Deja vu. The sense that something you’ve just witnessed, something you’ve just felt happened to you before. I’ve suffered from this feeling. I’m sure every one of you reading this has as well. I can even tell you what deja vu likely is — the brain’s visual cortex gets out of sync and processes theContinue reading “On that Feeling of Deja Vu”
On Roger Clemens’ Return to Baseball
This is absolutely insane. Roger Clemens has signed with an independent league baseball team. Fifty years old, five years since he last threw off the mound, Roger Clemens will be pitching for the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League. I’ve taken a look at the Skeeters’ schedule. They’re in York the week of LaborContinue reading “On Roger Clemens’ Return to Baseball”
On the Enablement of Mitt Romney’s Mendacity
There’s a reason the Richmond Times-Dispatch is referred to lovingly as the “Times-Disgrace.” And it’s on full display here. As reported by Think Progress, after parroting Romney’s talking points on welfare, the Times-Disgrace is cited in Romney’s latest ad on welfare, only now the Times-Disgrace doesn’t stand behind their earlier parroting of Romney’s talking pointsContinue reading “On the Enablement of Mitt Romney’s Mendacity”
On the Need for a Nationals Novelty Song
I grew up a Chicago Cubs fan. The Cubbies are still my first love, though when I moved to Maryland six years ago I adopted the Nats as my local team (passing over the closer O’s) because the Nats needed the love. The Cubs have given me many things over the years — they’ve givenContinue reading “On the Need for a Nationals Novelty Song”
On Building a Mega Bloks Set
A few weeks ago, the day Shore Leave began, I stopped at Target. I needed to pick up some supplies for the weekend, and while I was there I took a look at the various LEGO and LEGO-like sets that they had. And, there on the shelf, were the Mega Bloks World of WarCraft sets.Continue reading “On Building a Mega Bloks Set”
On Coding and More Coding
For a little while now I’ve been working on a new WordPress theme. Last summer, Bob Greenberger hired me to code a WordPress-powered website for him. It turned out pretty well, and I decided that I would work on a new site for myself. I’d code something, spend a week or two with PHP andContinue reading “On Coding and More Coding”
On the Danger of the Romney/Ryan Ticket
A few weeks ago, I floated a crazy idea — Mitt Romney should pick Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia’s Attorney General, for his running mate. Basically, I saw Cuccinelli as a pick to placate the Republican base, giving Romney to freedom to tack to center in the general election. And I saw a Romney/Cuccinelli pick as aContinue reading “On the Danger of the Romney/Ryan Ticket”
On Six Songs of Me
Can people’s lives be measured meaningfully by the music they listen to? That’s the question NPR raises in an article on The Guardian‘s “Six Songs of Me” project which seeks to understand how people identify themselves by the music they listen to. The six questions… What was the first song you ever bought? What songContinue reading “On Six Songs of Me”
On Carl Sagan’s Message to Martian Explorers
There’s a link that’s making the rounds on my Facebook and Twitter timelines — io9 has an article about a message recorded by Carl Sagan to future Mars explorers. I shared the link on my Facebook wall. This is the comment I appended to it: Carl Sagan did a lot when I was very smallContinue reading “On Carl Sagan’s Message to Martian Explorers”
On the Virginia League
I was probably eight or nine when I went to my first baseball game. The Harrisonburg Turks vs. the… Somebodies. The New Market Rebels? The Winchester Royals? I don’t remember at the span of thirty years. There’s a baseball league in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, the Valley League. It’s a collegiate summer league, not a minorContinue reading “On the Virginia League”