Manny Ramirez signs with Tigers
[Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. The author has taken dramatic liberties with the personalities of any real person portrayed within this story.
Note: when reading this, keep in mind the fact that the exchange rate is roughly 100 yen per 1 US dollar]
The Casual Observer has had some well placed sources eavesdropping on [...]
Teens girls pimping schoolmates
CNN.com has a disturbing article about two 16 year old girls who pimped out other girls at their school (age 14 to 17). They rented an apartment for the sole purpose of setting up sexual liaisons – in essence, running a brothel.
The girls are being tried as adults – one girl faces thirteen felony counts [...]
Modern technology in banks
Cameras
For years, I have been frustrated by the apparent lack of interest that banks have shown in security cameras. Any time video or photos were shown on TV, the images seemed to be grainy. This always seemed odd. If any business were going to invest in high quality cameras, wouldn’t it be [...]
Sports roundup
Baseball
Rockies
Today is the first game of the season for my Colorado Rockies! We play our hated rivals, the Arizona Diamondbacks. Sure, it’s a “meaningless” spring training game, but I am absolutely stoked to finally have games. This also means that I need to resubscribe to MLB audio so that I can catch all the games [...]
Drivers who drive me crazy
I have one “housekeeping” item today: I’ve been playing around a bit with the RSS feed, and it appears to be working properly. If you have already subscribed and don’t seem to be receiving updates, you might need to unsubscribe and resubscribe.
Parking space hog
Parking spaces can be hard enough to find to find, especially [...]
Griffey goes home (again)
They called him “The Kid” and “The Natural”. I was coming of age as a sports fan in the late 1980s, at a time when Ken Griffey Jr. was breaking into the major leagues and establishing himself as an elite performer.
Griffey broke into the major leagues at the tender age of 19 and had [...]
Train of thought
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This photo is one of my all time favorites. I had just moved back to Iowa a couple of months earlier, and I had the day off from work. It was a beautiful day in March, and I jumped into my ‘99 Taurus and hit [...]
Why aren’t people helping Nadya Suleman?
As you probably know, Nadya Suleman is the woman in California who recently have birth to octuplets. Typically, when a family has experience a large multiple birth, there is an outpouring of support from the public. This has not been the case for Nadya. In fact, a recent survey by USA Today [...]
→ Read Full ArticleLawrence Block author profile
One day in the waning years of the last century, my friend Linda S loaned me the book Burglars Can’t Be Choosers. This small act has had a big impact. This book introduced me to Bernie Rhodenbarr and his creator, the author Lawrence Block. Over the course of a decade, he has become firmly entrenched [...]
→ Read Full ArticleUse it or lose it
Studies have shown that keeping mentally active can help reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s. The best way to accomplish this is to adapt a lifestyle of learning. How do we do this? I’ll show you what I have done. Hopefully you can springboard from these ideas to other ideas that may work for you.
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