Ladies and gentleman, Woodie Alan

I always liked this guy's photos and I just came across this one, which I had not seen in a while on Woodie's My space page.  It is a bad copy and the image is too small, but it captures something and I like it. Alan Paul and Woodie…

Welcome Back to Pittsburgh Jim Leyland

With Jim Leyland and his Tigers pulling into PNC tonight, it seemed like a good time revisit one of the skip's finest moments as amanager: taking on Barry Bonds. Thanks for the memories and the years of service.

"It’s oil…black, black gold"

The fine folks from Taiwan's NMA animation strike again, this time with this fine summary of rising gas prices. The lead character is a pretty insulting caricature of an American, but this sums things up in a fun and amusing few minutes better…

Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai Here I Come

Photo by Kathryn HuangI'm very happy to say that I will be in China to promote Big in China very soon. Scroll down the page to read some excerpts from the book.More dates are being added, but I am already looking like a busy boy. Confirmed…

Some new pictures by Kathryn Huang

I did a photo shoot with Kathryn Huang today because I needed some very specifically framed photos for a Beijing magazine. Here are a couple examples of what we did.I suggested this as sort of a joke after seeing versions of it in so many Guitar…

The sad demise of nicknames

There's a good, though overly academic, piece in the NYTimes today about the sad demise of sports nicknames. It's a topic we've ranted about in Slam and over at SlamOnline for years. Slam has made efforts to create nicknames for players…

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Torture did not lead us to OSL

No doubt, Andrew Sullivan of The Daily Dish can be a bit of a blowhard and I sometimes vehemently disagree with him. But I also think he's a great writer filled with passion, and who expresses himself clearly and eloquently. so when I agree…

Game of Thrones and the real Royal Family

I've been enjoying HBO's Game of Thrones quite a bit.Rob sheffield at Rolling Stone explains it pretty simply here: Beheadings and breasts are a tough combination to beat.IN the wake of the Royal Wedding, Dr. Science has a great post comparing…