Stuff about first pitches

Listen to the boos that rain down on Bush as he throws out the first pitch at the Nationals game the other day. He sure gets off that mound quickly.

Listening to Jon Miller and Joe Morgan call a Bush pitch, I ask you, does it get any better?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4kMzBYFvwU

Stuff about Paul Krugman

Once again, Paul Krugman gets it right. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/opinion/31krugman.html?hp

He is consistently the most thoughtful economist out there. He is always able to boil issues down to what they are without shilling for any political party.

Stuff about Buzz Words

What is McCain talking about? It seems like he's just spouting out buzz words in random order. None of his sentences connect to the next one. According to him, Iran is training Al Qaeda so they can enter Iraq. It's "widely accepted and reported on". Oh wait, that's not what he meant at all. Did he say Al Qaeda? He meant the much vaguer "extremists". Thanks to Joe Lieberman for correcting him on camera.

Stuff about Jim Cramer

Check out what Jim Cramer had to say about Bear Stearns on 3/11 (less than a week before they collapsed)



In all fairness to Cramer, he was talking about pulling money out of Bear Stearns money management services, not out of Bear Stearns common stock, but it is still hilarious. Especially the part where he says, "Bear Stearns is fine!"

Stuff about new NY Governor on The Daily Show

Great video clip from last night's The Daily Show about the new NY Governor, David Patterson:



He is the first black and the first blind governor of NY.

Stuff about Bear Stearns Collapse

Very interesting "behind-the-scenes" look of what happened to Bear Stearns: http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/saving-wall-st-for-now/

Don't feel sorry for Bear though, when Long Term Capital Management needed to be bailed out in the late 90s, Bear was one of the banks that turned their backs.

Still, it's amazing that Bear's offices are worth $8/share and yet the whole company (including the offices) only fetched $2/share

Stuff about the Mooserwirt

This is what the apres ski scene at St. Anton is like. People ski down to this bar, party for hours and then ski (or in our case, slide) down the rest of the mountain, drunk and in the dark.



Very good times. More pics to come

Stuff about St. Anton

So I'm off to Amsterdam and then St. Anton, Austria for som skiing next week. I won't be blogging because I'll be off-piste!

Please check in on the blog in mid-March.

Stuff about Extraterrestrial Life

If you're like me and believe there is life on other planets, you'll find this article interesting: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/weekinreview/02overbye.html?ref=weekinreview

The most interesting piece is that since radio and broadcast TV has become trivialized by cable and broadband, we aren't as noticeable to other planets now. That means it will be tougher for some technologically advanced planet to find us.

If you want to know more about the search for life, I have a friend who once built an entire website on how the Earth was formed. He'd be a good starting point for you.

Stuff about the Mets

So apparently El Duque has a ligament and arthritis problem in is his right foot that will prevent him from using his high-leg-kick pitching motion ever again.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/03042008/sports/mets/el_duques_leg_lift_kicks_the_bucket_100402.htm

This is another bummer from Mets camp. There's no way he'll be the same pitcher. He's still crafty (that comes from being 45 years old and knowing how to escape from Cuba) but he isn't as deceptive. I'm guessing he is in the bullpen by midseason.

What are bunions and how do people get them?

R.I.P. El Duque Leg Kick

Poll Answer from Last Thursday

Chicken Parm! Congrats to the winner of last week's poll.

This week's poll question will be unrelated to food and will be posted shortly