bad ones

Never a Shortage of Con Artists Preying on the Weak

I’m not going to link to this particular asshole’s website because I’m not interested in providing him any more hits or business, just in case someone reading this actually decides...

IPO: Oversubscribed

Till about last month, I used to believe that one of the best ways to gauge the quality of an IPO (offered price, expected listing gains and future prospects) was to see the subscription pattern on...

Grand cru Burgundy from Central Otago

Slightly provocative title to the post, I know. But there's a hint of seriousness to this trolling title: it used to be the case that Pinot Noir, the world's sexiest red grape variety, only ever...

Top Ten Shortstops by HRs or SBs

In keeping with some listings of various performances to mine for data, I took the list of shortstops sorted by HRs and then ranked them in HR and in SB. From there I took only those players who...

Another Look at Fred

Michael Tanner makes the libertarian case for Fred Thompson:During his eight years in the Senate, Thompson had a solid record as a fiscal conservative. The National Taxpayers Union gives him the...

Two Plays

Today's frustrating and depressing 10-5 Cub loss to the Pirates hinged on two sinking line drives to center field, one of which was caught, and, well... one of which wasn't. The one that wasn't, a...

Review: 3:10 to Yuma

Filed under: New Releases, Lionsgate Films, Theatrical Reviews, New in Theaters, WesternAfter skating the edges of the Western genre for years, with his 'urban Western' Cop Land and his country...

Burning Hell Notes: Appeasing the Dead and the Living

[Images posted via the "Blog This" feature from Flickr.com. Please link to back to the various image owners, attributed below]I interrupt my series of IFLA posts (yeah, a few more to go) with this...

Bad habits the biggest cause of heart disease

Filed under: PreventionHeart disease is a major health threat that everybody should be concerned about, and it seems the more research we do the more it's becoming painfully obvious that the majority...

An Interview With George Shuman, Author of Last Breath

This is the first part of a two-part interviewIf two weeks ago you told me I’d be reading -- and loving -- a book about a blind psychic who solves crimes because she can touch someone dead and...