Noteblog

Something I may try to do more of is a notebook style of blog. Basically, it's just a list of brief comments on a number of different stories, instead of a longer piece on any one particular story.

So, yes, it's kind of lazy, but with school back in session, I don't have as much free(/writing) time as I'd like.

Pulling for the Cardinals isn't that much fun right now. During a stretch where they played the Pirates, the Nationals, and the Astros (who have a combined .406 winning percentage), the Redbirds have lost six of eight. That's not really playoff-caliber ball they're playing. I was at two of the losses in Washington and just felt miserable about their play. Even Adam Wainwright looked human on Sunday.

Speaking of the Cardinals, I just hung an Albert Pujols "poster" in my campus office. I say "poster" because it's really just a "got milk" ad from the back of an ESPN the Magazine that I had in my office. For the first time ever, I'm not sharing an office, so I decided to decorate a bit. The list so far: Pujols "poster," UNC mini basketball hoop and ball, talking Stewie doll, Pudge Rodriguez bobblehead doll, Anakin Skywalker kid's meal toy. So, basically, I took a lot of toys to my office to show off my professionalism.

I posted a review of Monday Night Combat about two weeks ago but have neglected to mention it. Reviews have been generally positive, though mine was lukewarm at best. I had a lot of fun with it to begin with but lost interest quickly. I played seriously for only a few days.

My former roommate Gregg has started a news site called Geeks and Sports. The "and Sports" part is probably fairly easy to interpret. He posts news about sports. The "Geeks" part is in reference to video game news, though I personally think geeks have wider interests than that. It's new, but it's worth checking out.

I recently upgraded my laptop. The keyboard is different and causing me problems.

My students are now blogging, which means their blogs will show up in my blog list to the right again.

Quote of the Week:

Dan LeBatard on Jay Mariotti's arrest:

"Should we wait for more details [about the arrest]? Of course. But we so rarely do in sports-hate radio and knee-jerk news reaction today, and it['s] why and how we've created things like the totally unreasonable steroid climate. Imagine if you were an athlete today who honestly, genuinely, legitimately false-positived a steroid test, and you were trying to climb out of all the crap surrounding that. Nobody would believe you. Nobody."

This comment seems particularly relevant now, considering Roger Clemens' "not guilty" plea.

You can find LeBatard's complete reaction to the arrest here.