drat fink

strat cat

""As I had when I was drafting Strat-O-Matic teams," he recalls, "I was reading the box scores every day, but with no purpose."

After a year without Strat-O-Matic, Okrent sketched out the rules for what became known as Rotisserie League Baseball on a flight from Hartford to Austin in 1979.

Okrent, now The New York Times' first public editor, has done many big things (founder of New England Monthly, managing editor of Life, editor of The Ultimate Baseball Book, and much more), but inspiring the tens of millions who play Rotisserie and its fantasy sports offspring -- and inspiring America's infatuation with sports statistics -- is huge."

can a' corn

"The Mets' most outspoken fans travel to Philadelphia, not necessarily to watch their favorite players, but to talk about them at decibels that would be prohibited at most stadiums. They sit in the back of the concourse in Section 125, at a makeshift studio called Broadcast Dream, some to vent their frustrations and others to voice their hope.

For $10, anyone at Citizens Bank Park can broadcast a half-inning of a game and receive a CD of the occasion to play and replay on the way home. Most Philadelphians tired of the ear-splitting novelty in the stadium's first season. Mets fans, however, comprise something of a cult following. Every time the Mets make this trip down the New Jersey Turnpike, their fans come along for some baseball karaoke."

song sung bloo

Devo -Theme from Doctor Detroit (Dance Mix)

Herman - Uganda

Notwist - Electric Bear

Asobi Seksu - Asobi Macho

Shigeru Umebayashi-The Chrismas Song (Fast Version)

The Who - Postcard

Jimi Hendrix - Izabella (alternate version with percussion)

Echo & The Bunnymen - Simple Stuff

Fela Kuti and The Africa 70 - Jeun Ko Ku (Chop'n Quench)

Toumani Diabate - Bi Lamban

harp on

"But if the reconstruction industry is stunningly inept at rebuilding, that may be because rebuilding is not its primary purpose. According to Guttal, "It's not reconstruction at all--it's about reshaping everything." If anything, the stories of corruption and incompetence serve to mask this deeper scandal: the rise of a predatory form of disaster capitalism that uses the desperation and fear created by catastrophe to engage in radical social and economic engineering. And on this front, the reconstruction industry works so quickly and efficiently that the privatizations and land grabs are usually locked in before the local population knows what hit them. Kumara, in another e-mail, warns that Sri Lanka is now facing "a second tsunami of corporate globalization and militarization," potentially even more devastating than the first. "We see this as a plan of action amidst the tsunami crisis to hand over the sea and the coast to foreign corporations and tourism, with military assistance from the US Marines.""

failed specs

ive "awarded" myself a 78% inefficiency rating. i might need to downsize.

son house

"Bathing in a public toilet does little to advance ideas."

via the formerly underappreciated majikthise

hat enough?

The Creation - Biff Bang Pow
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Anointed One
Madness - Wings Of A Dove
Bob Dylan - Too Much of Nothing
Sonny Rollins - Conception
T.Rex - Catblack (the wizards hat)
Andy Capp - Herbsman
The Clash - Im Not Down
Lee Perry - Curly Locks
Minnie Riperton - Young, Willing and Able

cartoonish character

this is really unfair to ned but.....

cuban cigars

still the most entertaining billionaire blogger out there. must be fun to pick up properties like you were playing monopoly, and still have the energy for apostasy.

why must you slam the door?

Vera Brasil - Samba Bom
X - Blue Spark (demo)
Gary Numan - Glitter And Ash (Bonus Track)
Henry Mancini - Rockford Files
The Ronettes - Soldier Baby Of Mine
Neil Young - Mellow My Mind
Snoop Dogg - Signs
My Bloody Valentine - I Only Said
The Postal Service - Nothing Better (Styrofoam remix)
Brazilian Girls - Die Gedanken Sind Frei