Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Gordon Edes pointed out in a Tweet that Tim Wakefield did not mention either Theo Epstein or Terry Francona in his retirement speech. Supposedly Wakefield was not a real big fan of Francona because Tito pulled Wakefield from the rotation. I wouldn't be surprised if Wakefield doesn't blame Francona for not breaking the Red Sox record for wins... Watched Cedar Rapids last night. I thought it was a great movie. Then again - after watching Crocodile Dundee for the first time I was convinced it was the best movie ever made... 11 Brilliant Lifehacks. Some very cool ideas here... I knew that Shaefer is the one beer to have when you are having more than one but who knew that Shaefer was the top selling beer in Puerto Rico during the 70's and 80's?... For some perspective on Curt Schilling's overall career consider that Roy Halladay would have to have about 200 strikeouts a year for the next 6 seasons to match Schilling career strikeout mark... Keith Olbermann seems to be like one of those old world gods who ceased to exist if you stopped worshiping them... Meet a black guy in Aspen. Improv Everywhere's latest prank. I thought it was pretty funny.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting and thought I'd share.

- Edited time lapse of USS Carl Vinson's flight deck being readied for tonight's basketball game

- Interesting Malcolm Gladwell article on Steve Jobs

- The science behind why we kiss. Alfred Kinsey reported some women could reach orgasm from prolonged deep kissing without genital contact - it's called Chris Lynch Effect

- Some context on the Wilson Ramos kidnapping story: An American talks about his experiences playing in Venezuela

- Improv Everywhere is Awesome!

- The history of the beer growler. The Growler would be a great name for a WWE wrestler. He would be an angry drunk guy - look out it's the Growler!

- Excellent piece on the origins of tonight's UNC-MSU game aboard USS Carl Vinson