The Goat Pen

Bud Norris scouting report: Ordinary middle of the rotation starter, but capable of channeling Greg Maddox whenever he faces Cardinal hitters.

Or, only a kook would want to spend his whole life playing a board game, and only a really smart kook would be that good at it.

I'd love to see other, sturdier, more accommodating people go.

I'm conflicted about Google-ing the pictures. I don't really want to see this guys pecker, but my curiosity is high.

We are often perceived by others as weird of crazy. And perhaps in some sense we are not normal, but jeez the world would be dreadfully dull without us.

I think they only have two strategies. Out skate your opponent if you can, if not beat the hell out of them.

A reminder: you're not tough, you only act tough on the internet.

When I was little I wanted to go to Mars. Now, not so much. When you consider the space sickness, all the hours drifting through the vastness of space, crowded into a tin can with maybe 6 other people, who pretty quick will start hating each other, the boredom, eating everything through a straw, goi...

Cool video.

Cling to those memories because after the next launch, the US is out of the manned space flight launch business. None knows when we'll see another American manned vehicle and it could be decades before someone launches something as big a a space shuttle again.

You can't do that anymore.

I agree, that doesn't look like him. I can't quite put my finger on it, but there's . . I don't know maybe something about the eyes. . .

Better do it quick before they have to give it back.

Whining about whiners?

Guess that's more fun than Watching the Reds play these days.

After seeing a cascade of famous men marrying up and dating down — Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, Dick Morris, John Edwards, Eliot Spitzer, Tiger Woods, David Vitter, John Ensign and Arnold Schwarzenegger — and with Dominique Strauss-Kahn being supported by his prominent, elegant and wealthy journali...

The above video explains how it is that women can sit quietly on their butt all day long while men squirm around like 4-year-olds at the mall. Padding.

BTW: You ever seen what 20 pounds of fat looks like? I mean all by itself? It ain't pretty.

I can't believe Delta is doing that. Those boys risked their lives to protect this nation and the least Delta can do is give them enough space to bring home their booty. How much loot does Delta think you can squeeze into 3 crummy bags? Bet our troops have to look hard to find anything worth stealin...

A transient blip in demand doesn't create jobs. Actually, I wasn't suggesting a transient payment or a one time tax rebate, I was suggesting that we give poor people money on a regular basis, like unemployment, or create jobs building stuff as they did during WWII. I have little doubt that extendin...

I'm happy you enjoyed it, now beat it. There's no one here interested in your whining.

You must be thinking of someone else.

No, what did I mean? Humm . . .