The Angry Czeck

He did not cheat the sportswriters who wrote glowingly about his deeds, the owners who paid him handsomely for selling seats and jerseys, or the managers who won games thanks to the 550-ft home runs he artificially muscled out of the ballparks.

I remember it like it was a couple years ago. I’m cruising in the Anger Mobile, on my way home, when NPR reports that a Democratic candidate for President just made a damaging racial gaff. “(Senator Barack Obama) is the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.” Chaos [...]

Set the new airport body-screening machines to “Awesome” because the Angry Czeck is coming through. Some people are freaking out about a sensible proposal to place full-body scanners in our airports. It’s a violation of privacy! My hoo-ha! My wee-wee! Personally, I’d rather that strangers take a peak at my pecker than have a stranger’s [...]

Five years I’ve been pounding out The Year Under Bitter Scrutiny, and I’ve spent the most time on this one. It won’t be any better than the others I’ve hacked out. In fact, I’m tempted to say that this year’s Year Under Bitter Scrutiny is the worst, but the bar is set very low and [...]

A celebrity lives his life to be observed.