Just in case any of my minimal readership is interested, there is a book review contest being hosted at Nightcap Syndication. Write a good book review and you could be the winner of a freelance gig with a major US newspaper. If you enter, I get absolutely nothing. In fact, it only […]
Congratulations to the Oregon State Beavers NCAA Division 1 Men’s Baseball Champions! WHOO!
I blog purely for my own amusement, so I don’t have much to add to the whole Jerome Armstrong-Kos-Astrology-Stockpumping thing, but the comments on that linked post at TNR and this one in which Zengerle admits to making a really bone-headed mistake go fairly quickly to the dogs. Not the most vicious I’ve seen […]
Please, please, trade Brad Lidge. His ERA is 4.67, he’s blowing saves all over the place, and today he gave up two hits and a walk with two out in the 9th, and then a grand slam.
In fact, get rid of the whole bullpen besides Wheeler. I realize that things will get better […]
Recent topics over at Hit & Run have led me to do a little bit of investigation into the exact nature of High Fructose Corn Syrup. One of the trolls commenters over there, a “Dave W” is absolutely convinced, beyond all evidence, that High Fructose Corn Syrup used to sweeten things is causing some […]
Admittedly, the headline is a big of hyperbole, but Mayor Hardberger wants to impose restrictions on Riverwalk business.
Hardberger’s proposal is similar to ordinances adopted by other cities seeking to limit the number of so-called formula restaurants. Large chains — those whose restaurants have the same decor, uniforms, architecture and menu — would be prohibited […]
Bryan Caplan at Econlog has been soliciting class autobiographies from bloggers. Being that is one of the many titles for which I barely qualify (for one of the others check the object of this blog’s title), I figured I’d get in on the action. Why not?
I was born in Houston, Texas. Saint […]
