Edmund Fitzgerald was Alive When the Edmund Fitzgerald Sank
You might have assumed that the ill-fated ship the Edmund Fitzgerald was named for an old-timey sea captain or an Irish bartender or some other sailing-adjacent fellow. Not so! As …..
Posts tagged: Babe Ruth
Hank Aaron and Larry King are Dead
Hank Aaron and Larry King had nothing in common, except for fame in their chosen fields. And now that both are dead, they have a second connection: Covid-19. Hank Aaron …..
A Bad Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln from the Museum of Bad Art
Is it Queen Lili’uokalani? Or maybe Babe Ruth? No, it’s a bad portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln, brought to you courtesy of the Museum of Bad Art in Somerville, Massachusetts. The Museum …..
The Roger Clemens Trial Was Not a Waste of Time
Think the feds shouldn’t have left Roger Clemens alone? Ray Ratto doesn’t want to hear it.
What In the World Happened to Lawrence Kasdan?
How did the genius who wrote Raiders of the Lost Ark and Body Heat end up making so many small, dull movies?
What A Day It Was!
May 25th: a day that will live in non-infamy!
A Salute from Private Babe Ruth (Really!)
Given the normal image of Babe Ruth as a hard-drinking, skirt-chasing home run machine — and given that he played major league baseball from ages 19 through 40 — this …..
Phony Presidential Trivia
Here’s a swell new Onion interview with writer John Hodgman.He’s the dowdy “PC” on Apple TV ads, and a regular on Jon Stewart’s show. He’s also the author of the fake-trivia books The Areas of My Expertise and More Information Than You Require.