Out of left field

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you John Van Vleet, an intern for the Brevard County Manatees, who has decided to try to live on the centerfield berm at Space Coast Stadium for the duration of the baseball season. Check out his journal entries in the "Press Box" section of the Manatees website.

I'm glad I came across the article for two reasons: 1) it's always reassuring to know that there are still a lot of crazy people out there willing to do completely pointless things for no apparent reason, and 2) I discovered the word "berm", the existence of which I had been blissfully unaware of for the past thirty-four years.

I will - as they say here in France - go to bed less stupid than when I got up (and it's not every day you can say that with any measure of certainty...).