I had a decent month, and I'm off today to talk about it. Cool.
Monthly Archives: January 2015
January 19, 2015: The Content of Our Character
Drwam big, Citizens.
Winter League Playoff Update
A look at the playoffs in the Caribbean Leagues.
Nightwish – Wishmaster
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJTlH521E6w
There was lot of crap that happened in 2014 related to domestic violence/harassment of women. When I sent in my letter for the end of the year Friday Music Day, I realized I had purchased a lot of music from female-fronted bands. Heavy metal has always been, and will probably always be, heavily skewing towards males, but it is starting to get much more diverse, gender-wise, these days. So, with all of the crap that happened last year, I thought I'd spend a week celebrating what that type of diversity can bring to music like this.
Up first is Nightwish, who basically made symphonic metal with a classically trained vocalist a thing.
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Happy Birthday–January 19
Chick Gandil (1888)
Lee Head (1899)
Rip Radcliff (1906)
Chet Trail (1944)
Jon Matlack (1950)
Rich Gale (1954)
Brad Mills (1957)
Rick Adair (1958)
Chris Sabo (1962)
Jim Morris (1964)
Orlando Palmeiro (1969)
Phil Nevin (1971)
Jeff Juden (1971)
Chris Stynes (1973)
Amaury Telemaco (1974)
Byung-Hyun Kim (1979)
Lee Head played in the minors for twenty-one seasons. He batted .304, but he was best known for his ability to avoid striking out. In 1933 he struck out three times in 468 at-bats. In 1935 he did even better, striking out once in 402 at-bats.
Chet Trail is the only player to have been on a World Series roster who never appeared in a major league game, regular season or post-season.
Third baseman Brad Mills was drafted by Minnesota in the 16th round of the 1977 January draft, but did not sign.
Rick Adair was in baseball from 1979-2013. Most recently, he was the pitching coach of the Baltimore Orioles. He is the nephew of former Twins pitching coach Art Fowler.
Martin Luther King JR – I Have A Dream
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs
I know that this may seem like an easy out for the video of the day, but I'd never really listened to this speech. On the day that most* of us take off from work to celebrate the birth of MLK, I think it's only right to listen to his words, and to examine our relationship to injustice and prejudice. Today is a day to reflect, and a day to challenge long held beliefs, in an effort to effect positive change in our world through nonviolent intervention.
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.
If only we could all find a way to channel our feelings of injustice, of inequity, into such a positive, non-violent action for change.
*I work for an institution that believes MLK day isn't actually a holiday. I'm afforded two days off for Mardi Gras. Draw your own conclusions.
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Happy Birthday–January 18
Eddie Moore (1899)
Danny Kaye (1913)
Mike Fornieles (1932)
Chuck Cottier (1936)
Satch Davidson (1936)
Curt Flood (1938)
Carl Morton (1944)
Billy Grabarkewitz (1946)
Sachio Kinugasa (1947)
Scott McGregor (1954)
Dave Geisel (1955)
Brady Anderson (1964)
Mike Lieberthal (1972)
Wandy Rodriguez (1979)
Entertainer Danny Kaye was one of the original owners of the Seattle Mariners.
Satch Davidson was a National League umpire from 1969-1984.
Sachio Kinusaga played in 2,215 games in Japan from 1970-1987.
January 18, 2015: The Abyss
I splurged on a $16 beer last night, an imperial stout from Deschutes, to celebrate/lament the fact that my best friend at work is moving on. She ended up having a family come up and we didn't see her last night, but hey, that beer sure did kill.
Little Richard – Ready Teddy
Joint's a-hoppin.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVOafhlsoXo
1966
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Why Esquimaux don’t run
As part of our winter half-marathon training program, we went out this morning and did 7 miles (a taper week) but at 9F. Luckily there was no wind.
I wore The Marmot over my usual layer of Icebreaker wool base layer, and a thicker head band. Still the last mile I started to get cold, and having to stop a couple times for traffic lights, by the time I got back to the running store, my sweaty clothes were freezing and I was quite chilled.
I've been home for about an hour now, and I'm still cold (i.e. give me a break if Ode To Turning Fifty is not necessarily PSA Award materiel).
I heard/read a Norwegian's saying that you can't have bad weather, but you can have bad clothing.