November 2009
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Oh look!
It is my bjournal…
The twitter experiment (140-character daily journal entries) may be over— hard to say.
I got a new camera- a D90 (and am still trying to sell the kit lens— $300 on Amazon)- and I love it.
The XC girls repeated as state champions.
The Ultimate team lost in the finals.
The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy was fun to read and I...
August 2009
2 posts
Newton and Leibniz →
Sunday, last day at camp: the summer has been good, but it is time to come home. My ear is improving.
June 2009
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4005
Words written for my last set of comments this year. More than last time, and one more comment to write…
I’m done.
Life updates to follow…
May 2009
29 posts
Wednesday: last school day of the year. Odd that today is the best I’ve felt, health-wise, in a few weeks. Getting warm and humid…
Tuesday: starting to feel better, which is a good thing considering the next two weeks are physically and mentally demanding.
Thursday-Monday: wow. Well, school is winding down. Senior Trip starts Thursday, and returns the following Saturday. There will be pics.
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Dirk Nowitzki Announces He's Taking a Paycut →
…from $18 million
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Officiating
Not sure how many of my intermittent visitors (though, I don’t think Google Analytics tracks RSS feeds) are (were) watching the Rockets/Lakers game, but Kobe Bryant was just called for a technical foul (I’ll post a video later). There are a couple of things to comment on:
Whichever Van Gundy is calling this game is an idiot. Artest got bumped in the head and ran off the court....
Tuesday: to be honest, today is Wednesday, and I can’t really remember any thing significant, other than the Celtics game.
Wednesday: The season finalé of Lost wasn’t the best two hours of TV, but it was close. Been battling a cold, but I’ll be alright.
CNR →
Shared by Oz
In a continuum of funny comics, this one is notable.
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Finish
At 8:50 to play in game 5 of Orlando vs. Boston, Mickael Pietrus cut behind the Celtics defense, leapt in the air, and dunked the ball. This shot put Boston down 77-63 with 8:48 to play. Over the next 4 minutes and 52 seconds, Glen Davis and Stephon Marbuy scored all 16 Boston points (they averaged 10.8 per game combined during the regular season), as compared to 8 from Orlando, and only four from...
Monday: you can actually tell that summer is nearly here. The students are restless.
Saturday-Sunday: made two excellent breakfasts, watched the Best Picture nominees and the NBA playoffs, and enjoyed the rainy weekend.
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Continuation
I am watching Dallas/Denver, game 3, and Josh Howard just got a technical foul for hitting a ball into the stands after the play was over. I suppose that it goes down as a “delay of game” type penalty, and it isn’t the first time that I’ve seen a player penalized for it. The theory, I think, of throwing a shot like that back— after the play is over— is an...
Thursday: Herky-jerky day. That’s about it, really. It is probably obvious by now, but I love the NBA playoffs.
Friday: Switching dorms next year, so I went on a tour; Harrison is gorgeous. Watched a bit of Ergo Proxy, too. Wonderful Friday, all told.
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Royals Watch: Update #5
8-2 over the last 10 games. 18-12 overall. #3 in ESPN’s RPI. 4th-best start in franchise history.
Here are the Top 5 in Run Differential to date:
(+51) LA Dodgers (I suppose that will change over the next 49 games, or so…)
(+43) Toronto Blue Jays
(+31) St. Louis Cardinals
(+30) Boston Red Sox
(+29) Kansas City Royals
Coincidentally, the best five records in baseball belong to...
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Wednesday: self-induced late start made for an off-beat day. My tags are renewed, though— 15 minutes for two-months-past-due task. Not bad.
Tuesday: a lot easier without the 5th class. Got in some ultimate in what looks to be the best day of the week.
Sunday: very chill day. Breakfast at Blue Plate. Coffee. Programming. Basketball and parts of a couple movies. Tried to sleep early. Failed
Monday: things are starting to wind down a bit (which of course means they are ramping up in other ways). Looking forward to being outside.
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Royals Watch: Update #4 →
Royals go to 15-11, and Greinke is first pitcher to win six games. Not bad.
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Medium-Shorts?
You know what nobody is talking about? The abnormal shortness of Ron Artest’s uniform shorts. Look at highlights from the Monday game against the Lakers.
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WatchSomebody needs some sleep…
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The Blue City
Chattanooga is actually called “The Scenic City,” but here are four great restaurants:
The Blue Plate
Blue Orleans
Blue Water
Bluegrass Grill
weird, but good.
Friday-Saturday: Wolverine was alright (but fun) and Bulls/Celtics 7 was alright (but tense). I even managed to get some work done.
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You Win Some, You Lose Some
Nice article about (women’s) ultimate in the New York Times (registration required), followed up by some foolishness from the Oregon men’s team.
So it goes.
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We Live in a Strange, Strange World
Congresswoman Fox says
“We know that young man was killed in the commitment of a robbery. It wasn’t because he was gay… The bill was named for him, the hate-crimes bill was named for him, but it’s really a hoax that continues to be used as an excuse for passing these bills.”
Her response to the controversy was equally appauling.
Here is a video of the statement...
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Night Owls > Early Birds →
… and yet here I am, posting this well before I actually want to be up
Wednesday: Lost is perilously close to jumping the shark; hard to tell without knowing what is next. Cookies were satisfactory.
Thursday: Lack of sleep made the day drag on, but Bulls/Celtics is incredible. Reading my Computer Theory text again— I know, I’m a nerd.
April 2009
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Royals Watch: Update #3
The Royals currently stand at .500 after going 4-6 over their last ten games. There are three reasons why we’re not worried just yet, and one nagging doubt.
The AL Central is pathetic. Seriously.
They still have a positive run differential, which is pretty decent indicator of performance (granted, +5 over ten games isn’t as impressive as, say, the +40 of the AL East leading New...
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Rondoriffic
Rajon Rondo makes the Boston Celtics work.
Sure, Paul Pierce made the big clutch shots at the end of regulation last night and again at the end of overtime, but Rondo is the reason they were even in the game. Rondo takes pressure off of Pierce during the game so that he can do what he does at the end of the game.
In the five post-season games this year, Rajon Rondo is averaging a triple-double...
Tuesday: … right back to it. And it is hot here, which is definitely not welcome. Played ultimate today, and I seem ready for the weekend
Monday: too much time traveling. That’s it.
Sunday: a beautiful day in the City of Angels. Biked to breakfast and lazed about. Wondrous. Also, met my first Doctor, which was overdue.
Climate lobbying group ignored its own science... →
“Smart dudes, what do you think?” “Well, most of the evidence is pretty solid, but there is some stuff we just don’t know yet.” “OK, then were going to go ahead with ‘Most of the stuff we just don’t…
Saturday: biked around Santa Monica in the afternoon. Made my first trip to Topanga. Had a lovely meal with quite the collection of folks.
Friday: pretty productive. Handled my finances, did grades, read a book (cover-to-cover), flew to LA. You know, typical Friday.
WHOD →
What Has Obama Done?
I’d love to see one of these for the first term of our last president.
Thursday: Fairly productive day, all told. Glad I’ll be gone for prom weekend- I can’t handle seeing all the hideous dresses. Ick.
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“Because he missed nine shots”
– Charles Barkley, when asked, “Why is [Kobe Bryant] one of ten in the first half?”
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Wednesday: lack of chocolate chip cookies is not amusing. Advisee in the hospital. Lost was lame. In spite of it all, a good day.
Tuesday: a not-so flurious Tuesday. Played some ultimate (actually, its bastard-cousin “goaltimate”). By the way, my NBA champ pick: Cavs.
Monday: hit the ground running. Got my new KOR bottle, which I dig. NBA playoffs— Rondo/Rose, Allen/Gordan— where amazing happens.