Saturday, September 04, 2004
Song of the day:
-Sam Cooke
This Day in History:
In 1888, George Eastman received a patent for his roll-film camera, and registered his trademark, Kodak. While I appreciate Mr. Eastman's contributions to photography, and to society as a whole, I have to say that I personally prefer the Stan Polaroid or Laurel Digital advances in photography, allowing em to avoid the embarassment of staring at my shoes and avoiding eye contact when having to get my pictures developed after a rather uninhibited weekend.
(No, that's not really my picture.)
In 1893, English author Beatrix Potter first told the story of Peter Rabbit in the form of a "picture letter" to Noel Moore, the son of Potter's former governess.
Wrong kinda bunny...
In 1944, during World War II, British troops entered Antwerp, Belgium. Can you imagine how much teasing it must get from the other cities; having a name like "Antwerp"? I mean, "twerp" is built right in! It'd be like having the last name of "Nerlinger" or the first name of "Dorcus", which was popular in the early to mid 1900's. Poor, poor Antwerp.
In 1951, President Truman addressed the nation from the Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco in the first live, coast-to-coast television broadcast.
In 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock.
In 1957, Ford Motor Co. began selling its ill-fated Edsel.
In 1967, Michigan Gov. George Romney told a TV interview he'd undergone a "brainwashing" by U.S. officials during a 1965 visit to Vietnam — a comment that apparently damaged Romney's bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Now, come ON! That's just ludicrous. (Not Ludacris, though.) To suggest taht the government would want to brainwash people to...hey, what are you doing here? No! get awa---
Subscribers to The Daily Update- Do not be alarmed. Continue reading. There is nothing wrong. Continue with your lives. Consume. Reproduce. Consume again, because you normally get the munchies after going through the act of reproducing. Take a nap. Wake up and reproduce again. Blame your perfomance on stress at work. Suggest maybe it wouldn't be such a problem if she was to lose a few pounds herself. Duck and run. Don't be surprised when you are served divorce papers.
Long way to go for nothing, huh?
Today's Birthdays:
ABC Radio commentator Paul Harvey is 86.
And now you know....the rest of the story.
Actress Mitzi Gaynor is 73. She will survive.
Oh wait....
That was Gloria Gaynor.
Whatever.
Actor-comedian Damon Wayans is 44. Dang...44 years old. Homey the Clown. Never mess around. Or my favorite (why, I have no idea) "Men on Film" with David Alan Grier.
"Hated it!"
Singer Beyonce Knowles is 23.
Tonight, she'll be your naughty girl.
She's calling all her girls.
They're gonna turn that party out.
Shakespeare Quote of the Day:
"How bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes!" -As You Like It (Act V, Scene II).
Word of the Day:
contrite \KON-tryt; kuhn-TRYT\, adjective:
1. Deeply affected with grief and regret for having done wrong; penitent; as, "a contrite sinner."
2. Expressing or arising from contrition; as, "contrite words."
Link of the whatever this is:
http://www.sticky.tv/game/cyrkam_airtos/
Picture of Susan Ward, because it simply NEEDS to be done:
Something that good deserves a follow up, don't you think?
I am definately a man for brunettes.
Sports News:
Recently the Twins have developed.
?
NO, NOT THOSE TWINS!!! AND NOT THAT KIND OF "DEVELOPING"!!!
I should probably get all the serious discussion stuff out before showing the pictures, since it's all you can think about now, apparently.
I was talking about the recent emergence of Johan Santana and Justin Morneau on the Minnesota Twins, ad how the club has brought along 2 types of players that they really aren't known for in their history.
Johan Santana thus far has been as dominant a pitcher as there has been over the past 10 years. As dominant as Pedro Martinez, as dominant as Randy Johnson, David Wells, Jack McDowell, Dave Stewart...you name it. HE's also a fireballing strikeout guy, which is also not typical for a Twins pitcher. Our guys are called "crafty" and typically have to use location rather than nasty pitches to get through 7 innings. They have to outsmart the hitters in order to get through a game.
But not Santana. He can just rely on his stuff, and mow down the opposing lineup without concern or forethought of anyone's safety. Case in point: The Twins lead 2-0 in last nights game, and he gives up his first hit for the night, losing th no-hitter. The next batter his a grounder to short, where guzman goes to relay the ball to 2nd baseman Mike Cuddyer, who misplays the ball, and when the action ends, there's a guy on 1st and 3rd with no outs. If Cuddyer fields it cleanly, it's a double play.
So does Santana fall apart? Melt under the presure? Nope. Strikes all 3 batters out for the inning, as if he saw what happened, and said to himself "F*ck this, I'm gonna get the outs myself."
And he did. Never in the Twins history (at least that I can remember) have we ever had a pitcher of this caliber. Scott Erickson in 1991 struck a few out and won 12 straight decisions, but never with the tenacity and fire that Santana brings.
On the other end, Justin Morneau has exceeded everything I expected out of him. I'll admit that I was concerned about his defense after we had traded away Dougie Baseball. BUt his defense has steadily improved to be at least average. And the offensive production has been phenomenal. He isn't hitting for much average, (hovering around .270), but already has 16 home runs on the year, 14 of them from July on.
Correction. As I write this, I am listening to the Twins game, and he just hit his 17th home run of the year,a 3 run shot.
And it's not just the quantity, either. These balls are absolutely drilled out of the park, with power that hasn't been seen from a Twins player in a long long time, if ever. He's powering the Twins offense in a drive to the playoffs, providing them with a few easy runs, rather than having to earn them by bunting people over and such.
Justin's at-bats have ebcome must-watch events, because of the towering fly balls that he launches, and the way the baseballs seems to become liquified, with all the power he generates. It's reminiscent of some of the power hitters we've seen OTHER teams bring intothe metrodome and use it as a launching pad, like Frank Thomas, or Jim Thome, or (dare I say it?) Mark Mcgwire.
Yes, that devastating. People who watch only casually watch the games are making sure tehy are tued in when he steps up to bat, knowing that his next swing might park the ball 450ft further away. After years and years of watching and waiting for the Twins to get a guy who can hit more than 30 home runs, they have a guy who could potentially hit 45. Or more.
This, combined with the emergence of fireballing ace Johan Santana in the mold of Shilling, Johnson, and Martinez has brought more attention and more fans, and more ticket buyers to the Twins. People around the water cooler get a little more excited at the prospect of Santana pitching and Morneau in the lineup. More people tune in and attend games when Santana pitches. It's palpable!
So what does this mean for the success of the team? Well, it means alot and it means nothing. I'll take Santana right now up against any other pitcher, but beyond him and Radke, there isn't much in the starting rotation. So it'll be up to Radke and Santana to provide the pitching. On offense, Morneau will be in there, and he is doing fine now, but lets see how he handles the playoffs before we get too excited. However, with Shannon Stewart leading off and setting the table for Morneau and Hunter and others to drive him in...the offense at the top of the order is in fine hands. the only problem is that the bottom o the oder at this point is full of close to automatic outs, with Rivas and Borders or Blanco at catcher....
Either way, enjoy this while it lasts.
Chicago Bears trade their best WR for a DE whose name is unpronouncable:
Yes, I know this is a 3 week old subject. I'm still going to comment on it to get me into the Football mode.
My initial reaction was one of : Crap. I'm gonna have to learn how to pronounce his name, and worse, spell it.
My other reaction was that we had given up too much to get a pass-rushing DE. The Bears traded their best Wr, Marty Booker, and a 3rd orund draft pick for a holdout DE that led the AFC in sacks last year, Adewale Ogunleye. (We're gonna call him O-Gun, for short.)
BUt the more I thought about it,a nd the more I listened to the reasoning behind the trade form the Bears GM, the more it made good sense.
First, we needed a pass-rushing defensive end to make our defense work. OUr new Head Coach teaches a system that requires the front 4 of the defensive line to provide the pass-rush with as little blitzing as possible, to allow the Linebackers and secondary to remain in coverage. O-Gun has that speed needed along the line to provide teh push that he wants. He, along with first round pick Tommie Harris provide teh DL with 2 prototype players for the defense that our Head coach needs to make his defense work.
Now, O-Gun has some other questions to prove...was his success based strictly off of Jason Taylor in Miami, or did he earn those sacks on his own? There won't be anyone with the reputation and ability (yet) that Jason Taylor had. BUt since O-Gun has proven he can do it WITH Taylor, he needs to prove it to himself and others that he cna do it without Taylor. Natural progression.
Not only that, but it's easier to find a WR than it is to find a pass-rushing end. Bookers loss will hurt, definately. He's one of my favorite recievers, because he had alot of good games against the Vikings. However, it's not the first time we went with unproven WR's. In 2001, we cut Bobby Engram before the season started, and went with unproven Marty Booker and Dez White. We had to know what the young guys could do, and if anyon was going to step up. Same thing here. We have some young WR's in Justin Gage, Bobby Wade, Bernard Berrian, and David Terrell and it's time to find out what they can do. Especially former U of M guy Terrell. He hasn't done much, but then he hasn't been allowed to do much either.
The 3rd round draft pick may add a bit of extra sting to the trade, but in then end, I think the Bears did a pretty good job of adding a necessary piece to make their defense work.
Charlize Theron injured while filming Aeon Flux:
Aeon Flux was a sci-fi cartoon on MTV in the early 90's that told a story of a plague ridden future, inhabited by sharp edged women in little attire who live lives as bounty hunters, secret agents, and inspirtation for lonely teenagers watching rom afar.
It was a well animated show, though the women were sometimes a little TOO skiny for my tastes.
Well, Daily Update Favorite Charlize Theron was recently injured badly enough to require hospitalization, and a return to Los Angeles for recoupment. They are still a little fuzzy on the exact nature of the injury, which is a bit of a concern. She had been doing her own stunts. While I love to see her in films, I have to voice my discontent at any action that would prevent me from seeing more work from her.
Later this week, Week 1 NFL predictions....
Now I don't mean to be bother to you
But I'm in distress
There's danger of me losing all of my happiness
For I love a girl who doesn't know I exist
And this you can fix So...
Cupid draw back your bow
And let your arrow go
Straight to my lover's heart for me, nobody but me
Cupid please hear my cry
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me
-Sam Cooke
This Day in History:
In 1888, George Eastman received a patent for his roll-film camera, and registered his trademark, Kodak. While I appreciate Mr. Eastman's contributions to photography, and to society as a whole, I have to say that I personally prefer the Stan Polaroid or Laurel Digital advances in photography, allowing em to avoid the embarassment of staring at my shoes and avoiding eye contact when having to get my pictures developed after a rather uninhibited weekend.
(No, that's not really my picture.)
In 1893, English author Beatrix Potter first told the story of Peter Rabbit in the form of a "picture letter" to Noel Moore, the son of Potter's former governess.
Wrong kinda bunny...
In 1944, during World War II, British troops entered Antwerp, Belgium. Can you imagine how much teasing it must get from the other cities; having a name like "Antwerp"? I mean, "twerp" is built right in! It'd be like having the last name of "Nerlinger" or the first name of "Dorcus", which was popular in the early to mid 1900's. Poor, poor Antwerp.
In 1951, President Truman addressed the nation from the Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco in the first live, coast-to-coast television broadcast.
In 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock.
In 1957, Ford Motor Co. began selling its ill-fated Edsel.
In 1967, Michigan Gov. George Romney told a TV interview he'd undergone a "brainwashing" by U.S. officials during a 1965 visit to Vietnam — a comment that apparently damaged Romney's bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Now, come ON! That's just ludicrous. (Not Ludacris, though.) To suggest taht the government would want to brainwash people to...hey, what are you doing here? No! get awa---
Subscribers to The Daily Update- Do not be alarmed. Continue reading. There is nothing wrong. Continue with your lives. Consume. Reproduce. Consume again, because you normally get the munchies after going through the act of reproducing. Take a nap. Wake up and reproduce again. Blame your perfomance on stress at work. Suggest maybe it wouldn't be such a problem if she was to lose a few pounds herself. Duck and run. Don't be surprised when you are served divorce papers.
Long way to go for nothing, huh?
Today's Birthdays:
ABC Radio commentator Paul Harvey is 86.
And now you know....the rest of the story.
Actress Mitzi Gaynor is 73. She will survive.
Oh wait....
That was Gloria Gaynor.
Whatever.
Actor-comedian Damon Wayans is 44. Dang...44 years old. Homey the Clown. Never mess around. Or my favorite (why, I have no idea) "Men on Film" with David Alan Grier.
"Hated it!"
Singer Beyonce Knowles is 23.
Tonight, she'll be your naughty girl.
She's calling all her girls.
They're gonna turn that party out.
Shakespeare Quote of the Day:
"How bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes!" -As You Like It (Act V, Scene II).
Word of the Day:
contrite \KON-tryt; kuhn-TRYT\, adjective:
1. Deeply affected with grief and regret for having done wrong; penitent; as, "a contrite sinner."
2. Expressing or arising from contrition; as, "contrite words."
Link of the whatever this is:
http://www.sticky.tv/game/cyrkam_airtos/
Picture of Susan Ward, because it simply NEEDS to be done:
Something that good deserves a follow up, don't you think?
I am definately a man for brunettes.
Sports News:
Recently the Twins have developed.
?
NO, NOT THOSE TWINS!!! AND NOT THAT KIND OF "DEVELOPING"!!!
I should probably get all the serious discussion stuff out before showing the pictures, since it's all you can think about now, apparently.
I was talking about the recent emergence of Johan Santana and Justin Morneau on the Minnesota Twins, ad how the club has brought along 2 types of players that they really aren't known for in their history.
Johan Santana thus far has been as dominant a pitcher as there has been over the past 10 years. As dominant as Pedro Martinez, as dominant as Randy Johnson, David Wells, Jack McDowell, Dave Stewart...you name it. HE's also a fireballing strikeout guy, which is also not typical for a Twins pitcher. Our guys are called "crafty" and typically have to use location rather than nasty pitches to get through 7 innings. They have to outsmart the hitters in order to get through a game.
But not Santana. He can just rely on his stuff, and mow down the opposing lineup without concern or forethought of anyone's safety. Case in point: The Twins lead 2-0 in last nights game, and he gives up his first hit for the night, losing th no-hitter. The next batter his a grounder to short, where guzman goes to relay the ball to 2nd baseman Mike Cuddyer, who misplays the ball, and when the action ends, there's a guy on 1st and 3rd with no outs. If Cuddyer fields it cleanly, it's a double play.
So does Santana fall apart? Melt under the presure? Nope. Strikes all 3 batters out for the inning, as if he saw what happened, and said to himself "F*ck this, I'm gonna get the outs myself."
And he did. Never in the Twins history (at least that I can remember) have we ever had a pitcher of this caliber. Scott Erickson in 1991 struck a few out and won 12 straight decisions, but never with the tenacity and fire that Santana brings.
On the other end, Justin Morneau has exceeded everything I expected out of him. I'll admit that I was concerned about his defense after we had traded away Dougie Baseball. BUt his defense has steadily improved to be at least average. And the offensive production has been phenomenal. He isn't hitting for much average, (hovering around .270), but already has 16 home runs on the year, 14 of them from July on.
Correction. As I write this, I am listening to the Twins game, and he just hit his 17th home run of the year,a 3 run shot.
And it's not just the quantity, either. These balls are absolutely drilled out of the park, with power that hasn't been seen from a Twins player in a long long time, if ever. He's powering the Twins offense in a drive to the playoffs, providing them with a few easy runs, rather than having to earn them by bunting people over and such.
Justin's at-bats have ebcome must-watch events, because of the towering fly balls that he launches, and the way the baseballs seems to become liquified, with all the power he generates. It's reminiscent of some of the power hitters we've seen OTHER teams bring intothe metrodome and use it as a launching pad, like Frank Thomas, or Jim Thome, or (dare I say it?) Mark Mcgwire.
Yes, that devastating. People who watch only casually watch the games are making sure tehy are tued in when he steps up to bat, knowing that his next swing might park the ball 450ft further away. After years and years of watching and waiting for the Twins to get a guy who can hit more than 30 home runs, they have a guy who could potentially hit 45. Or more.
This, combined with the emergence of fireballing ace Johan Santana in the mold of Shilling, Johnson, and Martinez has brought more attention and more fans, and more ticket buyers to the Twins. People around the water cooler get a little more excited at the prospect of Santana pitching and Morneau in the lineup. More people tune in and attend games when Santana pitches. It's palpable!
So what does this mean for the success of the team? Well, it means alot and it means nothing. I'll take Santana right now up against any other pitcher, but beyond him and Radke, there isn't much in the starting rotation. So it'll be up to Radke and Santana to provide the pitching. On offense, Morneau will be in there, and he is doing fine now, but lets see how he handles the playoffs before we get too excited. However, with Shannon Stewart leading off and setting the table for Morneau and Hunter and others to drive him in...the offense at the top of the order is in fine hands. the only problem is that the bottom o the oder at this point is full of close to automatic outs, with Rivas and Borders or Blanco at catcher....
Either way, enjoy this while it lasts.
Chicago Bears trade their best WR for a DE whose name is unpronouncable:
Yes, I know this is a 3 week old subject. I'm still going to comment on it to get me into the Football mode.
My initial reaction was one of : Crap. I'm gonna have to learn how to pronounce his name, and worse, spell it.
My other reaction was that we had given up too much to get a pass-rushing DE. The Bears traded their best Wr, Marty Booker, and a 3rd orund draft pick for a holdout DE that led the AFC in sacks last year, Adewale Ogunleye. (We're gonna call him O-Gun, for short.)
BUt the more I thought about it,a nd the more I listened to the reasoning behind the trade form the Bears GM, the more it made good sense.
First, we needed a pass-rushing defensive end to make our defense work. OUr new Head Coach teaches a system that requires the front 4 of the defensive line to provide the pass-rush with as little blitzing as possible, to allow the Linebackers and secondary to remain in coverage. O-Gun has that speed needed along the line to provide teh push that he wants. He, along with first round pick Tommie Harris provide teh DL with 2 prototype players for the defense that our Head coach needs to make his defense work.
Now, O-Gun has some other questions to prove...was his success based strictly off of Jason Taylor in Miami, or did he earn those sacks on his own? There won't be anyone with the reputation and ability (yet) that Jason Taylor had. BUt since O-Gun has proven he can do it WITH Taylor, he needs to prove it to himself and others that he cna do it without Taylor. Natural progression.
Not only that, but it's easier to find a WR than it is to find a pass-rushing end. Bookers loss will hurt, definately. He's one of my favorite recievers, because he had alot of good games against the Vikings. However, it's not the first time we went with unproven WR's. In 2001, we cut Bobby Engram before the season started, and went with unproven Marty Booker and Dez White. We had to know what the young guys could do, and if anyon was going to step up. Same thing here. We have some young WR's in Justin Gage, Bobby Wade, Bernard Berrian, and David Terrell and it's time to find out what they can do. Especially former U of M guy Terrell. He hasn't done much, but then he hasn't been allowed to do much either.
The 3rd round draft pick may add a bit of extra sting to the trade, but in then end, I think the Bears did a pretty good job of adding a necessary piece to make their defense work.
Charlize Theron injured while filming Aeon Flux:
Aeon Flux was a sci-fi cartoon on MTV in the early 90's that told a story of a plague ridden future, inhabited by sharp edged women in little attire who live lives as bounty hunters, secret agents, and inspirtation for lonely teenagers watching rom afar.
It was a well animated show, though the women were sometimes a little TOO skiny for my tastes.
Well, Daily Update Favorite Charlize Theron was recently injured badly enough to require hospitalization, and a return to Los Angeles for recoupment. They are still a little fuzzy on the exact nature of the injury, which is a bit of a concern. She had been doing her own stunts. While I love to see her in films, I have to voice my discontent at any action that would prevent me from seeing more work from her.
Later this week, Week 1 NFL predictions....
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