Really funny story about people getting autographs in the mail from a ballplayer, 15 years after their requests. Click the other baseball card-related articles that are linked at the end, too.

In Thai restaurant menu news:

You know how sometimes people who don't speak a language too well try to advertise to people who do speak that language well, and they end up with a bunch of words that don't do a very good job of describing their product? Well, I've got a really good example of that. It's hard to look at. I can only hope nobody ever tells these people exactly what they've done.

We got a menu for a Thai place that's right near us (that we never knew about, amazingly). On the front cover, they've opted to show us a quote from Zagat's. Here it is:

A "tried-and-true" neighborhood "staple"...dispenses "better-than-average" food that's "such a bargain"; the weak link is its "seedy charm" (how about some "new furniture"?)

You know, after I transcribed that, I realized that above that is another review. It's simply two stars, followed by the name of the New York Times critic who gave it that many. I thought it was a little starry logo. Either someone's playing a joke on them, or they decided they were going to be honest and put their reviews on the front of their menu no matter what they say...