tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-362204302024-03-07T03:00:55.602-06:00The Joy of SethHe <a href="http://joyofseth.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Trip">traveled</a> around the world. He wrote about it. Now he sometimes writes about other stuff. Sometimes.SethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-26648067041410623342009-03-11T21:07:00.003-05:002009-03-11T21:27:35.318-05:00The one with tonight's experimentSo that I have a record of what we did:<br /><br />1 lb bowtie pasta<br /><br />In the wok to start:<br /><ul><li>2/3 of a (big) red pepper</li><li>1 (big) bunch of kale, in 1" strips</li><li>1 can quartered artichoke hearts (in water)</li></ul>added near the end:<br /><ul><li>about 1/4 lb sun-dried tomatoes (not packed in oil)</li><li>a small~ish container of kalamata olives</li></ul>add it to the pasta, mix in<br /><ul><li>juice and zest of 1 lemon</li><li>capers</li><li>some tbsps olive oil</li></ul>top with<br /><ul><li>freshly grated parmesan, a decent amount</li></ul>Really good. We liked the way each of the elements stands on its own. That is, you can taste each, but they mostly work well together. Jill's favorite part: the sun-dried tomato. Then the cheese, then the red pepper. Mine: the artichokes with the capers.<br /><br />It's already share-worthy. But next time:<br /><ul><li>the kalamatas are a bit overpowering. Maybe slice, and press/drain</li><li>use garlic, black pepper, a bit more oil, more cheese</li></ul>That is all.SethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-42491639593046614832008-08-16T04:50:00.005-05:002008-08-16T05:44:03.988-05:00The one where the Olympics rocks<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6yBr3lhk-NpeqJa6V6pmlvgtMHrF4AfzLJmvmLrnanWRSHsQ51lA79bNDRGvDQNuRbDVMaxuPdrKUuAORxsEvVTUgMFa3Jx_JUx49ihMCQsC4lSy4RxSWC4hU70Xo28F3rf4FdQ/s1600-h/%237.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6yBr3lhk-NpeqJa6V6pmlvgtMHrF4AfzLJmvmLrnanWRSHsQ51lA79bNDRGvDQNuRbDVMaxuPdrKUuAORxsEvVTUgMFa3Jx_JUx49ihMCQsC4lSy4RxSWC4hU70Xo28F3rf4FdQ/s400/%237.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235051002335401714" border="0" /></a>While watching the Australian Open I made the <a href="http://joyofseth.blogspot.com/2007/02/one-where-i-watched-tennis.html">observation</a><br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">"If she ever gets some focus, Na Li will win a major".</blockquote>(Or, her name may properly be written Li Na...I've seen it both ways, and I don't fully understand Chinese names...) I'd only seen her play a doubles match, lackadaisically, and they lost in straight sets, but apparently I still have my eye. This week she beat the world No.3, Svetlana Kuznetsova, in the opening match and an American named Venus Williams in the quarterfinals, coming back from 1-4 in the first to win in straight sets.<br /><br />She just lost in semis to Dinara Safina--she lost the first set tiebreak, then served for the second at 5-4 but couldn't finish and lost 7-5. But she's still in the hunt for the bronze, and if you get a chance sometime you should watch her play. Apparently she's kinda old (26), so maybe a major is unlikely, but I've never seen a woman who so consistently hits her spots, with unbelievable angles and troublesome depth. Such nice strokes!<br /><br />Speaking of the Olympics, I just watched the end of her match live. The streaming video is awesome. And does anyone have any idea how Phelps won the race shown above? And I thought tennis was a game of inches?SethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-78105298320915425762008-08-05T10:11:00.001-05:002008-08-05T10:11:26.321-05:00The one with another ABOdin's birth story is up on the Africa <a href="http://andersonbowen.com/blog/2008/08/05/introducing-odin/">blog</a>.<br /><br /> Pictures are on my latest crossword blog <a href="http://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2008/08/tuesday-aug-5-2008-joon-and-caroline.html">entry</a>, his first picture is at Phil's photo <a href="http://philsgoodphoto.blogspot.com/2008/08/introducing-odin-1128am-to-304pm.html">site</a>, a few more at his brother's photo <a href="http://photoblog.scrappydog.com/2008/08/welcome-baby-odin-anderson-bowen.html">site</a>.<br /><br />Now they go north, and I get lonelier,<br />sgSethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-70260656203521646382008-07-20T09:58:00.006-05:002008-12-08T21:15:32.595-06:00The one with PMTB<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ZoWwWclYHMKGj4EIl7f4Xmjl_ml8mFZKrQQ0HYu2412fy6yezeqXo5LUza-SB_m3OCpt3_tFYUyhqBy4C1s4etfI3NkBZhSTHTnJhwbB0EBufAWFSk5eDkUNyXg9lqR98ZRbQg/s1600-h/DSCN6780.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; float: left; width: 199px; height: 148px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ZoWwWclYHMKGj4EIl7f4Xmjl_ml8mFZKrQQ0HYu2412fy6yezeqXo5LUza-SB_m3OCpt3_tFYUyhqBy4C1s4etfI3NkBZhSTHTnJhwbB0EBufAWFSk5eDkUNyXg9lqR98ZRbQg/s320/DSCN6780.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225114443294818386" border="0" /></a>Paige and I went to the Twins game last night to do crossword puzzles and watch baseball with some friends. (Phil was off wedding photographering...)<br /><br />We parked on Franklin and took the light rail down to the stadium; it's really convenient, but the trains were packed. Heading back after the game we wound up in the middle of a train car as we pulled up to our stop. We started to push our way through the crowd when someone yelled out "Her water just broke, let 'em through!" Everyone laughed, and we escaped fairly easily.<br /><br />I think she really needs to play the pregnancy card more while she still can. (She'll have a different card soon.)<br /><br />Anyway, today marked my debut on Rex Parker's crossword blog. I <a href="http://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2008/07/sunday-july-20-2008-barry-c-silk.html">wrote</a> about today's New York Times puzzle (don't read it yet if you do the puzzle in syndication!) and the game.<br /><br />I'll have more guesting soon, and of course I'll let you all (both) know when I do.<br />chao,<br />sgSethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-74536970080597211232008-07-15T10:39:00.002-05:002008-07-15T10:51:07.170-05:00The one with Chinese cookersMy parents had a $50 gift certificate to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">JCPenney</span>, and there was nothing they wanted from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">JCPenney</span>. Same for me and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Snu</span>. But then I remembered that I was thinking about buying a wok, and they had a stir-fry skillet available for ~$45.<br /><br />Two weeks later UPS showed up with a really big box. I figured they'd just <a href="http://consumerist.com/tag/Stupid-Shipping-Gang/">over-packed</a>, but it was really heavy. I opened the box to find a case of woks.<br /><br />There was no packing slip, no phone number on the shipping invoice, no indication of who it was from, so I couldn't figure out how to even try to return it. And my parents had used a gift certificate, so there was no chance that we'd been overcharged for the extras.<br /><br />Maybe mom just didn't notice the "Buy 1, Get 5 Free!" sign?SethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-41036995719894416992008-07-13T20:47:00.003-05:002008-07-13T22:52:01.622-05:00The one on SaturdayPhil's visiting his mom, so I got to hang out with Paige all day.<br /><br />We started early. The <a href="http://www.ltftriathlon.com/">Lifetime Fitness Triathlon</a>, with a $250K prize pool, takes place about a mile from my house. The pros started at 7am, so Sarah W came by around 6:45 and the three of us headed over.<br /><br />Didn't make it quite for the start, but wow are those people fast. The pros race Olympic distance, which is 1.5K swim (just under a mile, under 20 minutes), 40K bike (~25mi, a bit over an hour), 10K (6.2mi, a bit over 1/2 hour) run. And the fastest men do it in about 1:48; the fastest woman in 1:58.<br /><br />We watched the pros finish their swims and run off to transition, then headed over to watch some more normal people start, then the transition area for the pro bike to run, then watched men and women at the half-way point of the run, then finally over to the finish line. (We weren't actually going around too far--all that we watched took place in a fairly small area, with each race segment leaving from and then finishing back near the same point).<br /><br />I think someone said there were 10? Olympians competing? Anyway, it was pretty exciting, and I'll do what I can to convince cousin Deb to come out to run it next year. (That's a LOT more likely than me running it...ever.) I'll maybe post my pictures soon.<br /><br />A bit before 10 we left to head over to Firefly for some breakfast and cribbage, after which Sarah went to work while Paige and I went to play some more.<br /><br />Afternoon, we headed over to the Richfield public pool. We read, lied in the sun, maybe laid in the sun if I have the wrong transitive case, played in the pool, Paige swam laps while I went down the big slides. It's kinda expensive to get in , but it was a pretty big place so there was room to not be anywhere near teenagers, and it was a really nice day.<br /><br />We finished at the pool and went to Edina to buy cute pregnancy jeans. Paige is Very pregnant, but these are a gift for her also pregnant sister. Her pregnant sister-in-law can buy her own damn jeans, or maybe can just borrow from her was-pregnant-now-has-toddler other sister-in-law. Lotsa new grandkids for the Andersons!<br /><br />Finally, we went to see Iron Man at the $2, which is now apparently a $3 theater. I liked it.<br /><br />Thanks Paige!<br /><br />More crossword and other news soon, in the meantime I'll try to keep this updated more often.<br />Hasta,<br />sgSethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-40825852044476919792008-06-25T14:15:00.001-05:002008-12-08T21:15:32.945-06:00The one where Carey and I are famous<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNj9I-BCMbJDrusFZyQ-CMfNQ8yf7OiZiG4SIgXYchxNN_d28KvYwK4Y2jTjGctbwMQT9h1cz0lBkoLIRf5JYUw0QSHIdEwVElbFfHKJ1Mqy-FDhQvxNdAkXPhhH4vwD_T6Q5I1Q/s1600-h/scan0001_f.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNj9I-BCMbJDrusFZyQ-CMfNQ8yf7OiZiG4SIgXYchxNN_d28KvYwK4Y2jTjGctbwMQT9h1cz0lBkoLIRf5JYUw0QSHIdEwVElbFfHKJ1Mqy-FDhQvxNdAkXPhhH4vwD_T6Q5I1Q/s400/scan0001_f.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215899977634094066" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQDbo_jEr4omT0ptzn5LCal1bntfto2YEKIEwxuT6KJHCgX7PtTIW8p99Z4IDi71tGkO72F2pZgn1numjtrT8eMcGcpoxb6_oqWEdiqdFvbV3wQS7_4iTSKv-HN3Hk3jbuxU_Aw/s1600-h/scan0001_b.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQDbo_jEr4omT0ptzn5LCal1bntfto2YEKIEwxuT6KJHCgX7PtTIW8p99Z4IDi71tGkO72F2pZgn1numjtrT8eMcGcpoxb6_oqWEdiqdFvbV3wQS7_4iTSKv-HN3Hk3jbuxU_Aw/s400/scan0001_b.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215899978903277490" /></a>SethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-7742626654744030902008-06-20T13:16:00.001-05:002008-06-20T13:16:41.223-05:00The one where my fame continuesHey, Joyful regulars. Sorry I haven't posted in a while... But I just found out that people I like actually do read this thing, so I promise to start doing interesting things and to then write about them. For now, you get this.<br /><br />I guest-blogged <a href="http://joyofseth.blogspot.com/2008/03/one-where-im-famous.html" target="_blank">again</a> over at <a href="http://www.xwordblog.com/" target="_blank">The JimH Crossword Blog</a> (<a href="http://www.xwordblog.com/2008/06/yeah-thats-the-ticket.html" target="_blank">yesterday</a> and <a href="http://www.xwordblog.com/2008/06/the-joy-of-nothnagel.html" target="_blank">today</a>). And today I wrote about a bunch of music, and instead of linking to all of it on Jim's blog I'm doing it here. <br /><hr></hr><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I am reminded of Pet Shop Boys' WEST END Girls<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="250" height="200"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uAHfoIfo_7A&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uAHfoIfo_7A&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="250" height="200"></embed></object></div><br />and Roxette's JOYRIDE<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="250" height="200"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UfPoVS5uqYY&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UfPoVS5uqYY&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="250" height="200"></embed></object>.</div><br />Of Bill Haley & His COMETS<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="250" height="200"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kes6jahveVg&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kes6jahveVg&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="250" height="200"></embed></object>,</div><br />the Nitty GRITTY Dirt Band<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="250" height="200"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/shmzfvgqFls&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/shmzfvgqFls&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="250" height="200"></embed></object>,</div><br />STYX<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="250" height="200"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/io5HHGnemVg&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/io5HHGnemVg&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="250" height="200"></embed></object> <br />or <br /><object width="250" height="200"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vo_4QopvYFs&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vo_4QopvYFs&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="250" height="200"></embed></object>,</div><br />and SUZANNE VEGA<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="250" height="200"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RZyxYL753w4&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RZyxYL753w4&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="250" height="200"></embed></object>.</div><br />Of Adam ANT<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="250" height="200"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/f5BV9Z42D-E&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/f5BV9Z42D-E&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="250" height="200"></embed></object></div><br />and TRIP Shakespeare<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><embed style="border: 1px solid rgb(227, 227, 227);" src="http://www.videodetective.net/flash/socialmusicplayer.swf" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="id=695477&height=200&width=250&autostart=false&shuffle=false" width="250" height="200"></embed>.</div><br />YES <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="250" height="200"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/E7yWazWT-3o&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/E7yWazWT-3o&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="250" height="200"></embed></object></div><br /><br />once subbed for SLY and the Family Stone<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="250" height="200"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d9NyLl6VAJQ&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/d9NyLl6VAJQ&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="250" height="200"></embed></object>.</div><br />We've got Sinatra <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="250" height="200"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z6ZHnWsQQJU&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z6ZHnWsQQJU&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="250" height="200"></embed></object></div><br />and Previn<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="250" height="200"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/18My4i_GlAY&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/18My4i_GlAY&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="250" height="200"></embed></object>,</div><br />and we've got TANTO <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="250" height="200"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xMfpiIkBacc&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xMfpiIkBacc&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="250" height="200"></embed></object></div><br />and the CMA<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="250" height="200"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kyZRiEJnIag&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kyZRiEJnIag&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="250" height="200"></embed></object>.</div><br /></span><br /><hr></hr><br />So enjoy, all, and I'll talk to you soon.<br /><br />chao,<br />sgSethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-69313288166819856862008-05-20T12:48:00.000-05:002008-12-08T21:15:33.148-06:00The one where they didSo I says to Troy, "Will you?" He says to me, "I do."<br /><br />I says to Channa, "Will you?" She says to me, "I do."<br /><br />With those rings they thee wedded, and I pronounced them.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5-R6Iy-j1z2tKxusRwqkUP0Q0PpuP_m_X5x6rei7-BRpdgkFCrtp0cx0RoQJEMfw1FauXbUh6bi841ekZlMyaRFMbZDr7agPHTeGwsF0t50VyeRy_oBpscoX2HrLUqIznfHiEQ/s1600-h/Channa-Troy_150730_small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5-R6Iy-j1z2tKxusRwqkUP0Q0PpuP_m_X5x6rei7-BRpdgkFCrtp0cx0RoQJEMfw1FauXbUh6bi841ekZlMyaRFMbZDr7agPHTeGwsF0t50VyeRy_oBpscoX2HrLUqIznfHiEQ/s400/Channa-Troy_150730_small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202525548117242834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">[picture by Perry]</span></span><br /></div><br />Congrats guys, and thanks for letting me be a part!SethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-18839682515817476152008-05-20T09:39:00.008-05:002008-05-20T10:55:11.603-05:00The one where, uh, what?I feel like I'm not overly materialistic. But I like money, and I especially like it when people give it to me, so I was at first excited to receive IRS Notice CP 13xx:<br /><br /><div style="border: 1px solid black;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Understanding Your Economic Stimulus Payment<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Please keep a copy of this notice for your records.</span><br /></div><br />Dear Taxpayer:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Your Economic Stimulus Payment</span><br /><br />You are entitled to an economic stimulus payment of $600.00 as provided by the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008. You can expect you payment by 5/23/08. If you do not receive...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">How We Calculated Your Payment</span><br />...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Your Stimulus Payment Calculation</span><br />...<br />= Your <span style="font-weight: bold;">Calculated</span> Stimulus Payment: $<span style="font-weight: bold;">600.00</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Details of Your Stimulus Payment Calculation</span><br />We calculated your stimulus payment based on the following rules.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filing Status</span><br />Based on your filing status, the amount of your stimulus payment is $600...</div><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">[all emphasis in the original]</span><br /><br />Gee, it's almost enough to make a fella think he'd be getting a payment. But the letter goes on, without ever saying it in, you know, <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/film/tsss/ss/unpossible.wav">English</a>, to give reasons why I think <span style="font-weight:bold;">I'm not eligible</span>. <br /><br />So I'm very confused, but pretty sure I won't get anything. Why, they're treating me as if I'd <a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hDW0EoDq2p4LZLJD6hzOqG9h7c5wD90JJ9F00" target="_blank">married a foreigner</a>...<br /><br />But thanks for getting my hopes up!<br />Bastards.SethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-18587898498538394882008-05-09T01:38:00.003-05:002008-12-08T21:15:33.296-06:00The one where I'm Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Perceiving<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5QPUiFH0SEFiw4onyAdLAdt5vvrrt2rl6E9-9YgoXKGaNGV63aqy2bFqdIsW7t6wtR4AocRgUbisTr3rAtNt-Vp4LhXv2a8qfpCGAKpLoQrjTiPtYcSVrcqvKlSA5FC4fy7vzqA/s1600-h/intp.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5QPUiFH0SEFiw4onyAdLAdt5vvrrt2rl6E9-9YgoXKGaNGV63aqy2bFqdIsW7t6wtR4AocRgUbisTr3rAtNt-Vp4LhXv2a8qfpCGAKpLoQrjTiPtYcSVrcqvKlSA5FC4fy7vzqA/s400/intp.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198484219752639330" border="0" /></a><br />Haven't updated in a while. I thought I'd tell you a bit about myself. And by "myself", I mean about what some Jungians think about people who think about themselves similarly to the way I think about myself.<br /><br />INTPs...<br /><br />...are known for their quest for logical purity...Clear and quick thinkers...able to focus with great intensity on their interests. They appreciate elegance and efficiency in thought processes and require them, even more so, in their own communications....do not like to deal with the obvious. They are at their best in building conceptual models and developing unusual and complex ideas.<br /><br />...are relentless learners in areas that hold their interest....often seem 'lost in thought'...go to great depths in their analysis....contribute a logical, system-building approach to their work. They like being the architect of a plan, because of the scheming and thinking involved, far more than being the implementer of that plan. ...the hours that they spend are not what is important to them, but rather the completion of their thought process. When their projects are of interest to them, they can become mesmerized and may even work through the night. when their projects are not intriguing, their work is considered drudgrery, and the INTP finds it difficult to stay motivated....usually find a place in their work for using their logical and structured thinking. They enjoy work that allows them to abstract, to generalize beyond the data, and to build models<br /><br />...live rich worlds inside their minds...are not likely to have a very large circle of significant relationships in their lives...a few very close relationships, which they hold in great esteem and with great affection...primary focus and attention is turned inwards, aimed towards seeking clarity from abstract ideas...be difficult to get to know well, and hold back parts of themselves until the other person has proven themselves "worthy"...once committed to a relationship, very faithful and loyal...no interest or understanding of game-playing with regards to relationships....usually pretty easy to live with and be around, because they have simple daily needs and are not overly demanding of their partners in almost any respect...internal life is highly theoretical and complex, external life in comparison is usually quite simple...very creative person, who has vivid imaginations.<br />Natural partner: ENTJ or ESTJ (or ENFJ).<br /><br />Read more by <a href="http://www.typelogic.com/intp.html">Joe Butt</a> or <a href="http://www.intp.org/intprofile.html">Paul James</a> or <a href="http://www.personalitypage.com/INTP.html">BSM Consulting</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTP">Wikipedia</a> if you're interested. (Or find out your type on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=18501873856">Facebook</a>...)<br /><br />Uh, yeah. I'll have more SethG news...soon.<br />chao,<br />sgSethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-47814676632851551512008-04-24T17:50:00.013-05:002008-05-07T17:49:25.682-05:00The one that's seriously off-topicTo continue a discussion started elsewhere...<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">TV Themes</span><br />Someone I trust more than myself said the theme to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WqazleR3FE">Sanford & Son</a> is the best TV theme ever. (Or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDZEhKbJFEg">this</a> version...)<br /><br />Others on my good list include <a href="http://www.retrojunk.com/tv/videos/929-barney-miller/751/#intro">Barney Miller</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYFcQTpo32s">M*A*S*H</a>, <a href="http://www.retrojunk.com/tv/videos/1275-fame/2108/#intro">Fame</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8jlJpceXpY">The Banana Splits Adventure Hour</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh_aG5MzPVM">The Muppet Show</a>, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d8FTPv955I">All in the Family</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">(Update: How could I possibly have forgotten </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7TTk_0XYn4">Fraggle Rock</a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">?!?)</span><br /><br />The bad list includes <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukSvjqwJixw">Small Wonder</a> (though maybe it's just that the show was <span style="font-style: italic;">so</span> bad), anything by Alan Thicke or Sherwood Schwartz, and something called <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YmnG2pzVgQ">Cleopatra 2525</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Worst song lyric phrasing ever</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Electrically they keep a baseball score"</span>, from Sonny & Cher's "The Beat Goes On".<br /><br />Second worst is a tie between <span style="font-style: italic;">"there ain't no one for to give you no pain"</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">"there were plants, and birds, and rocks, and things"</span>, both from America's "Horse With No Name".<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Single unexplainable word in a song</span><br />The second 'I' in Simon & Garfunkel's "Cecilia": <span style="font-style: italic;">"I fall on the floor and <span style="font-weight: bold;">I</span> laughing"</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Random rhyme in a song</span><br />The Turtles.<br /><blockquote>So happy together<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">How is the weather</span><br />So happy together<br />We're happy together<br />So happy together<br />Happy together<br />So happy together<br />So happy together (ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba)</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Most random title of a well-known popular song</span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWdJ_dvdGjs">Rainy Day Women #12 & 35</a>. Definitely.<br /><br />Maybe more later,<br />sgSethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-29648146834113855002008-04-06T10:53:00.003-05:002008-12-08T21:15:33.362-06:00The one with the anniversaryHappy Half-Day!<br /><br />Yeah, I'm not sure what to call it; I made it up. But I'm celebrating anyway.<br /><br />I believe I moved into my first college dorm (Musser, room 202) on Sunday, September 2, 1990. Which means that as of today, Sunday, April 6, 2008, I have lived away from home for exactly half my life.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDzjACAnOapunOaw1vYQayZuZ57qbCskVPF0yfisHv4YZsUnkrqOvlcOwJcT2fdX7Xvm88xA_zfpXjgcKrQ4rznNmY8SmVzjsh1uoAeTAmaaUNS3TClgL13NIBSTUlC9oa87fMg/s1600-h/my+life.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDzjACAnOapunOaw1vYQayZuZ57qbCskVPF0yfisHv4YZsUnkrqOvlcOwJcT2fdX7Xvm88xA_zfpXjgcKrQ4rznNmY8SmVzjsh1uoAeTAmaaUNS3TClgL13NIBSTUlC9oa87fMg/s400/my+life.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186151730794074290" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Yes mom, this does mean you're getting old. But I still love you,<br />sgSethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-14892423265253563702008-04-01T08:16:00.006-05:002008-04-01T10:55:59.820-05:00The one with a title<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And that title: General Manager!</span><br /><br />I’m employed!<br /><br />All I can say is…life is strange.<br /><br />Most of you know the story of my last job: I knew nothing about marketing, but when I met an executive recruiter at a job fair he took one look at my resume and said “I know a marketing research company that needs you, even though they don’t know it.” He’d just placed the general manager of the company and knew it well, and knew they’d be more effective if they had an analyst with my skills. Four days later I was hired, and I moved to Minneapolis and spent almost twelve years tracking the coupon industry.<br /><br />This might be even more random! My friend Timmy writes me and says “You know you are in Montana when you can walk by a bulletin board and see: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wanted 1 or 2 male goats</span>... Well, it turns out he knows the guy who put up that billboard.<br /><br /><del>Tim</del> er, Doctor Murray finished his degree a couple of years ago, and he and his <a href="http://lucytea.blogspot.com/2008/03/easter-eggs-and-ice-cream.html">family</a> moved to the Bitterroot mountains, in southwestern Montana, where [Major Drug Company] has a research division. And one of his co-workers has a ranch on the side, and they have a goat trading business.<br />Yes, that’s what I said.<br /><br />Somehow, they were seeking someone with exactly my skill-set to oversee various properties. Which include the <a href="http://www.goatfinder.com/" target="”_blank”">GoatFinder.com</a>, the "Internet's #1 Source For Finding Goats Online", and its partner site, <a href="http://www.goatwanted.com/" target="”_blank”">GoatWanted.com</a>, which provides a simple interface to find goats that are currently available for sale. I'll be working mostly by phone and email, so I can work almost entirely from home.<br /><br />My primary responsibilities will include:<br /><ul><li style="font-family: arial;">Develop and improve the database software that lies behind the site(s), storing information about the vendors, ranchers and breeders and their respective inventories</li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Implement a probabilistic matching algorithm to pair offered and requested Goats along 29 dimensions of compatibility</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">(they currently use </span><b style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">just one</b><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> dimension!)</span></li><li style="font-family: arial;">Organize a Scientific Board of Advisors, maintaining relationships with external hircine researchers from institutions worldwide working in areas related to Goat breeding and cloning</li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Manage the external team of programmers who work on the front-end design and third-tier architectures that hold everything together and make it work</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">(unfortunately, I probably won’t get to go to Bucharest or Mumbai to meet them, at least in year one)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Evaluate new business opportunities</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">(the idea I offered in my phone interview, to which they were immediately receptive and which will likely be my first major project, is to match ranchers with active herds to institutions needing innovative solutions in the areas of brush and scrub control)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Additional responsibilities as required.</span><br /></li></ul>I start next Monday, and I’m super excited about this opportunity!<br /><br />Coupons, goats, all I can say is life is weird, but wonderful,<br />sgSethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-35065926910302172032008-03-29T17:29:00.003-05:002008-03-29T18:46:05.868-05:00The one where I'm famous<span style="font-weight: bold;">SethG's hit the big time!</span><br /><br />I've bored you before with crossword puzzle talk. Well, <a href="http://www.xwordblog.com">The JimH Crossword Blog</a> is required reading for all serious crossword <del>nerds</del> <i>afficionados</i>. Jim and I have exchanged some notes in the past, and he liked the neutrino joke I told him. <br /><br />Long story short (actually! my first time ever!), Jim published a short <a href="http://www.xwordblog.com/2008/03/introducing-set.html">profile</a> of me Friday night, then I was his guest blogger <a href="http://www.xwordblog.com/2008/03/oy-vey-what-did.html">today</a>, writing about today's puzzle and Jewish holidays.<br /><br />Now I can just sit back, relax, and wait for the crossword hotties to start beating down my door!SethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-38722853546063026622008-03-26T17:08:00.000-05:002008-12-08T21:15:33.518-06:00The one where you can play along at home<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xbdMo0P-vxhuCPo77J5ajMey6HoOjW-KEYXPSJUIlP9MzsCqiAajfixyAOkVlzuYXJCva3IdrhCugNGTPWmkHSIPXN35Re9Y7tcdapFTOEpJxZ4xkMm_GBfrLIolCu7F64q-oQ/s1600-h/merlin.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xbdMo0P-vxhuCPo77J5ajMey6HoOjW-KEYXPSJUIlP9MzsCqiAajfixyAOkVlzuYXJCva3IdrhCugNGTPWmkHSIPXN35Re9Y7tcdapFTOEpJxZ4xkMm_GBfrLIolCu7F64q-oQ/s400/merlin.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174731703504542562" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >"Mustang, this is Voodoo 3. Remaining MiGs are bugging out."</span><br /></div><br />You remembered that this was Merlin, Tom "Maverick" Cruise's RIO in the final battle scene in Top Gun. But did you remember that Merlin was played by Tim Robbins?<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Thank you sir, may I have another?</span><br />Do you know the Kevin Bacon <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon" target="_blank">movie game</a>? The goal is to <a href="http://oracleofbacon.org/" target="_blank">connect</a> KB to a given actor in the shortest number of movie links. For example Robin Watts was in Juno with Jason Bateman, who was in Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium with Dustin Hoffman, who was in Sleepers with Kevin Bacon. So Robin Watts' Kevin Bacon number is 3.<br /><br />Well, from the people who brought you <a href="http://www.joyofseth.blogspot.com/2007/07/one-with-piscine-crania.html" target="_blank">FishWar</a>, I'd like to announce a new SethG creation.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">How it works in my mind...</span><br />Some day I'll actually get seated next to Kevin Bacon at a dinner party. Well, I'm coming prepared. We'll be talking, and I'll ask "And what do you do?" When he says he's an actor, I'll look at him for a second, and as the look of recognition slowly dawns across my face I'll say, "I know you...you're that guy from...{something}!"<br /><br />The question is, what should it be? My idea here is to pick an actor who's famous, and a role for which he is very much not famous. And for Kevin, I've got the perfect one in mind. I'm sure he gets recognized every day, but how many times have people remembered him from his role in Pyrates, in which he co-starred with real-life wife Kyra Sedgwick?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNaLHA2rpAD0JYvzbH-I-o_3NkFcskjNpskFeJUn07fLA5XtwcMEkJ4mv_SLlXaFyq3YXv9gCtZJ27aYQZSkopdxEn6Ztp0ORViHxH8CnP441vHh4laa0VGxQuOhxq9WbRfpM9Q/s1600-h/pyrates.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNaLHA2rpAD0JYvzbH-I-o_3NkFcskjNpskFeJUn07fLA5XtwcMEkJ4mv_SLlXaFyq3YXv9gCtZJ27aYQZSkopdxEn6Ztp0ORViHxH8CnP441vHh4laa0VGxQuOhxq9WbRfpM9Q/s200/pyrates.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174731428626635602" border="0" /></a><br /><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">When they met on a crowded dance floor, it was a combustible experience and the fire has continued. Everywhere they make love, they start a fire. Clubs, closets, even in a tepee. They leave a smoldering trail wherever they go. Not even ice can keep this hot couple from burning down the town.</span></blockquote><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Yes, they made a movie about a couple whose attraction to each other was so intense that things would spontaneously combust when they got it on. The movie's actually decent, but let's just say it's not the role for which he's known best.<br /><br />The game has its roots in the spring of 1996. I was sitting in my apartment, watching Vision Quest (the 1985 Matthew Modine wrestling movie) with Laura and Helena. And I stared for like an hour at the woman who moved into his house, and it was driving me crazy that I couldn't figure out who she was. Finally I got it: It was the same woman who played Sasha in Gotcha! (the 1985 Anthony Edwards spy thriller). Later I looked it up: turns out, it was Linda Fiorentino. Who at the time was <span style="font-style: italic;">much</span> more famous for her work in Jade, The Last Seduction, and Unforgettable. And we owned a copy of Pyrates, and the rest is history...<br /><br />And, as the Kevin Bacon game, sometimes called Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, is named after the concept of six degrees of separation, we'll pick something that rhymes with obscure. Got it: Julianne Moore!<br /><br />And she's perfect--Julianne Moore is a celebrated actress who's starred in many Oscar nominated and winning films and been nominated for four acting Oscars herself. But before that she had a bit role in Body of Evidence, about which all that can be said is that it wasn't Madonna's worst film. Just something to keep in mind when you run into her.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Julianne Moore Movie Game! </span>Pick up a copy today!<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><br /></div>SethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-69052565434911859272008-03-14T16:50:00.000-05:002008-03-26T16:08:10.084-05:00The one where I'm itWhit tagged me on <a href="http://whitscott.com/2008/03/13/eight-random-things-about-me/" target="_blank">his blog</a>, (my first!), so I guess it’s my turn to do a little post. Here are 8 Random Things about me.<br /><br />1. When I was maybe 12 we saw a hit-and-run accident in Philadelphia. Dad said "Seth, remember this license number", so I did. It was PTG 704.<br /><br />2. Russ, who runs the <a href="http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/asc/msc/" target="_blank">Math Skills Center</a> at Carleton, retired my name tag ("Officer Seth") after I left. It usually lives in his desk drawer, but when he thinks one of his tutors shares the qualities (?) he associates with me they have a ceremony and he grants them the use of the tag until they graduate. I do not know if there's a current holder of the Officer Seth Name Tag.<br /><br />3. (Semi-)recent Halloween costumes have included Rollergirl, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_E._Bonior" target="_blank">David Bonior</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini-Me" target="_blank">Mini-Me</a>, <a href="http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/MenuNutrition/Jared/index.aspx" target="_blank">Jared</a>, a Seven-Card Stud, and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joyofseth/2332950651/" target="_blank">The Milkman</a>.<br /><br />4. Snu and I were given free sundaes once to pose for pictures for an ad for Paces, an ice cream place, because our red hair was so cute. The ad appeared, in black-and-white.<br /><br />5. Matt Bahr, who won a Super Bowl ring when he was a rookie kicker with the Steelers, once signed my stomach.<br /><br />6. I name things. My first car was a 1989 silver Dodge Shadow named Big Bertha. Then I had Blue, now <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joyofseth/1317273828/" target="_blank">Roberta</a> (but you can call her Bobbi). My flash drive is named Gordon. I have computers named Erdos and Ricki on my household network, Mortimer.<br /><br />And I always bowl under H-names--Hank, Hal, Hubert, Herb...<br /><br />7. If you count all words, not just the ones no one else had, I scored 250 points on a boggle hand this morning.<br /><br />8. I'm an ordained minister in the Universal Life Church (of Modesto, CA). My credentials are on file with the State of Minnesota, and I will soon officiate at my third wedding ceremony.<br /><br />I've also been awarded a Doctor of Metaphysics <a href="http://www.ulc.net/img.php?img_id=62&module=item&module_id=25" target="_blank">degree</a>, for which I paid the church $20. <br /><br />You can call me Reverend Doctor Seth. I'm Jewish.SethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-47057377620979899492008-02-27T20:43:00.013-06:002015-01-19T17:32:11.557-06:00The one where we're in Cope's Cabana, sure we are<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #990000; font-weight: bold;">We're gonna talk about the Steelers game from A to Zanzibar</span></div>
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My parents weren't given to pronouncements. There was nothing we used to hear regularly around the house, no "Dad always said..." in my life. But there's one voice I recall vividly from my childhood, one iconic sound.<br />
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When I was growing up we'd regularly come home, my sister and I side-by-side in the back seat of dad's enormous '72 Impala, park in the garage, turn the engine off, and sit in the car listening to the end of Myron Cope's call-in sports talk show, the aptly titled Myron Cope On Sports.<br />
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Myron, pronounced "Mahrn", had let's say a <span style="font-style: italic;">distinct</span> voice. He had that show for 20+ years, and for 35, starting before I was born and up until just a coupla years ago, he was the Steelers' radio color commentator. His was <span style="font-style: italic;">the</span> voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and of Pittsburgh. Half the people watching at home would turn the sound off on their sets to listen to him instead, and plenty, like my dad, even listened while watching in the stadium just to hear what Cope would have to say.<br />
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He was, says <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myron_Cope">Wikipedia</a>, "known for his distinctive, nasally voice, idiosyncratic speech pattern, a Pittsburgh Jewish accent and a level of excitement rarely exhibited in the broadcast booth." He's a member of the National Radio Hall of Fame (the only football commentator in there) and an award-winning print journalist. He invented the Terrible Towel (the first of the things-fans-can-wave gimmicks) and named Da Bus.<br />
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Anyway, Myron died today, and a not so little piece of me died with him.<br />
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For a sample, click <span style="font-size: 85%;">PLAY</span> on the radio I stole from the <a href="http://www.radiohof.org/myron_cope.htm">Radio Hall of Fame</a>. If you like what you hear, there's plenty more sound bites at Arlin's <a href="http://www.networksandwebapplications.com/myron/">page</a>.<br />
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Full coverage from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08058/860991-66.stm">here</a>.<br />
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Finally, like with all these other links, I can't watch the attached video (from last year, talking about the Towel) without getting chills. If you grew up with me or spent any significant time in Pittsburgh in the same era, I'm guessing you can't either.<br />
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sgSethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-40125888709531061362008-02-24T23:32:00.002-06:002008-02-25T01:49:48.055-06:00The one where I try live bloggingI've seen exactly 2 Oscar-nominated films this year, and we'll just say they're not up for Best Picture. And I will see some of the others, but for now I'm just gonna watch the Oscars and predict who will win, picking based on what I want to pick on. And while I watch I'll keep some notes, hang out with Finn while Trish makes dinner, work on this week's homework assignment, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Gchat</span> with Becca and Jill, who knows what else. We'll start (a maybe late start) with E! on the red carpet.<br /><br />6:05: RS asked Kelly Preston/Travolta about her dress color. She said it's an orange, he said "No, it's stoplight yellow." Then he repeated it several times.<br /><br />6:09: Anne Marie Duff (?) has _way_ too much eye makeup. I do not know who she is.<br /><br />Gary <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Busey</span> molested Jennifer Garner, who didn't appear to know who he is. Her purse looks like a clarinet case.<br /><br />6:28: 'Insipid', in case you <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">didn</span>'t know, means lacking significance or impact.<br /><br />6:30: There’s another text messaging commercial, but not the one with granny saying "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">IDK</span>. It's my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">BFF</span> Rose." They should show that one.<br /><br />6:36: Cameron <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Diaz</span>: "Who are you wearing?" Dior. "And the jewelry?" CD turns around to find out.<br /><br />6:48: fashion review. The French one up for Best Actress "looks like a fish on the red carpet." "But the most beautiful fish ever," they added. And they're actually kind of right.<br /><br />There's a little person standing next to Ryan <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Seacrest</span>. E! keeps showing him, I think because he's a little person.<br /><br />And Harrison and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Calista</span> came together.<br /><br />6:57: Becca reports that "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">michael</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">moore</span> is rectangular" I tell her that they should show him with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Calista</span>, who "is 2-dimensional." It's a bit disturbing--you can actually identify bones in her shoulders that I didn't know existed.<br /><br />Ryan <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Seacrest</span> just gave Katherine <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Heigl</span> a baloney sandwich on a Ryan <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Seacrest</span> plate. <a href="http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/02/katherine_heigl.php">Here’s</a> a picture of her wearing her PETA shirt.<br /><br />7:02: Off to ABC. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Regis</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Philbin</span> might have a cold. Permanently.<br /><br />7:18: 11:23 left on the countdown. Daniel Day-Lewis' wife has a black dress with bright red straps and an enormous, uh, plastic-crystal Christmas-tree-star broach? mounted front and center. Um, ugh.<br /><br />7:25: Becca notes some more messy ponytails (Jennifer Garner, Cameron <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Diaz</span>, Ellen Page), which she calls the theme for the night. To any ladies reading this, I'll just say that I have no problem with that.<br /><br />I wonder who's hosting this year? Did I mention I haven’t been following this too much?<br /><br />7:30: Good, it's Jon Stewart.<br /><br />He starts with a lame joke, then tells some more. I think they're throwaway lines, but they get huge laughs.<br /><br />7:36: First Clinton joke.<br /><br />Re: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Norbit's</span> nomination in some random category: "too often, the academy ignores movies that aren't good."<br /><br />My stripper name is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Opie</span> Linden.<br /><br />7:39: First Republican joke.<br /><br />Then he compares the name "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Barack</span> Hussein <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Obama</span>" to "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Gaydolf</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Titler</span>".<br /><br />7:43: …and, I'm 0 fer 1. Sweeney Todd didn't win costume.<br /><br />But I can't wait for Get Smart! ...to be available at the library!<br /><br />1 for 2, cause Ratatouille won. The guy gave a bad speech, and they started the music on him.<br /><br />They started the music quick on some Best Art Direction woman, and she just talked right through it.<br /><br />Amy Adams is pretty, whoever she is, but I totally forgot about having to listen to all the songs. Hello, mute button.<br /><br />8:04: Turns out, TV sucks.<br /><br />8:10: Cate <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Blanchett</span> is pregnant, and they had her enter the stage by emerging from a giant tube.<br /><br />Oscar's salute to binoculars and periscopes had some Fletch. So sadly overlooked.<br /><br />Now there's a montage of bees appearing in movies to introduce best animated short. Peter and the Wolf won, and they brought Peter up on stage.<br />She said "This is for everyone," and CY said "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Yay</span>! My first!"<br /><br />Tilda wins. She's kinda freaky. Which I thought before I saw the long, flowing curtain/sleeve on her right arm balanced by a bare left arm, or listened to her thank George <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Clooney</span> and talk about him in a nippled <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">batsuit</span>.<br /><br />The probability of getting two pairs if you roll five fair dice appears to be 1800/7776=25/108.<br /><br />Ooh, now we get to find out who the accountants are…it's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">PWC</span> again!<br /><br />Full house odds: 300/7776.<br /><br />Kristin <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Chenoweth's</span> dress is solid, and doesn't fit her very well. And she's singing in a different dress than she arrived in, which also rode away from her bust. And she's 4'11" in real life, 5'7" in her Oscar shoes.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Bourne</span> Ultimatum wins sound editing and mixing. I picked them for mixing, had No Country for editing. Now 4 right, 8 wrong. I suck.<br /><br />9:15: The beautiful fish pulls a huge upset. "apparently Americans can's act very well," says chatting Timothy.<br /><br />And, another montage. Whatever happened to Tom <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Hulce</span>?<br /><br />Counting the gems in Nicole <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Kidman's</span> necklace is like those contests where you need to estimate the number of jelly beans in the jar. That thing must wrap around her neck like 9 times. To use a word from today's puzzle, she's engulfed.<br /><br />The last achievement shown for the guy who won the honorary <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">oscar</span> was his work in Dragnet, which starred Tom Hanks, Dan <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Aykroyd</span> and Christopher <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Plummer</span>. He's 98.<br /><br />I looked it up: 1399 carats. Which puts the value of her necklace at something like the gross national product of the island nation of Tuvalu.<br /><br />Penelope Cruz announced best foreign language film, I think in a foreign language.<br /><br />Who is that? And why is he wearing a polka-dotted tuxedo? He's Jon <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">McLauglin</span>, and remind me not to pick up his album.<br /><br />John Travolta's hair is maybe made of plastic, and his tie is pointing up and to the right.<br /><br />The best song won best song. And we got to see the real life couple accept their award. He's 37, she's 19. And they started the Leave Now music as she approached the microphone. So she did. But Jon brought her back after the commercial. And she proceeded to ramble, but she's a Czech who speaks English with an Irish accent, so it was okay.<br /><br />10:00: Who died: Jack Valenti, the director of Monty, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">lotsa</span> people who get no applause, the Cinematographer of Karate Kid, the director of A Christmas Story, finally _some_ applause for Suzanne <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Pleshette</span>. End with the big names, Ingmar Bergman and Heath Ledger. Did they show that other director who died the same day as Ingmar? Maybe I missed it.<br /><br />This is maybe the most forgettable Oscars I've ever seen, though by definition I might have forgotten the others.<br /><br />I have to double-check, but I think there are 8,401,680 different 8-digit numbers that can be formed using the digits {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8} if no digit can appear more than twice.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">Diablo's</span> up, and Harrison Ford gives it to her. The Oscar. He gives her the Oscar. She's wearing an animal print nightie that's slit up-to-here. A floor-length nightie, but still... She seems happy.<br /><br />Three categories left. So far, I got TY to make me dinner, 8 right, 13 wrong, 3 chat windows, lots of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">IMDb</span>/<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">Wikipedia</span> research. My picks: Daniel Day-Lewis, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">Coen</span> Brothers, and No Country for Old Men.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">DDL</span> does win, and he knelt before Queen Helen to be knighted. Which is good, because I got to see more of his wife’s dress. It’s…indescribable.<br /><br />Speaking of Helen, her dress is weird too, mostly its sleeves, but she’s gorgeous. And if you go to her <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">IMDb</span> page, you can click to get a coupon for a free small Coke with purchase of a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">Jalapeño</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">Thickburger</span> at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">Hardee's</span> at the regular price.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">Coen</span> brothers. Tim says "And the winner for best impersonation of Seth G<br />The one <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">coen</span> brother who did not say much". Which might be true, or might seem weird if you've actually read this far.<br /><br />10:47: good night from Jon.<br /><br />Now: good night from me.SethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-37491047673131095992008-02-06T14:31:00.001-06:002008-12-08T21:15:33.685-06:00The one that's not as good as it looks, but boy does it look good<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTgpMktnM-LavFHNq5tCn2VjfJjMYWSxRAbB5RlXYM_u77eQdsPxWmWTrnUzfjBdDHvY19Jl0Q5kvo6SWSbQwYNQlAJJrLc6LHmaicchALWeGL72UR8B0b5VBfyCqhEvqPsMrSg/s1600-h/Image024.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTgpMktnM-LavFHNq5tCn2VjfJjMYWSxRAbB5RlXYM_u77eQdsPxWmWTrnUzfjBdDHvY19Jl0Q5kvo6SWSbQwYNQlAJJrLc6LHmaicchALWeGL72UR8B0b5VBfyCqhEvqPsMrSg/s400/Image024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163967639557241554" border="0" /></a>SethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-31420308118182351142008-01-29T14:33:00.001-06:002008-12-08T21:15:33.821-06:00The one with the dawning of the aged rodent<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1r1kg-HI3r1XToe6UVgmmccoeUkT76S9ttBfUXTIVBKOOFFHpdftBbUNT4PHzeqWDuOFxn1fF03zC_cBTlQcl6di3tloM7j7qOPwCIeuva_w66tnnMSxpkfrVyshLM5KOH6erXg/s1600-h/id.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1r1kg-HI3r1XToe6UVgmmccoeUkT76S9ttBfUXTIVBKOOFFHpdftBbUNT4PHzeqWDuOFxn1fF03zC_cBTlQcl6di3tloM7j7qOPwCIeuva_w66tnnMSxpkfrVyshLM5KOH6erXg/s400/id.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161003175820131010" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It was amazing just how bad bad karaoke can be.<br /><br />It was Meghan's birthday, and I guess mine too, so we went to the Chatterbox. Good times were had by most, maybe even all. <br /><br />Despite the karaoke. There was a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">tableful</span> of regulars who dominated the singing, and none of them were any good. And they weren't bad in a good way, they were just bland with no personality. For example, some mousy girl sang Leonard Cohen's <span style="font-style: italic;">Everybody Knows</span>, which the New York Times described as "a bleak prophecy about the end of the world as we know it" and which at the bar sounded like an instructional video for convenience store employees.<br /><br />The worst performance was some death metal dude, at the end of which the karaoke guy said, and I quote, "Jesus Christ." I got some video, but with my crappy handheld point-and-shoot they're kind of dark and you can't really hear that well...I'll see if I can find a way to make them watchable.<br /><br />I think the karaoke dude was really happy when John came back. He was the only member of our party to perform, and we all waited around for him to come back because he rocks. And he rocked. Yes John, we should Get It On.<br /><br />Pictures are <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joyofseth/sets/72157603815645400/" target="_blank">here</a>, including some friends with <a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2162/2228372649_7f3b819839.jpg" target="_blank">different sized heads</a>, <a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2186/2228364089_37cc220648.jpg" target="_blank">Jillie O</a>, some interesting <a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2380/2228371143_a73d1937a6.jpg" target="_blank">random</a> <a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2165/2229150912_464c741dfb.jpg" target="_blank"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">karaokeers</span></a>, and pictures of <a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2293/2228346239_de2a0aa9c1.jpg" target="_blank">me</a>.<br /><br />ta,<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">sg</span>SethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-54537930364191086342008-01-27T08:25:00.000-06:002008-12-08T21:15:33.995-06:00The one where I missed my chance to defenestrateI am less than a man. I am excessively icked out by things that are icky, and scared by those and more.<br /><br />And this shouldn't have been too icky, but when a bat the size of a pterodactyl flew into my bedroom last night (from the hallway, not the window), I had both heebies <span style="font-style: italic;">and</span> jeebies.<br /><br />I ran out of the room. Tried to open a window, but I couldn't open the screen. Though I did knock a lightbulb off a shelf, so now I had a bat flying around and broken glass everywhere. With images of <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=115">squirrel cop</a> (at 19:50, and you should totally listen) in my head, I had to go back into the room to grab my phone or computer, to call for help or at least look up what I should do. The phone was more easily portable, so I grabbed it and ran. I called TY. She was dismissive of my complaints.<br /><br />Went back upstairs with a broom, and...couldn't...find...Battie...anywhere.<br /><br />I slept downstairs, on the sofa.<br /><br />Went upstairs this morning to find...a cute furry nothing asleep on top of my door.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joyofseth/2222726291/" title="no, he was really big, I swear"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2406/2222726291_786baf7790_m.jpg" alt="no, he was really big, I swear" height="180" width="240" /></a><br />He looks a little bigger <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joyofseth/2223518788/" title="got him outside by Joy of Seth, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2280/2223518788_6cffbb176e.jpg" alt="got him outside" height="180" width="240" /></a> when his wings are spread, a lot bigger when they're fully spread, and his teeth are <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFPyJZ_bl4BqhlV3ZMuCbk7Jwma-5kJFVFZZECdtJdKdASDHn9_Lyxg_bI0OvIkmVqViELgNO73wnNWG2Sp_18EbGtLBHzQQE8mO9vetdJOB7Jk7gENtKIS9WtOCe-udOfGFAKJg/s1600-h/razor_sharp.bmp"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFPyJZ_bl4BqhlV3ZMuCbk7Jwma-5kJFVFZZECdtJdKdASDHn9_Lyxg_bI0OvIkmVqViELgNO73wnNWG2Sp_18EbGtLBHzQQE8mO9vetdJOB7Jk7gENtKIS9WtOCe-udOfGFAKJg/s400/razor_sharp.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160202477952039490" border="0" /></a><br />ferocious.<br /><br />I wrapped him in the towel and threw him outside. I thought I might have hurt him because he didn't move for a while, but I went back to check on him and he was gone.<br /><br />Then, while I was making breakfast I heard a knocking--he was trying to get into the window on the basement staircase where my dryer vents. So we might see Battie again, but in the meantime, Na na na na Na na na na Na na na na Na na na na, I am Batman.<br /><br />Switching to the non-mammalian, Duck lost to Rocket, 11-9. I played one and a half points, did nothing wrong and something very right, and had a +1 differential.<br /><br />See you tomorrow at the Box,<br />sgSethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-40389861636882674042008-01-22T10:23:00.000-06:002008-01-22T11:32:46.229-06:00The one where I'm coffee shoppingBut no cribbage until after I do a bunch of work on my resume draft. But later...<br /><br />Snu's birthday was yesterday (Happy Birthday Snusie!), which means mine's coming up. Not quite ready to have my house party yet, and I don't usually care about it, but I'm trying to live The Opposite. <br /><br />So, I might have a gathering at a bar or something. Probably last minute to make it easier for people to invent excuses not to make it (and of course harder for people who do want to come to make it...) <br /><br />Or, I'm thinking about going to Vegas with some friends this weekend. I could get a ticket for under $300, or use my USAir mileage to come back Sunday evening and avoid the redeye. <br /><br />Or, I'm thinking about buying me some kittens, theoretically to be named <a href="http://www.radiohof.org/sportscasters/myroncope.html">Myron</a> and <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/nmonks/gail/gail.html">Gail</a>, though that could change after I meet them.<br /><br />Or, more than one of the above.<br /><br />See, old Seth would have done none of these things, whereas new Seth is at least considering them!<br /><br />Oh, and did I mention I'm a grad student now? Starting today, with just two (really 1+) classes to see if I like and want to stay in the program. It's at <a href="http://www.stat.colostate.edu/DDP/degree.html">Colorado State</a>, not <a href="http://joyofseth.blogspot.com/2007/04/one-where-its-coming-together.html">Harvard</a>, and I'm not moving anywhere--I can complete virtually the entire degree, I think all except my project/thesis defense, from literally anywhere. But it does mean my coffee shop time will probably not decrease for a while yet...<br /><br />ta,<br />sgSethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-53646979055633444512008-01-20T22:00:00.000-06:002008-01-20T22:17:30.360-06:00The one where I'm FINALLY getting faster<span style="font-weight: bold;">4:30</span>! On a Monday puzzle, but still, it's a big improvement...for me... Hey, I need to be excited about _something_ in my life.<br /><br />Instead of trying to remember my best crossword times for each day from the past, I decided to set goals for each day and then start keeping track once I get them.<br /><br />My initial goals:<br /><ul><li>Monday - 5 min</li><li>Tuesday - 6 min</li><li>Wednesday - 10 min</li><li>Thursday - 12 min</li><li>Friday - 20 min</li><li>Saturday - 30 min</li><li>Sunday - 30 min</li></ul>I got the Friday in 18:xx a couple of weeks ago (Jan 4, 2008), so now we're gonna go with 16 min. And last Sunday (Jan 13, 2008) was 29:58, so the new goal is maybe 25 min.<br />As for Monday, I'll catch Bannister yet!<br /><br />sgSethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36220430.post-28392033355887423002008-01-19T09:19:00.000-06:002008-01-19T17:47:57.968-06:00The one with hitsWelcome, tennis fans!<br /><br />A year ago today I <a href="http://www.joyofseth.blogspot.com/2007/02/one-where-i-watched-tennis.html">saw</a> my first match of the 2007 Australian Open, Richard <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Gasquet</span> over Gael <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Monfils</span> in 4 sets. I mention it now because the 2008 Open is going on right now, and I've been getting some hits recently from tennis fans who find me on yahoo or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">google</span>. Recent searches that found me include<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.google.com.au/search?q=ashley%20harkleroad%20pics%20cute%20pretty&hl=en&start=10&sa=N"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ashley</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">harkleroad</span> pics cute pretty</a></li><li><a href="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=Vince%20Spadea%20is%20a%20chump&meta=">Vince <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Spadea</span> is a chump</a></li><li><a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=vordika"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">vordika</span></a> </li><li><a href="http://www.google.com/search?num=50&hl=en&q=joy+of+seth&btnG=Search">joy of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">seth</span></a></li><li><a href="http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu7Vt.oxH9skAx7JXNyoA?p=Nobody%20beats%20Vitas%20Gerulaitis%20seventeen%20times%20in%20a%20row&y=Search&fr=yfp-t-501&ei=UTF-8">Nobody beats <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Vitas</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Gerulaitis</span> seventeen times in a row</a></li></ul>Feel free to link to this post so <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">google</span> likes me even more.<br /><br />Anyway, I'm sure you're really all here to find out about week three. Duck took on Lady <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Zerks</span> last night. At 11pm--I took a nap first. And _really_ thought about not going...did I mention it's a bit nippy out right now?<br /><br />The team won, I dunno, 13-6 or so. No big runs, we just kept scoring about twice for every one they got. We had 6 guys, 3 or 4 women.<br /><br />My game....was a very mixed bag.<br /><br />For example, I skied a 6'6" guy (I cut deep just as TO got the disc, had a 5- or 6-step lead, the throw floated, I slowed, he caught up but let me keep my position, I let it come directly over my head and went up at the right place to catch it near my peak, which is probably right about level with his chin...). Landed about 5 yards out and threw an easy score to Jill when she and Cristy split him.<br /><br />Then, the very next point, we forced backhand and I had no idea. Isn't it always force wall in indoor? They scored very easily.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Overally</span>, I played 9 points with a +3 differential. Did have my first turnover of the year, a backhand to Charlie that was a bit behind him. Okay, he was 10 feet from me, and it was 8 feet behind him. Caught a goal, threw a goal.<br /><br />Went to the bar afterwards, got home about 2:20. It was -15, and windy.<br /><br />Today I wanna head over to Lake <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Nokomis</span>, where the US Pond Hockey Championships are going on. Less than a mile from my house is a hockey tournament that ESPN called one of the "101 Things All Sports Fans Should Experience Before They Die". There are 225 teams on 26 outdoor rinks. Which would be awesome if it only felt sixty degrees warmer out, (which would <span style="font-style: italic;">still</span> put us just below freezing), but it is what it is.<br /><br />And what it was, and what it shall be,<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">sg</span>SethGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13753036404140901368noreply@blogger.com3