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“Exxon Hates Your Children” (A Skimmed version of my 2015 Spill)
I posted this on January 25, 2015, but didn’t bother looking at the finished product. It was nothing, but HTML gobbledygook. Here’s a cleaned up version of the original disaster. Read more
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D. A. Strikes Again
I keep saying I’ve said my piece about John Fisher and Rob Manfred, but I’ll always share what D.A. has to say about this travesty. Read more
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To Use AI or Not to Use AI
I started a post and ran out of inspiration fast. I just didn’t want to finish it. It’s a bad sign when a blogger doesn’t want to write about himself, but this isn’t a new thing for me, I have 46 other posts-in-the-making or outlines for a posts, or just titles that I just haven’t Read more
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Hometown Pride
“Anyone who doesn’t think the best hamburger place in the world is in his hometown is a sissy… and probably a security risk.” — Calvin Trillin I was reminded of the above truism by Joe Posnanski, arguably the best writer in baseball, the author of two of my favorite books on the subject: Why We Love Baseball: Read more
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Field of Schemes*
With the Sacramento Bee running a positive article on the A’s temporary move to Sacramento (including what I only hoped was an ironic “Play Ball” headline in apocalyptic font size; and Marcos Bretón’s accompanying commentary calling the move “smart.” (Smart for whom, Marcos?) I felt the need to throw a counterpoint out there. Unfortunately, I Read more
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Five (Six) Challenges for 2024
It is “Bloganuary” here at WordPress.com and while I do not remember such a challenge in past Januarys the web content management system has always had Day One and other word prompt programs to encourage their bloggers to write. This challenge is very, er, challenging. Especially considering I don’t write very often anymore. Below are Read more
BURGER SCOOT 