Posts from May 2002
Insomnia
Insomnia ***** superbly written, excellent acting, wonderful scenery, perfect sound effects, tremendous plot, incredible directing Go see it.
Red Sox 4, Mariners 1
May 18
John Lennon’s Revolution 9 — the tuneless dirge that drones “Number nine, number nine” — should have been blaring in the visitors’ clubhouse before last Saturday’s game at Fenway Park. The Mariners were facing Pedro Martinez, who in nine career games against them was 9-0 with an 0.91 ERA. Could they break their streak of futility? Pedro quickly made the answer clear: nein. In the first inning he struck out the side on nine pitches, a feat rarer than a no-hitter. Martinez became just the 35th pitcher in major league history to do it.
By the end of the day Martinez had thrown 99 pitches (73 for strikes) and struck out nine…
from the May 27, 2002 issue of Sports Illustrated
Thomas Hardy
On Thomas Hardy’s “The Self-Unseeing” and “The Haunter”, an essay from 1996
Jonathan Edwards and Benjamin Franklin
On Jonathan Edwards’ Resolutions and Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanacks
Ruben James
Ruben James – The Shananagans
Pop-Up Windows
Use Eric’s Popup window Generator to easily add popup windows to your site! The windows are activated by clicking on a link, and can be fine tuned in every aspect, such as dimensions, scrollbars, toolbar etc. Awesome tool.
Comment the Link
Jason @ JPlay has written a great tutorial on how to add a user comment to the pop-up send-link hack. I’ve gotten multiple requests for this, so I’m sure it will interest many readers. Thanks, Jason!
History of NFL Team Names
Eat the Rich
A quick book review
Dragula
Dragula (Hot Rod Herman Remix) – Rob Zombie