Dick Bremer's Upper Midwest Dance Party. The FSN play-by-play voice gets his old albums out and plays the hits from Dan Fogelberg, Chicago and some more Dan Fogelberg. He requests that the dancers maintain a respectful distance from each other and, if possible, not dance at all. He will not say the name of the show in promos.
I particularly like "Australian Jargon or Just Goddamn Nonsense".
I dont know if you follow RandBall's Stu on twitter, but I recommend it.
Yes! High-value tweetering.
Yesterday I heard about the outcome of my third interview. Today I have a fourth. It's with the head of the particular organization, so odds are good that this is the final interview, one way or the other. Prayers and good vibes still much appreciated.
the biggest question is can he get enough sink on the ball to be a great Twins pitcher?
Usually I'm not big on big name free agent pitchers, just because of how much payroll they take up and their tendancy to get hurt, but Greinke could be worth looking into.
Yeah, Greinke seems like the perfect type of expensive free agent pitcher for the Twins. I'm not sure how much he'll get, or how much he'll want, but I'd rather they sink $20 million into Greinke than some washed up "innings eater" and a proven closer.
As Bill Veeck used to say, I don't mind the high price of success, I mind the high price of mediocrity.
The Twayn clan will be commencing the Ferris Bueller Tour of Chicago this weekend. First stop, Wrigley field to watch the Cubs take on the Dudes. On Monday we'll hit the Art Institute (Younger Daughter is gaga for Van Gogh) and the Sears Tower (what you talking 'bout, Willis?), and after that the agenda is pretty open, but I'm hoping to check out the Field Museum, the Museum of Science and Industry, and maybe the aquarium. Anybody have suggestions from their Chicago favorites menu?
When I was training in Great Mistakes, I used to take the train down on weekends and really enjoyed all those you've already listed. My siblings drove down for a visit and we spent considerable time at the Art Institute and the Shedd. If you do Shedd, I'd also recommend the Adler Planetarium and ohh, the MoSaI has a MythBusters Exhibition!
Avoid Navy Pier unless you like overpriced chain restaurants and tourists.
I believe I enjoyed a meal at Miller's Pub Pretty good selection of beers on tap and reasonably priced food. Located in the Loop (Wabash/Adams), fairly close to the Art Institute.
I am not a huge fan of Miller's Pub, but I would encourage a trip to The Berghoff for wiener schnitzel or sauerbraten, hot german potato salad, red cabbage, and creamed spinach. The nostalgia factor is through the roof, even if it isn't quite the same place it was before the closing/reopening in the mid 2000s.
To be fair, it's been a decade* since I visited that joint...my idea of a "nice restaurant" was still Dead Lobster.
*Holy balls...it's been 10 years since I finished boot camp!
Oh, sweet Jesus, the berghoff. this times a million.
I don't have any suggestions, but I did really enjoy the Art Institute when I visited last year. Wish I would have made the Field Museum, but my time was short.
Skip Sears Tower and do the John Hancock building. It is a few miles north of downtown so it has better views. Go up to the Signature Room on the 98th floor and have an overpriced soda. They have tiered seating so everyone can enjoy the view. The overpriced sodas are still cheaper than the observation deck at Sears.
I did this before the last time the Twins won the World Series, fwiw, but I really enjoyed a boat tour of the river that took us out on Lake Michigan. We did it in the evening so you could see the city lit up at night from Lake Michigan.
Wrong place for this comment - see above response to Ferris.
Was there something about teh stones on that link? All I saw was this.*
*Probably NSFW...or at least a bit risqué.
Interview with Gene Glynn about Triple A team. Now that's a relentlessly positive interview. Everyone at Rochester is doing great! Call up Nishi and Juicy!
Regarding Nishi:
Last week, he slumped a little bit at the plate, but I don't think his average is a true reflection of how well he's hit.
He has poor patience at the plate and has neither gap nor fence power. Batting average is about the only reflection he has left of how he does at the plate.
That entire Nishi paragrah was some quality, unintentional humor.
"He's been exciting for us.... uh, wait, did I say exciting. I mean crappy. Hold on! No, don't print that. Maybe make it say defensively, yeah, exciting defensively. That can't be unproven."
That's how I pictured that conversation, anyway.
That's the almost exactly the tone of the imaginary conversation I was visualizing while Glynn was talking about Valencia, too!
I wish Gardy had some of that positivity sometimes.
Barbara Bush said the man who defeated her husband in 1992, Bill Clinton, is now a close friend of the family: “A brother by another mother” to Bush’s sons, as described by Barbara.
“I think he [Clinton] thinks of George as the father he never had. Truthfully,” she continued.
“He knows a lot about everything. He’s a very knowledgeable, right man,” George Bush said of his former rival.
free, awfully quick to shoot down some misinformation on Bob Collins's blog!
I have never understood the obsession with mowing the lawn 2-3 times a week and keeping the grass short. I live in a neighbor filled with these people. Its annoying because I like keeping my window open until the heat and humidity make it too unbearable, and the constant noise of lawn mowers and leaf blowers (another rant for another day) drives me nuts.
As long as the grass is not going to seed or looking too scraggly, it looks good to me.
With as little rain as we've had, keeping the grass short has not been a problem.
What's grass?
Oh, that. I have a vague recollection of a serious relationship with the stuff.
fully baked recollection?
I appreciate the effort, but wow, that's ballsy, trying to get potheads to buy a book.
One of the producers of Harold & Kumar had a pretty great quote about how almost every pot movie does well as far as DVD sales, but not so hot at the theater. They just don't bother to go.
because the Twins havent been in a rain delay in 5 days
LaVelle E. Neal III @LaVelleNeal
The tarp is coming out, folks. It hasn't started raining, but it's on the way.
I blame Bus Selig's kowtowing to the Yankees.
Should have only been a four-day wait between tarps.
Greetings from baton rouge. I just finished a 3 hour job interview. Brutal, but good. I'm not going to enjoy commuting.
because you aren't getting the job, or because you are?
I'm pretty optimistic that they'll offer me the position.
This amnesty thing is craaaazy. Or maybe just Kevin McHale and Daryl Morey.
the Wolves made a bunch of moves today too. I dont understand the NBA free agency period.
When you can dump all of your assets to attempt to trade for a guy who doesn't want to resign and a bunch of other scraps from his team you've got to make that move.
Apparently I successfully replaced the battery in my i-pod. It was actually pretty simple and lot cheaper than sending it in for a replacement ($10.00 purchased on-line). So far it's working and taking a charge. I guess time will tell if I did it correctly as connecting the wire from the battery to the motherboard was a little tricky. If anyone has a bulky ipod battery I suggest going this route.
FSN Retools Rain Delay Programming
I particularly like "Australian Jargon or Just Goddamn Nonsense".
I dont know if you follow RandBall's Stu on twitter, but I recommend it.
Yes! High-value tweetering.
Yesterday I heard about the outcome of my third interview. Today I have a fourth. It's with the head of the particular organization, so odds are good that this is the final interview, one way or the other. Prayers and good vibes still much appreciated.
Snatch the pebble.
Nice.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwrKKbaClME
You'll nail it, Philo.
You can do it!
All... Night... Long...
Wait... what?
May Fortune be with you, citizen.
good luck!
Perkins answers reader questions.
I don't understand why the Twins are so secretive on the statisticl side of things.
I think they're just trolling us now.
I stand by my previous theory.
Calling Terry Ryan:
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/13/brewers-gm-not-optimistic-about-signing-zack-greinke/
the biggest question is can he get enough sink on the ball to be a great Twins pitcher?
Usually I'm not big on big name free agent pitchers, just because of how much payroll they take up and their tendancy to get hurt, but Greinke could be worth looking into.
Yeah, Greinke seems like the perfect type of expensive free agent pitcher for the Twins. I'm not sure how much he'll get, or how much he'll want, but I'd rather they sink $20 million into Greinke than some washed up "innings eater" and a proven closer.
As Bill Veeck used to say, I don't mind the high price of success, I mind the high price of mediocrity.
The Twayn clan will be commencing the Ferris Bueller Tour of Chicago this weekend. First stop, Wrigley field to watch the Cubs take on the Dudes. On Monday we'll hit the Art Institute (Younger Daughter is gaga for Van Gogh) and the Sears Tower (what you talking 'bout, Willis?), and after that the agenda is pretty open, but I'm hoping to check out the Field Museum, the Museum of Science and Industry, and maybe the aquarium. Anybody have suggestions from their Chicago favorites menu?
When I was training in Great Mistakes, I used to take the train down on weekends and really enjoyed all those you've already listed. My siblings drove down for a visit and we spent considerable time at the Art Institute and the Shedd. If you do Shedd, I'd also recommend the Adler Planetarium and ohh, the MoSaI has a MythBusters Exhibition!
Avoid Navy Pier unless you like overpriced chain restaurants and tourists.
I believe I enjoyed a meal at Miller's Pub Pretty good selection of beers on tap and reasonably priced food. Located in the Loop (Wabash/Adams), fairly close to the Art Institute.
Miller's Pub
MythBuster's Exhibition
I am not a huge fan of Miller's Pub, but I would encourage a trip to The Berghoff for wiener schnitzel or sauerbraten, hot german potato salad, red cabbage, and creamed spinach. The nostalgia factor is through the roof, even if it isn't quite the same place it was before the closing/reopening in the mid 2000s.
To be fair, it's been a decade* since I visited that joint...my idea of a "nice restaurant" was still Dead Lobster.
*Holy balls...it's been 10 years since I finished boot camp!
Oh, sweet Jesus, the berghoff. this times a million.
The Map Room, Clark Street Ale House, Piece and Goose Island, a dinner of mezethes in Greektown.
Mr. Beef!
I don't have any suggestions, but I did really enjoy the Art Institute when I visited last year. Wish I would have made the Field Museum, but my time was short.
Skip Sears Tower and do the John Hancock building. It is a few miles north of downtown so it has better views. Go up to the Signature Room on the 98th floor and have an overpriced soda. They have tiered seating so everyone can enjoy the view. The overpriced sodas are still cheaper than the observation deck at Sears.
I did this before the last time the Twins won the World Series, fwiw, but I really enjoyed a boat tour of the river that took us out on Lake Michigan. We did it in the evening so you could see the city lit up at night from Lake Michigan.
Wrong place for this comment - see above response to Ferris.
They're not a rock 'n' roll outfit.
Was there something about teh stones on that link? All I saw was this.*
*Probably NSFW...or at least a bit risqué.
Interview with Gene Glynn about Triple A team. Now that's a relentlessly positive interview. Everyone at Rochester is doing great! Call up Nishi and Juicy!
Regarding Nishi:
He has poor patience at the plate and has neither gap nor fence power. Batting average is about the only reflection he has left of how he does at the plate.
That entire Nishi paragrah was some quality, unintentional humor.
"He's been exciting for us.... uh, wait, did I say exciting. I mean crappy. Hold on! No, don't print that. Maybe make it say defensively, yeah, exciting defensively. That can't be unproven."
That's how I pictured that conversation, anyway.
That's the almost exactly the tone of the imaginary conversation I was visualizing while Glynn was talking about Valencia, too!
I wish Gardy had some of that positivity sometimes.
Just realized what today is.
Fascinating piece.
free, awfully quick to shoot down some misinformation on Bob Collins's blog!
I have never understood the obsession with mowing the lawn 2-3 times a week and keeping the grass short. I live in a neighbor filled with these people. Its annoying because I like keeping my window open until the heat and humidity make it too unbearable, and the constant noise of lawn mowers and leaf blowers (another rant for another day) drives me nuts.
As long as the grass is not going to seed or looking too scraggly, it looks good to me.
With as little rain as we've had, keeping the grass short has not been a problem.
What's grass?
Oh, that. I have a vague recollection of a serious relationship with the stuff.
fully baked recollection?
I appreciate the effort, but wow, that's ballsy, trying to get potheads to buy a book.
One of the producers of Harold & Kumar had a pretty great quote about how almost every pot movie does well as far as DVD sales, but not so hot at the theater. They just don't bother to go.
because the Twins havent been in a rain delay in 5 days
I blame Bus Selig's kowtowing to the Yankees.
Should have only been a four-day wait between tarps.
Greetings from baton rouge. I just finished a 3 hour job interview. Brutal, but good. I'm not going to enjoy commuting.
because you aren't getting the job, or because you are?
I'm pretty optimistic that they'll offer me the position.
Huzzah!
Whoa. Rockets waive Luis Scola.
This amnesty thing is craaaazy. Or maybe just Kevin McHale and Daryl Morey.
the Wolves made a bunch of moves today too. I dont understand the NBA free agency period.
When you can dump all of your assets to attempt to trade for a guy who doesn't want to resign and a bunch of other scraps from his team you've got to make that move.
Apparently I successfully replaced the battery in my i-pod. It was actually pretty simple and lot cheaper than sending it in for a replacement ($10.00 purchased on-line). So far it's working and taking a charge. I guess time will tell if I did it correctly as connecting the wire from the battery to the motherboard was a little tricky. If anyone has a bulky ipod battery I suggest going this route.
Bill Veeck would be proud.