Friday, August 23, 2002
Wow. Look at the time. It's my birthday!
Anyone here like baseball? I do. Here is a totally, right-on article about why baseball should not worry about whether it's on strike this September 11th. In case you don't read the article, here's the best part:
Baseball stopped play after the attacks, citing safety and respect. At the time all I wanted to go back to the ballpark and see forty thousand Mariners fans with me in one place, singing the national anthem, cheering our team, as part of a return to normal life. The same people who then said the loss of life had made them realize that baseball and sports in general were ultimately meaningless are many of the same people who now argue that sports are meaningful enough that baseball must accommodate their grief since doing so now suits their purposes. This is a crass betrayal of all they briefly pretended they understood.
Right ON!
Baseball stopped play after the attacks, citing safety and respect. At the time all I wanted to go back to the ballpark and see forty thousand Mariners fans with me in one place, singing the national anthem, cheering our team, as part of a return to normal life. The same people who then said the loss of life had made them realize that baseball and sports in general were ultimately meaningless are many of the same people who now argue that sports are meaningful enough that baseball must accommodate their grief since doing so now suits their purposes. This is a crass betrayal of all they briefly pretended they understood.
Right ON!
Thursday, August 22, 2002
The new Spoon record is great. Buy it. Here are some lyrics from the opening track, "Small Stakes":
Small time danger in your midsize car
I don't dig the Stripes but I'll for for Har Mar
Funny, huh?
Small time danger in your midsize car
I don't dig the Stripes but I'll for for Har Mar
Funny, huh?
Friday, August 16, 2002
Calm down, guys. My list is coming. [Sheesh.] Here are two jokes about accountants to tide you over:
1. Two accountancy students were walking across campus when one said,"Where did you get such a great bike?" The second accountant replied, "Well, I was walking along yesterday minding my own business when a beautiful woman rode up on this bike. She threw the bike to the ground, took off all her clothes and said, "Take what you want." The first accountant nodded approvingly, "Good choice; the clothes probably wouldn't have fit."
2. Why did the auditor cross the road ? Because he looked in the file and that's what they did last year.
1. Two accountancy students were walking across campus when one said,"Where did you get such a great bike?" The second accountant replied, "Well, I was walking along yesterday minding my own business when a beautiful woman rode up on this bike. She threw the bike to the ground, took off all her clothes and said, "Take what you want." The first accountant nodded approvingly, "Good choice; the clothes probably wouldn't have fit."
2. Why did the auditor cross the road ? Because he looked in the file and that's what they did last year.
Thursday, August 15, 2002
Ethan
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I concur with Matt. Where are these mysterious lists that people are writing?
Oh, and by the way. Did anyone else hear the rumor that Sean Tillman (aka Sean Na Na / Har Mar Superstar) is going to the MTV video awards with Kelly Osbourne? For some reason I think that's funny as hell.
To insert a link or use bold or italics, just click on the icons for each at the top of the blogger screen. The B is for bold, the I is for italics, and the little globe with a link under it is for a hyperlink. When you do this, the html code is automatically inserted into your message.
I concur with Matt. Where are these mysterious lists that people are writing?
Oh, and by the way. Did anyone else hear the rumor that Sean Tillman (aka Sean Na Na / Har Mar Superstar) is going to the MTV video awards with Kelly Osbourne? For some reason I think that's funny as hell.
