Well, this has been a depressing day. John Odom, the minor leaguer who made news last year when he was traded for 10 maple bats, has died of an accidental overdose of drugs and alcohol. Thrown off of his high school team, knocking around in the San Francisco Giants' farm system, Odom was a lost soul...

Eric Kraft appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #268. Eric Kraft is most recently the author of Flying. This is the first of a three part conversation with Kraft about all of his Peter Leroy books, an epic of more than a million words which Our Young Roving Correspondent was insane enough to read. These...

Charlie Huston appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #267. Charlie Huston is most recently the author of The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death. To listen to our previous interview with Mr. Huston, check out The Bat Segundo Show #98. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Looking for an efficient and affordabl...

Neil deGrasse Tyson appeared on The Bat Segundo Show #265. Neil deGrasse Tyson is most recently the author of The Pluto Files. Condition of Mr. Segundo: Reconfiguring his planetary paradigm, with the aid of minatory electrodes. Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson Subjects Discussed: The Great Planet Debate,...

Director : Steve Oedekerk Release Date : 10 November 1995 (USA) Genre : Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery Cast : Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura, Ian McNeice as Fulton Greenwall, Simon Callow as Vincent Cadby, Maynard Eziashi as Ouda, Bob Gunton as Burton Quinn, Sophie Okonedo as The Wachati Princess, To...

Yesterday, I mentioned how I'm suddenly back in the world of Facebook. I did not mention the look of horror on the face of my friend, "Elaine," when she noted a recent addition to my list of friends. "You friended our Rabbi?? That's brave. I'd be afraid for him to see my conversations!" she exclaime...

Ok, so here's a funny little "coincidence". Lately I'm on an X-men binge- primarily Pyro and Iceman. Specifically, Aaron Stanford and Shawn Ashmore variety. And today, getting of the Spadina line- I get out onto the platform at Younge and there is a couple- guy and girl- and the guy is STRIKINGLY id...

David Suissa nails it: But as the sessions piled up and I had to make more tough choices and miss more great classes, a funny thing happened: I started getting interrupted. As I went from class to class, I kept meeting more and more people. Soon the conversations themselves began to pile up. An impr...

... dirt, sand, pebbles, a cactus, potting soil, twigs, used motor oil, and cat litter I'll give you a hint....

... putting the "tard" in Eurotard since 1960. vote for me and I'll make it stop....