One week you wake up with a new Red Sox player, the next you wake up to a new … Philly?!
Apparently ace pitcher Cliff Lee didn’t sign with the Rangers …

I hadn’t heard this story yet: “Boy left deaf in one ear after line drive; family sues bat maker“.
Apparently several states have banned metal baseball bats, like the one that …

Oh snowbirds! Did you see that “Florida is getting some Moxie“?

I hadn’t even had time to write about Adrian Gonzalez yet, and I open up the Globe this morning to this: “Sox sign up Crawford for $142m.”
Key quote:
With Gonzalez reportedly …

Not to beat this to death, but the other day I quoted the Portland Press Herald who said that incoming Tea Party Governor Paul LePage thought that if 35 states …

Uh-oh. Looks like the government has designed the new $100 bills to be too fancy: “The Fed Has a $110 Billion Problem with New Benjamins.”
Key quotes:
1.1 billion of the …

Apparently Red Lobster is retrofitting 700 stores in North America with what they call the “Bar Harbor Design” that is inspired by Bar Harbor, Maine.
They say the new design “creates …

I have to mention a quote in this Portland Press Herald article: “Incoming AG weighs fight over health reform.”
See, apparently the new Maine government is joining legal fight against the …

I’d heard about this on the radio, but I only now saw a photo (one of Yahoo! News’ most viewed) of the 50 foot lobster trap tree on Beal’s Island. …

Last week a murder, this week a suicide. Celebration, Florida is all grown up: “It’s a Small Town After All.”

(The title only makes sense if you pronounce “Qatar” as “KUH-tar”).
So it looks like they’ll be playing the 2022 World Cup in the warm Middle Eastern sun: “Russia and Qatar …

You’ve probably seen the Google search engine logo replaced from time to time to celebrate some important holiday or anniversary. These illustrations are called “Google Doodles“.
Apparently for the UAE’s …

Back when we were in Dubai Forbes‘ annual list of richest royals was always a big deal (see Richest Royals).
Somehow it fell through the cracks this July, but luckily I …

Uh oh! Celebration, the town developed by The Walt Disney Company back in the 1990s, has hit a snag. Check out this Orlando Sentinel story: “Death in Celebration …

I missed 60 Minutes this week, but apparently Associate Justice of the Supreme Court John Paul Stevens was on, and talked about being a 12 year old at Game 3 …

This is from a few weeks ago, but I love word origins, here’s the etymology of the world wide web: “Web.”

I haven’t talked much about my thoughts on the new Transportation Security Agency (TSA) screenings, but this Washington Post article pretty much sums it up: “Why the TSA pat-downs and …

Fascinating article in Time Magazine (or at the least on their website) today about how Leif Ericsson and pals probably took an Native American (or a Canadian First People) to …

At Thanksgiving dinner we talking about text messaging and the damages to proper spelling, and now I just saw this: “Chatrooms and social websites encourage bad spelling, says study.”
Determined among …

I’ve spoken in the past of the television show Fringe. It started out a 21st-century X-Files, but then it went all parallel universe and really came into its own.
Anyway, …