What's more ridiculous, the shots Kevin Love makes in this video, or the "reporter"??

Just in time for midwestern lunch. Latte, anyone?

let's get it on.

Some trombone for Rhu_Ru.

No, seriously. Chilean vino Palin Syrah suddenly on the ropes in SF wine bar.
North Berkeley importer praises the wine for being "full bodied."

Shaun Livingston is on his way back to the NBA, having signed with Miami.
"It came down to Miami and Minnesota," said Livingston's agent, Henry Thomas, who also represents Wade. "And he was more comfortable there."
There was a guy who had a shot at being great. I hope he can get back to being a [...]

Salami is deliciously magical. I love salami. I remember when I was a kid, we used to shop at the (long-gone) Marcell General Store occasionally in inner-city Marcell, near where my parents built a lakeside cabin. It had the best german-style hard salami, which the old-man proprietor would shave almost paper thin. Ohhhh, man, was [...]

Indecent proposal? Pfft. A mere $10,000 buys you a night with Maria Sharapova!
I wonder how much to play doubles with her and Anna Kournikova?

I love the French. Cheese, wine, foie gras, truffle-sniffing pigs, chicks with hairy armpits. But you would think that a nation that made an art form out of surrendering would eventually give up on trying to catch Lance Armstrong in a drug test.

Could this year finally be next year for the Billy Goats Gruff of the North Side? The Magic 8-ball sez:
That all depends on pitching
Ahhhh, sh!!!!!!!!!!1tttttt!. I had about an hour's worth of series preview obliterated by one g#$&)$*# damn accidental click of the "back" button. And I really DO need to get some actual work [...]

I thought it was worth mentioning, now that I've noticed. We are in the midst of the American Library Association's Banned Books Week.
Celebrate by reading something subversive.

No sanging, just playing. Live in the Austin Music Network studio.

Rhu Ru asked for Instrumental Week. I don't want anyone around here to think we are not responsive to the needs of our Citizens.

The incomparable Gerry Phillips, on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Are you ready for this? Report: workers spend 25% of work time goofing around online.
Naturally, I found this at work.

This is a teensy bit political, sorta kinda. Vermont governor James Douglas was named a fishing 'villain' by Field & Stream recently. His crime:
The Vermont trout opener reportedly found the governor on the river and in front of cameras — flipping his hook back to a Fish & Wildlife official, who dutifully baited it for [...]

Sorry, New Guy. I couldn't wait. From "Jam Session" [edit: featuring Ann Miller, the inventor of pantyhose, according to The Repository]

Now, if we can just close this thing out against the Cheeseburgers.

I had no idea that Robert Wagner was such a nutjob.

Mississippi Meltdown, Part Deux. In which Don Guillote tries to rally his monkey to save the day.
First pitch: 7:10 pm Central Time. That means that come about 7:00, it's time to strap on a pair of
these bad boys and get busy wif it.
for the Pale Hose: Mark Huehrle Buehrle (4.10 xFIP, 116 [...]

Watch out for Red Lectroids now that the Chinese Say They're Building 'Impossible' Space Drive.

It may come as a shock, but many ex-NFL players suffer from brain damage. Hopefully, this research project will develop the knowledge base about the long-term effects of concussions. Even more hopefully, it will lead the NFL, NCAA and high school/youth football programs to be more proactive about preventing brain injuries.
Have I mentioned lately how [...]

Another hero of my youth is gone. Quiet Vikings stud Wally Hilgenberg dies at 66.
He, Roy Winston and Jeff Siemon were a formidable trio at LB for some great Vikings teams.

but apparently not for the roads we actually drive.
How the hell do these geniuses figure that there wouldn't be a market for this car in the US?

Yet another new piece of Mozart music discovered in France. This guy is practically L. Ron Hubbard the way he seems to pump stuff out long after death.
The work, described as the preliminary draft of a musical composition, was found by a library in Nantes in western France as staff were going through its [...]

German television (Norddeutscher Rundfunk), Hamburg(?), 1965.

1971.

On Night Music, the Bill Withers classic. Nice porn 'stache, Gordie.

And the original, 1971

Here I am, trying to buck the recent trend of Game Log previews. Enough of the Donald Judd/Carl Andre/Richard Serra stuff already!

First pitch is scheduled for 6:05 Central, 4:05 Left Coast.
Probables:
Scottie Baker (4.28 xFIP, 115 tRA+, 1.20 WHIP, .389 SLGA, 123:39 K:BB in 153.67 innings) vs.
Cliff "Cy Young" Lee (3.64 xFIP, 165 tRA+, 1.06 [...]

She's back after some serious cancer. But I guess she'll have to move on to serious drama roles now that her two greatest assets are gone.
Seriously, I appreciated her work as Kelly Bundy. She was a charmingly effective ditz. I hope her recovery continues to be strong.

It should come as no surprise to a Nation of baseball fans commenting on game logs during work that men are immature slackers.

The boss will whack me if this is too political, but I thought this piece on Drawing the V.P. Candidates was fun and informative without being partisan.

Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright Dead at 65. Shine on.

It was either this or YASPS (Yet Another Sarah P. Story).
I figured this was in better taste.

I'm turning over a new leaf. Happy stories! Following on the recent news about green polar bears -- it's green puppies!

Playing the waltz from Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 2 in A Major (Op 68), composed in 1968.

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Is that a Royale with Cheese?

We won't be using the Metric System for this game, thankfully. Toronto remains in the rearview mirror. Although, I must say that the blood spatters I see in that mirror are heartening. Thank you, Bluebirds of Destruction. Thank you very much. Keep up the good work.
First pitch is at [...]

Dirty, sexy money.

More of the same from the "liberal media"? You make the call.

So, a moose-hunting hockey mom for veep and a drifter for First Lady? Too Hip to Quit.

Apparently, the Governator hasn't really made common cause with his fellow republicans in the CA legislature, since he has yet to learn their names.
[note: not part of the cited article, but this is a quote from an email alert I received from the SacBee about the story] After the vote, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger met separately [...]

Well, yea, Monta Ellis is an idiot. But this does not compare to "falling while washing your truck".

Hrrm. Sarah Palin may have supported the Bridge to Nowhere before she opposed it, but she seems not to have had a problem with milking the state government for per diem expenses.

The spooky introduction to classical music for millions of children. From Disney's Fantasia, 1940. This piece was (mostly) completed by 1939. According to The Source, Leopold Stokowski conducted for free. This is the one piece in the film not recorded by Stokowski's Philadelphia Orchestra. Original score by Paul Dukas.

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Recorded at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 1978. Eugene Ormandy, conductor. A great way to kick off Classical Week at the WGOM.

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