It's comforting to know that even if I was following the Vikings closely anymore, they'd still be ripping my heart out.
39 thoughts on “September 16, 2013: Same Old”
Our hosts here were watching the Eagles game, and noted "looks like the Vikings won" when the scroll showed Vikes 30 Bears 24 with 16 seconds left. My reply, of course, was "game's not over yet." Like death and taxes, guys...
Kurzweil isn't going to help us either.
*waves hand over head and makes "whooshing" noise*
A defensive shift is defined as when three infielders line up to one side of second base. In 2011, the Pirates shifted their infield 87 times. In 2012, the Pirates shifted 105 times. The Pirates have shifted a club-record 414 times in 2013, through Sept. 6, according to Baseball Info Solutions.
This season, Liriano has thrown two-seam fastballs at a career-high rate and has posted his highest groundball rate since 2010.
Sean, did you get my PM the other day? I might not have the right email
I did not. Can reach me at my name at katron dot org.
I am aware that I have far too often complained about my job around these parts. There's an underlying reason why I got into the work I do, though, and that was reaffirmed the other day with a very good result for a client. I won't say more here, but here's an excerpt from a different advocate's thank you (and yes, I realize that this is totally bragging, but... it's cool.):
[Client] is one of the elders who are pillars of the immigrant community. The successful resolution of the case by [Philosofer], besides serving justice, has made all of us happy, and will contribute to our goal of having new immigrants have faith in the American legal system.
Good on you.
congrats. Even though we've recently established that job fulfillment is a terrible thing to wish on a child or friend, it's still nice when one can get some satisfaction out of a job well done.
Goodness, I may have to go back and reread that discussion...I thought we'd established that Generation X has ruined their children's lives! 🙂
That was definitely my takeaway. Well, and the boomers too. Especially them.
I never saw that coming -- the Vikings losing at the end! -- said nobody, at least not without irony.
My innate football fan pessimism served me well yesterday, as the Browns also managed to keep their perfect record intact.
So, new phone. Galaxy S3 or summat. Installed chrome. Is there no way for chrome to know to rewrap posts or comments to fit the screen after resizing?
One of my 10 year old nephews suffered a clean break of both his fibula and tibia yesterday. Haven't heard what happened yet, but he got a plate and seven screws into his fibula to re-set it. Ouch.
he shoulda been playing something safe, like football.
Tim Shibuya and Byron Buxton were each named player of the month in their respective leagues.
I know that Top Jimmy is an easy target and likely our [the Citizenry's] most vilified mediot, but it appears that he may actually be feeling a little heat for something he wrote. I read the post for which he doesn't quite apologize for in this one and was disgusted (though not surprised)...apparently I wasn't the only one.
As someone diagnosed with epilepsy, I am personally offended that Top Jimmy is an idiot (but I don't have an opinion on his column because I'm not going to bother reading it). Still, I would have to think at some point Country Jer is going to realize that it's not the right fit.
Today's Souhan quote on the radio was, "common sense is ahead of medical science."
In other words, Souhan knows more than your doctor.
There should be a twitter account that just publishes the stupidest thing he says each day.
there's already a website. startribune.com
bSnark. I like it.
ooh. I like that. if only I had the energy to maintain a blog, I'd be stealing that for a title.
But if he's smarter than a doctor, why does he need to go to a doctor to inquire about the legitimacy of bilateral leg weakness?
Never heard of a stress reaction.
Today's CoC headline is eerily prescient...though obviously out of context. I hate to admit it, but my response to these things has almost become non-existent.
I don't know that a discussion in here would be much more productive than the last one we had. I also didn't want to go through the day pretending like nothing worth commenting on had happened outside of my on-screen entertainment for the month. Sometimes, this world that we live in doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. Disgusting.
Like so many similar and recent tragedies, I have to assume this one will also be thoroughly exploited by partisan media outlets to gin up controversy and outrage and boost ratings/subscribers/clicks, by special interest groups and lobbyists to advance their narrow, polarized agendas, by certain industries to launch fear-mongering marketing campaigns, and by partisan politicians to rile their support bases and raise money for the next re-election campaign cycle. The thoroughly predictable reaction to these events has become something of a cottage industry in our country. Also disgusting.
Forbidden Zoney, maybe, but I don't know that anyone here would disagree with any of that, Twayn.
In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.
Our hosts here were watching the Eagles game, and noted "looks like the Vikings won" when the scroll showed Vikes 30 Bears 24 with 16 seconds left. My reply, of course, was "game's not over yet." Like death and taxes, guys...
Kurzweil isn't going to help us either.
*waves hand over head and makes "whooshing" noise*
He's going to fix that death thing.
Embracing stats equals winning, for the Pirates.
Sean, did you get my PM the other day? I might not have the right email
I did not. Can reach me at my name at katron dot org.
I am aware that I have far too often complained about my job around these parts. There's an underlying reason why I got into the work I do, though, and that was reaffirmed the other day with a very good result for a client. I won't say more here, but here's an excerpt from a different advocate's thank you (and yes, I realize that this is totally bragging, but... it's cool.):
Good on you.
congrats. Even though we've recently established that job fulfillment is a terrible thing to wish on a child or friend, it's still nice when one can get some satisfaction out of a job well done.
Goodness, I may have to go back and reread that discussion...I thought we'd established that Generation X has ruined their children's lives! 🙂
That was definitely my takeaway. Well, and the boomers too. Especially them.
I never saw that coming -- the Vikings losing at the end! -- said nobody, at least not without irony.
My innate football fan pessimism served me well yesterday, as the Browns also managed to keep their perfect record intact.
So, new phone. Galaxy S3 or summat. Installed chrome. Is there no way for chrome to know to rewrap posts or comments to fit the screen after resizing?
glen perkins, #pmki as per usual.
One of my 10 year old nephews suffered a clean break of both his fibula and tibia yesterday. Haven't heard what happened yet, but he got a plate and seven screws into his fibula to re-set it. Ouch.
he shoulda been playing something safe, like football.
This is pretty cool.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn11DWH_LEA&feature=player_embedded
Minnesota Twins: Rookie's Homer Stuns Rays, Keeps Wild-Card Race Tight
This is too good. Fatty food consumption goes up when your team loses.
basically, the Twins' fanbase is morbidly obese now, after having been rail-thin three years ago.
So I can reasonably blame my heart attack on the Twins' crappy level of play. It's nice to have a scapegoat.
exactly. You should sue the Pohlads for putting a crappy product on the field, thus endangering your life.
Paging Jackie Chiles...
Jesse Crain is doing a fundraiser for Colorado flood victims.
Tim Shibuya and Byron Buxton were each named player of the month in their respective leagues.
I know that Top Jimmy is an easy target and likely our [the Citizenry's] most vilified mediot, but it appears that he may actually be feeling a little heat for something he wrote. I read the post for which he doesn't quite apologize for in this one and was disgusted (though not surprised)...apparently I wasn't the only one.
As someone diagnosed with epilepsy, I am personally offended that Top Jimmy is an idiot (but I don't have an opinion on his column because I'm not going to bother reading it). Still, I would have to think at some point Country Jer is going to realize that it's not the right fit.
Today's Souhan quote on the radio was, "common sense is ahead of medical science."
In other words, Souhan knows more than your doctor.
There should be a twitter account that just publishes the stupidest thing he says each day.
there's already a website. startribune.com
bSnark. I like it.
ooh. I like that. if only I had the energy to maintain a blog, I'd be stealing that for a title.
But if he's smarter than a doctor, why does he need to go to a doctor to inquire about the legitimacy of bilateral leg weakness?
Never heard of a stress reaction.
Today's CoC headline is eerily prescient...though obviously out of context. I hate to admit it, but my response to these things has almost become non-existent.
I don't know that a discussion in here would be much more productive than the last one we had. I also didn't want to go through the day pretending like nothing worth commenting on had happened outside of my on-screen entertainment for the month. Sometimes, this world that we live in doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. Disgusting.
Maybe just a little bit Forbidden Zoney...
Forbidden Zoney, maybe, but I don't know that anyone here would disagree with any of that, Twayn.
so, cash grab. Sigh.
Reminded me of something George Carlin said: