The Forecast:
High of 73
40% change of scattered thunderstorms
I'll be sporting my new vintage style Ted Williams jersey. Got a hat for Mo (who got us the tickets) got some t-shirts and coins to spread around and some peanut brittle for Erick.
One more day of work, a couple days with friends in Tulsa, then it's the plane ride to Beantown!
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
We All Hate the CHB!!!
I found the Dan Shaughnessy Watch blog. For those of you who don't know who the holy hell that is, Dan Shaughnessy (hereforeto known as the CHB) is the Boston Globe columnist who is credited as having popularized the phrase "Curse of the Bambino" when he wrote a book on the subject. Not to miss a marketing opportunity, he subsequently penned "Reversing the Curse," after the Sox finally won the Series in 2004.
CHB is likely the most hated man on earth to Red Sox fans every where. His columns are generally mean spirited and a little crazy. He's hard to read without wanting to shoot at your computer, probably why the site's tag line is, "We read him so you don't have to."
Here's a picture in Texas I took when I shot him...with my camera.
CHB is likely the most hated man on earth to Red Sox fans every where. His columns are generally mean spirited and a little crazy. He's hard to read without wanting to shoot at your computer, probably why the site's tag line is, "We read him so you don't have to."
Here's a picture in Texas I took when I shot him...with my camera.
Video Vigilante in Trouble Again
It seems that Brian Bates, the self proclaimed "Video Vigilante" is in hot water again. A multi-county grand jury had convened in Oklahoma City, supposedly to decide on bringing charges against Bates for Pandering (legal term for pimpin'.)
DA Wes Lane brought charges against Bates in February of 2005 but charges were dismissed when the DA's office missed too many hearing deadlines.
The Grand Jury heard testimony from Renee McCullough who last year revealed that Bates had paid her from $40 to $60 to set up johns so that he could capture them in the act. They also heard from officers, other prostitutes and pretty much every person that Bates has ever known.
It should be noted that Bates has launched a website geared at un-seating DA Wes Lane because, as the tag line suggests, Bates thinks Lane is "Bad for children! Bad for the elderly! Bad for families! Bad for Oklahoma County!" Not that I totally disagree, it just seems interesting that Bates becomes an enemy of Wes Lane's shortly after Lane brings charges on him.
It is still unclear as to why Bates is so interested in filming prostitutes. Was his own mother a prostitute, leaving him with this awful grudge or is he just a nasty voyeur?
Others:
The Smoking Gun Report from Feb '05
Bates rarely updated Blog
Bates threatens witness
DA Wes Lane brought charges against Bates in February of 2005 but charges were dismissed when the DA's office missed too many hearing deadlines.
The Grand Jury heard testimony from Renee McCullough who last year revealed that Bates had paid her from $40 to $60 to set up johns so that he could capture them in the act. They also heard from officers, other prostitutes and pretty much every person that Bates has ever known.
It should be noted that Bates has launched a website geared at un-seating DA Wes Lane because, as the tag line suggests, Bates thinks Lane is "Bad for children! Bad for the elderly! Bad for families! Bad for Oklahoma County!" Not that I totally disagree, it just seems interesting that Bates becomes an enemy of Wes Lane's shortly after Lane brings charges on him.
It is still unclear as to why Bates is so interested in filming prostitutes. Was his own mother a prostitute, leaving him with this awful grudge or is he just a nasty voyeur?
Others:
The Smoking Gun Report from Feb '05
Bates rarely updated Blog
Bates threatens witness
Friday, June 09, 2006
Where are these people's arms?
As I travel through the myspace profiles, I invariably come across these bizarre close up pictures of people taken at strange angles. You know, the ones where there arm extends and disappears either to the right or to the left of the frame. In some pictures, both arms extend on opposite directions as if to be giving the veiwer an uncomfortable hug.
Everyone knows that I'm talking about the self taken pictures. All over the internet there are self taken pictures with digital cameras and webcams. (The webcam pictures are the most disconcerting because I feel like my head has been severed and placed on someone's desk and that I now stare at my assailant from his workspace.)
I'm saddened by this new state of affairs in which we find ourselves. No longer do any of us have actual friends to snap our photos for us. Now we must take out own pictures in a masturbatory ritual of holding our camera out, turning in on ourselves and snapping away. Then we share our darkly lit photos with a world of pixilated friends whose voices we will never hear; whose skin we will never touch. We take only our own pictures, we touch only our own skin and we look at a screen that tells us that we have seventy-five friends.
Everyone knows that I'm talking about the self taken pictures. All over the internet there are self taken pictures with digital cameras and webcams. (The webcam pictures are the most disconcerting because I feel like my head has been severed and placed on someone's desk and that I now stare at my assailant from his workspace.)
I'm saddened by this new state of affairs in which we find ourselves. No longer do any of us have actual friends to snap our photos for us. Now we must take out own pictures in a masturbatory ritual of holding our camera out, turning in on ourselves and snapping away. Then we share our darkly lit photos with a world of pixilated friends whose voices we will never hear; whose skin we will never touch. We take only our own pictures, we touch only our own skin and we look at a screen that tells us that we have seventy-five friends.
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