"I ain't what I used to be, but who the hell is?"
I live outside Chicago with the Redhead, the poet, three cats, and two dachshunds.
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Quick explanation as to why the White Sox have lost 19 of 24 – this season, their bullpen has thrown 170.1 innings, and allowed 203 hits, 102 walks, and 18 homers, for an ERA of 6.18.
It gets worse, though. Take out the two pitchers who haven’t sucked (Bobby Jenks and Boone Logan), and the numbers look like this:
124 IP
162 hits
87 walks
16 homers
7.11 ERA
As someone once said (probably), it’s never good to have an ERA you could name a convenience store after.
Born on this day in 1915:
About 4 yesterday afternoon, I was enjoying a nap (at home) when it was interrupted by the phone. Nick was calling in a state of near-panic; he had just gotten off the Kent-Cleveland shuttle, only to realize his wallet was still on the bus. No money in his pocket, a plane to catch in a couple hours, and no way in sight to get to the airport. Furthermore, his mother was at the store and not answering her phone.
A few minutes later, I got a hold of her and explained the situation. She called Nick, fulfilled her motherly obligation to yell at him, and then called Parta, the bus service, in the hope that they had at least found the wallet and, if they had, could possibly get it to him.
They did much better than that. The supervisor she spoke to confirmed that the driver had recovered the wallet and was on his way back to the garage with it in hand. In the meantime, Nick had caught a break and was on the train to the airport. This supervisor, showing true charity, said he would personally take the wallet to the airport and make sure Nick got it.
Nick is here now, sleeping in as all good college students do on Saturday morning, so this story has a happy ending. If any of you are in the
Of course, I couldn’t have just one beer on St. Patrick’s Day. The second Irish beer of the day was Wexford Cream Ale, which actually is brewed in
About the only thing this has in common with Murphy’s Stout (see previous entry) is that it has a slow-forming, creamy head. It is almost orange in color, and is indeed creamy – one web site compares it to drinking half-and-half. As cream ales go, this is definitely not Little Kings.
It’s an unusual beer, but a very good beer.
Since Saturday was
If you say “stout” to a beer drinker, odds are they would reply “Guinness.” And well they should, as Guinness is the finest of beers. However, there is another fine stout, Murphy's Irish Stout. It is smoother and less overpowering than Guinness; although I would not rank it ahead of Guinness (actually, I would not rank any drink ahead of Guinness), it is a very good stout.
According to the Wikipedia entry for Murphy’s, a small quantity of chocolate is added during the course of brewing, but honestly, I cannot taste it. That may just be my underdeveloped palate speaking.
It's also a good day when Notre Dame loses:
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It's always a good day when a Bob Knight team loses:
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Born on this date in 1905:
Born on this date in 1904:
If you live 1) in Illinois, and 2) not under a rock, you are aware that the mascot for the U of I has been shelved as of yesterday. My position is as follows:
Look at the pictures of the "Chief" here:
www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-070221illiniwek,1,3177929.story,
and then please explain to me how a white kid in a costume, wearing orange and blue makeup, is “respectful.”
