Neil Young's a bad boy

It occurs to me that after listening to the very worthwhile One Kiss Leads To Another box set, that Neil Young's "Pocohontas" from Rust Never Sleeps bears more than a passing resemblance to Carole King's "He's A Bad Boy."

File under: Rosebud was his sled.

Upon hearing that J.K. Rowling was upset that the New York Times's Michiko Kakutani did her job, I've decided it's my sworn duty to reveal the ending to the Harry Potter franchise.

Harry is enjoying a quiet dinner in a local Hogwarts diner, listening to "Whiter Shade Of Pale" on the jukebox, when the last 10 pages of the novel turn black.

You heard it here first.

10,000

Much ink will be spilled on this moment of ignominy in the psyche of those of us from Philadelphia. But I just want to note that, it was bad enough for the Phillies to reach 10,000 losses on national television. But we weren't even allowed to revel in our ineptitude with a post-game locker room wake. Such coverage got bumped by ... The Espys?!?!

There is no God.

Karaoke Night

My performances:


Hard To Handle - Otis Redding
Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meatloaf
Let's Go Crazy - Prince
Against All Odds - Phil Collins
Funny How Times Slips Away - Willie Nelson

Witness Tony's look of horror in the upper left hand corner.

Happy birthday, my man.

Daniel Okrent, line 1?

A long but very interesting story.

The story was corrected yesterday to "clarify" the location of Schley. Johnny Salami remains MIA.

At this point, neither Romenesko nor Gawker has picked up the story. Not sure why. But there's one thing I'm sure of: If a junior reporter did this, they'd be out of here faster than shit through a goose.

Shame of the criterati

One of the funnier things I've read in a while.

This is the dark world I have abandoned

Yes, it's inside baseball. But this was my life for several years.