Get Ready to Roomba!

Can a robot inspire you to do “the robot”? That’s what the new ad campaign for iRobot wants you to believe. Actually, the point of Dance Revolution seems to be that with Roomba handling the chore of clearing your floor, you’ve got extra time to move your body. Here are… more »

Rally Squirrel Featured on WS Ring…

This is actually pretty funny. According to this post, the St. Louis Cardinals decided to honor the “rally squirrel” on their World Series ring. If you look under the “StL” logo and above the crest of the bats and home plate with Chris Carpenter’s No. 29, you will see it…. more »

Body in Motion – Part 1

The Body in Motion song was in my head this morning, so I decided to dig up some inspirational videos. Let’s start with the Wiseguys. Here are the lyrics: Get up, get up put the body in motion Get up, get up put the body in motion Get up, get… more »

Breslin & the Inventing the Mets

There was an awesome story in the Sunday NY Times about Jimmy Breslin and the ’62 NY Mets. Breslin, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, talked about bad Mets teams. “Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game?: The Improbable Saga of the New York Mets’ First Year,” was just released in e-Book… more »

Good Idea, Bad Idea: Let’s Do a Gym Version!

The cartoon series “Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs” was awesome. The core focus was on the adventures (or misadventures) of the Warner Brothers, Yakko and Wakko, and the Warner Sister, Dot, who were so crazy that the studio execs locked them away in the water town at the Studio. Lots of… more »