The Red Sox entered the 2014 season as the defending champions, having won the 2013 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, but quickly returned to their mediocre ways of 2012, finishing last in the American League East. They became the first MLB team to finish last in one season, win the World Series the next, and finish last again … Read More
Corrections
From today’s New York Times: Correction: March 26, 2015 An earlier version of the second correction above said that the error in the first correction was made “during the reporting process, not by the editors”. It should have read that the error in the first correction was made “during the editing process, not by the reporters.” The correction has been … Read More
Best and Worst Flights and Airports
Statistics wizard Nate Silver turns his attention to flying, and does some amazing analysis of the best and worst airlines and airports when it comes to delayed and cancelled flights. It’s more complicated than you think, so you might want to read the whole thing. For example, the government data on which he relies specifies that a 14 minute arrival … Read More
Blogging Update
(1) Light blogging lately, if you haven’t noticed. Death in the family. (2) Loyal reader SH informs me that comments are not “taking” when “Post Comments” is clicked. He’s right. Whaddup? Dunno. Looking into it….. UPDATE: Okay…. trying something new. Seems to work okay. (3) And I’ve missed a lot…. Nimoy’s death, Netanyahou, Hillary’s emails….
A Trip To The Wayback Machine
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Goodbye To The Dish
The term “weblog” was coined in December 1997. The short form, “blog,” was coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke the word weblog into the phrase we blog in the sidebar of his blog Peterme.com in April or May 1999. Back then, blogs were a very small and largely unknown part of the Internet. Political blogs starting appearing in 2001, and … Read More
None Of The World Leaders At The Paris Demonstration Were At The Paris Demonstration
As American media goes into all-out concern troll mode because President Obama didn’t join other world leaders at the demonstration in Paris, it should be pointed out that those world leaders weren’t actually at the demonstration either. They were in a separate isolated area, under heavy security. This was a staged photo op, made to look like they joined the … Read More
Remember That Christmas Present Coffee Machine You Got Or Gave?
It’s dangerous: Keurig Green Mountain is recalling more than 6.6 million hot beverage-brewing machines in the United States that could overheat liquids and burn users. Keurig says its Mini Plus Brewing Systems, with model number K10, can overheat and spray water during brewing. Keurig says it had received about 200 reports of hot liquid escaping from the brewer, including 90 … Read More
Giving Tuesday
I remember when it was just Black Friday. Then came Cyber Monday. Now they’ve added Giving Tuesday. Okay. But that’s all, okay? Anyway, since Giving Tuesday is a thing now, let me make a pitch. I got heavily interested and involved in the mental health area when my (now ex-)girlfriend was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder and depression affects … Read More
Most Scathing Review Ever
I don’t know (or care for) country music, and I never heard of this band…. but all I can say is “Ouch”: Florida Georgia Line’s “Anything Goes” is the Worst Album Ever
New Blog To Be Witness To The End of the World
It’s been a month since I last wrote anything for the web. I am shutting down my previous blog, The Seventh Sense, and trying something new, here, reformatted and up-to-date with the latest blogging technology. The Ashford Zone picks up where The Seventh Sense left off, albeit a month later (and, If I can figure it out, with all of The Seventh Sense … Read More
Suicide – Brave Or Cowardly?
A person from my past had issues. She was diagnosed with Bipolar I, which they don't diagnose unless you have psychotic episodes, which she claimed to have had. I never witnessed any (I don't think); in fact, what I witnessed mostly was the depressive side of her bipolarity, which included a suicide attempt or two. In that depressive state, we would … Read More