Buck Showalter seems to specialize in turning teams around, then getting fired for butting heads with the front office.

Hugh hid.

Your opinion is bad and you should feel bad, Your Grace.

I lived in Tucson until about a year ago, so I'm well acquainted with the (hyperbolic) fascists in the state house and the (actual) fascist sheriff of Maricopa County.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, now under the aegis of DHS, runs the Intellectual Property Rights center. You've probably noticed their warning, in addition to the FBI warning, on newer DVDs. The agency claims to be fighting international piracy and counterfeiting.

My LeCarre books are narrated by Michael Jayston, which I quite enjoy. Since he was Peter Guillam in the BBC Tinker Tailor miniseries, his Smiley is clearly an Alec Guinness impression.

Simon Prebble is my favorite audiobook narrator. I recommend Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Declare, or the Charlie Mortdecai novels to start. He also narrates a load of Sherlock Holmes stories, but I haven't downloaded those.

My lady has a jacket with white piping— something that is difficult to find in a men's coat. Therefore she will be Number Six from The Prisoner, while I will be a game Number Two. We just need to track down a white balloon to play Rover.

While dining at a fancy restaurant, I ordered a glass of Laphroaig. The waiter was a scotch man and excited that someone showed an interest. He very nicely provided me with some Lagavulin and Springbank to taste. He recommended Scapa very highly, but was unable to find a sample.

I once had a victim of fraud ask to be transferred to a detective on "the bunko squad". I wanted to reimburse his losses just for employing that term.

Oh God, yes.

I fear that it was not a lack of supply that forced them to abandon this practice, but the sad fact that even the largest skulls could not accommodate the portions today's customers demand.

While the processes involving chicken have been modernized and mechanized, the buckets themselves are hand-made.

TCM
Our first selection for tonight's series, 'a salute to digging': The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

Fridaybuzzkillen.

MTV
We'll Dig Our Way Out

Star Wars: Obi Wan for the X-Box was a short but quite fun contribution, also.

That is correct. Arizona removed the judicial recall language from its state constitution, then immediately put it back in when statehood was granted.

Hey, isn't that the bear that steals your ideas?

In a bedroom painted like a Tim Burton set. Black and white stripes, weird black cat on a purple accent wall. I'm not kidding.