I think I just saw the best postseason-ensuring final catch to end a game that I will ever see. Good job Brian Anderson. Congrats White Sox.
So at this point in the election, who has benefited more from Sarah Palin, Katie Couric or Tina Fey?
Watching Sarah Palin talk with Katie Couric and then my wife watch the interview on the DVR is quite fun, in an almost-mean kind of way.
Three hits in 6 1/2 innings of a one-game playoff. Damn I love baseball. Seriously, what's more dramatic than a post-season pitcher's duel?
Yea thank you maryland football for making me cheer for middle tennessee state for the rest of the season since they're the terps' only loss
Thanks for the good karma, sweets, beer, shots, Barguments (?!) moron/intelligent requests, but I hit ignore. Hope you got the results tho.
@NYMeng Big Brother does not like when you do not update status. Please to try again.
@jeffjarvis is it me or does *some* of the doomsaying today sound a little like "the death of irony" after 9/11?
@1938media definitely not a request. Besides, with this economy, I couldn't afford to bid if I wanted to ;-)
@1938media ... so when do you launch an auction for the shallow and loaded in San Francisco and/or elsewhere to get their own 1938 puppet?
I can't believe Congress was able to agree to IMPEACH Clinton but couldn't get the bailout done.
My dream SNL skit: Will Ferrell's Anchorman interviewing Tina Fey's Sarah Palin. Loren Michaels, you can make this happen!
What's the under-over on Palin coming out for the debate with her hair down, just to help the MSM find the distraction it's looking for?
I know I was premature last season, but I really think Jason Campbell is one of the 5 best QBs in the NFL. Andy, that's for you. Go 'Skins!
@baratunde @spampy and @eesullivan are looking forward to your show tonight!
I just told the NYT web site's registration form that my job title is homemaker and my company size is 500-999 people.
Bill Clinton on Meet the Press "We have *got* to stop thinking of Africa as a monolith." +1
Watching the GOP on Meet the Press is interesting. I think the strategy is, if you're wrong, be LOUD, so the truth literally can't be heard.
Campaigning day ended by getting high-fives from strangers on the T, including a dude with a "Barack is the Future" T-shirt. High FIIIIIVE!
I got a blister on my toe whilst saving America
One more pair of sox yankees make up tix for tomorrow night available. Bleachers sunday night face value 48 for the pair. dm me.
Looking to unload 2 tix for tomorrow night's sox makeup game ... Dm me if interested
What fun! 115 doors knocked on I met many Obama supporters and undecideds leaning to O and learned O's ground game in NH is killing McCain
Waiting for my ride in front of a house w 2 sununu signs and a no solicitors beware of dogs sign ... In the rain ... Good times
Halfway done ... Thank you to the guy who said of all the canvassers, none has been here for McCain
Listening to stephanie shaheen talking about her mom. 'we are being outspent but we won't be outhustled.'
Hillary clinton just called in to Obama Hq in Manchester to rally the supporters ... Pushing hard for Shaheen for senate too.
Made it to manchester ... So many signs in yards ... Definitely a battleground state!
Heading up to NH to campaign for Obama. Psyched!
@damienstolarz RT: Obama agrees with McCain, but since McCain says Obama doesn't understand, perhaps Obama doesn't agree.
Was it me, or did Obama did more than a decent job of almost painting McCain as Bush's VP?
Wow DVR delay and twitter Obama-McCain debate so don't mix. Hurry up @spampy !
@baratunde what a wonderful thought "a bunch of little obamas running around harvard" ... Maybe we can meet up later if you're around.
@baratunde welcome back! @spampy is coming over (late) to quincy to watch the debate. Come on over! If not, see you Sunday, I hope.
if you see someone at the New Kids on the Block concert w/ a "Donnie was my first love. My husband deals" t-shirt tell my wife i said "hi".
hey @spampy come on over for the debate! Of course, out of respect to Obama, I will also be multi-tasking
@jemimakiss "You are currently using 2588 MB (36%) of your 7174 MB."
Few things are more rewarding than hearing "Oh. Mygod!" as the light bulb goes off with someone as you're explaining how their CMS works.
There's NO truth to the rumor Obama is practicing debating against Al Gore in case John McCain chooses to use a cardboard cutout stand-in.
Extending the football metaphors ... I just figured out the sports equivalent of John McCain ... Norv Turner
As a sports fan, I never thought I'd see a group more messed up than the Oakland Raiders. Until I paid close attention to this bailout mess.
Taking a break from the insanity of the past 48 bizarro hours, I read an SI story by Gary Smith (the man!) about the CUBS winning it all?!?
@Twitter locked me out of the home page so I thought I would text that
@cybersoc spam churn bot ... isn't that an industrial band from the 90s?
@hrheingold do you have a publisher yet? I might know someone ;-)
@JasonCalacanis what's your definition of "BREAKING" news? I ask cause I've heard about your last few stories a couple days earlier.
Maurice Green on DWTS "winner winner, chicken dinner ... it's a casino thing." He would know, I remember seeing (and hearing) him in Vegas.
Older gentleman and his wife just saw my mac and asked where they could find a mac store ... So. Freaking. Cute!
@redsox has 13 followers but has never posted. I'm mulling this one over.
Kevin Youkilis picking RIGHT NOW to be abnormally low-key is kind of freaking me out. #redsox nation, am I alone on this one?
Racist people suck. Don't be a sucky racist.
Wolf Blitzer teasing a report on the new Android phone: "The G1 or G-phone ... whatever it's called. We'll tell you." Go, on Wolf!
Wow. I just got a busy signal. I thought those only still happened when calling TicketBastard right when overpriced tickets went on sale.
Random tip. When trying to solve a problem, it's always better to talk to someone else than just to yourself. Even if they don't say word.
The reality of a massive family visit during the baseball playoffs is just starting to sink in. Advice welcome.
Tina Fey: "I want to be done playing (Palin) Nov. 5. So if anybody can help me be done playing this lady Nov. 5, that would be good for me."
I just decided to take the week off from the news. Don't think it'll last, but the thought of it sure just made me feel better. Deep breaths
So ABC cut off the director of "John Adams" speech about articulate men ... so Howie Mandel could babble for a couple more seconds? WTF?
On the Emmys, Tommy Smothers is my hero. "There's nothing more scary than watching ignorance in action."
Was it me or did that Scott Pelley / John McCain walk on 60 Minutes look like an old Summer's Eve commercial?
Wife pointed out that McCain shook his head "no" while saying "absolutely" Palin is qualified to be President of the United States.
McCain on 60 Minutes: "Republicans came to power to change Washington and [it] changed us." That's a reason to go back? What am I missing?
@NanB I remember. I actually just watched him do that bit on the first SNL. That clip is a great example of how much times have changed.
Dear Terps football: Sis-in-law's Cal-fan BF is still in town. Please to win today to avoid erasing my joy at his team's expense last week.
@viega Oh yea! I forgot sugar-daddy bar was once an OATV collaboration. Or was it? heh.
Got back to the Q, got to be a hero, & got complimented on my spatial relations skills. In all, I've had worse days. Now about that 401K...
Got ack to the Q, got to be a hero, & got complimented on my spatial relations skills. In all, I've had worse days. Now about that 401K ...
Jeff Jarvis on WAN suing Google @w2e_NY08 "It's, Suicidal, irresponsible and just plain stupid."
@w2e_NY08 Just heard the phrase "Early MTV, for those of you old enough to remember..." Wow. I am old.
Overheard at dinner last night: "If this job doesn't work out, I'm going to go down to that sugar-daddy bar on 60th and find me someone."
I love my wife. And I love her even more for talking about the long tail after a day at the w2e ... Life is gooooooood
Growing up, I thought my undiagnosed but very evident A.D.D. was a bad thing. This week especially, I don't think it's a bug but a feature.
Tim Hanlon Denuo/Publicis at Man Vs. Machine #w2e_ny08 session: There is no broadcast television anymore. Everything is niche.
@jungleg my pleasure. Also pass along the message from @timoreilly at his #w2e_ny08 keynote this morning: Do things that are worth doing.
Clay Shirkey @#w2e_ny08 the failure of information flow (back in the day) wasn't a bug, it was a feature. Now there is no real privacy.
Ready for Thursday at #w2e_ny08. FYI, I'll be working in the O'Reilly booth from noon 'til 2, so feel free to come by say, hi and save 30%!!
As a sometimes distraction addict myself, I am wondering what the Eastern Elite Media is going to distract itself with today. Tick tick ...
@davewiner I can't even tell you the mind bending that occurs listening to Meghan McCain talking about her blog ... while reading yours.
If the Rays make the post-season, as a former Orioles fan, can we please make sure Rich Garcia is not an umpire for ANY Trop Field games?
With The Killers' "Take me out" in the background I just told a friend "It's a post-shame world and I'm just trying not to fall behind."
If you wanna meet up in N.Y. Tuesday night, let me know. Staying at the Hudson. Not sure where we're going yet.
Why am I suddenly cheering for that thing to make the black holes? Maybe then we could end up doing things the right way on the flip side.
If you want to see that high school site I always talk about at its most robust, go to gamedaymagazine.com now & check out the live streams!
I'm sorry, but to the dude walking his dog in Galveston NEXT TO the sea wall as water gushes over it, what the &@# are you thinking?
Tim O'Reilly at Ignite working on stuff that matters is a robust strategy
Tim O'Reilly at Ignite Boston ... we got some serious shit coming down .... We have got to start thinking about problems
A AAA kind of day: AJAX, Affiliate links and Adobe's GoLive. Good times.
@dceiver that IS awesome. You just brought me back a few years. Cheers.
I went camping a week after #911 & passed a yard with a sign that said "Bomb them all. God Bless America." To that Va. resident: Happy now?
Looks like thenation.com has a big McCain-and-a-con-man scandal report. That's why the site is taking so long to load. I'm just here to help
I am so so excited about next week's Web 2.0 Expo in New York (aka w2e) Are you Going? Lemme know and we'll try to meet up.
Lots o' peeps have "how to Twitter" guides. This is my goal: "dude.. your headlines often make me pause... and then start laughing! :)"
I'm being reminded of the simple genius of "Da'Dip" by Freak Nasty ("I put my hand up on your hip.."). Can't tell if I'm serious? Me either.
The woodwork is leaking ... everything is coming out of it already and it's not even 10 a.m.
New personal rules. No more buying my wife jerseys (Nomah and Brady) and no more Twittering about anticipated events at Fenway Park.
Chillin' in section 9 in fenway hoping the sox give me a walk off win
Download links for files of much-anticipated designs from designers should make a drumroll sound when you mouse over them. Or not.
Perspective on live improved in move from train to the bus. Oh and a bagel helps too. On to more blogish activities.
@mbtardgames why do folks feel like it's ok to sit on you shoulder when they cram their fat asses into a train that isn't even totally full?
You know those fake play calls that go over old black and white sports footage? That's what it's like with Mike and Mike in the booth on MNF
Why didn't an Ace Ticket rep (scalper) thank the fans during the video tribute at Fenway Park for breaking the consecutive sellout streak?
Happy I got email to a blog finally working in WordPress 2.5. Not happy it took so long. Push. ... better than FAIL! hehe
All day I was wondering what could take some attention away from Palin. Then it hit me ... O.J.!!!
Wait, where did I put it? Oh there you are sweet, sweet denial. You made for a long day when I couldn't find you. All better ... No. 500!!!
@eesullivan I predicted a 98-yard TOUCHDOWN. pass.
FYI I predicted Matt Cassel would drive the Pats 98 yards for a TD when he entered the game. Prev. optimism included Orlando Cabrera in '04.
Brett Favre learned half of the Jets' playbook through a secure firewalled software program. ... Wife says my beard looks like Favre's hmmm.
Roger Federer saying it was hard to break against the wind made me laugh. I know, I know ... it just sounded funny.
@mhanlon ... well, we do have Marina Bay not too far away, but it's not quite 1940's Brooklyn. Of course that's not all bad either ;-)
@huffpost day after Huckabee ("news media coverage has been "tackier than a costume change at a Madonna concert.") he's on Daily Show WTF?
Rob Riggle: I want a leader like me ... but worse.
@amirsaid rt: McCain: "I can't wait to introduce her to Washington"... use the Jay-Z quiet voice.
@dumpkopf rt: Wow protesters are now "Ground noise and static" according to McCain...
I wish I knew what it was like to have my favorite pro athletes live in my neighborhood, like Brooklyn Dodgers and their fans did. Carry on.
The Vanity Fair link to "The secret Marilyn files" yields a "Sorry, we couldn't find the page you were looking for." Now that is a secret!
Did Keith Olberman just compare Palin to Reese Witherspoon? Heh.
Palin takes a stab at the background behind Obama ... Mission Accomplished?
Button on a GOP delegate: "Hoosiers for the Hot Chick" ... wife groans.
Palin just said she got rid of some things she didn't think the gov't should pay for. Yes, she really did just say that.
@huffpost the crowd didn't cheer too loud for the "leaving the country better than we found it line"
If GOP really wants to shift tactics and attack "the media", couldn't Obama etc. turn that into an attack on "you?" I <3 crowdsourcing.
They say Obama is way ahead in terms of social networking, but McCain sure seems to be "crowdsourcing" the vetting of his VP choice Palin.
Can't be sure of this of course, but I think the rate of incoming IMs is directly proportional to how badly one needs to go to the bathroom.
thanks @mikeisman for "cheering" for me at TPC Boston yesterday. Unexpected. Startling. Hilarious.