Baseball pitchers are cowards. All of them.
Last night Red Sox pitcher Ryan Dempster threw four consecutive pitches at Alex Rodriguez. The first nearly hit him in the legs. The next two were tight inside. The fourth…
This Stephen Colbert segment is perfect. Stop everything and watch it now.
This satirical, snarky, occasionally condescending segment from The Colbert Show has given me heartfelt, legitimate hope for the country. It has caused me to question some of my assumptions about…
Can’t find the time to write?
When people tell me they don't have enough time to write, I tell them to throw a trashcan through the window of a bank or airport. – Dan Kennedy, author…
Cardboard cutout cruelty
From the TIME piece entitled Fake Transit Cop Spooks Bike Thieves Unable to pay more officers to patrol its transit stops, the Boston area’s debt-laden transit authority has resorted instead…
Bad ass old man of all time
Samuel Whittemore might just be the toughest old guy in the history of the world. Born in England in 1694, Whittemore went to North America in 1745 as a captain…
No way, Jose.
Sometimes the less correct word choice is the better word choice. Case in point: AP Style tip: Velcro is a trademark for nylon material that can be pressed together for…
Best prisoner’s dilemma ever
This is a classic case of the prisoner’s dilemma. Though it is incredibly unorthodox, I think it’s played brilliantly.
Credit this blog for last night’s Moth StorySLAM victory
When I started blogging in 2004, people thought it was silly. They believed that it represented an unpolished, unprofessional form of writing that would go unread and unnoticed and eventually…
You know that you’ve hit the big time when…
Elysha pointed out that the toy that my son was playing with (which she picked up in a consignment shop last week) was Gordon from Sesame Street. Just imagine what…
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