December 2010
201 posts
“I would say this to those people who would not vote for Jeff Bagwell because...”
– Joe Posnanski in his latest Hall of Fame piece. (via oldtimefamilybaseball)
College football's $1.1 billion profit →
wanderingreveries:
The Texas Longhorns are so awesome that even at 5-7 they are the most profitable football program in the country. At least we won something this season.
Interestingly there is not a single BCS bowl-bound team included among the top five most profitable football programs in the country. It’s also worth noting that Texas isn’t just the most profitable program,...
bbook:
“Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee, to unemployment insurance and library cards, to absinthe and good-hearted landlords, to music and warm bodies and contraceptives and to the good life, whatever it is and wherever it happens to be.”
“Can he hit?”
– Willie Mays’ response to the question, “Is Major League Baseball ready for an openly gay player?”
(via James S. Hirsch/the WSJ)
“Create your own visual style… let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable...”
– Orson Welles (via jesuisperdu)
“I once owned two white mice, but…one ate the other and then died of loneliness.”
– Graham Greene (via lazybookreviews)
Watchlaphamsquarterly:
The very funny, very brilliant poet Dean Young is in need of a heart transplant. (The video is from the Teleportal reading series.) Please visit the website below and share this where you can.
http://www.transplants.org/donate/deanyoung
Watchoakleyandallen:
Antonio McDyess destroys Brent Price’s layup attempt.
People laugh at me when I say Blake Griffin reminds me of a young Antonio McDyess, but ups like that are no laughing matter. Dice could get up to get down.
