Mar
31
Regular season preview - NL East
March 31, 2006 | 1 Comment
Ahh, finally, the end of the weeks long preview. For this final installment, I’m gonna do things a little differently, going from worst to first.
5. Washington Nationals - I am not quite sure who’s most to blame for this debacle - Major League Baseball for its failure to sell the team to a new [...]
Mar
31
So who’s got the greatest fiance on the planet? I think it’s the guy whose fiance gave him this present for his bithday:
Awesome.
Mar
30
My Ipod is a piece of shit
March 30, 2006 | 1 Comment
It keeps telling me that there is no battery power left though it has just been charged. My Ipod seems to like to tell me that I have no battery power left no matter how much juice I know it possesses..
My Ipod is really starting to piss me off.
Update: As usual it got going [...]
Mar
30
Regular season preview - NL Central
March 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment
1. St. Louis Cardinals - I’m picking them first because the division is not particularly strong, but I think they’re going to take a step back from where they have been the past two seasons. A healthy Scott Rolen will undoubtedly give the lineup a boost, and Albert Pujols is absolutely the best offensive [...]
Mar
30
Another excellent takedown of "smallball"
March 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Fire Joe Morgan might actually be my favorite sports blog. What they do better than anyone is point out the glaring stupidity of most sports commentators and their particular obsessions. They’re quite adept at highlighting the complete bankruptcy of thought that stresses the greatness of “smallball.” They do so again here and [...]
Mar
30
29
March 30, 2006 | 5 Comments
Go go go go go go goGo shortyIt’s your birthdayWe’re gonnna party like it’s your birthdaySip Bicardi likeit’s your birthday
Only 365 days left in my twenties. Wow.
Mar
29
Regular season Preview - NL West
March 29, 2006 | 1 Comment
Do I really have to? This is more painful than doing projections for catchers. Thank God for the unbalanced schedule, otherwise there would be a real chance for a sub -.500 division champion. As it is, it still might happen. Let’s get on with it.
1. Los Angeles Dodgers - Quoting Homer [...]
Mar
29
Perfectionism
March 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment
I’ve been attending the Theology of the Body study group at St. Matthew’s Cathedral, and it’s been a very enlightening experience thus far. Eve Tushnet has blogged about it (where are notes for the past week? Come on, you don’t expect me to take notes, do you?) We’ve read just a few chapters from John Paul the Great’s [...]
Mar
28
Archangel
March 28, 2006 | 3 Comments
Courtesy of Geek Soap Box here’s another meaningless quiz.
Take the quiz: Who would you be in the War of Armageddon?The ArchangelYou’re the Archangel! You’d best fit the role of the Archangel during the Battle of Armageddon, the leader of heaven’s army on earth. This says many things about you. You’re the leader of all the [...]
Mar
28
Regular season preview- AL West
March 28, 2006 | 2 Comments
1. Oakland Athletics - I’m a bit baffled with the Barry Zito situation. He will not re-sign after the year is up, but the A’s will be in playoff contention all year, so they really can’t trade him. That’s the one problem with the success of the franchise - they are unable to [...]
Mar
28
An Historical Parallel
March 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment
What do ancient Rome and modern-day Los Angeles have in common? For the answer, one must turn toward historical literature.
In his book Europe and the Middle Ages (Prentice Hall, 1989), Edward Peters addresses a subject that can be found in just about any Medieval textbook: the Visigothic invasions of the Roman Empire in the late [...]
Mar
27
Yeah, so, Bauer ain’t dead, of course. However, what if the explosion knocked him out and now he’s in a coma. They can do this thing where he’s in purgatory - maybe they give him a new identity in purgatory and . . .
Oh, wait.
Mar
27
Regular season preview - AL Central
March 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment
1. Cleveland Indians - this might be the trendy pick of the year, but this should be the year the Indians make the great leap forward. They feature an explosive young lineup featuring several budding superstars that have not even yet reached their full potential. Travis Haffner has already attained some level of [...]
Mar
26
Well . . .
March 26, 2006 | 1 Comment
At least he’s out of the coma.
Mar
26
A mess
March 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment
“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: When men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks, and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will [...]
Mar
25
Compare and contrast
March 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment
These two comments:
“The Prophet Muhammad has said several times that those who convert from Islam should be killed if they refuse to come back.”
“Islam is a religion of peace, tolerance, kindness and integrity. That is why we have told him if he regrets what he did, then we will forgive him.”
Two very different comments about [...]
Mar
24
Regular season preview - AL East
March 24, 2006 | 5 Comments
Now is the time to look at the real baseball season. We’ll go division-by-division, which will conveniently bring us to the start of the regular season. We’ll start with the American League East.
1. Boston Red Sox - You know, on paper this lineup actually looks better than it did a year ago. Coco [...]
Mar
24
Magic Ipod Ball
March 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment
The Curt Jester links to this creative exercise.
Instructions: Go to your music player of choice and put it on shuffle. Say the following questions aloud, and press play. Use the song title as the answer to the question. NO CHEATING.
How does the world see you?Somewhere I Belong (Linkin Park)
Will I have a happy [...]
Mar
23
Jesus was a wha?
March 23, 2006 | 7 Comments
I was all set to retire for the evening, but this item on Geek Soap Box caught my attention.
Invoking Biblical themes, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton joined immigration advocates Wednesday to vow and block legislation seeking to criminalize undocumented immigrants.
Clinton, a potential 2008 presidential candidate and relative latecomer to the immigration debate, made her remarks [...]
Mar
23
Romney for President?
March 23, 2006 | 1 Comment
Jimmy Akin says probably not.
I’m inclined to agree. The tragic element to all this is that Romney is in almost every respects the ideal candidate. He’s a socially conservative governor of a northeastern state, who also happens to be a rather good speaker.
But that Mormon thing. What is it about [...]