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don’t fool yourself into thinking you’re more than you are

March 11th, 2004 · Manila Home Page Archive

it’s no Grey Album, but it’s damn fun
(live link via boingboing)

Fehr and Loathing On Capitol Hill – tboswell

Bill James interview
(AtHomePlate via ClutchHits)

BP Basics : The Science of Forecasting
BP Basics : The Concept of “Clutch”
– BBProspectus

That was one kick-ass monkey paw !!

You may be aware of the recent brouhaha over Girl Scout cookies. – jcarroll
So the winsome little 12-year-old with the merit badges who comes knocking at your door — she is in fact an agent of death.

For a clean presidential mind, change it often – mivins
For those of you who have forgotten what happened:

Last Year

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Henry was sent clear courtesy of the skill of Dennis Bergkamp.

March 10th, 2004 · Manila Home Page Archive

Laid Back? Don’t think so – espn
a look at the Way Out West

Q&A with the commish

Last Year

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Check it out, Sid

March 9th, 2004 · Manila Home Page Archive

37 questions with Adam Yauch
(via largeheartedboy)

I love the 90’s – stylus
(via BurnedbytheSun)

All-Baseball.com roundtable : AL West

Howard Stern And The Burning Bush – SFGate

BP Basics : OPS
BPTP : Expos, BJays, Giants
BPTP : Astros, Brewers, Athletics

– BBProspectus

Warning: This is not a parody – jcarroll
The shameless pandering by the Bush administration and its allies to the brainless theories of the fundamentalists has pretty much ruined the national discourse.

BBC Team of the Week

2 Yrs Ago

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… come out into the deep water, man …

March 8th, 2004 · Manila Home Page Archive

Spalding Gray – RIP
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With leaders like this, who needs comedians? – mivins
Does any of this strike you as grown-up behavior? Or even grown-up-behavior-related program activities?

When Two Tribes Go to War: A History of Video Game Controversy

More than just a pretty interface
(via /.)

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from years of corporate crime

March 5th, 2004 · Manila Home Page Archive

Friday online mix CD – Spoon
(via largeheartedboy)

Teen Girl Squad – by strongbad

WebJay: Listener-created playlists of music on the web

FuelMeUp – find the lowest gas prices

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What helmet?

March 4th, 2004 · Manila Home Page Archive

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Press stories
‘Boob Scotch’ Video
audio/video (Japanese)

another look into the Arcata Eye police log:
Tuesday, February 10 3:26 p.m.
Well, hereís one juicy roommate story thatís a little too hot to talk about right now. Seems the…. well, never mind.

7:23 p.m.
A woman with dreadlocks, a man, a dog and their sleeping bags befogged the entrance to an I Street supermarket with the foul exhaust of their stinkarettes – just adjacent to the No Dogs and No Smoking signs. The ignoble savages of course yelled at an air-breather who was so insolent as to speak up. Social contract? Thatís for fascist oxygen fiends.

Friday, February 13 2:59 p.m.
A flooring company was seen dumping adhesive down the storm drain to the creek to the bay, but the label said it was environmentally friendly. Since product labels are the pinnacle of veracity, the fish probably really enjoyed eating that glue – and some day you will, too.

Sunday, February 15 2:12 a.m.
Neighbors were unwilling earwitnessess to hot tub festivities on Wyatt Lane.

Last Year

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I got 99 problems, and a bitch ain’t one

March 3rd, 2004 · Manila Home Page Archive

Geting FICA’d – theNation
a true ‘Robin Hood in reverse’ story

Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu – NewYorker
Ted Williams’ final game, originally run in 1960
(via 6-4-2)

Awesome chart of BB/Inn, K/Inn and HR/Inn
(ColbyCosh via BBMusings via BBCrank)

BPBasics : How We Measure Pitcher Usage
– BBProspectus

The Junk Science of George W. Bush – Nation
Schools, Facing Tight Budgets, Leave Gifted Programs Behind – NYTimes
(via IP)

ahhhh, parenting …

3:45 — Hopped like bunnies/Sang about mail – MrCrunchy

Snot funny – SDMB

A pair of must-read articles describing how the major record labels screw the artists …
The Problem with Music by Steve Albini
Courtney Love does the math

(from drbeeper 2 years ago)

here’s what you do, says the Dr:

download, borrow, radio, MTV, whatever … just find music you like

go see bands live when they come to your town, nothing beats it

order directly from the band, or just send them a fiver

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I’m like the yin-yang twin, sippin this sippin this syrup by myself

March 2nd, 2004 · Manila Home Page Archive

The Art of Catching a Fly: Playing the Angles
(via BPrimer ClutchHits)

It’s a major annoyance in our nation today: ear spam – jcarroll

BP Basics : A Brief History of Pitcher Usage
BP Basics : Evaluating Defense
– BBProspectus

Popping perfect popcorn – nature
The worst jobs in science – popsci
(via boingboing)

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that’s a lot of goop for one little tummy

March 1st, 2004 · Manila Home Page Archive

Bush Ejects Two From Bioethics Council – WashPost
Changes Renew Criticism That the President Puts Politics Ahead of Science

President George Bush and the Gilded Age – GLOCOM

Behind the Rise of Google Lies the Rise in Internet Credibility – NYTimes
(via IP)

No bad idea left behind
Except, as we find again and again with this administration, that’s a bait-and-switch con job.
Looking at Freddie and Fannie’s finances
You know, when a bleeding-heart liberal like me has to sit around lecturing a Republican administration on fiscal responsibility, we’re in a sorry pass.
– mivins