So today I am attending a game at Fenway for the first time, as I will again watch my Mariners lose on the road. Whenever I see Seattle play on the road, terrible things happen. They get swept in a double header. They get shut...
Author: Erik Loomis
Glad to see the Chicago Sun-Times is giving noted moron Jenny McCarthy a forum to spread her anti-vaccination idiocy.
1. Chipotle is supposed to be the "good" fast food company. You know, the capitalists that we can look to and say, "Hey, the system can work!" But Chipotle also.
The Democratic National Committee, typically incompetent, clueless and short-sighted.
I spent a bit of time last night looking up statistics on late 19th century baseball players. I was struck by the sheer number of unearned runs allowed. Here's Old.
It's Caro Spring here at LGM. I like Caro, even as I am currently reading about St. Coke of Texas. But I think this post at U.S Intellectual History is.
From the 1942 International Woodworkers of America District 9 Yearbook: "Because the government has rationed the crown caps used on beer bottles and soft drinks, the Seattle Brewing and Malting Company is urging the use of Rainier Jumbo Bottles. These bottles which hold approximately the...
William Deresiewicz: I always found the notion of a business school amusing. What kinds of courses do they offer? Robbing Widows and Orphans? Grinding the Faces of the Poor? Having.
I'm still having trouble seeing Bill Murray as Franklin Roosevelt, but he does have the look down. Also, I'm really glad Murray refuses to do Ghostbusters 3.
The great bassist from Booker T and the MGs has passed.
Example 1: Whooping cough in children.
Via Yann, if you are an American, you are safer traveling in Mexico than in Texas. Obviously, if you are Mexican and live in Juarez or Matamoros, you aren't very.