Great News for the A's

ESPN.com - MLB - Kotsay signs extension through 2008 with Athletics

Mark Kotsay agreed to a three-year contract extension with the Oakland Athletics on Saturday, keeping the reliable center fielder with the club through the 2008 season.

Great news for the A's. Kotsay is a good, solid player - and he's fun to watch to boot. Congrats to Beane for re-signing him.

The Elevator

Thanks to Jimbo for passing this one along.

An Amish father and son went into a large department store and were astonished by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and then slide back together again.

The boy asked, "What is this, Father?"

The father (never having seen an elevator) responded, "Son, I have never seen anything like this in my life, I don't know what it is."
While the boy and his father were watching with amazement, a fat, old lady went up to the moving walls and pressed a button.

The walls opened and the lady went inside between them into a small room. The walls closed and the boy and his father watched the small circular numbers above the walls light up sequentially. They continued to watch until it reached the last number and then the numbers began to light in the reverse order.

Finally the walls opened up again and a gorgeous 20-year-old blonde stepped out.

The father said quietly to his son... "Go get your mother."

Whoops!

CNN.com - Report: Putin pockets Patriots owner's Super Bowl ring - Jun 29, 2005

"Russian President Vladimir Putin walked off with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's diamond-encrusted 2005 Super Bowl ring, but was it a generous gift or a very expensive international misunderstanding?"

FANTASTIC Puzzle (Time Sink)

"Everybody has to cross the river"

Click on link, then click on blue circle (lower-right corner).

The rules are:

1 - Only 2 persons on the raft at a time.
2 - The father can not stay with any of the daughters without their mother's presence.
3 - The mother can not stay with any of the sons without their father's presence.
4 - The thief (striped shirt) can not stay with any family member if the Policeman is not there.
5 - Only the Father, the Mother and the Policeman know how to operate the raft.

To move the people click on them. To move the raft click on the pole next to the raft.

Triumph does Jacko

IFILM - Viral Videos: Triumph vs the Michael Jackson Supporters

"Triumph the Insult Comic Dog paid a visit to the Michael Jackson trial and talked with some of Jacko's supporters. You can probably guess what happened."

Chief People Yahoo!

Catching up with Libby Sartain

"There are a lot of companies that do what [Yahoo does]. In every product we have, we have direct competitors who would love to steal our people because they're really good. And of course we want to hold onto those people plus find more people like that. So that's the war for talent for us."

Interesting take. I was someone who walked away from Yahoo back in early '04. Not sure if they lost the battle or didn't even know the fight was going on. Probably the latter.

What it's all about

Baseball Toaster : Catfish Stew : Blog the Dawgs

"My family vacation to San Diego coincided with a Padres road trip, so we missed Petco Park. But no matter. We went out Saturday evening and checked out some Surf Dawgs, instead."

Great post from Ken Arneson. I really have nothing to add. Just read his post...