I am on the road and adventuring, so I have less idea than usual as to what is going on.
However, I did glean this "Stay Positive" tidbit from the sports pages - in a Times story describing a novel stem cell procedure undergone by pitcher Bartolo Colon, the doctor gave him some reassurance:
“Colon said he wanted to get back into baseball,” Purita recalled. “He could not throw the ball without horrible pain, but he felt he still had something left in the can, so to speak. I told Colon this will be a lot less painful than facing Derek Jeter. He said: ‘Derek Jeter? He has never been a problem for me. I always strike him out.’ ”
He always strikes him out? Per Yahoo stats, Jeter' career stats against Colon are 13 for 36 with 1 double, 1 triple, 2 home runs and 2 walks. That is a .361 batting average and a 1.006 OPS, both abovce Jeter's Hall of Fame career stats.
However! Jeter has also struck out ten times against Colon, which is also aboove his career strike-out rate; Colon apparently prefers to talk about the good times.
I'm not sure anything is actually going on.
Posted by: Jane (sit on the couch or save your country) | May 12, 2011 at 11:02 AM
Yep, Jane - same ol' same ol'!
Happy adventures, TM.
Posted by: centralcal | May 12, 2011 at 11:08 AM
Jane,
Bin Laden is still dead and Daffy isn't. I suppose we could speculate on what Inaction Man might not do next...
Posted by: Rick Ballard | May 12, 2011 at 11:08 AM
It is pouring rain in Austin! Hallelujah!
Posted by: Porchlight | May 12, 2011 at 11:10 AM
And, Texas House votes to ban sanctuary cities. Take that, Barry.
Posted by: Porchlight | May 12, 2011 at 11:13 AM
I recommend reading Mark Salter's 5 year too late bitch fest about Barack Obama and immigration today.
Salter has to be the worst political strategist I have ever seen.
When Obama tried to enter the immigration "gang of whatever the f McCain wanted" they let him in. Shockingly, Obama came to the table on immigration reform with the same plan as the AFL-CIO written on a 3x5 card.
WTF! Did they campaign ever use that to accurately identify Obama as a tool of organized labor?
New theory: Obama opponents don't want to win. Seriously. They want to lose.
Posted by: Gabriel Sutherland | May 12, 2011 at 11:26 AM
Gabe, from his actions and speeches one could argue the same of BO--Are we seeing a time where NOBODY really wants to be President?
Posted by: clarice | May 12, 2011 at 11:29 AM
Bartolo Colon is as dumb as a plank and a fat tub of goo. He will always be famous for being part, along with Tim Drew, of one of the biggest transaction of utter thievery when Mark Shapiro pwn3d that idiot Omar Minaya (ultimately with the Mutts) for Cliff Lee, Grady Sizemore, Brandon Phillips and Lee Stevens.
Posted by: Captain Hate | May 12, 2011 at 11:33 AM
Clarice, it would be nice if you're right. Maybe Obama would really prefer to lose. He has seemed disinterested in the job for quite some time, since IMHO, actually governing has proven to be much harder than he'd expected.
Posted by: fdcol63 | May 12, 2011 at 11:34 AM
I bet TM has a Fathead of Jeter on his wall.
Posted by: Ignatz | May 12, 2011 at 11:35 AM
From the last thread, 'were in the hands of the best men'
http://rubinreports.blogspot.com/2011/05/us-middle-east-policy-becomes.html
Posted by: narciso | May 12, 2011 at 11:41 AM
What would an open Thursday thread be without the soothing words of Omar Hamami, an American who, like al-Awlaki, has decided to struggle with his internal being by reading Rumi poems and gazing at seventh century tapestries as a member of the Religion of Peace. See LUN.
Posted by: Thomas Collins | May 12, 2011 at 11:52 AM
So Chip Dillard, I mean Wehner and Kristol, do you wish 'to revise and extend your remarks'
Posted by: narciso | May 12, 2011 at 12:01 PM
Detroit Red Wings v. San Jose Sharks Game 7 Tonight! Betcha can't guess who I am rooting for ;)
Posted by: PDinDetroit | May 12, 2011 at 12:22 PM
Repubs need to make commercials and hammer Obama 24/7 about his no vote on immigration reform. why didn't Mccain expose him and this info in 2008? Also sarah was right about palling around with terrorists. Let's make that our mantra starting with his love of Common. Show Mississippi River floods and then Obama and Moochelle and Common rappin at the WH. The ads write themselves. 2012 should be easy. We got the goods on Obama.
Posted by: maryrose | May 12, 2011 at 12:38 PM
Meanwhile, I thought this fellow was sane if a little idiosyncratic, sorry, he's a bloody loony:
http://www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-national/bin-laden-video-released-by-us-pieczenik-calls-it-bogus
Posted by: narciso | May 12, 2011 at 01:09 PM
Seems that Colon is saying that he throws strikes to Jeter. Sometimes Jeter hits them.
OTOH, TM has a point. No active player has a lifetime OPS above 1.006. But do we really want to see more pitches per appearance in the AL? Or walks for Jeter for that matter?
Posted by: Walter | May 12, 2011 at 01:25 PM
Release the hounds;http://minx.cc/?post=316079
Posted by: narciso | May 12, 2011 at 01:29 PM
Wife just bought me an Amazon DX Kindle ($489.0)
Very small keyboard. Virtually unusable to me for typing. Can't get any decent Wooster novels on it that I am looking for. No "Code of the Woosters". Couldn't get any of 2 or 3 other books I wanted to read. First impression is not real positive, but I want to give it a reasonable chance.
Any input out there from anybody who has one of these Amazon DX Kindles about whether I ought to return this quick? Is it worth upsetting the wife I suppose is the big question:)
We already have one inadvertant purchase but are unable to return it, and having called the Amazon Kindle folks they can't figure out why their system isn't working properly.
Anyhow, off for about 12 hours so I'll see what you think in the midnight hours. Thanks for any input.
Posted by: daddy | May 12, 2011 at 01:37 PM
I think Obama definitely wants to win. Isn't that what the EO re:Federal contractors is all about? He likes being President & perks that come with it-if only he wasn't bothered all the time with that pesky governing thing.
Posted by: Cajunkate | May 12, 2011 at 01:55 PM
Rush is saying Sibelius, gave the order to kill Bin Laden, his treatment would be too expensive at Gitmo, his reasoning,
Posted by: narciso | May 12, 2011 at 01:59 PM
"I think Obama definitely wants to win."
And besides, he's "good at it."
Posted by: Frau Steingehirn | May 12, 2011 at 02:04 PM
--No "Code of the Woosters".--
Round file it.
Posted by: Ignatz | May 12, 2011 at 02:06 PM
daddy, have you checked out the free ebook sites?
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10554
This one has thirty books listed for Wodehouse:
http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/p-g-wodehouse.shtml
Problem with copyright:
http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/2008/08/22/copyright-and-wodehouse-the-suspicious-desert-of-gutenberg-texts/
Posted by: Frau Steingehirn | May 12, 2011 at 02:15 PM
Round file it.
Indeed. You'll have a deuced hard time finding me carrying one of the bally things around. I've had my nose in a book about Psmith of late, which I stole from a napping copper on a bet. It serves admirably as a coaster underneath a soothing G & T and doesn't require any power source whatsoever in order to operate for decades on end.
Posted by: Jim Ryan | May 12, 2011 at 02:17 PM
daddy, the kindle is for *reading* and not writing. Its experimental section got me to JOM when we were traveling through rural Shasta Co CA and got us weather reports. Regard it as a book reading device. As far as I know, you won't be able to get your desired book with any other device (iPad etc). It is disappointing to find out that a desired book is not yet available as an ebook but that's life, right?
I would marry my kindle but CA doesn't allow that...yet!
Posted by: Frau Leseratte | May 12, 2011 at 02:20 PM
Tammy Bruce slicing and dicing Mitch Spaniel, Romneycare and the cult of Dr Ron. Not saying she's passionate about this but already one F-bomb dropped. Online radio FTW!
Posted by: Captain Hate | May 12, 2011 at 02:23 PM
Jeeves insists I stick with the old, used Penguin paperbacks of PG. Once I came home with a copy from another publisher and he sulked for two days. I finally went to him and this is what transpired:
"By the way, Jeeves, will you please go round Bixley's and obtain a copy of this PG, only in Penguin edition?"
He paused for a moment, quite visibly moved, and then replied, "Thank you, sir." By cocktail hour Jeeves had the old hop back in his step and all was right with the world.
Posted by: Jim Ryan | May 12, 2011 at 02:29 PM
I would marry my kindle but CA doesn't allow that...yet!
Comment of the month, I'm certain of it.
Posted by: Jim Ryan | May 12, 2011 at 02:31 PM
daddy, was it matt who downloaded an entire *free* classics library on his kindle? Perhaps he can give you some unbiased opinion since I love my little fella (not the biggy your bride bought you).
Posted by: Frau Leseratte | May 12, 2011 at 02:31 PM
Hey, PDin Detroit.
GO WINGS!!!
Posted by: SWarren | May 12, 2011 at 02:41 PM
Since the Caps are such an annual disappointment: GO WINGS!!
Posted by: Captain Hate | May 12, 2011 at 02:44 PM
White House Insider claims "Eric Holder Is Gonna Fall"
I wish I could believe this insider! A little about Blago, a little about Trump and a fantastic (as in unbelievable) story about how the Democrats with the help of some Republicans tanked the economy on purpose to change the discussion and dynamics of the campaign from foreign policy which McCain was winning to economic which always favors the Democrats.
Posted by: Rocco | May 12, 2011 at 04:05 PM
My wife's cousin's son Carlson, plays for the Caps.
Posted by: Rocco | May 12, 2011 at 04:07 PM
daddy,
Gave my kindle to Fre,derick when I got my iPad. No comparison. I can' believe the difference in readability, graphics and ordering. Cheecked the iPad store which is basically iTunes and they have 3 large anthologies of P G Wodehouse. I have The Golf Omnibus by PG which is the standard for golf humor and fiction as I am concerned. If you like PG and golf you must have this in your library.
Posted by: Jack is Back! | May 12, 2011 at 04:36 PM
daddy, I don't have the DX Kindle, but I AM a wife. My counsel is: You love it!
(I do have the regular Kindle of several years back and it's the best thing ever for travel. No more having to pack enough heavy volumes to last for a long trip, and most titles that occur to you on a whim are available in seconds. I think Kindles are great!)
Posted by: (Another) Barbara | May 12, 2011 at 04:50 PM
You don't actually have to be an insider to realize Holder is a disaster and Obama always throws under the bus anyone who causes him enough agita.
Posted by: clarice | May 12, 2011 at 05:03 PM
Rocco
Thanks for the Insider link. It sounds deliciously plausible, but unfortunately BS.
Posted by: Uncle BigBad | May 12, 2011 at 05:11 PM
Uncle...I agree
Posted by: Rocco | May 12, 2011 at 05:25 PM
Rocco-
Back here, "everybody knows" that Emanuel, Jarrett, and Obama are on those tapes, just a matter of to what degree. Most assume that Rod's getting the rail treatment for the actions of others. Left hand, right hand stuff.
Posted by: Melinda Romanoff | May 12, 2011 at 05:38 PM
This is criminal,IMO.
"AG Tom Miller, Foreclosure-Probe Chief, Asked Bank Lawyers for Money"
http://4closurefraud.org/2011/05/11/you-have-got-to-be-kidding-ag-tom-miller-foreclosure-probe-chief-asked-bank-lawyers-for-money/
Posted by: pagar | May 12, 2011 at 06:25 PM
My wife's cousin's son Carlson, plays for the Caps.
Too bad his off-season has started
Posted by: Captain Hate | May 12, 2011 at 06:50 PM
Well hopefully this 21 year old kid will have have many more season's to come. But I know what you mean CH...Go Bruins!
Posted by: Rocco | May 12, 2011 at 07:01 PM
Daddy-whatever you do, do not get a Nook. My wife has a kindle from a couple of years ago; it's nice. I asked for a Nook for Christmas; we figured that between the two we would have a much broader choice of available books. Wrong.
I cannot believe that in 2010 one could even buy such a clunky piece of electronic junk.
Posted by: Boatbuilder | May 12, 2011 at 07:27 PM
'We need another 9/11': Bin Laden's captured journal reveals horrifying glimpse into plans of terror mastermind Daily Mail
Bin Laden called on followers to strike smaller cities
Leader made macabre calculation of how many kills were needed to get the U.S. out of the Middle East
Longed for another 9/11 to replicate mass attacks of the past
Acted like a megalomaniac 'crime boss' plotting in concrete hideaway
Evidence he went 'back and forth from' compound and contacted other terrorists
Desperately wanted to 'sow political dissent' in Washington
Targeted 'oppressed' blacks and Hispanics to join terror network
Urged followers to strike on anniversary of 9/11 and Fourth of July
But arrogant leader became 'lazy and complacent' about own security
Posted by: Sara (Pal2Pal) | May 12, 2011 at 07:56 PM
Most likely, UBL was thinking too much about which hair dye to use on his beard.
Posted by: Frau Leseratte | May 12, 2011 at 10:29 PM
Well hopefully this 21 year old kid will have have many more season's to come.
Kudos to him for making it to the NHL.
Posted by: Captain Hate | May 12, 2011 at 10:41 PM
Daddy, I have the Kindle, not the DX, which is pretty big. I still use it, but trade off with my iPhone which has the kindle app on it, sync'd with each other.
The kindle has battery life over the iPad2, but the iPad2 is, as Frau pointed out, more of writing machine--however poorly the keyboard works--than the kindle is. Use the kindle just for reading.
Because you are in a cockpit, sometimes idle, perhaps the kindle dx would work for you.
Posted by: sbw | May 12, 2011 at 10:55 PM
Thanks guys, great comments on the Kindle.
I love how Frau's having a special relationship with her Kindle---not that there's anything wrong with that:)
Another Barb's comment which I take to be "Don't upset the wife" may be the wisest advice, and the one I ultimately cowardly take.
I just saw this linked at Insty's: AT AMAZON, 100 Hot new releases in Kindle eBooks, but when I look at them I can't find a single one I care at all about. So it bums me to spend $490 for the pleasure of being able to pay a fee to download a ton of books I'm uninterested in. Oh well.
Probably wisest to take Wodehouse's err Jim Ryan's advice and have Jeeve's crank me out a G. and T.
JiB,
Are you saying the IPad is way better than the Kindle in your experience? Maybe that's the tact I could take. Just experimenting and going over the instructions of this hi priced Kindle these last 10 hours, I was surprised that there doesn't seem to be any internal lighting so that you can read the darn thing in the dark while the wife is sleeping next to me. It appears you have to have external lighting of some kind, which to me seems an essential part of the reason you'd want an electronic book in the first place---so as not to bother the snoring spouse.
Crud:( So far I don't want any part of marrying the damn thing. I want a divorce. (from the Kindle!)
Posted by: daddy | May 13, 2011 at 01:29 AM
daddy, my husband has a little book light that clips on to the kindle and plugs into the port for power. He also has a case for it. Both seem to be pretty useful accessories.
Posted by: cathyf | May 13, 2011 at 09:43 AM
“Colon said...he felt he still had something left in the can"
Not newsworthy. My colon has something left in the can everyday. Hey-o!
Posted by: Herm R Roid | May 13, 2011 at 10:07 AM
daddy:
The reason the Kindle's screen is so readable is because there is no backlight. It's a different kind of screen. I have a little light that attaches to the top that travels around with the device in the cover I got for it. Works great, and costs less.
Posted by: Soylent Red | May 13, 2011 at 10:14 AM
I recommend reading Mark Salter's 5 year too late bitch fest about Barack Obama and immigration today.
Posted by: cheap jerseys | May 17, 2011 at 04:00 AM