Bloody Sock To Replace Liberal Lion?

Ken AshfordCongress, Red Sox & Other SportsLeave a Comment

Just because he's got he had a decent split-finger fastball doesn't mean he'll be a good political leader: Can a Republican fill Ted Kennedy's Senate seat in Massachusetts? Among the list of possible GOP candidates is Curt Schilling. The former right-handed starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox is not ruling out a possible run. "I've got a lot on … Read More

“Any Rebroadcast, Retransmission, or Account of this Game, without the Express Written Consent of Major League Baseball, is Prohibited.”

Ken AshfordRed Sox & Other SportsLeave a Comment

A blogger wanted to tell his friend Tyler about the Diamondbacks-Astros game (on August 23), so, aware of the warnings, he decided to call MLB: The next morning I shot off an e-mail to MLB with my request and heard back within hours from Valerie Vieira, from the business development department in MLB Advanced Media. She asked me to call her. I … Read More

The Shoot

Ken AshfordLocal Interest, PersonalLeave a Comment

I didn't know what was going on. I knew I had been cast in a very small part in "Hellphone", being shot in Madison, NC.  My original part was one line, spoken into a phone, and then I die.  But a scheduling conflict preventing that from happening.  But they put into another part.  I just had no idea what part, … Read More

Creepy Post Mortem Photos From The Victorian Age

Ken AshfordRandom Musings4 Comments

The people in the Victorian age seemed to like post-mortem photos.  I'm not quite sure what the appeal was.  Take this, for example: Someone actually thought it would be fitting to have this girl pose with her dead brother.  I don't know — seems rather traumatizing to me. Typically, a post-mortem photograph depicted the dead person in a peaceful state … Read More

How The Internet Sees You

Ken AshfordRandom Musings1 Comment

I don't quite understand this: Personas is a component of the Metropath(ologies) exhibit, currently on display at the MIT Museum by the Sociable Media Group from the MIT Media Lab. It uses sophisticated natural language processing and the Internet to create a data portrait of one's aggregated online identity. In short, Personas shows you how the Internet sees you.   … Read More

I Want A Pony

Ken AshfordRandom MusingsLeave a Comment

But not just any pony. I want one of those minature ponies. But not just any minature pony, but a "special" minature pony that was born with a dwarfism birth defect. Put bluntly, I want Koda.