Realm of the Wombat

Today’s Wikipedia: The Wave

So long Carlos Lee, hello Chorizo

There will be updates soon. I promise.

PSA: How to Escape from a Bear

Why I don’t watch Baseball Tonight, and why you shouldn’t either. I know some of these people played professional baseball, but you can’t tell from this exchange.

Harold Reynolds fired by ESPN. Now dump Kruk, and let’s take back Baseball Tonight!

Ready. Set. Don’t watch baseball!

The most important read of the day: How to conquer Pac-Man

I’ve frequently mentioned the radio show Morning Becomes Eclectic from KCRW, the NPR station out of Santa Monica, as a way to listen to new music. The typical format of the show is a 15 minute set, a 15 minute interview, and then another 15 minute set of music. What I didn’t realize is that they have quite an extensive archive of their past shows. The number of bands that have stopped in is pretty remarkable, including Eels, Cake, Elvis Costello, White Stripes, Beck, Flaming Lips (also Beck with the Flaming Lips), Radiohead, the Shins, the Decemberists, Broken Social Scene, and the Arcade Fire, amonst others.

Go find your favorite band!

Those were the good ol’ days, when you could fly an Iran Air 747 from New York to Tehran, non-stop.

What’s a cupola?

Find out the answer…

Today’s Wikipedia read: Bullet catch magic trick