The men in my family went to the Indians-Blue Jays game on Tuesday. Thanks to the good people at StubHub, we got some late tickets in the 3rd row of Section 158. It had been a while since I had sat that close, but it gives you a really good view.

The good? We got to see Matt LaPorta drill a homer that was gone the instant he hit it. Fausto Carmona looked pretty good for the win. Carlos Santana looks like the real deal.

The bad? Shin-Soo Choo dropped a popup. Santana had a passed ball with a runner on third. Kerry Wood hit a guy with an 0-2 count, but still got the save. We heard Shelley Duncan yell "Dammit!" and "Fuck!" on successive late strikeouts.

The Tribe won their 4th straight tonight.

Meal of Links

Bittman brings out more grilling recipes. And, of course, it looks like a great weekend to grill.

Amazon buys Woot! No changes.

From The World Moves Fast Department. A $500 video card today (with 1.5 teraflops) is faster than the world's fastest supercomputer in 1998 or the 500 fastest supercomputers combined in 1993.

An interview with Gerald Casale. Yes, Devo is back.

More Rolling Stone discussion. Matt Taibbi doesn't like Lara Logan very much.

Cat Lassie Doesn't Give A Shit



I guess I was wrong. Ghana may have indeed had a home continent advantage.

Exercise Yard

What happens at 12:01 tonight? As Chuck Galeti said on his Bottom 9 tonight: "A guy in a vampire suit shows up 24 hours late to the Midnight showing of "Twilight".

Besides that, NBA free agency starts. As I've said all along, I think LeBron stays. What the team looks like beyond that, I have no idea. Now it appears Byron Scott is the new Cavs coach, after all. What kills me about this is how the media seems to place so much importance on who will be the new Cavs coach, but the untested Tom Thibodeau, the Bulls new coach, apparently is no factor if Lebron chooses Chicago. Can't have it both ways.

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22 Across: "Bad Moon Rising" band, familiarly (3 letters) Answer: CCR

"Bad Moon Rising"/CCR