Keeping Up To Date
Just this morning I was thinking about how busy things have been lately, and how I haven't updated my blog. In fact, Maren just told me that I need to update it. So I am. For fun, take a look at StoreWars .
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Endings, and Beginnings
As one sci-fi franchise is laid to rest, another prepares to take its final bow. Which makes me wonder: What's kept Star Wars going so strong that Star Trek was lacking? It certainly wasn't the limited creative control. George Lucas has maintained much tighter control over the franchise than Rick Berman and Paramount Pictures has. It might have been the marketing. Star Wars toys are much easier to find than Star Trek toys. But I don't think that's it either. Could it have been the strong recurrent themes Star Wars used throughout the movies? Perhaps. I remember the first time I saw those Imperial Storm Troopers and knew they were the bad guys even though they were wearing the white hats. Lots of people are making comparisons of "Revenge of the Sith" with the war in Iraq. IMHO, that's just silly. The themes of the movies are so heavily built on heroic imagery which has always served as a mirror for the human experience. Pick up a copy of Joseph Ca...
Obsessing
I've been keeping track of how the Twins are scoring by inning this season. It's not pretty. They aren't really scoring any runs until the 3rd inning. The 5th inning is pretty good, after then, it really tapers off. I've created a graph showing runs scored and allowed through 26 April to illustrate this. To see a larger copy of the graph, just click on it. The problem has consistently been allowing runs in the first two innings, and then trying to catch up. Fortunately, their pitching and middle innings scoring has kept them on the winning side of the equation. But you won't win the division when you are playing catch-up in your half of the inning. Ron, what'cha gonna do?