I've sat here for ten minutes trying to come up with something for this, but nothing's coming.
Happy Birthday–January 4
Tommy Corcoran (1869)
Ernest Lanigan (1873)
Al Bridwell (1884)
Ossie Vitt (1890)
George Selkirk (1908)
Gabe Paul (1910)
Herman Franks (1914)
Don McMahon (1930)
Tito Fuentes (1944)
Charlie Manuel (1944)
Ken Reynolds (1947)
Paul Gibson (1960)
Daryl Boston (1963)
Trey Hillman (1963)
Ted Lilly (1976)
Willie Martinez (1978)
Ernest Lanigan was the nephew of the Spink brothers who founded The Sporting News and worked for the publication from the time he was 15. Among other things, he compiled baseball's first encyclopedia, published in 1922, and served as curator, historian, and director of the Hall of Fame from 1946 until his death in 1962.
Girls – My Ma
Who says they don't make 'em like they used to?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPnwuzKy-Os&feature=related
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That's two Wolves wins against recent Championship winners.
Happy Birthday–January 3
Barney Gilligan (1856)
Gus Suhr (1906)
Frenchy Bordagaray (1910)
Sid Hudson (1915)
Eddie Einhorn (1936)
Bob Gebhard (1943)
Dick Colpaert (1944)
Larry Barnett (1945)
Gary Lavelle (1949)
Jim Lett (1951)
Mark Riggins (1957)
Darren Daulton (1962)
Luis Rivera (1964)
Luis Sojo (1965)
A. J. Burnett (1977)
Michael Restovich (1979)
PJ Harvey – In the Dark Places
Polly Jean still has it. Royal Albert Hall, 2011.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6LGZlOVBLs
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Loading... EEE – Happy 2012
Happy New Year to everyone. Being bored as all get-out at my parents, I've decided to restart the EEE, at least for the time being. Let's go ahead and recap everything since the Boxing Day matches, shall we?
On Boxing Day, Manchester United beat Wigan by a score of 5-0, while City only managed a 0-0 draw with West Brom. This brought the two Manchester teams level on points, with City in first on goal differential. A pair of WGOM Derbies as Fulham-Chelsea and Sunderland-Everton both ended 1-1. The next day saw Wolves draw away to Arsenal, holding on to the 1-1 scoreline with only 10 men after a red card in the 75th minute. A brace from Welsh wunderkind Gareth Bale saw Spurs dismiss Norwich 2-0.
New Year's Eve saw a surprising Blackburn win over Manchester United by a score of 3-2. Chelsea lost 3-1 to Aston Villa. Fulham, Spurs, and Wolves all drew 1-1, with Norwich City, Swansea City, and Bolton respectively. With a chance to go three points clear of United, Manchester City lost away to Sunderland 1-0 on Ji Dong-Won's goal in the 93rd+ minute. Everton beat West Brom by the same 1-0 scoreline.
In today's action, Fulham defeated Arsenal 2-1 by scoring to goals after Djourou was sent off in the 85th for a second booking. Chelsea snatched all three points away from Wolves by winning 2-1, Wolves having drawn level in the 85th only for Lampard to score just before stoppage time.
Relevant Table
| Position | Team | Games Played | Points | Goal Differential |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Spurs | 18 | 39 | 15 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 20 | 37 | 14 |
| 10 | Everton | 18 | 24 | -1 |
| 12 | Aston Villa | 20 | 23 | -4 |
| 13 | Fulham | 20 | 23 | -4 |
| 15 | Sunderland | 19 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | Wolves | 20 | 17 | -14 |
| Place | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Homer Dome | 19 |
| 2 | Freealonzo | 19 |
| 3 | Daneeka's Ghost | 15 |
| 4 | MagUidhir | 12 |
| 5 | Spookymilk | 11 |
| 6 | Buffalo | 10 |
| 7 | The Dread Pirate | 9 |
| 8 | DK | 8 |
| 9 | AMR | 8 |
| 10 | davidwatts | 3 |
First Monday Book Day: Summertime Blues
Happy New Year (celebrated). I'll be heading to the office shortly, to get caught up a bit. I don't have ESPN anyway, so I won't be missing the bowl games (grrr).
The New Year is a traditional time to look backward and look forward. Today's selection, Joan Vinge's 1991 Hugo nominee, The Summer Queen does both of those things.
The book is the long-awaited sequel to Vinge's 1981 Hugo winner, The Snow Queen, based on a Hans Christian Andersen story. I read the original perhaps five years ago -- it was a masterpiece, but I've forgotten too much. This volume (I'm half-way through) is complex, confusing, and tantalizing. Moon Dawntreader, the hidden clone of the Winter Queen and heroine of the first volume, is the Summer Queen, presiding over an effort to drag her techno-phobic people toward modernity during the long "summer," during which her planet's wormhole gate to a wider human civilization is inaccessible. Her planet holds both a Spice-like life-extending substance and the secret to a civilization-wide information technology mediated through "sibyls" -- human computer interfaces. Meanwhile, outside, other characters are in a race to rediscover a long-lost technology for faster-than-light travel.
The characters and (most of the) relationships are interesting and compelling, and the action sequences well drawn. I'm hooked on this space opera. But you'll want to read The Snow Queen first.
New Year's is a time for lists, so here, here and here are links to NPR's top sci fi picks, of the year and for evah (thanks, Sean, for that third link).
I don't yet know where The Summer Queen will rank on my top whatever list, but it will be in the mix. What are you reading?
January 2, 2011: Expectations
I'm trying to temper my excitement, but if the Tin-Eared one had been called for that late charge, the Wolves may already have beaten both of last year's finalists this year.
Happy Birthday–January 2
Pinky Whitney (1905)
Red Kress (1905)
Ted Strong (1914)
Jim Essian (1951)
Bill Madlock (1951)
David Cone (1963)
Edgar Martinez (1963)
Greg Swindell (1965)
Royce Clayton (1970)
Rick Greene (1971)
Jeff Suppan (1975)