This is October! There should be playoff baseball on television every day! Instead, thanks to the quick exits of teams in the first round of the playoffs, we have a four day layover until the championship series begin. And it’s been pointed out that if the two championship series go the minimum four games each,Continue reading “On Baseball’s Postseason”
On the 2009 Baltimore Comic-Con
While much of Baltimore had its attentions focused on the changing foliage or the Ravens/Bengals game, I went downtown to the Baltimore Comic-Con. Some people go to conventions to meet people, or to buy things, or to get autographs. In a very real way, those things, especially the last two, don’t hold much meaning forContinue reading “On the 2009 Baltimore Comic-Con”
On the George Gershwin/Brian Wilson Collaboration
George Gershwin. Brian Wilson. Together again, for the first time. I read comic books. Of course I’m going to use that hoary cliche, “together again, for the first time,” when describing a unique collaboration between George Gershwin, dead since 1937, and the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson. Collaboration, you say? What’s this? Wilson will be finishedContinue reading “On the George Gershwin/Brian Wilson Collaboration”
On the Trouble with Coupons
Yesterday, the writers went to Subway for lunch. About a month ago, during their Scrabble promotion, I won a coupon for a free “Flatbread or Regular 6″ Sub.” Note the order of the words. We will come back to this. I ordered a Subway Melt Flatbread. It had bacon on it, and I’m not aContinue reading “On the Trouble with Coupons”
On the Conservative Bible
The Conservative Bible Project. It’s a project to retranslate the Bible. The King James, the New International, the Revised Standard, a dozen others — these aren’t good enough. No, the Conservative Bible Project aims to produce a translation free of liberal bias. Among their aims is to promote free-market principles and eliminate the ideals ofContinue reading “On the Conservative Bible”
On Life Lessons
Last night, on the train home, I saw someone who had not learned one of life’s most valuable lessons. When you’re breaking the law, don’t argue with the cop. Riding Baltimore’s Light Rail is, for the most part, a honor system sort of affair. There are ticket machines where you buy your pass, and thenContinue reading “On Life Lessons”
On End-of-Season Baseball Musings
With the playoffs beginning today, I wanted to muse on things baseball-related. First, why does a team advance to the playoffs as a wild card when there’s a tie for division champion? I’m not trying to exclude Boston from the playoffs, but it’s a fair question. Boston didn’t win their division. The Tigers and theContinue reading “On End-of-Season Baseball Musings”
On a Trip to Big Lots
I was at Big Lots last night. I hadn’t been in a while. I puttered around the store for forty minutes, hoping to find something of interest. The store was emptier than I could ever remember seeing it. Some of the fixtures seemed to be gone. I was tempted to buy A Wish for WingsContinue reading “On a Trip to Big Lots”
On Website Fun
I have no idea what someone visiting my website this afternoon might have seen. I needed to upgrade WordPress. When WordPress 2.8 dropped, I uploaded the files, and found my Dashboard (that’s the admin panels I see when I blog) completely trashed. WordPress 2.8, in its initial release, was a total freaking memory hog, andContinue reading “On Website Fun”
On the Weekend’s Plans
I brought home no work this weekend. The past few weekends, I’ve brought something home to work on and write. Not this weekend. Though, I suppose if an e-mail had come through this afternoon with a dozen spreadsheets, I’d have slapped those onto my flash drive and cleaned them up tomorrow or Sunday. The truthContinue reading “On the Weekend’s Plans”