- Sampras calls Federer the greatest tennis player ever :: I guess that means I fall to #3 and Andre Agassi falls to #7.
- The coolest camper I have ever seen. Sadly it was 50 years ahead of it’s time.
- My 2009 Summer Reading List of Books to Read at the Lake :: Rebecca Blood is maintaining the master list of summer reading lists. There are a lot of great suggestions there.
- A list of companies who supported lies about global warming
- Conservative Party Asset Management :: The feds are not only airily mulling an asset sale in the abstract, they’ve booked revenue from it in this budget year, and in succeeding years, to the tune of many billions of dollars in total sales. When Dewar quizzed Jim Flaherty about it three months ago, Flaherty was nonchalant in acknowledging, broadly, the premise of Dewar’s questions. There are really only two possibilities. The government can sell billions of dollars worth of stuff, or its deficit can be billions of dollars higher.
- Seth Godin is talking about making compromises
- If you mechanic wants to buy you car, it’s not time to sell it
- Lies, lies, and more stats
- If you love something, charge for it
- Hunger in South Asia is at an all time high
- An open letter to the right wing regarding President Barack Obama
- 24 Hours at Sea on the U.S.S. Nimitz
- Spruce up your Blogger powered blog!
- The wisdom of Tracey Jordan
- Pastor organizes a celebration of guns at church :: "As a Christian pastor I believe that without a deep-seeded belief in God and firearms that this country would not be here," Pagano told ABCNews.com. "I’m not ashamed of that fact. I’m proud of it." A $1 raffle to win a free handgun will also be part of the festivities. :: Oddly despite being pro-gun, he is anti-yard sale.
- The great theologian: a parable (based on a true story)
- Post Emergent is the New Emergent
- Jim Palmer comes out for the L.A. Lakers :: I have been unable to cheer for the Lakers since Kobe’s fateful day in Colorado. It changed the way I see him and his game.
- David Ortiz’s decline is because he is getting old :: Really, that’s a tribute to what he means to his fans and how delightful it was to watch him play. His career might be over (notice I left the door open; I’m such a sap), but Ortiz has reached the highest level an athlete can reach: unequivocal devotion. Sox fans love him the same way you love an ailing family member. In the end, at his bleakest point, he’s brought out the best of an entire fan base. He has inspired dignity and emotion and loyalty. The fans could have sped his demise (and saved a few games) by booing until Francona benched him. They didn’t. How often does that happen?
- Leo Laporte calls Mike Arrington “an —hole” after Mike suggested he was biased by a free one week review of the Palm Pre.
- Microsoft kills of hybrid storage devices in netbooks because it doesn’t want to hurt the sales of a OS that no one wants.
- Tony Blair calls Gordon Brown a liar :: Kettle meet pot, black.
- Could the NHL find a worse time to air it’s dirty laundry then the Stanley Cup final?
- Temp labour skews unemployment figures
- The impending demise of the university :: via
- How Tim Keller ended up in New York City
- Global housing prices continue their steep decline
- Forecast for Pakistan by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists says the U.S. can’t do much, but Obama’s on the right track.
- It takes a strong president to press himself and the world to do better
- James Fallows reports from Tiananmen Square.
- Four points of advice for folks on both sides of the abortion aisle.
- Rafael Nadal thinks he disappointed millions by losing French Open :: I hate to break your heart but we were all cheering for Federer.
- Rethinking the Mall
Jordon, I didn’t forget about Kobe in Colorado. Thankfully a person’s life is broader and deeper than what one reads in the news.