The Flint Journal: Tiger tales, far and wide.

Bottom of the second page. I’m certainly the lightweight of the sites they talk about, but I have to admit it was flattering to be included.

“It’s not really that big a deal, because we’re not expected to do anything.

Usually I try to take all of the pictures on this blog myself. But I really wanted to use images from Morningside Heights this month and I haven’t gotten around to that yet; these images, then, are pilfered frmo the public domain about the net.

– OCTOBER – “Eat better, eat together.”
– HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Arthur Miller, Rita Hayworth, Marshall Mathers.

– QUOTE OF THE DAY –
“All the people up top, on the side and the middle,
Come together, let’s all form this stomp just a little.

Here.

Kenny Rogers is my favorite player. From the heart. I almost wish the series would go into game 6, just so he’d have a shot at getting the most scoreless innings in a postseason ever (27 would be the tie; he’s at 22 I think).

– OCTOBER – is diversity month.
– HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Johnny Carson.

– NEWS OF THE WEEK –
The New York Times: Obama Considers White HOuse Run.

– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
Pancakes or waffles?

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I know that everyone east of the Mississippi has already read Mitch Albom’s gloomy account, so I won’t go into actual game details.

Jess and I were on the way to a party I’d agreed to attend two weeks ago, and Sam called us as we walked.

Tonight: Look up!

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So I feel like I’m writing posts for three different groups of people at once, which may or may not be the case.

The short version: on Thursday I was contacted by Chad Swiatecki of the Flint Journal. He was writing a story on Flint-area bloggers covering the Detroit Tigers and wanted to interview me.

The end of Game 7 of the NLCS last night was even more dramatic than Magglio’s homer, although I only caught a few moments of it here and there. I didn’t change the channel from the seventh inning, though. Basically, the game was 1 to 1 going into the ninth, and then, in a heavy rain (incidentally falling right outside my window, some five miles from Shea stadium), Yadier Molina drove in two runs.

– OCTOBER – is computer learning month.
– TODAY – is Qud Day and the Birth of the Bab.
– HAPPY BIRTHDAY – John Dewey and Snoop Dogg.

– COUNTRY OF THE WEEK –
Colombia.

– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
What is your favorite Beatles song?