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Slate discusses what not to name that forthcoming blog of yours...
Link - Don't Drink the Balloon Juice

The article we've heard so much about...
Link - Baby Einsteins: Not So Smart After All

A little propaganda to warm you up for next quarter's holiday season...
Link - Santa: "I Killed Jesus"

And alas, some fun and games to kill time during Mallory's nap...
Link - Scrabble Cubes

Labels: MJ wants to be on my blog more, weekend reading

• "What began as a witheringly accurate account of modern American business incompetence and interpersonal awkwardness (following the lead of its British progenitor) has been shanghaied and derailed by this fixation on love." She's preachin' to the choir.
  
  
• Coming soon to a MacBook near you: Madden!
  
  
• Nothing quite like minor league baseball promotional shenanigans.
  
  
• Getting closer to pickle pop.
  
  
• Winnie Cooper likes all that adding and stuff.
  
  

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• Alone Star: Philly native Marvin Harrison
  - An approach to work that I can relate to
  
  
• A site you can't take your eyes off
  - All of this sounds so familiar
  
  
• Arenas says he'd score '84 or 85' against Duke
  - Quite possibly the greatest headline ever
  
  
• How to Raise a Happy Kid
  - Praise out, mastery in!
  

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Upon my return home yesterday, many cars and a few News Vans were parked along the street in front of our neighbor's house. There were no ambulances or fire trucks, no police cars. Speculation ran amok at our dinner table. MJ, we'll call her Ace, ventured a "hazing" guess that proved to be the right theme. Check out "Players Plan to Appeal" on YDR for the whole scoop.

Psychology Today #1 - This must-read's 8 pages long, so instead of navigating through each screen and downloading all of those banners and graphics, I recommend clicking the "Print" link to read "A Nation of Wimps" in its entirity.

Psychology Today #2 - For those of us regrettably (yes!) or not-so-regrettably (really?) linked at one end or the other in the chain of anti-muslim themed forwarded emails, check out "Why We Hate."

Joe Dumars made an appearance in a dream I had the other night. It was a few days ago so I can't remember the setting or circumstances, but I remember waking the next morning thinking "Joe Dumars?" Ridiculous. But not as ridiculous, according to Bill Simmons in "Building the Halls of Justice," as Joe D entering the Hall of Fame.

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A day late...

Many of you are familiar with Yuck, Team Yuck, York Yuck or Mr. Yuck. You may have lost to him in the finals of your fantasy league, or he may have called you a knucklehead on your league's message board (does Ken Dodson read blogs?). Well, his dad's post-9/11 journal was published in the York Daily Record over the weekend. For those who may have missed it and are looking for interesting reads on this 5th anniversary of the attacks, get your read on.

"Most of them have trouble with images that penetrate quiet moments. Bodies hitting the street and immediately transforming into something that no longer resembled the owner."

Elsewhere, Blah, Blah, Blog is declaring current Tulsa Driller Joe Koshansky as odds-on NL Rookie-of the-Year next season. Not to go all Yahoo! on you, but scoop him up in '07 NL-only leagues.

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The "leave the kids alone" mid-week edition...

• How adults can make kids' sports a nightmare
• Jimmy tops high-school list, but why should we care
• Let them pay

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Mah, Mah, Mom played a starring role in YDR's Monday feature "Preserving dignity while hiding tears." You might reconsider throwing out that newspaper, I could arrange an autograph!

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• Homeless man blogs about his experience
• Huddy slated to open the Braves' season
• Urban intervention followed by photographic recording
• Santorum's Jackpot
• Functional redesign of the wall electrical outlet

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Some interesting, albeit dated in some cases, stories for your reading pleasure...

• Breaking down rounded corners.
• SCUBA Diving photo contest winners revealed.
• US Paralympic Team aiming for gold at the '08 Beijing Games.
• Westbrook tackled by ghost of Noteboom? (His season ending foot injury was mysterious.)
• Click here to find out when your favorite Christmas TV/Movie special airs.
• 3-time "World's Ugliest Dog" champ dies just before his 15th birthday.
  

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• Miss Manners breaks down cell phone etiquette. Let me guess... Rule number 1: There is no cell phone etiquette.
• What's Tai Shan up to?
• I see that Taxi drivers/chauffeurs ranks 10th on the America's Most Dangerous Jobs list. Insert Jayson Williams joke here.
• If you've ever thought your iPod looked uncomfortable while charging, BeanPod is for you.

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• Pluto: Put up or shut up. In its 76th season, the little fella better show his planetaryness... or else!
• Scoop out-Jacksons Phil.
• Vanilla Ice topped the charts 15 years ago. Check out the newly redesigned Billboard.com for proof.
• Net radio sounds off to their four-legged market.
• All you need to know about influenza pandemics! Oh, and read this too.
• As a new season begins, it's time to slam-dunk some old myths.

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• Top 10 Science Photos of the Year
• PEZ MP3 - Easter baskets just got louder!
• Wie turns pro, the NBA considers a dress code
• If you listen to music on an iPod, what would it be for Halloween?
• Finally, I've come across... the statement!

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• How do you spell Relief? N.B.A.
• Think some of the things you've heard people saying on TV about Hurricane Katrina are, uhh, strange? Here's a compilation.
• The Sports Guy lists things his wife can't stand about him. Wives should read for an "amen" and husbands should read for a laugh.
• Keep things harmonius by working out a great color scheme. This utility really is unbelievable.
• Two local high schools gain national attention: "Dover leads fake news report on evolution" and "Delone Catholic irritates to raise relief funds".

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Articles from around the web...

• High gas prices or strong body odor?
• Can't find suitable wallpaper at desktops.8m.net? Then try this site.
• Surprised to find myself inline with these thoughts from Skip Bayless. Is he overlooking the "stepping stone" factor though?
• Put Garageband (or the like) to good use. Remix the Beastie Boys.
• An article from a few years back on ol' #12. Could Randall scramble his way to the HOF?

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A few articles from around the web...

• You mean some people actually like "Ranch Tooth"?
• NES Controller TV Remote
• Another sportswriter picks the Cardinals
• Amid the T.O. circus, we're reminded of the Eagles D
• Sport's Guy revisits the "Summer of Doc"
• Reds already one of season's big winners
• Has Andruw Finally Arrived?

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