The ConMan

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/042908dnmetexoneration.ac1ea2cc.html 

Stories like this always evoke quite a few emotions in me.  Joy for the person who was finally exonerated, anger that this kind of crap went on (and probably still goes on in one form or another) in our country, sadness that the falsely imprisoned had to endure such a senseless punishment, and amazement with [...]

Have you ever had a memory trigger, in which a certain sound or smell reminds you of something in your past? The other morning I was lying in bed and heard a particular bird outside. It was the same kind of bird I recall hearing on warm summer months while lying in bed as a [...]

Following up on j’s blog entry regarding Jolly Cholly’s and Rocky Point, which was following up on my reference to Jolly Cholly’s, some Rocky Point goodness on you tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMVX7Ud8Rck&feature=related

And the search also brought us this gem:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjJxS9Im39o&feature=related

I saw this linked on the uniwatch blog. Just a great photo expose on Sicks Stadium, where the Seattle Pilots played major league baseball in 1969 (prior to moving to Milwaukee).  I had never seen images from this stadium before. It’s also weird seeing how the stadium was apparently abandoned, what with the overgrown grass [...]

The Mrs. and I would one day like to own our own home. We love our current apartment, and are not dying to move out, but we’d also like to own for all of the obvious reasons.  Financially, we need to do some more saving to make me feel comfortable to really start looking. We’re [...]

This clip from Along Came Polly always cracks me up. The horrendous shooting reminds me of junior high gym class (“kids in gym”), or maybe j’s first game at the CYO Center.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5OCGAi-Vg4

Yay! Everything is art.  People love to call themselves “artists” or like talking about “my art”.   No matter how ridiculous, no matter how little talent certain “art” might require, we can’t dare say it isn’t art for fear of offending someone. 

This is an absolutely ridiculous, and disgusting, story:

http://www.sfweekly.com/2000-02-23/news/public-enema-no-2/

I especially enjoyed reading about the candied yams [...]