The Chapmans as Simpsons...

Thanks to Craig for telling me about this. "Your tongues can't repel flavor of that magnitude!"

I finally got around to putting my last riding video on YouTube. "Wire: 1989-1995" is a best-of compilation of the four videos I made during those years. Until now it's only been available on VHS, so rather than make a DVD version that nobody wants to buy I'll just put it online for free. If you like old school New England riding (especially flatland) you're in luck:

Jill got me a very cool gift for Father's Day: some Star Wars artwork done by our friend (and amazing comic book artist) Craig Rousseau. (You can see a larger version of it on his site here.)

I still think that Food, Sex, or Cars?! was one of Saturday Night Live's best game shows. I wish the video was somewhere online, but even just reading the transcript cracks me up.

I thought this was pretty cool. Someone put a lot of work into this, and there are some great quotes here.

Hey, they discovered Superman's Fortress of Solitude. Turns out it was underground. And in Mexico.

I might've found a minor league team with a worse/better name than the Montgomery Biscuits: the Modesto Nuts.

Eh, I still prefer Biscuits.

2007 salary vs. performance
An interactive graph that lets you see what baseball teams are spending their money well (related to their record) over the course of the 2007 season.

My First Day with the Yankees
Here's a great story of how a kid became the batboy for the New York Yankees, and his first day on the job. (via kottke)