First a game log and now this??? Plus, Friday the 13th, y'all.
70 thoughts on “Cup of Coffee: 13 September 2013: I’m Taking Over”
truly spooky.
truly spooky.
Ask my employer for fewer clopens and we'll be fine.
Okay tech gurus: my daughter's teacher emailed my wife and me. My wife got the email, but I didn't (in my work account). Not caught in our spam filter, either. E-mail address is right, I sent an e-mail and she tried to reply to it. I'm trying to find help through work. Anyone ever seen this?
For some reason I cannot e-mail one of my uncles, I can only respond to e-mails he sends me. I've never solved it.
How would we ever see it? 😉
are you sure that her email isn't being caught in a filter at the enterprise level at your company, rather than at the client level?
Yes, I'm sure.
I had an e-mail that my wife sent me that never came to work but went to my gmail just fine. Couldn't forward it from gmail to work either. I'm guessing that the URL it contained was something that was completely rejected.
so, Jeff Wagner, mayoral candidate. I wonder how many thousands of votes his oddball advertising effort on teh Utoob will garner?
I guess I don't hate Robinson Cano or Mo. But that's about as much as I can muster.
Jeeeeee-tah /hushedtones
Seriously, how effing pompous is it that Jeter has the long dead Bob Sheppard introduce him in every at-bat?
When will they unveil his statue in Monument Park?
They just have to move it from where it's been in the infield for the last 19 years.
Nicely done.
niiiiiiiice
A slow round of applause for you, sir.
Bravo.
my favorite has to be #14. sweep the leg.
Yesterday, Souhan admonished Dubay for using the term "small sample size." He said that is a term nerds use to sound smart.
Is hate too strong of a word? How does he have a job? He adds nothing.
Nerds also build the hadron collider to seem smart, too. Those darn self-aggrandizing nerds!
Well then let's pencil in the following Twins for next year :
NAME
GP
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
TB
BB
SO
SB
BA
OBP
SLG
OPS
Eric Fryer
1
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
4
0
0
0
.500
.500
2.000
2.500
Josmil Pinto
9
30
6
14
5
0
1
4
22
3
5
0
.467
.515
.733
1.248
Alex Presley
11
47
4
16
3
0
1
7
22
3
9
0
.340
.380
.468
.848
Pinto is going to be pissed when he loses the batting title despite besting Lajoie's record by 40 points.
Silly you, Fryer won't qualify for the batting title!
What's amazing is that even with that stat line, he'd still be 100 points shy of Ruth's best OPS.
Half baked response. Let me finish the job.
NAME
GP
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
TB
BB
SO
SB
BA
OBP
SLG
OPS
Eric Fryer
162
324
162
162
0
0
162
162
648
0
0
0
.500
.500
2.000
2.500
Josmil Pinto
162
540
108
126
90
0
18
72
396
54
90
0
.467
.515
.733
1.248
Alex Presley
162
692
59
236
44
0
15
103
154
44
132
0
.340
.380
.468
.848
Frankly, Gardy should be fired for not putting Fryer in the lineup for more than two at-bats a game. And holy hell, Fryer isn't clutch. No home runs with a man on? Sheesh.
Speaking of half-baked, Pinto should have 18 homers and 72 RBI
Fixed. I'm the king of half-baked.
Note that Fryer would set records for HRs and TBs, but not for the batting average because he wouldn't qualify. 90 2Bs would be a record. So would the .467 BA.
He would qualify: ~180 hitless AB would be added to his totals, although I don't think his BA would be high enough then. I'd calculate it, but I'm on vacation and don't want to venture into sean territory.
I already calculated it and he would finish with a .322 average. Probably be in the top ten at season's end.
NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!
Aren't Pinto and Fryer both catchers? How in tarnation is that gonna work?
"I want it to have that freak-nasty, bass-heavy Washington County steez," said the Stillwater native. "You just get on the floor and shake that ass. From the window to the wall to almost St. Croix Falls."
You Gen-Xers are certainly welcome to check it out too. I actually found the comments discussion kind-of interesting.
Fun article, thanks for sharing. I have met many people around my age that are unhappy because they're not in their dream career or have the things their parents have. My parents worked their butts off and they still couldn't afford cable TV, new furniture, or semi-new cars until the 90's. I find it even difficult myself to not have some of the luxuries I grew up with. So many college kids and those in the early part of their career use credit to get all of the luxuries their parents worked years for, and then complain about being in debt.
I am very happy, and I've been fortunate enough to be in the career I wanted and get paid enough to live comfortably. But I think my parents made sure I knew that I had to work hard for everything and that I wasn't special, at least out in the real world. I know some baby boomers parents that constantly bail their kids out of mistake after mistake and it's so frustrating to watch.
Amen to all this. I make sure to let Runner daughter know that she IS special in the real world, in that she knows how to balance a budget and pay off her credit cards. She also has had to do hard work -- enough to give incentive to finish off college.
My parents (Dad actually) had some major career changes over the past 10-15 years which means that they went from being at a point where they were finally able to afford those things you (Beau) mention to not-so-much. Unfortunately, I wasn't around for their more recent 'privations' so I hate to admit that I related to quite a few of the writers points.
I spent most of my youth and teenaged years thinking I was special/superior/smarter, etc. and it's taken a long to come to the realization that my folks' parenting style, though filled with much love and support, didn't do much to prepare me for the real world. I didn't work hard at school and paid for it mostly on credit. Though it may not appear "easy" to some observers, I took the military route in part because I wanted an out and it provided one. I also knew at that point that I needed to learn some discipline and felt that there weren't many other options for a 21-year-old to really face that.
I'm a relatively smart guy and a hard worker, especially when I like the work. However, I'm still grappling with the idea that what I do for a living doesn't have to be "Fulfilling" or a "Passion" if it pays the bills and isn't hell. I also still need to learn that what I do for a living doesn't define who I am. For a long time, I thought it did, even though I wouldn't admit it. I don't think so any more, but it's taken me a long time to get there.
All that said, I'm happy with my life: proud of my lovely wife and daughter, proud of my education and service, grateful for my health and the opportunities I've been given. I'm still looking for the right career/path, but in the meantime I'm gainfully employed and have the ability to explore my options. That's a pretty good place to be.
When it comes right down to it, the two places where we spend more of our time than anywhere else are (a) work and (b) bed. Buy a good mattress and find a line of work that is fulfilling.
Oh, damn. Now that I've read the piece, I see that I've doomed my children to a life of unhappiness.
But comfortable sleep!
(I haven't read it yet either.)
Of course I'd love to do something fulfilling (and I have every intention to continue looking for it), but here's the rub: I've already saddled myself with six-figure student loan debt thinking that my job title was somehow more important than the results of my professional endeavors. Finding something fulfilling that will also pay the bills ain't easy.
As for your kids...yeah, probably 🙂
I also still need to learn that what I do for a living doesn’t define who I am.
That's been a big problem for a lot of people. I was a sports copy editor for nine years at one paper and I was a sports writer and/or editor for several years before that. Then suddenly I got laid off and suddenly I found out the hard way there wasn't any work available unless I was willing to uproot my family. That was four years ago and I haven't really established any kind of career since. I've decided to just freelance now so that I can have multiple income streams instead of one that I have no control over.
When people, mainly men, define themselves through their careers, if that is taken away, then they suddenly don't know who they are until they are able to continue that career elsewhere or find a new one. I don't want to stray to far into the forbidden zone, but I think a lot of men have given up and aren't even seeking careers instead of accepting their situation and making the best of it.
I've found there are two ways to have a career you enjoy. One is to find something you really enjoy doing. The work itself is its own reward regardless of the pay. Of course, it does help if the pay at least meets your financial needs. The other, which is my situation now, is to find something that you don't mind doing daily that allows you to enjoy the other parts of your life that bring you joy, such as family, friends, church, sports, music, travel, etc. I think the wiser people tend to end up being in the second situation. If you are able to do both, then consider yourself truly lucky.
When I was a sports writer/editor/copy editor, I worked evenings and most weekends. It meant sacrificing time with my wife, who was a teacher, so that I could do something I loved. We made sure to have "quality" time, and when I was a copy editor, we made enough money for that to work. Once the boys came along, my wife liked having me at home during the day to take care of them and I enjoyed that as well. Once they got into school, I started looking for a new career, so I wasn't altogether disappointed when I was laid off. In the years since, I've had the best financial year of my adult life and the worst. However, I have refused to go back to that life on a permanent basis. I've figured out that what I enjoy most is freelancing as a writer/editor/proofreader, which allows me the flexibility to enjoy what is truly important to me.
Agreed that it's a good read. I totally agree with the writer that Facebook can have the effect of making everyone else's lives seem fabulous.
Not to mention gorgeous
How can you have this discussion without counting the rings? (I know, it's mentioned, but that should totally be a category.)
FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware Attack
I didn't know the DWL had a draft. I'm assuming that since Sano wasn't taken first that this is for players not already with a team or something like that. Anyone know how this thing works. Terrible writing. It should have explained these details. That's Journalism 101.
I would love to find a good description of how the various Caribbean leagues do things. I'm sure there are rules and stuff, but as I've said before, I get the impression that if a good player just wandered into the clubhouse in the fifth inning sometime, they'd give him a uniform and let him play.
Yeah, which is why I was surprised to see there was a draft of some kind.
and from the Nightmares on BBQ Street department: ginormous killer shrimp establishing themselves in the Gulf.
Will these monster shrimp upset local ecosystems?
Do they taste good? If so, there is hope.
According to the shrimper, "you fry 'em, put 'em on ... saute 'em whichever, they good, they real good".
They did some awesome work with Hank. He was the biggest a-hole in the world the first two seasons, but to see him turn into a good guy was awesome. "2 minutes"... where he talks about how he was supposed to be better than he was. Fantastic.
Skyler is getting some redemption too. I like her being cold and rational way more than I liked her being completely irrational and not listening to anything, which was how I felt about her the first couple seasons.
They've done a great job with the baby.
Saul I'm less excited about at the end of Season 3 than I was at the start. Mike, on the other hand...
Finally, I'm really glad to see Walt's development not being wholesale. I love that he pled for his life first, begged really, almost coming to tears, still being the weak person, and then when appeasement didn't work he made the call.
Mike is awesome. That's not really a spoiler.
Saul is great too, though he's usually just a device, and not a guy who moves the plot forward. As someone who prefers to use others and get their hands dirty, that makes sense.
truly spooky.
truly
spooky.Ask my employer for fewer clopens and we'll be fine.
Okay tech gurus: my daughter's teacher emailed my wife and me. My wife got the email, but I didn't (in my work account). Not caught in our spam filter, either. E-mail address is right, I sent an e-mail and she tried to reply to it. I'm trying to find help through work. Anyone ever seen this?
For some reason I cannot e-mail one of my uncles, I can only respond to e-mails he sends me. I've never solved it.
How would we ever see it? 😉
are you sure that her email isn't being caught in a filter at the enterprise level at your company, rather than at the client level?
Yes, I'm sure.
I had an e-mail that my wife sent me that never came to work but went to my gmail just fine. Couldn't forward it from gmail to work either. I'm guessing that the URL it contained was something that was completely rejected.
so, Jeff Wagner, mayoral candidate. I wonder how many thousands of votes his oddball advertising effort on teh Utoob will garner?
this dude has made it to Deadspin
I found this enjoyable. Silly, but enjoyable.
My favorite was #29.
wait, what? The Yankmes have a likable player?
Mo?
I guess I don't hate Robinson Cano or Mo. But that's about as much as I can muster.
Jeeeeee-tah /hushedtones
Seriously, how effing pompous is it that Jeter has the long dead Bob Sheppard introduce him in every at-bat?
When will they unveil his statue in Monument Park?
They just have to move it from where it's been in the infield for the last 19 years.
Nicely done.
niiiiiiiice
A slow round of applause for you, sir.
Bravo.
my favorite has to be #14. sweep the leg.
Yesterday, Souhan admonished Dubay for using the term "small sample size." He said that is a term nerds use to sound smart.
Is hate too strong of a word? How does he have a job? He adds nothing.
Nerds also build the hadron collider to seem smart, too. Those darn self-aggrandizing nerds!
Well then let's pencil in the following Twins for next year :
Pinto is going to be pissed when he loses the batting title despite besting Lajoie's record by 40 points.
Silly you, Fryer won't qualify for the batting title!
What's amazing is that even with that stat line, he'd still be 100 points shy of Ruth's best OPS.
Half baked response. Let me finish the job.
Frankly, Gardy should be fired for not putting Fryer in the lineup for more than two at-bats a game. And holy hell, Fryer isn't clutch. No home runs with a man on? Sheesh.
Speaking of half-baked, Pinto should have 18 homers and 72 RBI
Fixed. I'm the king of half-baked.
Note that Fryer would set records for HRs and TBs, but not for the batting average because he wouldn't qualify. 90 2Bs would be a record. So would the .467 BA.
He would qualify: ~180 hitless AB would be added to his totals, although I don't think his BA would be high enough then. I'd calculate it, but I'm on vacation and don't want to venture into sean territory.
I already calculated it and he would finish with a .322 average. Probably be in the top ten at season's end.
NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!
Aren't Pinto and Fryer both catchers? How in tarnation is that gonna work?
Glen Perkins Announces New DJ Project, "Glen's Twerkin'"
made me laugh
Sounds pretty much dead on to me.
For all the mid-20's to mid-30's whiners in the house - You Are Not Special, that's why you're unhappy. Now excuse me while I go play in the flowers with my unicorn.
You Gen-Xers are certainly welcome to check it out too. I actually found the comments discussion kind-of interesting.
Fun article, thanks for sharing. I have met many people around my age that are unhappy because they're not in their dream career or have the things their parents have. My parents worked their butts off and they still couldn't afford cable TV, new furniture, or semi-new cars until the 90's. I find it even difficult myself to not have some of the luxuries I grew up with. So many college kids and those in the early part of their career use credit to get all of the luxuries their parents worked years for, and then complain about being in debt.
I am very happy, and I've been fortunate enough to be in the career I wanted and get paid enough to live comfortably. But I think my parents made sure I knew that I had to work hard for everything and that I wasn't special, at least out in the real world. I know some baby boomers parents that constantly bail their kids out of mistake after mistake and it's so frustrating to watch.
Amen to all this. I make sure to let Runner daughter know that she IS special in the real world, in that she knows how to balance a budget and pay off her credit cards. She also has had to do hard work -- enough to give incentive to finish off college.
My parents (Dad actually) had some major career changes over the past 10-15 years which means that they went from being at a point where they were finally able to afford those things you (Beau) mention to not-so-much. Unfortunately, I wasn't around for their more recent 'privations' so I hate to admit that I related to quite a few of the writers points.
I spent most of my youth and teenaged years thinking I was special/superior/smarter, etc. and it's taken a long to come to the realization that my folks' parenting style, though filled with much love and support, didn't do much to prepare me for the real world. I didn't work hard at school and paid for it mostly on credit. Though it may not appear "easy" to some observers, I took the military route in part because I wanted an out and it provided one. I also knew at that point that I needed to learn some discipline and felt that there weren't many other options for a 21-year-old to really face that.
I'm a relatively smart guy and a hard worker, especially when I like the work. However, I'm still grappling with the idea that what I do for a living doesn't have to be "Fulfilling" or a "Passion" if it pays the bills and isn't hell. I also still need to learn that what I do for a living doesn't define who I am. For a long time, I thought it did, even though I wouldn't admit it. I don't think so any more, but it's taken me a long time to get there.
All that said, I'm happy with my life: proud of my lovely wife and daughter, proud of my education and service, grateful for my health and the opportunities I've been given. I'm still looking for the right career/path, but in the meantime I'm gainfully employed and have the ability to explore my options. That's a pretty good place to be.
When it comes right down to it, the two places where we spend more of our time than anywhere else are (a) work and (b) bed. Buy a good mattress and find a line of work that is fulfilling.
Oh, damn. Now that I've read the piece, I see that I've doomed my children to a life of unhappiness.
But comfortable sleep!
(I haven't read it yet either.)
Of course I'd love to do something fulfilling (and I have every intention to continue looking for it), but here's the rub: I've already saddled myself with six-figure student loan debt thinking that my job title was somehow more important than the results of my professional endeavors. Finding something fulfilling that will also pay the bills ain't easy.
As for your kids...yeah, probably 🙂
That's been a big problem for a lot of people. I was a sports copy editor for nine years at one paper and I was a sports writer and/or editor for several years before that. Then suddenly I got laid off and suddenly I found out the hard way there wasn't any work available unless I was willing to uproot my family. That was four years ago and I haven't really established any kind of career since. I've decided to just freelance now so that I can have multiple income streams instead of one that I have no control over.
When people, mainly men, define themselves through their careers, if that is taken away, then they suddenly don't know who they are until they are able to continue that career elsewhere or find a new one. I don't want to stray to far into the forbidden zone, but I think a lot of men have given up and aren't even seeking careers instead of accepting their situation and making the best of it.
I've found there are two ways to have a career you enjoy. One is to find something you really enjoy doing. The work itself is its own reward regardless of the pay. Of course, it does help if the pay at least meets your financial needs. The other, which is my situation now, is to find something that you don't mind doing daily that allows you to enjoy the other parts of your life that bring you joy, such as family, friends, church, sports, music, travel, etc. I think the wiser people tend to end up being in the second situation. If you are able to do both, then consider yourself truly lucky.
When I was a sports writer/editor/copy editor, I worked evenings and most weekends. It meant sacrificing time with my wife, who was a teacher, so that I could do something I loved. We made sure to have "quality" time, and when I was a copy editor, we made enough money for that to work. Once the boys came along, my wife liked having me at home during the day to take care of them and I enjoyed that as well. Once they got into school, I started looking for a new career, so I wasn't altogether disappointed when I was laid off. In the years since, I've had the best financial year of my adult life and the worst. However, I have refused to go back to that life on a permanent basis. I've figured out that what I enjoy most is freelancing as a writer/editor/proofreader, which allows me the flexibility to enjoy what is truly important to me.
Agreed that it's a good read. I totally agree with the writer that Facebook can have the effect of making everyone else's lives seem fabulous.
Not to mention gorgeous
How can you have this discussion without counting the rings? (I know, it's mentioned, but that should totally be a category.)
which one is the FotMF?
Archie.
Incorrect. It is Olivia.
I don't even know what to think about
I didn't know the DWL had a draft. I'm assuming that since Sano wasn't taken first that this is for players not already with a team or something like that. Anyone know how this thing works. Terrible writing. It should have explained these details. That's Journalism 101.
I would love to find a good description of how the various Caribbean leagues do things. I'm sure there are rules and stuff, but as I've said before, I get the impression that if a good player just wandered into the clubhouse in the fifth inning sometime, they'd give him a uniform and let him play.
Yeah, which is why I was surprised to see there was a draft of some kind.
and from the Nightmares on BBQ Street department: ginormous killer shrimp establishing themselves in the Gulf.
Will these monster shrimp upset local ecosystems?
Do they taste good? If so, there is hope.
According to the shrimper, "you fry 'em, put 'em on ... saute 'em whichever, they good, they real good".
Put your money where your mouth is, Jim. The buck stops here.
...and I just finished Season 3 of Breaking Bad.
I ain't sleeping well tonight, huh?
heh.
And indeed, my dreams were about what I expected. Very intense.
Season four is more intense.
I would imagine, given what just happened.
after its completion, i think i watched this scene about four times:
Also, regarding the entirety of Season 3...
Mike is awesome. That's not really a spoiler.
Saul is great too, though he's usually just a device, and not a guy who moves the plot forward. As someone who prefers to use others and get their hands dirty, that makes sense.