I'm a big fan of Tim Wakefield, but once again I've learned that most baseball players don't share the same political views as me.

“[President George Bush] knew who I was, which was really cool, and said, ‘Tim, great job, congratulations,’ ” said Wakefield, who plans to return the pleasantries. “(This time) I’d say, ‘Thanks for a great eight years.’ I’m a big fan of his.”

On the other hand, Coco Crisp liked Ross Perot because “he had those big ears working.”

Seeing as baseball season is fast approaching, here's Amelia doing her version of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game."

If you're like me, you often come across an article, blog post, YouTube video, or other web page that you want to read but don't have the time at the moment. I've wanted some way to be able to mark a page to read later...something better than my current method of dragging a bookmark to a folder on my desktop.

I recently came across Instapaper, which is a very simple site that lets you mark things to read later. Add a simple bookmarklet to your browser, and whenever you're on a page you want to mark for later reading, click the bookmarklet and it adds the link to your Instapaper list.

(And if you're a NetNewsWire user like me, someone wrote a "Post to Instapaper" AppleScript.)

Are you one of those people who have friends who keep telling you to watch The Wire? (Yeah, I'm talkin' to you Liz.) Well, just do it. While the final season is running on HBO now, I just finished watching season 3 tonight (watching TV on DVD is the best reason to join Netflix) and it was amazing. Be sure to start watching from season 1 and stick with it -- it's worth it. I can't wait for the first season 4 disc to show up...

Ah yes, today is the official beginning of spring training! And I'm not sure if I feel good or nervous that, just like me, Josh Beckett could benefit from doing some sit-ups...

One of my new favorite shows is Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! It's pretty random and absurd, but also (I think) pretty damn funny.

Anyway, they had one clip of "Pumpers" which really cracked me up, partly because it brought back childhood memories of Jon doing it.

And there's a good interview with Tim and Eric over at The Onion AV Club.

Just a little announcement that the site I built for my friend Craig's comic book went live this week: Check out The Perhapanauts.




 

Well, it's a good thing I'm not emotionally invested in football.

On a more relevant note (to me), pitchers and catchers report to spring training in 10 days...