January 2010
29 posts
Hot Dog Of The Week: Tuscany Tony →
Shared by Rob Oh. My. God. “The Tuscan Tony is pure Philadelphia.” [Photographs and original artwork: Hawk Krall] Past Weeks’ Dogs Cincinnati Cheese Coney 24th &…
Jan 29th
Rickey Henderson →
Rickey Henderson
Jan 29th
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The Drunk Jays Fans Third Annual Guide To The... →
Shared by Rob An A- for Drew and Ghostrunner! Huzzah! Every year, around this time, I make some sort of joke about Max Headroom inventing the internet and then I roam through the Jays…
Jan 28th
Pizza Contest →
Shared by Rob This from the guy who once spent a week blogging from his local Friendly’s restaurant. Tony’s Pizza recently sent me coupons to try their new crispy crust frozen pizza and asked…
Jan 28th
This Tweet in Baseball: Your Weekly Update on the... →
Shared by Rob selfish-share With deference to the late, great Mel Allen and the good people at Eater.com, we present the inaugural edition of This Tweet in Baseball, your weekly rundown of…
Jan 28th
Coming to Cooperstown? Better Show Up Hat in Hand →
When the National Baseball Hall of Fame Musoleum and Wonder Emporium announced earlier today that recent electee Andre Dawson would enter as member of the Montreal Expos, many were …
Jan 27th
Report: Andre Dawson to enter Hall as Expo, not... →
Andre Dawson will reportedly go into the Hall of Fame as an Expo.
Jan 27th
14 Days of Super Bowl Recipes: Salted Honey... →
Shared by The Shameless self-share. Of course you would serve a sweet and salty roasted nut from the South with Maker’s Mark. Did you honestly think you could prepare for the Super…
Jan 26th
No Charity for Haiti →
Shared by Rob “Today, my pastor worked a slide show on Haiti into his sermon: a series of horrific scenes of squalor. The last frame read: ‘Haiti before the earthquake.’” Great anti-poverty…
Jan 25th
Monday Mendozas →
Shared by Rob “I don’t really understand what the Rogue’s Baseball Index is, or what it’s going to be. I sure do like the way it looks, though.” That sounds like a compliment. They say it’s…
Jan 25th
Seton Hall sends No. 11 Pitt to 2nd straight loss →
Herb Pope had 19 points and nine rebounds and Seton Hall posted its biggest win in four years with a 64-61 victory over Pittsburgh (No. 11 ESPN/USA Today, No. 9 AP) on Sunday.
Jan 25th
This Sporting Life #14 →
The extraordinary Sandy Koufax ices the elbow before fear of a life doped up on cortisone forced him into early retirement after the 1966 season.
Jan 22nd
Praying Jew Causes Emergency Landing →
“Passengers disturbed by another passenger’s actions led to a US Airways flight from La Guardia Airport to Louisville being diverted to Philadelphia this morning.” TERROR IN THE SKIES! The …
Jan 21st
Pete Rose, World's Greatest TV Pitchman →
Earlier this month, Kris posted this ridiculous ad for Kool-Aid featuring Pete Rose. If you didn’t see it before, let’s toss it up here again. Hell, if you saw it before, you should really watch…
Jan 20th
Jack Zduriencik is "Daddy Warbucks" →
Seattle GM Jack Zduriencik and Annie’s Daddy Warbucks A few weeks back, the good folks over at Walkoff Walk suggested that the Seattle Mariners uber-GM Jack Zduriencik deserved a…
Jan 20th
Closer Jose Valverde agrees to two-year contract... →
Shared by Rob “Closer Jose Valverde agrees to two-year contract with Jose Valverde” Good for him (them?) The Tigers have filled their hole at closer, agreeing to terms with Jose Valverde on a…
Jan 19th
Trivia time →
Shared by Rob Who are 18 people who have never been in my kitchen? Wait, nevermind, Corey Koskie brought hotdish over just last week. What is the significance of this list and how did I generate…
Jan 19th
Home Is Where The Heart Is #3 →
Elvis Presley’s TV Room at Graceland (Memphis, early ’70s)
Jan 19th
Outrage: NBC Will Get the Masturbating Bear in the... →
Shared by Rob Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Because all recurring characters like Pimpbot and The Masturbating Bear, and sketches like “In the Year 2000” are NBC’s intellectual property,…
Jan 18th
Gumby animator Art Clokey dies at 88 in California →
Shared by Rob An unparalled genius. LOS OSOS, Calif. (AP) — Animator Art Clokey, whose bendable creation Gumby became a pop culture phenomenon through decades of toys, revivals and satires, died…
Jan 9th
Did you know there’s a new Garfield show? It’s... →
Shared by Rob Catshirt! Did you know there’s a new Garfield show? It’s in creepy 3D and is definitely nowhere near as good as Garfield & Friends, but the great Frank Welker does a spot-on…
Jan 7th
"I Really Have Nothing To Say": 13 Years Of Sad... →
Every year, poor Bert Blyleven falls short of Cooperstown, and every year, he’s asked how it feels. Looking back on 13 years of his glum responses is almost heartbreaking, like watching a…
Jan 7th
Supersized Cocktails - The Atlantic... →
The drinking man’s case for smaller servings
Jan 6th
If these sons of Italy can't get you back into... →
Shared by Rob Huge dago win! Far be it from me to covet another man’s swag, but I’ll freely admit I’m insanely gelosa over Craig Calcaterra’s recent haul from the National Ethnic…
Jan 5th
America: Too Stupid To Cook →
Shared by Rob “Put the chicken in the oven. Go away for an hour. Watch some TV, play with the kids, read, have a cocktail, have sex.” Just not all at once. Photo by Donna When she said…
Jan 5th
That dude is acting like a prick. (via megmess) →
That dude is acting like a prick. (via megmess)
Jan 4th
Random image from fukung.net: XmNt6.jpg →
an image from fukung.net
Jan 3rd
John Kerry Pledges to Keep Fox on the Air →
Shared by Rob What is Senator Kerry going to do about getting “House Hunters” and “Giada at Home” back on my cable system? Time Warner Cable and Fox still haven’t settled their payment…
Jan 1st
Food Network, HGTV dropped from Cablevision →
Shared by Rob I need my “Good Eats” fix! Cablevision customers woke up this morning to no Giada, Alton or Rachael. As of midnight, the cable network is no longer carrying either the Food Network…
Jan 1st