Basil’s Blog

The Columbus Catfish won their 10th game in 13 tries tonight … beating the Charleston Riverdogs 10-6. the win is the Catfish 8th over the Riverdogs this season in the nine games they’ve met.
The Catfish jumped to an early 7-0 lead in the top of the first on five singles, two walks, and two hit [...]

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From ABC News:
Bush Troubled By Reports of Iraq Killings
Were supposed to be secret
From ABC News:
Bush Refocuses on Gay Marriage
Cheney starting to look hot
From ABC News:
Liz Taylor Dismisses Alzheimer’s Disease Reports
Says she knew what she was doing each of the eight times she married someone forever
From ABC News:
Ancient Female Skeleton Unearthed in Rome
Joan Rivers hosts Travel [...]

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Today’s picnic basket of items from my blogroll.

Gateway Pundit follows the unrest in Iran.
Iowa Voice is on the verge of an anniversary.
Skerdog (Passionate America) looks for the union label.
Shaun Hunting (The UFC Octagon) has information on an upcoming match.
Donkey Cons looks at purveyors and defenders of kiddie porn.
Michael Bates (BatesLine) wants help with his addiction.
WILLisms [...]

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The Columbus Catfish earned a split with the Rome Braves Tuesday night, taking the fourth game of the series 5-4.
From the Rome Braves:
Rome, GA – The Rome Braves lost an error-plagued final game against the Columbus Catfish 5-4 in front of 3,030 fans at State Mutual Stadium.
The Braves scored the first run of the game [...]

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Late last week, the Wife and I went to Tennessee for a niece’s high school graduation. And we had a good time.
Similar to my son’s and my nephew’s graduation in Georgia last year, I was the only one in the audience wearing a coat and tie. Yes, it’s hard to believe, but most of the [...]

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From CNN:
Pope meets Auschwitz survivors
Tells group: “You won’t get away from me this time”
From WTAE:
Rolling Rock woes raise questions
Does the ‘33′ represent the number of dollars in the bank?
From KIRO:
Housing sex offender costs $4 million
Michael Jackson’s bankruptcy explained
From WKMG:
Roads reopen near 1,000-acre brush fire
Winnie the Pooh plans 11th home, vows to stop playing with matches
From [...]

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Today’s picnic basket of items from my blogroll.

Bob Orr (Either Orr) has a scene from a new TV show.
Agent Bedhead is the world’s biggest Henry Rollins fan … hands down.
Cao had a movie for Memorial Day.
Soldiers’ Angel New York remembered.
Velociman (Velociworld) gets famn mail.
Sportslady (From Peaches … to Beaches) proves she isn’t Hoffa-crazy … with [...]

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Back in February of this year (2006, for those of you from the future), we covered a topic over at my little blog and at the Alliance about speeding up your blog. Lots of people found it useful … which means perhaps I’m not totally useless. Despite what the ex- says.It seems that, as useful [...]

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From CNN:
Web site plays Cupid to farm folks
date-a-cow.com launched
From ABC News:
Pope Benedict XVI Questions God in Auschwitz
Just like old times
From ABC News:
No Note By Doctor Who Threw Kids Over Balcony
Bush blamed
From ABC News:
Kentucky Man Finds Python in Rental Car
Michael Palin falls on hard times
From ABC News:
Brothels Ask Exemption From Smoking Ban
Whores don’t want to break [...]

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Thank You
First, to Agent Bedhead: Thank you! It was Agent Bedhead’s first time pulling a guest stint here … and I really appreciate her doing this for me … and for you.
Next, to Phin: Thank you again! Phin was able to help out the last few days here, too. And again, Phin was great. He [...]

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