The World’s oldest person died the other day. She was 115. This would be interesting if she was the oldest person who ever lived, but she was a full 7 years shy of that record. So now the oldest person goes to someone else who is a month younger. She’ll probably die soon too, and …
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RSS feeds for Yahoo! Weather are now available. The feeds are both readable in a standard RSS aggregator or can be used for application development ala Konfabulator. Check it out.
“I was going to the Superdome and then I saw the two-mile line. I figure if I’m going to die, I’m going to die with cold beer and my best buds.” — Tony Peterson, a 42 year-old musician planning to stay on Bourbon Street through Hurricane Katrina
What’s this? It’s a baseball game. It’s a Red Sox game. It’s on my TV. But it’s a Thursday night and they aren’t playing a local team and I don’t have a satellite dish. This is amazing. Lately I’ve been getting annoyed that I couldn’t watch all but the rarest Red Sox game here on …
It seems that every day lately one of my friends announces that they’re having a kid. That’s great. Some of them even ask me for advice. That’s scary, especially since I might still be closer to being a kid than having one myself. But that won’t stop me from giving some advice anyway. I’ve never …
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Baseball: you recognize more coaches’ and sportscasters’ names than actual players. I remember too many of them from their playing days. I’m watching a Tigers game and one my favorite players, Juan Samuel is coaching 3rd base. Alan Trammell is the manager. Jerry Remy is calling the game. Sigh. 31 coming up soon.
Small pictures, but pictures nonetheless. Nice job, Tony! Sample RSS feed
I’m still playing my PSP and trying to stick to one game at a time. It took me a few months, but I’ve finally completed Mercury, a surprisingly addictive puzzle game. I probably tried the last few levels 50 times before I finally finished them. I don’t see myself playing this cache for old times’ …