little league

It was a holiday weekend, which meant that my wife and I sat around watching TV and stood around playing Nintendo Wii for most of it. We could do this on most weekend, but those of the holiday variety seem to be more conducive to such fruitless behavior.

Via Newsbusters, comes more in the way of news on Jessica’s Law.

• Pitcher’s Singular Slam Buries Mets | New York Times

• Pitcher???s Singular Slam Buries Mets | New York Times

My brother’s son plays T-ball, and one of the coaches in his local Little League group (group? team? franchise?) is the man I once wanted to marry.

I saw Desmond Tutu speak the other day at a Peace Jam event. This is a short promo video for the 2006 event, but still a good clip to hear him in. If you don’t know who he is you should pick up his book.

My very good friend Ron Pee has struck a gold mine. He’s always been very lucky his whole life. His parent’s told me he was conceived on a bed of four leaf dandelions.

A parking lot.  A large rock.  A scratched mini van.

It’s the classic case of customer versus the corporation. A woman thinks the company is responsible.

The company doesn’t initially want to give her the time of day.

Melissa Grimes found herself in a real life version of caught between a rock and a hard place.

“It’s been a month and that rock is still there.”

Grimes is a new mother with a new mommy mini van.