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84The 10 Worst Stiffs Ever in the NBA
I want to go on record as saying that in my personal belief, my friend Jim was the first person to ever use the word "Stiff" to accurately describe the men who are discussed on this list. A true Stiff is a man who played at least two seasons in the...
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76Explaining the Infield Fly Rule
The infield fly rule is perhaps the most misunderstood rule in baseball. But it shoudn't be. It's actually very straightforward, and it's based on a very simple idea: that if ballplayers aren't watched...
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76Torture Techniques of the Spanish Inquisition
The other day, as I was surfing through pictures of medieval torture devices (don't ask), I kept noticing that many such tools were invented by, or at least used in, the Spanish Inquisition. Soon I found myself jumping from one site to another...
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74Foods That Will Help Fight Cancer
As many as one-third of all cancer deaths each year are attributed to a poor diet. If you change the way you eat, you will lower your chance of getting cancer in the first place. If you've already had cancer,...
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70Five Celebrity Fights I Would Love to See
Sure, Stern is a six-foot five-inch, 148-pound Gork and a self-described world class pussy, but there is no doubt if he locked horns with that nasty old fake cowboy racist jackass Don Imus, Stern would whip...
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66Religion is Wonderful, So Long As its Institutions Are Separate From Politics
A reader recently accused me of being against Christianity in an e-mail response to an earlier piece, entitled: "Torture Instruments of the Spanish Inquisition." The reader felt that my warning against the...
63Villa San Michele in Florence, Italy
Villa San Michele from Above. My wife and I stayed at San Michele for two nights in Sept., 2003. Upon arrival, we were dumbfounded by the sweeping view of Florence from the hilltop location in Fiesole. We had...
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61MIT Has Designed A Car That Folds in Half
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed a car that could put an end to city gridlock, parking problems and automobile pollution. According to Bill Mitchell, an MIT engineer who is on the project team, the secrets to the...
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61George Orwell's 12 Tips for Good Writing
I find these helpful. I don't follow them enough, but they are very good. Well, they are from Geoge Orwell, who knew a thing or two about the craft of writing. George Orwell's 12 Writing Tips 1. What am...
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