40 thoughts on “February 24, 2017: Remembrance of things past”
Sleep took me by surprise last night. I vaguely remember typing the date in a fog, and must have passed into sleep just after.
It's just as well. It was probably going to reference the big storm that was coming today, which is...no longer going to hit the Cities. My dad in Blue Earth is probably in the thick of it, though.
Town where we live = no snow. Town 11 miles south where Philosofette teaches = 2 hour late start because of snow.
New Ulm - no snow
20 miles south where I am - 2 to 3 inches (but drifts measured in knee length!)
Fairmont (20ish miles south of me) - 8 to 9 inches and semi jackknifing on the interstate.
It's horrible here, it's partly cloudy with a breeze and won't even crack 75 degrees. Sad!
Fake weather. sad!
I was hoping this storm would miss me. I have projects at the park that need starting and the run of 60 degree weather firmed the soil enough so I could drive a truck on the grass.
I have to go back and look, but I think either tomorrow night or Sunday night Uranus will be within the same binocular view as Mars. With the seasonal allergies slamming me, not sure I feel up to dragging out the telescope, but I'll at least give the binoculars a try.
And just after Mars had a dalliance with Neptune being very close. I read that you can see Venus in a crescent through binoculars but it's been too cloudy in the evenings for me to get a good view. I tried once but then the 3-year-old wanted a look and spent the rest of the time exploring the world close(r) up.
I tried once but then the 3-year-old wanted a look and spent the rest of the time exploring the world close(r) up.
I relate soooooo much to this. In my good moments, I tell myself my 3-year-old is giving me many opportunities to cultivate patience and notice things I'd ordinarily overlook. And then there are the times when I'm like, "Stop stomping on ice in the driveway and just get in the damn car already, it's cold and I need to get you to daycare so I can go to work!"
I tuned in to the Clippers/Warriors game midway through the 2nd quarter. Warriors looked awful, missing shots, turning the ball over, giving up fast break layups and dunks.
And then the third quarter happened.
Steph Curry might have a future in the NBA.
Woohoo! My Internet is back up. We had a massive rain (wtf?) storm last night that knocked out pretty much all forms of communication. I had to drive home in it at about 12:30 last night and man, that was bananas for February.
Yes, Luke Harper is a pro wrestler, but you don't need to care about it to be amused by his twitter feed. I love that he joined so he could do...whatever that is.
I laughed. Hard.
I'm trying so hard not to attract attention at work.
The #. is comedy gold.
I didn't even notice that before I linked it here. Saw it afterward and laughed again.
Ha, I want to know if those are scheduled or composed fresh each day.
They have wildly different timestamps so I'm guessing he's entering in each one.
That's fantastic. I really wish something would have happened with the Wyatt Family. Instead, after years of potential it turned into Randy Orton, the only guy less interesting than Cena.
Yeaaahhhh...I mean, something's kind of happening right now, but I guess I expected bigger fireworks. Erick Rowan's injury probably didn't help with whatever direction they wanted to go.
that's some commitment to the bit.
Near as I can tell, he hasn't missed a day since Halloween.
I can totally hear that whistling/waah-waaah-waah music.
It means it's the "Two Broke Girls" of twitter feeds?
My mom forwarded me a link from her boyfriend to this STrib piece from last year: Iraq, Afghanistan vets may have their own Agent Orange. I've known about the burn pits since my deployment. What got me was the editor's note at the top.
mmm, open-air burning. Literally no one could have imagined it could cause environmental or health problems.
I'm just going to observe that KBR's official statement seems to imply they'd be fine with a bunch of OIF/OEF vets starting open-pit burns next to their corporate offices & homes of senior officials.
As you might imagine, I've been following these issues closely. Me/my agency was/is in contact with members the MN CODEL regarding the legislation noted in the article.
Cancer is a rabid, heartless bitch.
I figured you had been monitoring this issue, even if you weren't directly in contact with vets who'd been exposed. I can't begin to imagine the anger & heartbreak those folks are going through.
1st spring training, and I have back-to-back conf. calls :/
When you look at all 30 teams, overall, there was zero value-added by the Community, over and above the Fangraphs Forecasts (r=.02).
None. A passionate, informed community added nothing to the projections overall. Jeff is doing this again for 2017 but I expect no change.
Maybe they should try this approach with their organizational rankings and see if there's a difference. #6org
Well, to the degree that the people filling out the projections represent a passionate, informed community.
(Not that I really doubt the limited or null value brought by such a survey.)
Also, it's no fair comparing to actual win totals. We all know that [my team] was screwed over by [MLB/umpires/bad luck/weather/God/FSM/a Goat/etc.] and that [hated team] was boosted by [MLB/umpires/good luck/weather/God/FSM/etc.] and therefore my predictions are really more accurate than the win totals reflect when you're talking about how good the teams really were.
so, you are saying that [my team] won the popular pennant once you subtract out the illegal wins?
Sleep took me by surprise last night. I vaguely remember typing the date in a fog, and must have passed into sleep just after.
It's just as well. It was probably going to reference the big storm that was coming today, which is...no longer going to hit the Cities. My dad in Blue Earth is probably in the thick of it, though.
Town where we live = no snow. Town 11 miles south where Philosofette teaches = 2 hour late start because of snow.
New Ulm - no snow
20 miles south where I am - 2 to 3 inches (but drifts measured in knee length!)
Fairmont (20ish miles south of me) - 8 to 9 inches and semi jackknifing on the interstate.
It's horrible here, it's partly cloudy with a breeze and won't even crack 75 degrees. Sad!
Fake weather. sad!
I was hoping this storm would miss me. I have projects at the park that need starting and the run of 60 degree weather firmed the soil enough so I could drive a truck on the grass.
I have to go back and look, but I think either tomorrow night or Sunday night Uranus will be within the same binocular view as Mars. With the seasonal allergies slamming me, not sure I feel up to dragging out the telescope, but I'll at least give the binoculars a try.
And just after Mars had a dalliance with Neptune being very close. I read that you can see Venus in a crescent through binoculars but it's been too cloudy in the evenings for me to get a good view. I tried once but then the 3-year-old wanted a look and spent the rest of the time exploring the world close(r) up.
I tried once but then the 3-year-old wanted a look and spent the rest of the time exploring the world close(r) up.
I relate soooooo much to this. In my good moments, I tell myself my 3-year-old is giving me many opportunities to cultivate patience and notice things I'd ordinarily overlook. And then there are the times when I'm like, "Stop stomping on ice in the driveway and just get in the damn car already, it's cold and I need to get you to daycare so I can go to work!"
I tuned in to the Clippers/Warriors game midway through the 2nd quarter. Warriors looked awful, missing shots, turning the ball over, giving up fast break layups and dunks.
And then the third quarter happened.
Steph Curry might have a future in the NBA.
Woohoo! My Internet is back up. We had a massive rain (wtf?) storm last night that knocked out pretty much all forms of communication. I had to drive home in it at about 12:30 last night and man, that was bananas for February.
Yes, Luke Harper is a pro wrestler, but you don't need to care about it to be amused by his twitter feed. I love that he joined so he could do...whatever that is.
I laughed. Hard.
I'm trying so hard not to attract attention at work.
The #. is comedy gold.
I didn't even notice that before I linked it here. Saw it afterward and laughed again.
Ha, I want to know if those are scheduled or composed fresh each day.
They have wildly different timestamps so I'm guessing he's entering in each one.
That's fantastic. I really wish something would have happened with the Wyatt Family. Instead, after years of potential it turned into Randy Orton, the only guy less interesting than Cena.
Yeaaahhhh...I mean, something's kind of happening right now, but I guess I expected bigger fireworks. Erick Rowan's injury probably didn't help with whatever direction they wanted to go.
that's some commitment to the bit.
Near as I can tell, he hasn't missed a day since Halloween.
I think he overestimates what I know.
so, this is basically just a modified IITY link?
I had that same thought.
You know what that means.
I can totally hear that whistling/waah-waaah-waah music.
It means it's the "Two Broke Girls" of twitter feeds?
My mom forwarded me a link from her boyfriend to this STrib piece from last year: Iraq, Afghanistan vets may have their own Agent Orange. I've known about the burn pits since my deployment. What got me was the editor's note at the top.
mmm, open-air burning. Literally no one could have imagined it could cause environmental or health problems.
I'm just going to observe that KBR's official statement seems to imply they'd be fine with a bunch of OIF/OEF vets starting open-pit burns next to their corporate offices & homes of senior officials.
As you might imagine, I've been following these issues closely. Me/my agency was/is in contact with members the MN CODEL regarding the legislation noted in the article.
Cancer is a rabid, heartless bitch.
I figured you had been monitoring this issue, even if you weren't directly in contact with vets who'd been exposed. I can't begin to imagine the anger & heartbreak those folks are going through.
1st spring training, and I have back-to-back conf. calls :/
oooh, evening game!
and I have a conflict :/
How much value do the fans add over team projections?
None. A passionate, informed community added nothing to the projections overall. Jeff is doing this again for 2017 but I expect no change.
Maybe they should try this approach with their organizational rankings and see if there's a difference. #6org
Well, to the degree that the people filling out the projections represent a passionate, informed community.
(Not that I really doubt the limited or null value brought by such a survey.)
Also, it's no fair comparing to actual win totals. We all know that [my team] was screwed over by [MLB/umpires/bad luck/weather/God/FSM/a Goat/etc.] and that [hated team] was boosted by [MLB/umpires/good luck/weather/God/FSM/etc.] and therefore my predictions are really more accurate than the win totals reflect when you're talking about how good the teams really were.
so, you are saying that [my team] won the popular pennant once you subtract out the illegal wins?
That's what I've been hearing.
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