Manny Tries Cricket

Dodgers star Ramirez gives cricket a try in Gilbert
OK, I recognize there's something a little odd about blogging Manny Ramirez while the NCAA Tournament is going on. When it's blogging about Manny Ramirez trying out cricket, it borders on perverse. But, hey, we're all watching basketball ... it's this other stuff somebody's got to keep an eye on.

So, It Would Be Cheney's Voice?

Coming to a Remainder Bin Near You!
"I'm going to put people in my place, so when the history of this administration is written at least there's an authoritarian voice saying exactly what happened." —former president George W. Bush, in Calgary yesterday, discussing the book he plans to write. [AP via Google]

Obama's Barack-et

March Madness at the WH: Obama's Bracket | 44 | washingtonpost.com
UNC? Nah. If not UConn, and probably not, then another Big East school. Louisville or Pitt.

Dino Mites

Dino Mites: A Diminutive Dinosaur in North America and a Rare Mass Death of Young Relatives in China: Scientific American - They headlined it for me. Although, I would've gone with the more dramatic "Dino-Mite!!" Double exclamation marks make is sound like J.J. Walker.

I Am ... Straight Edge

I Am ... Straight Edge -- Courant.com
I must be getting old. I wouldn't have thought it was possible to say you played in a band and lived "Straight Edge" without referencing Minor Threat. But, you can. And I've never heard of Parkway Drive. Life goes on without me.