Ambush Bug #4 came out last week, but ...

Here's a review. The series so far hasn't affected me the way the original 1980s series did, but it's still good to have the Bug back.

"Blue Monday" returns

Here's another story about a very worthy comics series, indeed.
Chynna Clugston has returned with a new Oni Press series about her 1980's high schoolers.
I have always enjoyed "Blue Monday" whenever it pops up, and I'd recommend all the trade paperbacks.

"Butt Bandit" didn't mean exactly what I was thinking

Interesting.

Mike and Mike on Monday nights?

I was going to write a longer post about this, but I realized I'd just have be filling space with a bunch of minor and uninteresting supporting points. So, here's the unvarnished statement:
I would watch Monday Night Football every week, whereas I currently do not, if Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic were the announcers.
I listen to them on their ESPN Radio show, "Mike and Mike in the Morning," and they are the absolutely perfect blend of sports, personality and entertainment that MNF has lacked — maybe since Howard Cosell.
They have been the broadcasters for some secondary MNF games on Monday nights the last couple years with Mike Ditka. But, they had the west coast games that aren't on TV here until 11 p.m. or so.
So, ESPN, if you are listening put Mike and Mike (and maybe even Mike) on Monday Night Football and your Nielsen ratings will increase by one. Namely, me.

Is the mall dead?

Newsweek says it may not be dead, but it's definitely not looking really good.

ABJ writer talks about Score

Longtime Indians beat writer Sheldon Ocker (who is one of the best sports writers in Ohio or anywhere else, if you ask me) writes about Herb Score here.
From the column:
During a game at the Metrodome in the early '80s, a manager called time and began jawing with an umpire. I was sitting next to Terry Pluto, then the beat writer for the Plain Dealer.
Neither of us could figure out what was going on, so we headed for the broadcast booth to ask Score. While we waited for a commercial break, Pluto lost the handle on a paper cup, and Score suddenly was bathed in hot chocolate.
He stopped his description of the game and told the radio audience, ''Terry Pluto of the Plain Dealer came into the booth. I do not know why he is here, but he just spilled hot chocolate on my pants, on my shirt, on my tie, on my shoes, on my scorebook. Hot chocolate is everywhere. ... And there's a fastball for ball 2.''

Some more Herb Score video

This is about four minutes long.

Here's some audio from various times of Score's broadcasting career. There's a few other clips of people talking about him, too.