April 4, 2014

Link-O-Rama

• "Gleeman and The Geek" returns to KFAN this Sunday at 4:00 pm for our third season on the radio. You can listen to us live on 100.3-FM, stream us online at KFAN.com, or simply continue listening to the show via podcast like nothing has changed.

"This American Bro: A Portrait Of The Worst Guy Ever."

Mase is on TMZ because he's a pastor now and people at his church are revolting against him.

• Tried to keep this under wraps, but Randball's Stu revealed details about my new FSN show.

Ginuwine can still (mostly) get the job done when he sings "Pony" in front of a female crowd.

• Here's the final installment of my annual Twins prospect rankings, featuring the best prospect in the world and the best top-five prospect group in baseball.

• I finally ditched my BlackBerry for an iPhone, which means I'm now occasionally posting pictures to Instagram (and also on Tinder, but that's more of a warning than anything).

• Next month the St. Paul Saints are hosting "Tinder Night" at Midway Stadium and they've invited me to throw out the ceremonial first pitch.

• There are a whole bunch of people getting married after meeting on Tinder.

Jason Isbell's music career must not be going as well as I thought.

• Really enjoying my old school blogging buddy Tony Pierce telling stories about Uber driving.

• We recorded this week's "Gleeman and The Geek" episode at Freehouse in North Loop and they refused to stop bringing us food and alcohol.

• I always address people with "hey yo" on Twitter and this is the inspiration behind it:

Sadly it's not always effective.

Richard Pitino's best friend is the brother of Kate Mara and Rooney Mara, and he says "we used to torment them at a younger age."

• While the Twins television broadcast sticks to batting average, homers, and RBIs, the Astros are showing stuff like batting average on balls in play and Wins Above Replacement.

Chelsea Fagan wrote an interesting article about not wanting to hang out at a bar alone. I feel the exact same way and, hard as it may be to believe, I've never done it.

• I want to host a speed-dating night for the next Twins Daily event, so Amanda Bullock's article full of speed-dating observations was fascinating.

• I wrote the Twins preview for NBCSports.com and tried to be as optimistic as possible.

Amelia Rayno of the Minneapolis Star Tribune called me "in general, highly entertaining" in an interview with friend of AG.com Maggie LaMaack, so I printed it out and framed it.

Lauryn Hill is one of my 10 favorite musicians of all time, but what are the odds that she'll put on a show at First Avenue in 2014 worth $65? I'd gladly pay $500 to see her in 1998.

• Rye Deli in Lowry Hill hosted several "Gleeman and The Geek" episodes and quite a few more of my first dates, so I was very sad to see it close suddenly this week.

• Sounds like a James Beard Award-winning chef is opening a restaurant three blocks from me.

• I tried Hammer and Sickle in Uptown and liked it. Good vibe, weird vodka shoes, and tasty food.

• I paid $5 for Todd Barry's crowd-work special on Louis C.K.'s website and loved it.

• Netflix recommendation: "Blue Is The Warmest Color" is one of the best foreign movies I've ever seen and reminded me of all the stuff I love about one of my top 10 movies, "Blue Valentine."

• Some of this week's weird and random search engine queries that brought people here:

- "David Kahn baseball scout"
- "OKCupid Minnesota geek nerd"
- "Otis Redding tattoo"
- "Fat left-handed hitters with high socks"
- "Talk show socks"
- "Brunch ideas in Minneapolis"
- "Steven Van Zandt shirtless"
- "Scott Erickson and Inga Hammond"
- "Aaron Gleeman right swipe"

• Finally, this week's AG.com-approved music video of "Oh Boy" by Cam'ron and Juelz Santana: