Quote of the Day [2.14.11]

broderic on February 14, 2011

[W]ithout all these things I can do
Without your love I won't make it throughBut you don't understand my point of view
I suppose there's nothing I can doThe Clash, "Train In Vain"
Every punks plaintive wail for love. That's me!

Link of the Day [2.12.11]

broderic on February 12, 2011

A Mini on My Mind

I didn’t know how small these guys are. I thought they would be just as big as the smaller SUV. Nope. This guy is tiny, a true Mini. I think even smaller than the Clubman. I think this would make a better car. Hmm. Bye bye, Jetta?

Super Super

broderic on February 11, 2011

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4:28 PM
Hey!

Hello.

Have you ever been to [insert place here]?

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just wondering if you’ve tried it
i know you like going out and wondered if you’ve ever been?

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4:34
Sorry
I was on the phone
never been to [insert place here]

OK

Tell me how it is

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Link of the Day [2.10.11]

broderic on February 10, 2011

I’ve been meaning to tell you. I play guitar. I haven’t played in a long while not since I stopped being an alcoholic. I suck at it, but I keep playing.

I’ve already told you about buying a new fangled amp.

I’ve been trying to tell you that I want to get a new guitar, preferably, that Fender Jaguar, because I love playing or attempting to play surf music. Yes, that wet, wet reverb sound. With that guitar it and the effects from the new fangled amp it would be the wettest sound you would get.

Then I plugged the amp into my MBP and found out GarageBand can do all that and more. So, now I must check out how to use GarageBand. Today’s link may help in that.

I wonder if I should learn how to play the piano.

http://blog.macformusicians.com/

I won’t feel bad at all

broderic on February 9, 2011

Wondering about PEDs in our sports and used by the players. I can’t really make heads or tails with it. I need to think more about it.

Link of the Day [2.09.11]

broderic on February 9, 2011

Today is addition day: 2+9=11! Just noticed. That isn't what today's link is about though.As yesterday's (or last night's) link took you to the game at which Ferris hooked school, hung out with Cameron and Sloane, masqueraded as Abe Froman, the sausage king of Chicago, and, most importantly, caught a ball at a Cubs-Braves game, today's link goes into the importance of why it was plain awesome of Ferris to catch a day game at Wrigley Field. (Man this sentence is a string of phrases that an editor could fix.)Baseball's 162 game schedule allows for a couple games a year to occur during a weekday afternoon. If you can do it, skip work or school and go down and support the local nine. It's a very fun way to spend an afternoon. Buy a hot dog. Drink a few beers. Heckle to opponent's left fielder. A bad day at a ball game is so much better than a day in a cubicle. I did it last year early in the miserable season of 2010. Watched the best game from the centerfield bleacher seats in Camden Yards as the Orioles took on the Mariners. Down several runs, the O's make the move with a Corey Patterson homer. Then they take the lead on Luke Scott's grand slam that barely cleared the wall. Alleged murderer, Alfredo Simon, called on to shut down the M's in the top of the ninth barely gets the save as the final out is recorded at the plate. That's baseball! And that was the most exciting 2010 game under the ill-fated Dave Trembley.http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/The-cultural-importance-of-Ferris-Bueller-s-Wrig?urn=mlb-181604&print=1

Link of the Day [2.08.11]

broderic on February 9, 2011

With the ending of football, it’s getting close to baseball season. Pretty soon catchers and pitchers report for Spring Training and then the whole squad. Then 3 weeks of meaningless games and then the big show. Opening day!

In the meantime, imagine that your a fan who has nothing better to do. You’re flipping channels between MLB Network and what else’s on. You happen upon Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and get to the Wrigley Field scene. You too would spend time trying to figure out the actual game that the movie used, right? Or is that too baseball-geeky?

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=12877