I seem to recall brother Iain invented big ball when he was editor of his university newspaper. He didn't play it - no one did. Just invented the stats and kept the standings in the corner of the sports section. I could have done with big ball to get me through to the big game tonight, Boston …

While the top story in my last 24 hours has to be Beckett finishing his  •  complete game by setting aside the Angels like a librarian shelving a book  •  [Ed.: Yes! My own sports analogy!] in time for the Bionic Woman's second  •  episode to start, it was really the realization that BW2 [Ed.: Yes …

Well, here we are. Three seasons from summer.  •  What did I learn this week? I learned enough to know I am BBQing some beef tomorrow and going to slather them with avacado and lime. And I know now I can get up to 650 sit ups a week before Friday. I know you picture me lithe and all, but the years …

A ESPN affiliate floated up under WTIC Hartford during the Red Sox game last night and, hey, it was Orlando Florida. I know you all share with me the joy at the end of summer and the beginning of AM radio propagation season.

Find a radio with the long wave band and play your local airport's radio beacon. It is a slow non-stop repetition of its call letters in Morse code. Who knew?  •  Note use by Rush.

Yes, your life is flying by. The end of June is the end of the first half of the year, the year you still think of in the back of your mind as new. Time to get another hobby or make a greater change.  •  Update: freaky:  •  “Authorities said Thursday they are trying to determine who altered the …

I am being whisked away after work to a Gen X at 40 authorized event, the first game of the Watertown Wizards 2007 season. Should be fun as it is supposed to be stinking hot and, at a buck a ticket for kids, a great deal.  •  The G8 summit is wrapping up and I am worried again about Russian …

I was watching the end of another over ripe edition of Jamie Oliver's new TV show about cooking in his backyard...except he seems to have a personal gardener which really makes it the gardener's yard...and watched as the great smiley one baked a tomato and sausage roasty thing in a brick oven he …

Remember when talking about the weather was a euphemism for something between being intensely dull to sensibly steering clear of controversial topics? Intersting story in the NYT this morning about the US channel the Weather Network and how the dullest station on the TV is now coping with …