2012 Twins Game Log

2012 Game 135: Land of Sky-Blue Water at City of Native Garlic

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Television - FSN
First Pitch - 6:10pm CDT

Happy Labor Day, citizens. I hope you've been enjoying your day of leisure; it was hard earned by those who came before us. I hope you're having a cold beer with friends or spending some quality time with family or both. Maybe taking in a ball game. And somewhere along the way, if you haven't done so already, perhaps pausing for just a moment to think about the rivers of sweat and the the mountains of toil and the generational expanses of endeavor and industry as wide as the prairies that it took to build this nation. And maybe, if you are so inclined, hoping for better days to come for everyone looking to earn an honest day's pay for an honest day's work but finding the doors of opportunity thrown shut in their faces.

Today the Twins start a three-game set against the team we love to hate. Sam Deduno is on the mound for the good guys, Hector Santiago takes the hill for the White Sox. The Sox are battling the Detroit Tigers for the AL Central title. The Twins are struggling to climb out of the division cellar. What the heck, there's just a month left of Twins baseball this year. We might as well stock up on what's left. Winter comes early in these parts and hangs on like a fat and stubborn tick. Best to enjoy every day of baseball summer has left to offer, there will be precious little autumn ball for the Twins this year.

I find myself feeling a bit poetic for some reason, but in the spirit of the holiday I'm just going to take it easy and toast the work of others who have better saluted in verse the homes of today's natively eponymous contestants:

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WGOM Fitness

WGOM Fitness: September 3, 2012, Too Much?

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I feel like I might have overdone it a little yesterday. We went to the Fair and I ate a sausage with pepper and onions (and a lot of grease, gross). We walked for a couple of hours. We came home and I took a nap and then went to the gym. I rode the exercise bike for 50 minutes and then got in the whirlpool. I think I got a little dehydrated (although I always drink 16 oz. of water at the gym). I came home and had another 12 oz. glass of water, so that's almost a quart of water. But the heat at the Fair, combined with a big workout, maybe too much. I'm pretty stiff and sore this morning.

Today, I am going to be doing some yard work, but I need to focus on the diet, as in making sure that I eat everything when I'm supposed to eat it. I think a day of consolidation (i.e., no weight loss) would not be a bad thing at this point.

Day 41
Weight: 260.6
Total Loss: 23.9
Pounds to Shed Obese Tag: 17.6

First Monday Book Day

First Monday Book Day: Shape Up, America

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So, I didn't get much reading done this month either. And I'm currently back in the Motherland ("Hi, guys! Sure hope I can slip out for a Surly with y'all!"), ensconced with brotherS and sisterinlawS, preparing to deposit The Boy at the Alma Mater. Which means that this post was actually written some time ago.

Just in time to see this cool, new link to the Library of Congress's new exibition, Books That Shaped America.

So rather than talk about a book o' the month, I'm going to play the list game.

The list ranges from 1750 to the present (no shining city upon a hill stuff here people!)
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Remodeled basement. Same half-baked taste.