Duck-Billed Catechist

Ah, here we go... http://original.antiwar.com/eric-stoner/2009/12/18/a-lesson-on-nonviolence-for-obama/

I heard a review of her new album on NPR. The clips sounded pretty good.

Oakland signed Ben Sheets for how much, exactly? http://www.latimes.com/sports/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-bba-athletics-sheets,0,7592371.story

I was going to say "Oh, the Angels have been trying to unload his contract for along time," but then I saw that they are reportedly paying 90% of his salary for the next two years!

How could she resist? A google search suggests they went on two dates. She left early on the second one. No explicit reporting of schtuppage that I saw.

To stop any and every bill from passing the Senate, obviously.

Felix Hernandez is reportedly close to signing an extension.

I voted. In another video there's some mustachioed guy lip-synching his wife's narration. It's quite jarring. If you had your own boat line like Marcus Garvey you wouldn't have to enter all of these travel contests.

I'm pretty sure they still get to choose who to spend their money on. They're going to extend Josh Johnson, no?

Bumped for 2009. http://hypem.com/zeitgeist/2009/albums I think the 2008 albums are still up as well.

I'm sure he'd find some way to cope if they moved his show a half hour back and still paid him millions of dollars. He can still film the show at the same time. It'd be a big deal to his staff if they cancelled the show, though I would guess that most of them would land on their feet.

What did he say that would constitute perjury?

He said he wasn't doing it for strength and it didn't help him hit homeruns. Heh.

Here is the full scoop: http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=9533663

What does it have to do with integrity? TV is a competitive business. What is it that he owes Conan? I like Conan tons more than Jay, but it's hard for me to get worked up about show that I never watch.

So Jim Mora got fired. And... Woah!

Alomar missed it by a handful of votes in his first year. He'll get in next year--no problem. Let's not get too bent out of shape.

I doubt it. Just not first ballot.

Hmm. His numbers were pretty much the same for every team he played on post-Mets. It's quite possible that he just got old. Or got off the juice.

Could McGwire hit the ball out of the infield at his current weight?

Yes, exactly. Those leaks to the media are often strategic and yet fans think they have the full story by synthesizing the various, often contradictory, reports. Through all that hullabaloo, A-Rod got a raise and extension with the team he apparently wanted to be with. He opted out his contract, yet still comes across as having some virtue (in sticking with his team) while holding the villain Boras at arm's length. Yes, it's possible that the media reports about having a falling out are true, but it seems equally as likely to me that it's just theater.

I really doubt that Boras does anything that his clients don't want him to do. $6 million is $6 million.

Is there any way to remove it from the store sans asterisk so that the only way to buy it is through the asterisk url?

Obama didn't campaign on too many gay tights issues.