Yankees Found a Better Man

The New York Yankees acquired 1B/OF Nick Swisher and a minor league pitcher, ironically with the surname Texeria, for Wilson Betemit, Jeff Marquez, and Jhonny Nunez. As Peter Abraham of the Journal News so eloquantly put it, “There is no “losing” Wilson Betemit. There is dumping Wilson Betemit.” I am delighted that the Yankees were [...]

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The Power of the Woods

Take a walk in the woods. Once you get far enough, you can’t really tell where you are in relation to the world. When you immerse yourself so far in the woods, you have no idea if you’re in Newark, DE; Cortlandt Manor, NY; somewhere in the south, or Burlington, VT. You just know you’re [...]

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A New Way to Keep in Touch

So I recently was introduced to a new and unique way to keep in touch with friends from afar. If you have a webcam handy, hook it up to your computer if its not bundled in, and go into Facebook. Once you’re logged in, you can compose a private message to one or more of [...]

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Books

So it’s November. One of the things I think of when I think of November is NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, which happens to be in November. Now, I know for certain that I cannot write a 50,000 word novel in a month. But I wonder what it would be like to make a [...]

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Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

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Joe Biden at the University of Delaware

As promised, here a few pictures — from a real camera! — of Joe Biden’s appearance at the University of Delaware, his alma mater. Click the pictures for a full sized image.
And a couple more after the jump!

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