It's nice to see that childhood favorites of mine translate to Skim.
Monthly Archives: October 2013
NLCS Game 6
Los Angeles at St Louis
well, turns out I will be watching this game since 'Guys Night' has been cancelled due to sick children (not mine!). So, I hope its a good one.
Dominican League Preview
This was written Sunday night, so it's possible some things have changed since then.
Friday Music Day: Oct 18, 2013
I'm going to see Ha Ha Tonka at the 7th Street Entry on Wednesday. Anyone else?
October 18, 2013: Hire a Magician
In the absence of a topic, type the first sentence that you hear. In this case, "Hire a magician."
Iced Earth – Dante’s Inferno
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKABLbWbUPM
I started college right about when Napster hit the scene. Combined with a T1 connection, it was a great time to find music, and as much money as I spent on cds over the next few years, I feel I was a pretty good counter-point to ol' Lars's crap about music downloading. One of the first bands I found that stood out and sparked an interest in metal for me was Iced Earth. It was something of a revelation for me and set me off on a journey of discovery that has only recently slowed down due to lack of funds for things like cds, mostly because of kids and beer (and grown up life cost way too much money).
I know the video is kind of long, but its both one of my favorite songs of all time and a great live performance. Well worth the time investment.
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Loading... Happy Birthday–October 18
Candy Cummings (1848)
Cliff Carroll (1859)
Walt Wilmot (1863)
Boileryard Clarke (1868)
Hans Lobert (1881)
Burt Shotton (1884)
Charlie Berry (1902)
Skeeter Newsome (1910)
Roy Cullenbine (1913)
Andy Carey (1931)
Bobby Knoop (1938)
Willie Horton (1942)
Ed Farmer (1949)
George Hendrick (1949)
Andy Hassler (1951)
Jerry Royster (1952)
Mike Walters (1957)
Alan Mills (1966)
Doug Mirabelli (1970)
Alex Cora (1975)
Yoenis Cespedes (1985)
Alex Cora was drafted by Minnesota in the twelfth round in 1993, but he did not sign.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to AMR.
2013 ALCS Game 5
Cabrera already with terrible base-running and poor fielding in consecutive half innings.
Metallica – Bleeding Me
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LpV9o5jGmg
Around the end of my junior year, things started to get set in motion for where I would end up musically. It started, like with a lot of people, with Metallica (the Sam Adams of the metal world, although the comparison breaks down in that Sam Adams continues to make solid, if unspectacular beer while Metallica does not do that anymore.) I started with Re-Load, however, so its a wonder I kept up with it. At the same time, when I was 16 I started working at the Dairy Queen in Somerset, WI. One of my co-workers was pretty obsessed with all things Metallica, so by the time I got to Re-Load I was ready to pick up some earlier stuff from them. Master of Puppets and Ride the Lightning got a lot of play from high school senior me. It all set up the stage for college and a lot of bandwidth to discover what I liked and dig deeply into it.
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Loading... Father Knows Best: Youth Baseball
Most of my experience with youth baseball can probably be applied to other sports, but all my boys have ever played has been baseball or softball, so I'll just stick to that. Junior has expressed and a little talent in cross country and has even participated in a Running Club at school, but I wasn't involved in that, so I'll just stick to baseball and softball. Continue reading Father Knows Best: Youth Baseball