o I’ve complained here and there about the pain in my ribs. I injured them thanks to the bad cough I had for something like 3 weeks. One of the worst coughs I can remember, in fact. I visited the doctor back on January 1, and they gave me medicine for the cough, plus antibiotics,…
n last week’s post, I discussed how I use Penultimate as a commonplace book that replaces the pocket notebook I used to carry around. At the end of that post, I promised that this week, I’d describe how I use Penultimate to help plan out my day. Over the years I’ve tried lots of methodologies…
[A]mazing Stories, one of the oldest science fiction magazines around, is back with a “social magazine” website. See the full press release below for all of the details. Amazing Stories, the world’s first science fiction magazine, is now open to the public. Social Magazine Website Offers Nearly Sixty Writers and Social Networking For Fans! Experimenter…
esterday, baseball lost two of its stars. Early yesterday, it was reported that Earl Weaver, former long-time manager of the Baltimore Orioles had passed away at 82. And then as I was heading off to bed last night, I learned that Cardinal’s great, Stan Musial, had passed away at 92. It’s a sad day for baseball, losing…
keep track of the books I read, and even the short fiction and nonfiction articles that I read. But, considering how much I read via RSS, I don’t really keep track of any of it. I suppose that Google Reader keeps track of it for me, although I never really bother looking at those numbers.…
orry it has been so quiet today. It was a busy day in the office. I’d planned to post something this evening but my ribs are killing me and I think I’m going to spend the weekend keeping as still as I possibly can. Thank goodness for scheduled posts and tweets. I’ll be around, but…
e refinanced our house recently and it was done through Wells Fargo and they did a terrific job, While the process took a while, there was very little paperwork involved (discounting the 146 pages we had to sign at the closing) and our mortgage guy was very, very good. We were happy with the results.…
hen I arrived home from work today, an order that I had placed at Amazon had finally arrived. I used a gift card that I got for Christmas to get myself something that I have been drooling over for a long time: The Complete Far Side by Gary Larson. This is a massive, coffee table-sized 2-volume…
ack in August, I wrote a post about my Baseball Century Experiment. I haven’t had much of a chance to do actual work on it, but in the months since, I’ve done a lot of reading, particularly on the science of sabermetrics, and I now have a plan, at least, for moving forward with this…