This week we'd like to congratulate the -ist network's Mother Hen, Gothamist's Jen Chung, who found herself a recipient of Wired Magazine's Wired Rave Award. If that doesn't sound terribly exciting, keep in mind another recipient was J.K. Rowling. Yep, that's right, the -ist network and Harry Potter now have something in common. Go us. ...

Okay, let's discuss the other team that's leaving, the A's. Matier & Ross has a story in yesterday's paper that despite all the wishes of most A's fans and fans of good taste, Fremont does want in on the name. The idea being banded about is the-- and we think you should be sitting for this-- "East Bay A's of Fremont." We repeat, "the East Bay A's of Fremont." We think awful is too soft of a term to describe that. We think, actually, the word, redonkulus is even too soft of a term to describe the awfulness. In fact, a whole new word should be made to describe how crappy it is. Like, how's about "horriful?" Or "superawfulcraptacular." Or, hell, how's about just plain old "Federline" as in that name is beyond awful, it's Federline. ...