Science fiction, writing, and baseball: three things that I love. And when they can be combined into a single post, what’s not to love about that? Let me start out by saying that this post will not be about baseball in science fiction. Steven H. Silver has covered that topic in fine fashion and I…
I was accused, yesterday, of being a fair-weather fan because I complained that I was giving up on last night’s game and heading off to bed. I surprised by the accusation. No one with whom I work would ever consider me a fair-weather fan, but since I couldn’t sleep last night, I gave the matter…
…no further notification via email, telephone, megaphone, et cetera is necessary. In my opinion, this whole steroid scandal (not just A-Rod, the whole thing) is far worse for baseball than the baseball strike ever was. It’s another example of a dishonest "few" (and I use that term lightly) casting a shadow of suspicion on everyone…
Last night we went t a friend’s house to play Rock Band. It was my first time playing. We started the evening off with some good pizza from a local pizza joint. The three of us started playing Rock Band around 8:30 PM. When we finally decided to call it quits, it was nearly 1:30 AM!…
Long day yesterday. I took an hour at lunch when I worked on my workshop story. Then I went back to work. I worked until 6 PM. I met Kelly at the mall and we headed home. She had her second and final fitting of the wedding dress last night, so she and Sarah left around 6:30. I…
What with work, and the wedding plans, things have been rather hectic for the last few months. But this weekend was a relaxing break from all of that. We didn’t have to do any wedding-related stuff. We didn’t have to to think about work. It was peaceful and pleasant. Kelly’s home town is like that.…
Yesterday evening (as I mentioned), Kelly and I headed up to New Jersey with Sarah and Jim. It was a pleasant drive with almost no traffic, except for a bit outside of Philadelphia. We got in pretty late, and within minutes of getting out of the car, I saw two shooting stars and one satellite. It was…
Did anyone else see this story? This fellow got ejected from Yankee Stadium the other day for trying to use the bathroom during the playing of "God Bless America". Apparently, the stadium has a little known rule that says that people must stay at their seats while the song is playing. NYPD claims the guy was…
Despite being up so late last night, Kelly and I were up before 8 AM. Everyone else was up shortly thereafter. I decided to cook breakfast for everyone. stubiebrother helped. I made two batches of pancakes, and Jason made a whole bunch of scrambled eggs (with an without cheese). People said it turned out pretty…
Up before 8 AM, had breakfast and got ready for the day. We dressed up nice because we had our engagement photo re-shoot this morning up in Columbia, Maryland. We left here around 8:30 and arrived at the lake shortly before our photographer. It was really pretty there at that time of the morning. The…
Really? The Dodgers are going to need to come up with a new name for themselves soon. What with Nomar and Grady Little (back when), etc, I’m thinking they should call themselves the Boston Red Sox.
We were up sometime around 8 AM yesterday. Kelly finished up some laundry and then at 9 AM, Kelly, Dad and I headed up to IHOP for breakfast. Kelly was going to a play this afternoon and at about 11 AM she headed off. Dad and I left for Baltimore a short time later. We…