Friday, June 04, 2010

Games 54 and 55: One Team's Ceiling Is Another Team's Floor: And, A Defense Of Jim Joyce

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In Boston Wednesday night, the Red Sox overcame a Typical Dice K First Inning (TM) to pull out a 6-4 win, and then turned around and threw a...
Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Because I'm A Poised, Veteran Husband...

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...when my wife says she wants cake, I hop to it. So we're driving home from the store, with the cake, when we see someone ahead of u...
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100 Wise Words

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Dipping my toe into the 100 Word Challenge pool again with this week's entry, "Should I Stay Or Should I Go?", for the word ...
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Tightrope

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I just heard this song on the usually haughty but enjoyable Slate Cultural Gabfest, by a new artist named Janelle Monae. It's a very ...
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Jammin' With Janera

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Janera Jepson, who blogs here, has another Wednesday Wickedness post up-ten thoughtful questions derived from statements of famous people. A...
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Game Fifty Three: Victor Victorious

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With five hits from Victor Martinez, and a prominently meh performance from John Lackey, the Red Sox powered their way to a 9-4 win over Oak...
Monday, May 31, 2010

Allentown

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I listened to all of Billy Joel's studio albums today at work-starting out the day with "She's Got A Way" on 1971's ...
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Sunday, May 30, 2010

I've Said It Before, and I'm Going To Say It Again

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I'm sure I mentioned this before, but I'm going to mention it again. And it's my blog. So I will. So there. This is Peter Wo...
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Game Fifty Two: And Good Hitting Does, Too

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Today in Boston the Red Sox, after struggling to figure out old friend Bruce Chen for 4 innings, beat poor Brad Thompson like he stole somet...

Game Fifty One: Good Pitching Solves A Lot Of Problems

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Last night in Boston, our friend Cowboy Clay took up the challenge of beating Zack Grienke and actually went ahead and did it, stalling the ...
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Roanoke

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Monkey Man's 160 Character Challenge is located here. Similar to the 100 Word Challenge, the rules are simple-write a story in 160 char...
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Saturday, May 29, 2010

100 Traditional Words

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The Velvet Verbosity 100 Word Challenge (Now With 100 Words!) is still here, but is due back where it once belonged soon. However, the chal...
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Oh, Boy

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I caught this on one of my movie channels today. Gary Busey (!) playing Buddy Holly in "The Buddy Holly Story". Remarkable p...

Games Forty Nine and Fifty: And Then This Happened.

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Just when all seemed rosy and bright, the Royals come along and spoiled the party. Boston has dropped 2 straight to the men from Missouri, a...
Thursday, May 27, 2010

Joe West is a Joke

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Joe West is a joke. Umpire Joe West made news last month when he criticized both the Yankees and Red Sox for their slow play-and yesterda...