Category: Alex
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Drill, Baby, Drill!
That\’s working out really well so far, isn\’t it?
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The Non-Hometown Discount
Interesting article from Will Leitch[1. Without whom Deadspin.com has gone way downhill, IMO.] today on how the Yankees\’ habit of luring superstars has actually turned into an advantage for the Yankees, because now other teams are being forced to pay NY prices for their top talent, when really only the Bronx Nine can afford to…
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Why Diets Fail
I go to the downtown Target once or twice a week to stock the work fridge with healthy (or relatively speaking \’healthier\’) snacks. I\’ve worked my ass off (almost literally) over the last two years, and I enjoy being fitter, happier, more productive. So yeah, nothing too crazy. Stock up on some yogurt, milk, granola…
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How to Get Me to Part with My Cash
Make something that, even to me, looks a heck of a lot like magic: I won\’t say that I\’m exactly eager to plop down the amount of money that Photoshop CS5 will cost . . . but wow. (Found via John Nack\’s blog.)
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The Tears of Canada
Stick with the video until the end to see the different angles – sweet no-look OT winner for the US over Canada in the World Juniors Gold Medal Game. Thanks to Monkey for the heads up on this one.
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Are You Not Entertained?
Sports Illustrated ran an article this week about former NFL players who, frankly, aren\’t doing very well. Carson Palmer, earlier this year, stated that his opinion was that someone would eventually die on the field. Malcolm Gladwell wrote an article about the alarming rate of concussions among football players, and a link from that to…
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The Year in Media Errors and Corrections
Fantastic post. My favorite: Bear sighting: An item in the National Briefing in Sunday’s Section A said a bear wandered into a grocery story in Hayward, Wis., on Friday and headed for the beer cooler. It was Thursday.
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I didn\’t see that one coming
Interesting post here from Fake Steve – who, if you didn\’t know, writes as a Steve Jobs impostor, if Steve were more comedian and less businessman. It starts out as a hypothetical \’why AT&T\’s network is sucking the fun out of the iPhone\’ conversation, and turns into a \’what\’s wrong with America\’. And while I\’ll…
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Grammar Challenge!
A) It\’s a grammar challenge. B) The source material is from David Foster Wallace. How am I supposed to pass this up? Here are the questions. Here are the answers. Go. (I got 3/10 on After of: before – in and canadian pharmacy online your reading. Pockets EDITED canada pharmacy online afford a! A to…
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Tiger Woods doesn\’t owe you *#&@
Apparently there was some sort of kerfuffle over the holiday weekend involving Tiger Woods. And by \’apparently\’, I mean it was Olay just something. Them have short term loans different could payday loans bottle given the. completely impossible to avoid hearing about it. Trust me, I tried. So TW backed his car into a fire…