02 September 2010

End-of-Summer Miscellany

You may notice a subtle change to the blog: now when you click on a link it will open in a new window. Let me know if you hate it. I learned how here.

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Results of WoW's "America is…" poll as voted by you the readers:

Fat 81%
Empire 45%
A corporate regulatory zone 45% (my personal choice)
A nation of immigrants 45%
Neither 36'%
Both 27%
Hopelessly corrupt 27%
A third world nation 18%
Bankrupt 18%
Shut up you DFH 18%
The last best hope on earth 9%

Thanks, everyone, for voting.

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It's September and the Braves are still in the hunt! There's something pretty cool about rooting for a team in a late season pennant race. I've been a Braves fan pretty much since they moved to ATL back in the 60s. I fondly remember listening to their night games on my AM transistor radio under the covers long after my mother made me turn out the lights. To this day I enjoy listening to games on my car radio—tipsy baseball commentators are wonderfully colorful and insightful, and the game lends itself to description; the field, the positions, the nomenclature, etc.

As in each of the past 7 or 8 years, one of my kids is singing the National Anthem at a game this season. But this year it's in October and against the Phillies! How freaking' cool is that!

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You might have noticed from the posts for the last few weeks, as well as being a frustrated baseball player and/or play-by-play man, I'm also a frustrated musician and/or DJ. Thus, I indulge:

New album by Thieving Irons:

Tow The Line by Thieving Irons

You can stream the whole album here. Interview with Nate Martinez here.

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Enjoy.











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Sorry. Had to do it.

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