Last Weeks Tweets

  • ESPN must have a rule where whenever they talk about the Yankees they MUST show them playing the O's in the b-roll footage. #fb #
  • Off to L'Acadeemie de Cuisine for cooking class. #fb #
  • Anyone but f'ing Crosby. #fb #

10 Billionth iTunes Song Sold

71-year-old Louie Sulcer of Woodstock, Ga., bought the 10 billionth song sold on iTunes. The lucky song was “Guess Things Happen That Way” by Johnny Cash. Surely that will soon be a Jeopardy question. via

A Pickle More Popular Than Nickleback

A pickle has more fans on Facebook than Nickleback.

Good Analysis Of This Weeks Lost, “Lighthouse”

Alright here’s the good analysis this week’s Lost, “Lighthouse”. Vozzek69, AV Club and, the best I’ve read this week, Chadwick Matlin in Slate. And also I didn’t post anything last week because I found the write-ups lacking.

I’m With Newt On This One

Newt Gingrich on Congressional staffers (via):

Of course it’s the nature of the modern Congress, which hires lots of nice young staffers who have never had a real job, who spent their entire life being arrogant to visitors from back home, who end up thinking they know a lot because they stay up until 3 o’clock working on a word processor, and who write legislation as though they have some contact with reality.

This is more right then wrong.

Wall Street Journal Does Snoop Dogg

WSJ Snoop Dogg Hedcut

Easily the dopest Wall Street Journal hedcut ever. via

Last Weeks Tweets

  • I love it when people tell jokes about using teleprompters….while using a teleprompter. Oh CPAC, don't you ever change. #fb #
  • My flight seemed to be composed entirely of a casting call for 16 & Pregnent, none of whom had never flown before. A joy. #fb #
  • This is JUST like The Hangover #fb #
  • This is turning into a marathon. I am very tired. #fb #

Speaking The Language Helps

Rudy Jaramillo is generally considered the best hitting coach in baseball and one of the reasons why kind of shocked me:

That communication ability is enhanced by his fluency in Spanish, making him the majors’ only bilingual hitting coach — and one reason Alfonso Soriano said he loved working with him.

Italics mine. There’s only one bilingual hitting coach in the Majors? That’s crazy given all the native Spanish speakers. How can you coach a guy when you can’t even communicate properly with him?

Last Weeks Tweets

  • People of DC (particularly cabs): do not fucking drive down R St. between 18th & 19th. You will get stuck. I am tired of helping you. #fb #
  • Happiest of birthdays to Melissa Ann Oliver, a very small person and the greatest girlfriend in the whole wide world. Love you! #fb #

Lost Week Two Readings

Here’s the good analysis for Lost episode 3 (the two-hour premiere was technically two episodes): Doc Jensen and DarkUFO.

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