Baseball legend Satchel Paige was born on this date in 1906. He was as well known for his homespun wisdaom as he was for his fastball. Here’s a few of his famous quotes.
I interviewed one of his former catchers a few years ago (seriously!) and will try to get that interview up on the website soon. Also, there are some pretty good debates brewing under the two Live 8 stories, one about Dave Matthews, the other about aid to Africa. Please feel free to add your two cents.

…in 1947 that aliens were found at Roswell. Well, maybe. The official Air Force report says that the “aliens” were mannequins. Here’s some of the alien photos and some basic information, as well as some good links.

My thoughts about aliens? Well, I remember when the show Sightings used to come on, and they always had sort of trashy families on the show. And every episode, the families were eating pizza. Finally, I put two and two together and realized that talking about their encounters with UFOs got them free pizza. So after a while, I felt like people were just making stories up to get free pizza. That’s my alien conspiracy theory.

…picking on Republicans for a while after this, but I gotta mention it. George Bush fell off his freaking bike again. This is like the 12th time he’s fallen off his bike since taking office. In fact last year, he inspired a question of the week. He really needs to find a new hobby. Maybe jigsaw puzzles or tae-bo or something.

The bad news is that a federal judge is ordering a reporter to jail for not divulging sources, which is absolutely horrifying, since it seems like the kind of thing that happens in North Korea, not in the United States. The lone silver lining is that evil human being Karl Rove (see “racist attacks on McCain, 2000”) could find himself in hot water because of it. Also, can anyone tell me why Robert Novak isn’t in any trouble? That’s the part I really don’t get.

The Man in Black will be in concert tonight at Fergie’s at 10, raising money for the most ridiculous cause in the history of the world. Tommorrow night, a Midsummer Night’s Madness will be taking place, with Belgian band the Present and quizzo member KiaRash’s band the Red Masque performing at the Allens Lane Art Center in Mount Airy. Show time is 8 pm and tickets are $20. If you have an upcoming music, stage, or comedy event, I would be more than happy to post it on the website. Just shoot me an email.

On July 6, 1887, an American militia forced Hawaiian King David Kalakaua to sign, at gunpoint, the Bayonet Constitution, giving American businessmen firm control over the Hawaiian government and leaving the Native population without a voice. The thing that’s interesting about this is that there is currently a controversial bill being presented by Hawaiian senator Daniel Akaka which would recognize the the nation’s 400,000 Native Hawaiians in the same way that it recognizes American Indians and Alaska natives. Some citizens of Hawaii see the bill as divisive, and many Native Hawaiians oppose the bill because they (and this is admirable, though impractical) think that since the land was seized illegally, it still belongs to them and should be reverted to an independant nation, not a state.

Hey, you can vote for either Brett Myers or Billy Wagner to make the All-Star team by clicking here. One Phillie who won’t be making the team will be Jason “32 Degrees” Michaels. His new theme song when coming up to hit will be NWA’s F*** the Police. Michaels, who previosuly wore number 22, will now wear #187.

Mean Gene Overland of the Notorious Missing Heads Crew was the winner of the “Pick Johnny’s Motto” contest, coming from behind on the final day to overcome Mike, who got a bad hangover at Quizzo Bowl (He’s the dude in back with the beard). Gene’s “Where the Geeks Have No Shame” was the winner, barely knocking off Mike’s “JGT Quizzo: Slightly Kooler than Dungeons and Dragons” by 85 votes to 83. Wanna thank everybody for coming up with mottoes and for voting for your favorite. I’ll try to have t-shirts done soon, but I might have to wait until I get a Monday night slot. In the meantime, Mean Gene gets a $20 gift certificate to the Bards.

The point of Live 8 was not just to see a free concert, but to raise awareness of hunger in Africa, and hopefully to try to do something about it. In keeping with that spirit, it will cost each player $1 to participate in quizzo this week, with 100% of the proceeds going to the United Nations World Food Program. You are welcome to donate more, of course. At the end of the week, I will post on the site how much we raised.