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Afternoon Shadows: Joe McEwing for HOF?
via MLB Experts Blog - MLB - Yahoo! Sports by (author unknown) on February 12, 2008
A late day rundown of the baseball blogosphere ... Make sure to read this highly entertaining look at Joe McEwing's candidacy for Hall of Fame, Class of 2012. Because if you can make a case for the great Joe McEwing, you can make a case for anyone. [R.D.A.A.M.]• A week after losing Nolan Ryan back to the Rangers, the 'Stros sign Craig Biggio as a special adviser. A former star taking a...
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Morgan Spurlock’s Bin Laden Film Has Video Game Feel
via GamePolitics.com by GamePolitics on February 14, 2008
Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?That’s the question posed by Morgan Spurlock’s latest film, a work which employs video game-like conventions to spin the Super-Size Me director’s examination of the U.S. foreign policy and the so-called war on terror.Aside from the obvious Carmen San Diego homage in its title, the Hollywood Reporter remarks on the video game angle in the film:In...
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One Man Stands Up For Postum + A Small, Muscled Man
via A Caveman In A Spaceship. by Dave Hill on February 12, 2008
Hello. Hi. How are you? I am fine, a little groggy, but fine, thanks. Anyway, as some of you might recall, I recently wrote a post about the elusive and dearly departed coffee alternative Postum (pictured above in its lesser-known, French Canadian form) here on these pages. Yesterday, a man from Seattle wrote to me to ask if I might help spread the word about his personal crusade to bring...
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That's not a gut, it's a fuel tank for Josh Beckett's pitching machine
via MLB Experts Blog - MLB - Yahoo! Sports by (author unknown) on February 14, 2008
Forget Daisuke Matsuzaka and his weird mullet. The Boston Herald caused plenty of stir among Red Sox fans upon publishing this photo of an apparently supersized Josh Beckett in yesterday's editions.But before anyone could really get the David Wells and Bobby Jenks comparisons rolling, the paper's "Inside Track" column allowed that there might be a bit of an optical illusion working...
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ennui: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
via Dictionary.com Word of the Day by (author unknown) on February 17, 2008
ennui: a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction arising from lack of interest.
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D-Backs say Owings will only work as a pitcher
via MLB - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports by (author unknown) on February 16, 2008
Fifth starter Micah Owings will not take part in drills at any other position, Arizona Diamondbacks manager Melvin said, after mentioning at the winter meetings that Owings could possibly take ground balls at first base in order to have another outlet for his bat the East Valley Tribune reported. "It was good offseason fodder to get a few more articles in the paper and keep our name in the...
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Teachers wanted for popular online high school courses - Norwalk Plus Magazine
via "charter oak state college" OR ctdlc OR "charteroak.edu" OR "Distance Learning Consortium" - Google News by (author unknown) on February 21, 2008
Teachers wanted for popular online high school coursesNorwalk Plus Magazine - Feb 21, 2008The CT Virtual Learning Center is being run by the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium (CTDLC). Please contact Gretchen Hayden, Project Manager, ...
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