http://www.jaybusbee.com Sports. Novels. Comics. Poker. Beer. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:44:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So the sports media finds itself in its own crosshairs yet again, this time because a couple media dudes apparently asked Tim Tebow for an autograph in the locker room Sunday night before (or perhaps after) the Broncos-Bengals game. To quote Sam Kinison (who was talking about marriage): what a ... http://www.jaybusbee.com/?p=453 This is just perfect -- a shot of the early-90s Braves pitching rotation. I love Maddux's attempt at facial hair, Glavine's Notre Dame trucker hat, Steve Avery looking like he needs a car seat -- but the best by far is Smoltz's Cosby Show sweater. Wonder where that one ended ... http://www.jaybusbee.com/?p=438 Fascinating news from Ricky Gervais on his blog: there's gonna be a Chinese version of "The Office." Or, as he put it, "I have some amazing news too. We are about to start work on developing a Chinese 'The Office'. How cool is that?" Considering how badly Beijing kicked our collective ... http://www.jaybusbee.com/?p=433 So suppose you're looking for some directions down Middle Road in Worcester, England. You click on the Google Maps street view and OH MY GOD THERE'S A DEAD GIRL RIGHT THERE ON THE STREET!!!! AND THE GOOGLE VAN DIDN'T EVEN STOP?!! WE ARE LIVING IN A COLD AND HEARTLESS AGE!!! THESE ... http://www.jaybusbee.com/?p=427 Sweet mother of heaven, Denny's is verging on committing crimes against nature. Behold: That right there, friends, is the fried cheese grilled cheese sandwich. Now, look, I'm all in favor of fried cheese, and I'm usually in favor of a decent grilled cheese sammich, but this -- this is an ... http://www.jaybusbee.com/?p=424 The daughter and I atop a hill in Sedona, Arizona, part of our monstrous series of vacation photos. Best caption wins a hearty handshake. http://www.jaybusbee.com/?p=419 More from the "why the Internet is awesome" files -- propaganda posters modeled on old '80s video games: I sincerely hope I don't need to tell you what game that's based on. Other posters include Tron, Donkey Kong and Dig Dug. Lovely work by Think Geek, via io9. http://www.jaybusbee.com/?p=413 The sports blogosphere awakened Wednesday morning to a changed world. Well, I assume it did; I'm writing this late Tuesday night. Also, most of the blogosphere doesn't drag its scraggly ass out of bed in what anyone would call "morning." But I'm drifting. My point: On Tuesday, The Big Lead and ... http://www.jaybusbee.com/?p=410 This is a thing of beauty -- a newsreel from the 1950s or so with a mother who has a unique method of teaching her kids to stand STILL, dammit ... And here's the thing -- if she's good enough to miss 'em by that close, she's good enough to hit ... http://www.jaybusbee.com/?p=406 Yep, that's my new ride. Jealous? (Thanks to Marbles reader Brian Hay for the creation.) http://www.jaybusbee.com/?p=402