Thursday, January 16, 2003

11:18:04 PM   Owners Vote to Link All-Star Game to Series. Baseball owners acted on their conviction that linking the outcome of the All-Star Game to home-field advantage in the World Series would rejuvenate the All-Star Game. By Murray Chass. [via New York Times: NYT HomePage]  -  Yes !! I am way in favor of this. The mid-season game has completely lost it. The HR contest has become far more important than the game.  This is great.  I truly think Bud is trying to improve the game.  Last year's tie was one of the low moments in my memory of baseball.  This is a step in the right direction.  For the complainers like Konerko, leave them home.

3:59:57 PM   Ryan's answers on clemency are deficient - How long before we get one Mr. Ryan  a seat behind bars ?

3:58:33 PM   4 Teens In Sex Tape Case Are Confined To Homes -  What the hell are these knuckleheads thinking ?

2:05:36 PM   Technology Sector Unemployment Survey - Worth a visit for those stuck in this Tech Wreck.

12:55:26 AM   A Mafia Godfather, accompanied by his attorney, walks into a room to meet with his accountant. The Godfather asks the accountant, "Where is the 3 million bucks you embezzled from me? " The accountant does not answer. The Godfather asks again, "Where is the 3 million bucks you embezzled from me?" The attorney interrupts, "Sir, the man is a deaf mute and cannot understand you, but I can interpret for you." The Godfather says, "Well...ask him where the damn money is" The attorney, using sign language, asks the accountant where the 3 million dollars is. The accountant signs back, "I don't know what you are talking about." The attorney interprets to the Godfather, "He doesn't know what you are talking about." The Godfather pulls out a 9 millimeter pistol, puts it to the temple of the accountant, cocks the trigger and says, "Ask him again where the damn money is!" The attorney signs to the accountant, "He wants to know where it is!" The accountant signs back, "OK! OK! OK!, the money is hidden in a suitcase behind the shed in my backyard!" The Godfather says, "Well....what did he say?" The attorney interprets to the Godfather, "He says that you don't have the guts to pull the trigger." [Phil Ackley's Radio Thingumabob Zilla]

12:25:38 AM   Palm Changes System for Handwriting Input. Perhaps recognizing the handwriting on the wall, Palm Inc. is changing the handwriting input component of its Palm operating system for hand-held organizers. By Sam Lubell. [New York Times: Technology]  -  This sucks, I mean really sucks.  The general population can't figure out Graffiti so not I have to pickup Jot.  And the root of this is Xerox legal tactics.

12:11:21 AM   surreal life. The recipe for The Surreal Life is a simple one: Take seven bigger-than-life celebrities from every genre of the entertainment industry - rap music, heavy metal, feature films, sitcom, drama, and even reality television itself. Throw them together under pressure. Stir. [via Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]  - My first stop on this reality entry was interesting.  Turns out Vince Neil looks like the sanest of the bunch.  Who'd of thunk it ?