The Yogi Berra file

The year's best form the San Francisco Chronicle's Open Season

My favorite:

Yankees vice president of player personnel Billy Connors underwent a successful quadruple bypass surgery in late November. "Doctors explained the operation in great detail to Yankees owner George Steinbrenner," says comedy writer Jerry Perisho. "He understands everything except for the general concept of having a heart."

More LOTR/ROTK silliness

Normally, the General Forum on Nation States is a flame fest, but this is too good not to share:

What NOT to do when seeing Return of the King.

Pieces of Eight!

What's my pirate name?

Your pirate name is:

Black Roger Rackham

Like anyone confronted with the harshness of robbery on the high seas, you can be pessimistic at times. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!