links for 2007-04-21

Nicely done "puff" piece about the only Jamaican NBA player, Ben Gordon. "When Ben Gordon was a little boy digging up worms from his mother's garden and dissecting them, she figured he one day would become a surgeon."

mmmm, Shiner Bock, the staple of my college-era diet, finally sold in Chicago

viva Barney Frank!

cool. Kathy McCarty is a hero of mine. Been looking forward to seeing this movie (currently 112 on my Netflix queue, but I moved it up).