Posted in Odd Thoughts, Sports on Jul 22nd, 2010
Perhaps it is by necessity that the catcher’s personality is quite often the polar opposite of the pitcher’s—after all they are at opposite ends of a flying mass of leather and stitching. It stands to reason that they think and behave differently. The major league catcher is often a burly individual with a broad chest [...]
Posted in Odd Thoughts, Sports on Jan 28th, 2010
Baseball clichés pervade the American conversation. “You struck out there!” “He hit a homerun with that one!” “Three strikes and you’re out!” Such expressions convey meaning and context because so many of us know the fundamentals of baseball. Still, there’s one major part of baseball that is all but ignored by society. And, it’s more [...]
Posted in Grin, Odd Thoughts, Sports, Tech on Mar 4th, 2009
I like words. Whenever I see the word “flautist” for example, I think of a professional farter. Flautist, flatulence. See what I mean? They sound alike. It’s even better when someone says it. Flautist. Cracks me up. What are some of your favorite words? They don’t have to be related to bathroom humor.
Posted in Odd Thoughts on Jan 27th, 2009
A few weeks ago at work, I was searching for topics that might be of interest to the newly retired. I came upon an article on aarp.org written by John Updike. Appropriately, the famous author talked of aging in the piece. I decided to write him and ask if he’d come to our organization and [...]
Posted in Grin, Odd Thoughts on Jan 4th, 2009
I haven’t done a Link Glimpse for some time. Here’s the second part in the series. These are some sites that I find potentially useful. See what you think. Enjoy a virtual gab fest with TalkShoe.com. TalkShoe is a free service that gets people talking on a conference call and adds real-time chat to the [...]
Posted in Grin, Odd Thoughts on Dec 21st, 2008
I get a bunch of spam. It’s ridiculous. I’ve tried anti-spam software, but I find it takes too much management to be effective. It’s faster for me to just quickly scan the spam subject lines and delete the junk. Ctrl + click, and then a quick Ctrl + d is a powerful combination. Sometimes the [...]
Posted in Grin, Odd Thoughts on Dec 14th, 2008
I’m taking this from Caity. It’s fun but only if you participate! 1. Pick 15 of your favorite movies. 2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie. 3. Post them here for everyone to guess. 4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie. 5. [...]
Posted in Grumble, Odd Thoughts on Nov 30th, 2008
Dear Senator McCain: We are not yet a month removed from the presidential election and yet it seems as if it occurred years ago. I hope that you have taken some time to rest and spend time with your family. However, I know you probably haven’t. You see, Senator McCain, I am not a “McCain [...]
Posted in Grin, Odd Thoughts on Oct 14th, 2008
I have good ears. I can say that without being boastful because I had nothing to do with creating them. I have little to do with maintaining them. They just kick ass. Other physical components, like my eyes, are bad. But my ears? Awesome. I hear very well. You can imagine my concern when my [...]
Posted in Music, Odd Thoughts on Sep 7th, 2008
In the last post, I mentioned I’d found a cool site when researching Bob Seger’s “Like A Rock” song. The site is Songfacts. I’ve written before about how I like to listen to lyrics of songs and try to get meaning out of the words. Songfacts helps you by explaining why the singer or band [...]
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