Look at me, going everywhere!

Wow, a really good article on books in the New York Times!
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Joe Torre, reflecting on the incident at Fenway on Thursday, in which an idiot fan may have hit Gary Sheffield in the face: "Somebody came out of the stands and whacked him. These people shouldn't be out on the street, let alone at a ballgame."

Torre again, when told about Mark Sabia, a man who has been a regular in the Yankees' press box for many years, even though his employer, "Westchester Cable Services," doesn't exist: "That's sick, man."

I don't know, maybe Torre's getting a bit old to be talking to the press. A bit much, no? I thought the fake press pass thing was pretty cool (why didn't I think of that?). But yeah, the fan who brushed Sheffield's face, and who is lucky to be walking today because Saint Sheffield, thank God, showed so much "restraint"--he should be incarcerated, no question.
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Apparently Tito Francona, when Greg Gibson, the umpire Thursday night, said he read "Papa Jack"'s lips, responded, "You read his lips?! You can't even see the fucking ball in front of you!"
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If reading about books isn't your thing, but you still want to waste some time, you can read this wacko piece, which was amazingly published in the Times, and then this, which is the obvious, but very funny, parody. Links via S/FJ.
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Please give me back my life, Text Twist.

Tasty käck!

Scandiwhovia?

The most important thing I learned during my long weekend in Stockholm, my first time there:

Even though the guide book claims that Sweden has the world's highest standards of food purity, do not, under any circumstances, eat cheap sushi. You will end up spending more than half of your short trip to Stockholm stuck inside your cousin's dorm room bathroom.