This is sort of old news, but I'm linking to it anyway. A mysterious celebrity blogger named Rance ("rants") is rumored to be Owen Wilson. Whoever it is, the site is an entertaining read by someone "in the industry" (Hollywood, that is). Have at it...

If you're going to be travelling abroad, you might want to print out this phrasebook if you think you'll need to say things like "Don't 'imperialist pig' me, my good man" and "Are all of your jails this filthy?" (If you plan to use it, you might want to wear one of these shirts...)

[phrasebook link via kottke]

The Red Sox took 3 of 4 games from the Yankees this weekend, and of course the game we went to was Sunday's loss. As a matter of fact, the Sox have lost every game we've gone to see this year (three at Fenway plus one spring training). While I don't believe in the "Curse of the Bambino," I'm starting to think there might be some kind of "Chapman Jinx."

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A while back I added a stylesheet switcher to this site so I could offer mutiple designs. Not that you really care -- it's more of an exercise & creative outlet for me.

That said, I added another style to this site -- Green Box -- now available in the "Site Style" sidebar. While I don't think it's 100% done, if I waited for it to be perfect I'd never put it out there...

The other day I wanted to find a bookmark I had made in Safari, but I couldn't find it. I wished I could do a search for it, or at least list my bookmarks alphabetically. I couldn't do either.

Turns out you can search for bookmarks, as I found out here:

Go to menu->Bookmarks->Show All Bookmarks. Then, do Edit->Find. You get the usual "Find" dialog box, which usually finds text on web pages. But now, since the the front window is your bookmarks, it searches your bookmarks -- both the names and the URLs.

(Also, if you still want to alphabetize your bookmarks, try SafariSorter.)

Bambino's Curse has a great post today. It's on the long side, but worth the read (if you're a Sox fan). If I may second-hand quote from it:

I really think fans of most teams, in most sports, can probably recite their own unique litany of failure and pain -- Red Sox fans aren't that special. What is unique is that since 1986 that precise emotional vibe has been exploited and marketed to make money. And too many Sox fans (and way, way too many casual fans here and elsewhere, and an absolutely obscene number of know-nothing broadcasters) have gobbled it up because it goes down quick and easy and seems to explain everything. It's instant Red Sox history, antiseptic, without having to deal with the real nasty stuff, like racism and incompetence.

Yeardley Smith -- the voice of Lisa Simpson -- is interviewed on Here & Now, discussing working on The Simpsons and her off-Broadway show. Plus, hear Lisa read a Kleenex box!

I know Red Sox-bashing is in vogue in the baseball world, but every year it gets more and more out of control. It's happening all over again ... in fact, it's happening even more than usual as the team gets better. I can't wait for the Sox to win it all, just to put an end to all this bullshit.

The people who talk about the "Curse of the Bambino" are not Red Sox fans, but the media (and with the exception of Dan Shaughnessy, most aren't from Boston). Just watch Fox or ESPN any time they broadcast a Red Sox-Yankees game and count the curse references. (That might be a decent drinking game...) Here's a fact for you non-Sox fans caught up in the "curse" hype: We don't talk about it. We don't think about it. We don't believe in it. It's just something lazy sportcasters and sporswriters use as a crutch instead of reporting real stories and analysis.

On a related note, the new thing to do besides bash the "pathetic" Red Sox is to pity the Cubs. And it's usually Yankee fans/writers doing this. In fact, Frank Deford was particularly condescending to Cubs fans in this article:

I like the Cubs fans better. They go out and accept defeat the way they always have, with that grace that comes with resignation.

As someone commented at Bambino's Curse:

If I were a Cubs fan, I'd be pissed off. It sounds so condescending coming from a Yankees fan (assuming he is one...he sure sounds like one): "Why can't Red Sox fans be more like Cubs fans? They just lose quietly and go away."

Well f*** you, Frank Deford. If the Sox have to be a pain the Yankees' side while George tries to buy another World Series, so be it. Sorry if the Sox won't lie down and let the Yankees pass on by, like the Cubs allegedly would do if they were in the AL East.

Let the season begin!

Check out a damn funny clip from David Letterman -- "George W. Bush Invigorating America's Youth" -- and Dave's reaction to the White House calling the video a fake. Links to both videos available here at k10k.