Good reads

Sometimes fun, mostly just interesting and insightful reads from the last week and beyond ...

Cubs stuff...
a Why Cubs deep-sixed in '06
a Depression in a shade of Blue ... by buddy Matt (he's a Mets fan ...) sent me this one. If you're a Cubs fan you can relate ...

Baseball stuff...
a Absence of 20-game winners: emerging trend or statistical anomaly?
a Fun stats, facts enliven baseball

Baseball from The Onion ...
a Bud Selig Nervously Informs Ozzie Guillen That White Sox Aren't Making Playoffs
a Frank Thomas Credits Recent Power Surge To Steroids
a Trevor Hoffman: 'I Want To Be A Hall Of Famer Right Now'

Politics ...
a A textbook definition of cowardice ... Keith Olbermann comments on Bill Clinton's Fox News interview ... you hate to play the blame game with who was more responsible for not stopping the 9/11 attacks, but watching Bill Clinton lash out earlier this week was bliss ... ... and seriously. It was not an attack on journalists. Whah, whah, whah ...


Entertainment ...
a Absurd TV ... the things we hardly seem to notice about our favorite TV shows ...
a "Itsy Bitsy" mistake: Songwriter still alive ... oops! More proof that what goes around comes around ...
a The French and Germans have remade the BBC series. Why?
a He's just a Jersey Joe ... good stuff on Zach Braff.
a 'Cause I said so ... John Mayer’s musings
a 'Sunshine' star shines as a sweet kid

Other stuff ...
a These Badgers exhibit band loyalty ... undoubtedly one of the greatest marching bands in the world. The story of their boot camps and loyalty is legend ...
a Microsoft's Zune player to cost $249.99 ... I'm not buying it. The iPod rules the world. And don't even get me started on Microsoft software ...