Thursday, June 10, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
Jim Joyce/James Joyce
Alrighty, I know not all of you are baseball fans, but something major happened yesterday. Armando Galarraga pitched a perfect game (21st in history. That's right, in the history of major league baseball) and it was ripped away from him on a blown call by veteran umpire Jim Joyce on the 27th out. Watch the play here. This would prove to be the worst call of Joyce's career, though he has been described as one of the best umpires in the game. It was very emotional for both Galarraga and Joyce, but it seems the call will not be overturned, even though Joyce admitted he had "kicked the shit" out of the call after watching the replay. Both Galarraga and Joyce have been applauded for their conduct following such an historic event.
Those of you English majors out there might remember an Irish author named James Joyce that wrote about the "epiphany". Will Jim Joyce's call be Bud Selig's "epiphany" to install an instant replay policy in major league baseball? I think it should, and I think Galarraga should be awarded the perfect game. Selig stated today that he will not overturn the call, probably because of the tradition of baseball, and the "human element" that makes the game so great. But come on man, it will still be a great game. Make an exception. Unfortunately, Bud Selig will not.
James Joyce- epiphany in Dubliners. Jim Joyce- epiphany in baseball. Coincidence? I don't think so.
Those of you English majors out there might remember an Irish author named James Joyce that wrote about the "epiphany". Will Jim Joyce's call be Bud Selig's "epiphany" to install an instant replay policy in major league baseball? I think it should, and I think Galarraga should be awarded the perfect game. Selig stated today that he will not overturn the call, probably because of the tradition of baseball, and the "human element" that makes the game so great. But come on man, it will still be a great game. Make an exception. Unfortunately, Bud Selig will not.
James Joyce- epiphany in Dubliners. Jim Joyce- epiphany in baseball. Coincidence? I don't think so.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Sleigh Bells
I posted a song or two from these folks while they were touring with Yeasayer. Here is (almost) the full album. Kinda girly but I've been digging it lately.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Solution to Grooveshark Posting Problems
Good news! I figured out how to post shit from Grooveshark again. I don't know if anyone else was having problems, but everytime I tried to post a new playlist I got an Embed Code error. Turns out the codes provided by Grooveshark in the Copy & Paste step are incomplete. After far too much guess and check work I realized the following modifications will make the playlists postable:
Go to the very last line of the embed code where it says:
wmode="window" /
Erase the space between "window" and the /.
Add the following symbols in its place:
><
After the / add the following:
embed
I tried to type out what the whole thing should look like but the blog thinks its code. Lett me know if you can't get it to work and I can email the full instructions.
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