The knuckleball is probably the most mysterious of baseball pitches, surrounded by a great deal of mystique. It is usually thrown at a speed significantly lower than that of “ordinary” pitches and with very little spin. The lack of spin... | Continue »

I've been enjoying Tarajia Morrell's blog The Lovage recently, especially her appreciation of Harry Belafonte and the documentary Sing Your Song: He used his gifts to shrewdly foster change and connect leaders to the masses. He is stoic and steadfast,... | Continue »

HOLY CRAP. Just look at this chart talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/… #GOPneardeathexperience— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 20, 2012 After following @joshtpm's HOLY CRAP link (I never gave up on Newt, for the record) my eyes were drawn (as always) to the permalink. What... | Continue »

The object in question is a small bronze "coin" -- with a scene of sex on one side and a the Roman numeral XIIII on the other. Assuming that it is genuine (and there are quite a few fakes of... | Continue »

via soulellis.com Paul Soulellis writes: I’m addicted to Khoi Vinh‘s new social collage-making app, Mixel. This is one of a small handful of apps that gives my iPad its reason for being — always on and I don’t even have... | Continue »

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With an unprecedented amount of available text, our problem is not needing to write more of it; instead, we must learn to negotiate the vast quantity that exists. How I make my way through this thicket of information—how I manage... | Continue »

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Status report - Adventures in the Pointless Forest: I swept and brushed and swabbed and whacked and toiled and missed that one corner while Jane stood on the other side of the screen door, rattling it and gushing snot, suggesting... | Continue »

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Filmmaking is a collaborative process. You get the chance to work with others whose minds and ideas may be stronger than your own. Make sure they remain focused on their own function and not someone else’s job, or you’ll have... | Continue »

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Via Beautiful/Decay, John Powers' Polystyrene Orb. I'll swipe Beautiful/Decay swiping from the NODE10 catalog: Meticulously constructed by hand, Power’s forms are constructed out of a limited formal vocabulary: Polystyrene blocks cut to a selection of preset sizes, attached to each... | Continue »

in 1982, Boras said, No. 1 draft pick Shawon Dunston signed for the same amount of money that Rick Monday signed for as the No. 1 pick in 1965. “Something told me this is not an institution that’s treating players... | Continue »

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Juan Pierre and Avon Barksdale: Making The Wire references used to be the way the city-dwelling, Chomsky-reading intellectual flaunted his cultural literacy. It was a way of signaling one’s membership in a certain “in-crowd”. But now that Bill “Teen Wolf”... | Continue »

Did you get a visit from the Google Feature Fairy yesterday? I did, and some lovely new colors appeared in the top navigation bar. I saw some changes on the Grand Ol’ Search Engine page, too. Then, a curious little... | Continue »

Already! She's gained chubbiness, and I suspect at least 1.5 lbs already. She still sleeps a lot, but has longer bouts of being awake, and focuses on movement. Sometimes it seems as if she's in deep thought, which is unlikely of course, but she just looks more attentive vs. being totally checked out. She drinks with gusto, so much that quite frequently she will start coughing and heaving as if milk went down the wrong pipeway, scarying me sometimes. I don't recall Tesla drinking so fiestily. She pretty much hyperventilates if the boob is even a second late to her... | Continue »

Wow. They say each birth is different but I think we got quite the example of that. It took me several days to piece together what happened, as I emerged from somewhat of a twilight zone, recovering from surgery, but holding a healthy beautiful girl. It's been taking time to emotionally process too since in many ways we are very lucky everything turned out alright - perfect baby, and although mama is scarred up, I should heal completely - but it was a rather scary experience. Let me recount. First, with Tesla, I started labor at night, and was home... | Continue »

Aila is a Scottish name meaning "from a strong place" which is all the more apt since not only is she 50% Scottish, but after the delivery, we felt this name represented her. "Ai" also means love in Japanese so is just perfect. Plus, I like that the ending "la" matches Tesla : ) Many thanks to wonderful Michelle who graciously designed this delicate card that fits what we feel is Aila's personality so far. | Continue »