies.  And I thought Whitman was ridiculous…
No, we just have parents repping on the op-ed pages of the Sunday New York Times [...]

Just Another Manic Monday

A MUST see from Phylan: Where the Hell is Matt? (seriously, everyone will enjoy this, unless you’re heartless)
Speaking of Matt, Matt Brown has a good nod to George Carlin today, with my Dad’s favorite comedy bit.
And also about baseball (and still continuing this now two-week theme), an 89 year old organist is still hitting those [...]

Bethesda Makes the International Press (and a Baseball Article Roundup)

From The Economist… The Big Sort: Americans are increasingly choosing to live among like-minded neighbours. This makes the culture war more bitter and politics harder.
“At a bookshop in Bethesda (one of those posh American suburbs), Steven Balis, a retired lawyer with wild grey hair and a scruffy T-shirt, looks up from his New York [...]

The Science Times Delivers Again

The first ever Google, in 1934.
Continuing with what I guess are this week’s themes: Hasidic Jews and baseball in Brooklyn.
“Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people just don’t shoot their husbands, they just don’t.”
Maryland Elects First Black Woman to Congress!

Facial Hair, Bruuudevold, Cool Dead Women, and Black Jews From Nebraska

Baseball, fund raising and silly facial hair. Sweet.
Voter turnout in North Dakota town is a big whopping zero. Mayor Darrel Brudevold wins (without even voting for himself)!
“Brudevold said he intended to vote, but that he had crops to tend.”
The title of the obituary already makes it a winner: “Dorothy King, 99; Proud Passenger [...]

OMG Hil is SO Pressed for Barack

Picking a vice presidential candidate is a lot like choosing a prom date.  Politics would be a lot more fun if politicians had IM and  we could read their transcripts… (On a related note, at the AIPAC Conference this past week, Clinton and Obama apparently walked past one another in the hallway, but didn’t speak.  [...]

Sunday Times!

Awesome kid decides to go to college instead of signing for a million dollars with the Red Sox out of high school.
Prison puppies! (Quite possibly better than Pound Puppies)
Puzzles to celebrate Noah Webster’s 250th birthday!
I read a LOT more, but I didn’t want to post seven-billion articles.

Baseball in Netherlands, Gross Medical Photos, Deaf Professor, and Christian Porn

In order:
In Netherlands, Soccer Is King, but Baseball Eyes Crown. I love baseball. And Europe.
Crazy Health Photos. (Most of them come AFTER the pregnant man mowing his lawn. Wait, what?!) Do not look at this anytime near a meal.
A heartwarming story about a nearly deaf retired professor who teaches English [...]

Sexy Cars, Sexy Politics, Sexy Platypuses*

Sorry I haven’t posted in a few days, I’ve been traveling a lot and then WordPress was down last night when I wanted to post.
A Casting Call for Sexy cars (Hybrids Need Not Apply).  Why aren’t hybrid cars in movies more often?
Sex?  Yawn.  Politics?  That’s Hot! Tabloid magazines covering candidates like they’re Hollywood celebrities.
Looking [...]

Bride on the Metro, Children Reading, and Latino Baseball Players

Hooray! No one stole my newspaper yesterday! Unfortunately, there were not many articles that struck my fancy. Don’t worry though, because the WaPo came through for me!
Metro-monial Bliss a wedding party rides the Metro to their reception. Sent by Dad, from the WaPo.
What Do Children Read? Hint: Harry Potter’s Not [...]