Daniel Day

Top Ten Left-Handed Batters in Baseball History

billstoptenlists.wordpress.com — I'm leaving out the switch-hitters because they are a separate category unto themselves. I'm also only including retired players, and players who made their debut after 1900. 1) Babe Ruth 2) Ted Williams 3) Barry Bonds 4) Ty Cobb 5) Lou Gehrig 6) Tris Speaker 7) "Shoeless" Joe Jackson 8) Mel Ott 9) Paul Waner 10) Ken Griffey, Jr.

Carl Hiaasen's Bad Monkey

boingboing.net — Rejoice! For Carl Hiaasen, author of the funniest crime novels in the business, bar none, has a new book out! Bad Monkey has just arrived on shelves and it is every bit as hilarious as you could hope -- I spent the weekend reading choice bits aloud to whomever I could grab, and giggling noisily to myself when no one was around.

Norway's Hit Reality TV: 18 Hours of Swimming Salmon

online.wsj.com — OSLO-Executives at Norway's biggest television company, the NRK national broadcasting service, have work on their hands trying to figure out how to extend a recent string of broadcast hits that have drawn millions of viewers in this small Scandinavian nation to their TVs for many hours at a time.

City fest displays China's rise as film power

shanghaidaily.com — Metro | Culture and history By Xu Wei, Li Anlan and Zhu Shenshen | 2013-6-17 | NEWSPAPER EDITION From left: Hong Kong actors Chow Yun-fat, Donnie Yen and Aaron Kwok pose with three specially designed motorbikes yesterday while promoting their new 3D fantasy film "The Monkey King."