Archive for March, 2009
What’s the Deal with Watchmen?
Turn on the TV or flip through a magazine and you’re bound to find an ad for Watchmen, the new “comic book” movie released today. Die-hards will argue that its origin is more graphic novel than comic book, but we’ll leave that for the Watchmen message boards. The hype machine for Watchmen has been on [...]
Britney Spears In Concert! OMG!
Well, when I started this site, I half-jokingly mentioned that I would provide you with everything you need to know, even if it’s the latest Britney Spears song, so I feel somewhat obligated to share the following information. Spears doesn’t have a new song or album out (her most recent album is entitled Circus [...]
World Baseball Classic Begins Today
The World Baseball Classic started today, with defending champion Japan defeating China 4-0. More popular in the rest of the world, the World Baseball Classic (WBC) is a 16-team tournament held in March with each team represented by a country. Many MLB stars participate (Jeter, Delgado, Morneau, etc.) but the U.S. fans don’t get as [...]
Afghanistan Location
The Taliban insurgency is causing great conflict in Afghanistan, and the U.S. is making plans to deploy more troops in the area. A future post will discuss a few more details of that conflict. This is a geographical post. For those embarrassed to admit they don’t know exactly where Afghanistan is located (guilty as charged) [...]
Water Cooler Talk – The Bachelor
I don’t watch it, but enough people do that you need to be filled in on the goings on because someone in earshot of you will likely be yapping about it over the next few days. The superquick recap: On last night’s finale of The Bachelor, the guy (single-dad Jason) and the girl he proposed [...]
Scott Boras – Super Agent!
Baseball fans are undergoing just the latest Scott Boras drama, which is nothing new for those following the huge player contracts over the past decade or so. Boras is a sports agent, focused primarily on baseball, who has the unique ability to get owners to seemingly overpay and bid against themselves time and time again. [...]
Paul Harvey and “The Rest of the Story”
Paul Harvey, veteran radio voice, died yesterday at the age of 90. At some point in your life, you undoubtedly were driving with the radio on when an older sounding gentleman came on the air, ending his insightful commentary with “… and now you know the rest of the story.” Harvey’s insights were syndicated on [...]
