Long couple of days at work. Arms hurt like hell, so we’ll keep it short and sweet. Fourteen runs on 24 hits? Where did that come from, and where do we get some more? Best moment was watching Gary Matthews Jr.’s uncle (a camera operator for TBS) cheering when his nephew hit a homer in [...]
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SoCal Pet Peeves, Padres up the Middle, and Pretty Much Everything Else
As a native Southern Californian (I call myself that even though I was born in Boston; I’ve lived here since before I turned two, and both my parents spent many of their formative years in the greater Los Angeles area), I’ve come to accept a few things. I don’t necessarily like them, but for the [...]
Trade Deadline
Wife: What’s that noise? Me: What noise? Wife: That one. Me: Sounds like it’s coming from over there. Some guy is doing something. Wife: I hear it every day. Me: I guess he does it every day. Wife: Okay, Mr.-Don’t-Care-to-Know-It-All. Thus a monicker is born. . . . So Kevin Towers and the Padres did [...]
Mailbag
Been watching Michael Palin’s Hemingway Adventure, which we bought on video some time ago and had been letting collect dust on the bookshelf until now. In addition to being a comical genius, Palin is an affable tour guide whose own sense of curiosity often becomes contagious. Enjoyable stuff. I read Hemingway when I was in [...]
White Stripes, Web Sites, a Little Bit of Baseball
Good gigs this weekend. Even had people dancing to "Seven Nation Army" Saturday night, which was kinda weird but very cool. One thing I’m working on is stage presence. Being an idiot in my own home is easy, but doing it in front of a bunch of drunk people (while I’m sober) is another story. [...]
Songs, Trade Rumors, and the All-Star Game
What a week. That’s all I have to say on that topic. 10 Songs I’d Like to Play Live (Whether I Can or Not) Bob Marley: Redemption Song Incubus: Mexico Dave Brubeck Quintet: Take Five Police: I Can’t Stand Losing Rush: Earthshine Sarah Vaughan: Key Largo (I would gladly learn the bass for this one) [...]
This and That Redux
Years ago I picked up a book by Mick Goodrick called "The Advancing Guitarist." I tried to read a bit of it back then and couldn’t make heads or tails of it. Then a few weeks ago we decided to rearrange our living room and box up and/or give away a bunch of books. One [...]
This and That
So my drummer and I are in El Cajon Saturday night (big news in itself, since I very seldom venture east of I-15–or west of I-5 for that matter; my world is pretty small, but it’s a happy place so I’m okay with that), scoping out a place we’re going to play next month. The [...]
Eaton Gets Tossed for Hitting Pujols with a Breaking Ball
One of my new habits is hanging out at a cafe in the mall on Sundays while my wife hits the gym. She keeps herself in shape, I keep myself buzzed on double lattes. It’s a good arrangement. It’s also the only chance I get to sit and do what, in my younger days, I [...]
Web Sites, the All-Star Game, and Infielders
So, where the heck have I been anyway? Working a lot. Doing a bunch of band stuff (site redesign, T-shirts, several new songs). Reading the intriguing and often incomprehensible Friedrich Nietzsche. Hangin’ at home with the family. During my travels, I’ve stumbled onto some excellent non-sports-related sites that I thought I’d share. (Feel free to [...]
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