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Saturday, March 25, 2006

To our readers...

We must say, life was a lot less...hectic when we were talking about scantily clad co-eds and bashing our Big 10 brethren in Columbus.

Just want to say thanks for all the support, even from traditional rivals. We've said it before but we'll say it again (and keep saying it), it's much appreciated.

As we said in the post that started this little firestorm, each of our contributors does this site for free. There is no advertising and we've been too damn lazy to open a CafePress account to try to sell anything. It's just a hobby and passion in order for us to talk, bitch and have a few laughs about some of our favorite topics (like the above-mentioned scantily clad co-eds). Thus, the fun of doing it comes from your emails and comments (yes, we're easily amused).

As such, unlike Mr. CowherdItSomewhereElseFirst in his reply to one of our readers, we appreciate the blogging and sports board community. Without it, we might as well just go back to emailing each other. If you notice, unlike a lot of sites that are "pro" a certain team, unless it's particularly vulgar or offensive (or that one LSUoverSC dude putting up the same link over and over again), we leave comments up - those that like the site and those that don't. That's the beauty of it.

Some have commented that this is a "great" thing for us due to the increase in traffic. But whether we have a million visitors in a day or just Wangs's mom, the pay is the same. While it's nice to have all the new readers, we'd prefer they were reading our material (and voting in the our Blog Co-ed Showdown). Besides, keeping up with all this new traffic makes for a bitch of a time pulling off the charade that is each of our real jobs.

Also, some of you have said we should sue or get him fired or worse, make him move to Columbus (sorry, old habits). But this isn't and never was about money or a man's job. Put simply, it was just about wanting credit where credit was due. Had Mr. CowherdItSomewhereElseFirst said, "Sorry, my bad" - or anything close - that would have been the end of it. Instead, he had to be even "douchebaggier" in his response. I guess that's the most disappointing part.

Most of all, we realize this isn't important in the grand scheme of things. If you read the site regularly, you know we don't take ourselves too seriously. And next week I'm sure we'll be back to the usual stuff. But this whole thing just sort of sucked on our end.

In any event, just our long winded way of saying thanks for the support. It's appreciated.

The M Zone Gang

Anonymous said...

ESPN did not give you the credit that you earned when they used the article you wrote just as ESPN did not give LSU the credit it deserved when it won the National Championship under the rules all teams agreed to and then gave not just some of, but most of, the credit to another team.

Not a good feeling is it?

Anonymous said...

well, this Buckeye will keep stopping by from time to time!

and, oh yea - FUCK MICHIGAN!

see, things are already settling back to normal. 8-)

Wangs said...
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John Frum said...

Anon 5:49 :

Did I miss something? Back in 2003 I was sure that I heard on ESPN, on every other sports show I watched or listened to, and in every newspaper or magazine I read, that LSU won the BCS Championship game and thus were awarded the USA Today/ Coaches poll national championship, including the crystal football trophy that goes along with it.

Sure sounds like LSU got credit for what they earned.

I also heard that USC won the final AP poll and were thus awarded the AP national championship in that year. USC likewise got credit for what they earned.

Now, since LSU was given full credit by everyone for what they earned, the USA Today Coaches Poll National Championship; and USC was given full credit for what they earned, the AP Poll National Championship, I see absolutely no parallel betwen these two events and and the ESPN/M-zone issue, where the M-Zone did NOT get the credit they earned or deserved.

Anonymous said...

The BCS is an independent group, apart from the Coaches Poll. It would exist with and without the Coaches' Poll association with it. Its legitimacy derives from the fact that all the major conferences agreed to its contract.

The BCS, not the Coaches Poll or the AP Poll, is the purveyor of national championships ever since the major conferences agreed to the BCS' stipulations.

Wangs said...

Good fucking grief - the first two comments are from LSoooser and Columbus.

Yost, can't you come up with some thing the Victoria Secret folks will steal? Please.

John Frum said...

Anon 6:46 :

As you seem so familiar with what the BCS contract says why don't you post it here so we can all review it rather than just hear your interpretations of it?

I know I am especially interested in both the clause that makes the BCS the official "purveyor of national championships.." and the clause where the conferences agree to prevent the Coaches and AP Polls from continuing to award National Championships.

huskerosta said...

Onepete loser go home and finish your whittlin'. You don't see anyone on this blog whining about the 97 split with my huskers do you? Fact of the matter is only a few OCD sufferers from LSU seem to give a rats ass about 2003. Funny but weren't you going to use the sears tropy image on your pathetic billboard until you realized that the image was copyright material? This is about getting credit for copyrighted material and even you half wits should understand that, after all your ugly ass billboard should is a not so sparkling monument to what happens when copyrights are infringed upon (almost).

huskerosta said...

Onepete loser go home and finish your whittlin'. You don't see anyone on this blog whining about the 97 split with my huskers do you? Fact of the matter is only a few OCD sufferers from LSU seem to give a rats ass about 2003. Funny but weren't you going to use the sears tropy image on your pathetic billboard until you realized that the image was copyright material? This is about getting credit for copyrighted material and even you half wits should understand that, after all your ugly ass billboard is a not so sparkling monument to what happens when copyrights are infringed upon (almost).
Sorry about the grammar error on the original post but I just had my third bloody mary.

Anonymous said...

Welcome to the BCS Era that started in 1998.

Legitimacy of the true National Championship now comes from the member schools agreeing to a system. It no longer rests in the ballots of a few coaches and media members, many who are not competent or caring enough to submit accurate ballots. That is, after all, why the member conferences agreed to the BCS.

Wangs said...

Huskersota - thank you for reminding us of that retirement present Phil Fulmer gave The Honorable Dr. Tom Osborne just because he was still upset about his girl Peyton losing the Heisman to our man Charles. It was Phil's #4 vote in that illigimate coaches poll that the LSoosers seem to think means something that cost us the coaches poll. And shouldn't that really be renamed, the assistant athletic director's poll since they usually do the voting because their school's coach is too busy on Saturday afternoons to really observe and analyze other teams to have any clue how to rank them.

The real point is - polls by writers and assistant athletic directors / interns are useless. College football needs a playoff so we can settle this on the field.

Anonymous said...

The fact is, CFB does have a playoff already, even if it is a one game playoff.

The BCS was constituted because athletic directors were sick of both the Coaches and the AP determining the national champion(s). So they came up with a system that would use those traditional, yet flawed, systems and add to them a more objective component.

Look at the precious AP Poll. You do know that in 2003, one AP voter voted Michigan #2 and LSU #3 in the final poll. Nonsense like that, and a coach voting 97 Michigan #4 (rather than #2, which is what they deserved) is the precise reason the BCS is here.

The winner of the National Championship Game is the Champion. Winning the Coaches or AP polls now is nice, but really means nothing.

ccsucks said...

that's an interesting way to look at it. it is true that they give the championship trophy away before anyone votes.

huskerosta said...

Wangs, The 'honorable' TO crack I'm sure is in reference to the LP incident. I wish the man never wore a husker uni but I can't do anything to change that. Fact is a lot of folks believe LP had a huge impact on the outcome of the Tenn. vs. Nebraska game in 97. Those people should be reminded of LP's backup, one Ahman Green, not a bad back in his own right. As far as Phat Phil goes I think he was more pissed about his team getting punked than he was about a Heisman when he cast his vote. I would bet that if Michigan truly took care of business against cryin ryan nobody would have denied the blue their due. Phat Phil will have his day one way or another. I would bet it happens by either choking on a ham sandwich or by the NCAA hammering him for the backdoor recruiting tactics that Tennessee and its alums are famous for. By the way whatever happened to Kelly Baraka? I know we wanted him bad and he just seemed to vanish.

I would love to see a playoff system as well but I'm not holding my breath.

Anonymous said...

I found your site through a link on a USC board. I think its great. Cowherd is a thief. I have noticed that Sports Talk hosts hate message boards, my theory is that they view them as competition, because both are competing for the same group of people. You guys should email the issue to his competitors on Sporting News etc -- maybe they will mock him.

eddie, eddie said...

I must say, it is quite entertaining for LSU fans to continue to show the rest of the world how many morons are from that area.

To clarify some things about who agreed to what, being that no one has ever seen the BCS contract, LSU fans are sure good at making stuff up. It has never been reported that the AP agreed to anything, and it has never been reported that individual schools agreed to anything. What has been proven is that the BCS itself acnknowledges the split title, and being that all schools of the 6 power conferences belong to the BCS, seems to me that all schools acknowledge the split title, except for a few fringe LSU fans.

SurNation said...

Hey, why don't you guys just write him again and say that he told you to "Sit on it" or "Up your nose with a rubber hose". I wonder if Ralph Malph and Horseshack will come after me. Who cares.

Don't say this is Cowturd either. I don't Cowturd will last a day in SurNation. There is not alot of people that look like him either.

BaggyPantsDevil said...

Hey, this "brewing controversy" is mentioned in Cowherd's Wikipedia entry. As is a link to The M Zone. Welcome to the big time. OK, welcome to it's just Wikipedia.

Becky said...

I do have to wonder how no matter what you boys on the MZone are talking about, it comes back to LSU and USC. Very odd.

Until there's a playoff, there's a chance this stuff can happen; most of us a mature enough to understand that. I'd rather have an "even Steven" in place than to have to listen to one school consistently whine that they were robbed for the next three-plus years. Oooh, wait, never mind...

As for the plagiarism, good to see the Worldwide Leader incorporates such strict standards. Even our local sports radio guys know enough to credit where they saw the funny article or poll, or say, faux Wunderlich test.

Becky said...

Make that "are mature." Carry on.

Wangs said...

Huskersota - wow! did I accidently touch a nerve? Sorry.

Isn't Dr. Tom Osborne a Member of Congress? I think that means as an elected official he is properly addressed as "The Honorable." I was trying to respect him and you thought otherwise. So sorry.

Becky - please please please do not associate those LSoosers with this blog! While I respect their focus, what they care about does seem meaningless, irrelevant, and pathetic. I actually think less of LSoooser now than before I ever heard of this 2003 "controversy" about the "coaches/assistant ad/intern" poll that they think is so important.

Anonymous said...

Sent to the ESPN Ombudsman...

I am writing to express my concern over the unattributed use of material by ESPN Radio's Colin Cowheard during his "Real Wonderlic Test" segment. The material clearly came from michiganzone.blogspot.com and was unattributed.

While this was likely a mistake, the right thing to do would have been to admit the mistake and give fair credit. By refusing to do so and by referring to the website as merely "whiners," his show discredits the integrity of ESPN as a legitimate source of sports news. Just because Mr. Cowheard is involved in sports talk and just because M Zone is a blog does not mean that the rules of attribution somehow do not apply.

All the website is seeking is fair credit, even when they have a legitimate copyright infringement claim. I strongly suggest you take action.

Anonymous said...

I want to know what is the first email you sent him. Did you say, "Hey man we heard you segment, we just wanted to let you know we created it. We would appericate it if you could give us some credit. I mean we write stuff like this all the time. We do it for no money and help the poor, just to let you know. Maybe we can help each other we wash your back, you wash ours. But not to rough we senseitive."

Or was it, "Damn you POS. How dare you take something you did not do. You better give us the credit, before we go wolverine on you. Don't you know we help the poor. You wanna play rough we can although we are senseitive."

huskerosta said...

Sorry wangs whenever I get even the most remote sense that someone is bringing up the LP incident it just sets me off. Probably has to do with the fact that it's brought up 1000 times a year. I used to think TO was as pure as the driven snow but now the man is going to run for govenor. I have to wonder if feeding his ego isn't at the top of his agenda and not the higher calling that he and most of his supporters want people to believe. Maybe said ego is why he thought he could re-institute LP and get away with it and not be called to task. I mean who dares question the great TO. I still appreciate his record and what he means to the state but I don't think the man is a god.

Anyways love your blog and hope you guys get the props you deserve.

PS maybe tOSU, LSU and Colorado could start their own conference. It would be like participating in a soccer melee without actually having to watch soccer.

Scott said...

Hey onepeat guy

"The BCS is an independent group, apart from the Coaches Poll." "It no longer rests in the ballots of a few coaches and media members, many who are not competent or caring enough to submit accurate ballots."

Wrong and wrong. How do those two teams make it to the BCS game? I thought polls played a pretty heavy role in the process. I guess that I was wrong - along with everyone else that pays even the slightest bit of attention to college football. Thanks for setting us all straight.

Scott said...

And Cowherd is just a Michigan hater. There was no way he was going to credit any blog affiliated with the school. I even heard him rip Tom Harmon for being a "bust" in the NFL. Ignore the fact that there was this little thing called WWII when Harmon graduated and that he decided to go be a fighter pilot instead of play football. Yeah that makes sense, ignore the fact that he's hero with more balls than Cowherd will ever have and focus on the fact that after having to bail out of two planes during WWII, Harmon's body wasn't quite what it was when he played college ball. Good job Colin.

God I fucking hate that douchey little bastard. He didn't last long in the Detroit market, let's all hope he won't be much longer in any market.

jim Masterson said...

ESPN & Cowherd are resposible for acknowleding the M blog. It is shameful & deceitful not to.I like UM always root for them except for one game. No not that outlaw program in columbus, O. but as a subway-alum for U of Notre Dame. I always read your column via EDSBS. Keep up the funny & illuminating reporting. Go Blue. I mean IRISH

The Ted Kaczynski Experience said...

Hey Jim.....not to get too far off topic, but the term outlaw program is better served for schools that have had books written about its on-campus debauchery...

I guess "Under the Tarnished Dome" would suffice this requirement...stick to the topic at hand...jerky!

You shouldnt be casting stones...you might hit Touchdown Jesus in the nutsack.

M-Zone...the buckeye nation is behind ya....and I am not even going to call out another school, while writing this comment (Jim, you can stop taking notes now)

Anonymous said...

I think you're going about drawing attention for it all wrong(by attention, I mean from ESPN to get the credit you deserve). You should start harassing OTHER ESPN radio shows since Cowherd is such an ass. If everyone sent stuff about Cowherd to Dan Patrick, Mike and Mike, and whoever else has shows and kept sending them, then, even if those guys didn't mention it on air, you gotta think they'd mention it to Cowherd. Trying to embarass him in front of his peers is probably the best way to get to him. I've listened to him some and he seems like the sort of guy who might say, "If you don't like me, then don't listen." He's such an idiot that he wouldn't realize that if people don't listen then he loses his job. So, I say mass email the OTHER espn radio shows and bring it to their attention instead. If they get bugged enough, then they're bound to say something to him or it will at least make him unpopular(although I doubt a lot of people are rushing to hang out with him as it is).

Anonymous said...

No, that is called harrasment.

Just ask him for his check for the day he metioned you test.

Then you give him props for generating for traffic for you on your site.

wds4usc said...

I think "Steve" or whoever he is needs help. He is so obsessed with denying the AP that he has lost all touch with reality. Yes, Steve, you distort and fudge the facts. Once again, you're called out: What do the conferences, athletic directors and the BCS have to say? I know you would never think of following through. That's just the point. If you pick the fight it's up to you to come up with the evidence. Your claims have all been refuted and going to the source would be the nail in your termite-riddled coffin.

For my intelligent pals from LSU, John David Booty has been suffering from back spasms and they are not sure what to make of it at this time. He had an epidural and they have even suggested surgery (oh no....). He's a good kid and doesn't deserve this. We'll keep our fingers crossed.

jim masterson said...

Ted K. Aren't you the uni-bomber. "under the Golden Dome"written by two clowns from SI. Yeah I remember it, a frosh superstar no classes, big suv, star qb,$500 from a booster ,star TE. assualt on a non atletic student. Yeah I remember that seems like yesterday.

Anonymous said...

"Termite-riddled coffin..." USC wins on imagery as well as merit.

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Thursday, June 01, 2006

That's Like Our Mascot, eh

Let's face it, some team nicknames just don't strike fear in the heart of an opponent. For instance, the Syracuse Orange. Orange? That's it? A color? And the color of prison jumpsuits and road pylons to boot? Sorry, not real intimidating (although Donovan McNabb was pretty scary as he sliced through Michigan's "D" in '98). And save your nasty emails UT fans but a Volunteer is not a team mascot, it's a relief worker who helps out after a hurricane or other natural disaster. And just what the hell is a Hokie anyway? Isn't that an adjective on par with "cheesey"?

But it could be worse. Much worse if you went to college in Canada. Think we're kidding? Listen to these dandies from north of the border:

University of Ottawa Gee-Gees

Apparently they didn't want to get sued by the musical group but still wanted to suggest the disco era. And on their website, they call themselves "Canada's university." Hmm. Wonder if they should be referred to as THE Canadian University Gee-Gees.

St. Francis Xavier University X-Men and X-Women

Now this one we sort of like. Our team after all is the Michigan Wolverines. Hey, we could have just as easily been the Michigan Mystiques or U of M Emma Frosts.

Bishop's University Gaiters

No, not "Gators" as in Florida Gators. Gaiter. As in this definition: "A garment similar to leggings, worn to cover or protect the ankle and lower leg." Yes, fear the BU Fighting Leg Protectors.

Calgary Dinos

Actually, this wasn't the first choice. The school also considered naming itself the Calgary Frank Sinatras, the Calgary Peter Lawfords or the Calgary Sammy Davis Juniors. As a side note, the Calgary Joey Bishops was quickly ruled out due to potential confusion with their rivals, the Gaiters.

University of Toronto Varsity Blues

Other rejected nicknames: UT Summer Catches, UT Happy Gilmores and UT Remember the Titans.

Simon Fraser University Clan

Sure, Simon Fraser was Scottish but this could be the worst sounding name of them all. Yes, it's spelled with a "C" but if you just hear it? It ain't good. God forbid they're ever on ESPN and you just happen to flip on Chris Fowler talking about them on GameDay, "And up north, it got pretty ugly today as Grambling got taken out behind the woodshed by the Clan."

No, no picture for that last one.

Props to reader Ferenc for tip.

Benny Friedman said...

What do you expect from a country that has a professional football league with TWO teams named Roughriders? OK, one was actually the Rough Riders, and that team is defunct, but it's clear they lack some creativity up there.

Anonymous said...

hokie = an emasculated turkey

ferenc said...

It is a sad sad day when the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds (calling internaitonal rescue!) and the, uh, Regina Rams pass for normal, but under these circumstances I understand that they do. To end this poorly written 'paragraph' with a rhyme; great post Yost.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

A Hokie is a castrated turkey, probably the most pathetic mascot in America. A pathetic mascot for a pathetic school. I feel bad for anyone who attends that spartan, dreary, seemingly all male, shithole of a school.

Go Blue, Eh! said...

I think we have some pretty cool and unique team names up here. Starting with my alma mater the McMaster Marauders. Although instead of the more obvious pirate or raider type mascot we inexpicably have an eagle. Our water polo team however uses McMaster Bators.

There is also the Windsor Lancers, Guelph Gryphons, Acadia Axemen, Concordia Stingers, Queen's Golden Gaels and RMC Paladins.

Remember before you mock your northern neighbours too much that Michigan plays in a conference with a poisonous nut, a Gene Hackman movie, a character on MASH, an a shotglass dropped into a beer.

Yost said...

LOL, GB, EH! One question though -- when did Gene Hackman star in a movie called "Golden Gophers"?

Go Blue, Eh! said...

Sorry Yost, I did forgot to include the rodent that Bill Murray was hunting in Caddyshack.

ferenc said...

Dear Mr. go blue, eh,... Just for future reference, is there a rivalry between the Mcs? I mean, does a McGill - McMaster contest bring out "Muck Fichigan" type of comments? If so, I would really like to say something along the lines of, "Go Masturbating War Eagle, Go!" to you. If not, my apologies and have a good day, sir!

Go Blue, Eh! said...

No real rivalry between McMaster (Mac for short) and McGill. McMaster is located in Hamilton, Ontario which is our version of Pittsburgh and competes in the Ontario University Athletics conference. McGill is in Montreal, Quebec which is our version of, well you guys don't have anything like Montreal or Quebec for that matter. They are in the Quebec Student Sport Federation. The two schools would generally meet only in tournaments or championships.

utah said...

I'm sure someone can school me on the Stanford Trees - I mean Cardinal. Just one Cardinal? Is it in the tree? Are they catholic? What's the deal here.


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Monday, October 09, 2006

Two Minute Drill

A few more for your Monday...

* Chris at Dangerous Logic has some YouTube M-MSU highlight clips up.

* Tennessee Vol fan Brittney exposes expresses more love for UT.

* Looking for the perfect gift for that Tosu fan? Why look no further than this AJ Hawk Gladiator Figure for the low, low price of $14.99.

(HT: SiC)

* Why would someone do this to his kid? Some guy in Mississippi named his kid ESPN Montana (after Joe) Real last week. This is just asking for trouble. You know the kid is going to hate sports now and gravitate toward the theatre (spelling it that way, too). As I was telling my daughter, Schembechler Biakabatuka, the other day, some parents are crazy.

(HT: DW)

Anonymous said...

Schembecher Biakabatuka... you might want to edit the spelling before someone sees this. You can spell Biakabatuka but not SchembechLer?

srudoff said...

uhhhh who is Schembecher???

srudoff said...

I think LLLLoyd stole the missing 'L' in Schembechler

Yost said...

LOL. Ok, ok. My bad.

Anonymous said...

It's true that Henne seems to have improved this year - but those who claim his numbers would be "much better" but for the dropped passes should take a look at these highlights.

Two bad passes, two great catches by the WRs, and two TDs (and one was NOT a TD). It seems the worm turns both ways.

Aaron said...

I don't even bother to put my headphones on while watching Brittney's videos. I just stare blankly hoping that she'll randomly whip off her top.

brianthomasbuckeye said...

my brother, Maurice Clarett Thomas, has since been put up for adoption

Scraper said...

I met a guy in Columbus with a 5-month-old boy named "Tressel".

Anonymous said...

So Aaron, you're telling me she doesn't take her top off? Thanks for the warning, now I won't watch.

Skin to win ladies, skin to win.

Anonymous said...

Is Vol Fan Brittney a potential candidate for the Blog COed Showdown that is on hiatus while it searches for new members?

Anonymous said...

I'm all for Whip 'Em Out Wednesday's

SCALZI said...

Screw the AJ HAwk doll .. I want the Laura Quinn blow up doll. Where can I find that ? I'm sure the back of her head looks GRRRRREAT!!


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Dec 30, 2012

winter days

it hasn't been very cold the last few weeks but it was raining way too much and it seems like everyone has a cold.  trying to eat lots of vegetables and also made a kind of syrup with ginger, lemon and honey... spend a lot of evenings inside, watching carnivale.  brilliant series! so sad it's over now...

Dec 28, 2012

the house of mina perhonen

we really LOVE the photos anne dokter made of the house from mina perhonen, and the house is very nice too, ofcourse.

nr 10

the past few days i've spent a lot of time at home, with a cold. reading apartamento's lastest issue. it's a very good one.  loved reading the article on christophe lemaire and very much love the photos of ola rindal.

Dec 26, 2012

some things

some recent finds and presents. a pincushion made out of seashells // some plastic boxes for soap (they always remind me of this) // a pin (thank you L!) // an apple shaped bowl

Dec 24, 2012

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the best wishes to all of you.

Dec 23, 2012

christmas is a-comin'

we don't own much xmas decoration, but the tree is an old time favourite that we used to sell in our shop. and that little snow man was a present from sophie today, so so nice. wish we had more of these urpo & turpo cards to send to all of our friends, but this way everyone gets to see it anyway...

run away with me

Dec 22, 2012

an article about my work in de standaard! (click on the photo for a bigger view!) + thank you dorien for the nice text!

Dec 21, 2012

a house

 had it for some years, but sold it now in the giftshop from atelier solarshop... there are still lots of nice other things to buy there, 1 more week!

Dec 20, 2012

if only we had a time machine so we could travel back to listen to what you made (never sick of hearing lovesongs).

Dec 17, 2012

in london

we were very lucky to stay in a very nice apartment from very sweet people in london.  and they had the nicest son with a great mickey :)

Dec 15, 2012

missing d.

any excuse to go to london is a good one.  nothing nicer than hanging out with d. and look what a lovely new place he has...

Dec 14, 2012

in paris

 saw some nice 'graffiti' in the streets.

back home

we had a wonderful trip. will show you some photos in the next posts.
the pink hotel in paris, a few more on flickr.

Dec 7, 2012

a small tour

we are going to paris and london for a few days, to see our friend, and to see some concerts :)
see you next week again!

Dec 6, 2012

mia + agnès

there aren't many things that make me so happy as a visit from my friend with her 2 dogs.  it's so nice to have them here running around...

Dec 5, 2012

socks and mittens

here they are! for sale from 12:00 today in atelier solarshop.
all info here.

2 great things about december

1. hanna konola's advent calendar is beautiful again, a drawing every day untill christmas.
2. atelier solarshop will be a giftshop for the whole month. otark will take care of nice food and we have some things there as well, like mittens and socks,  some photos later! check all info here.
loving charlotte's flyer sooooooo much!

Dec 4, 2012

we had a lovely sinterklaas breakfast/lunch today. thank you S!

Dec 3, 2012

my place is featured on designsponge today.  thank you sophie for helping me to photograph my own place, as it was somehow not so easy for me.  read the article here! (thank you astrid + anne)

Dec 2, 2012

sunday scones

otark breakfasts are always good and goodlooking, but when they make scones we can't resist :)


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Thursday December 19, 1974

A more congenial day. Leave the office with Sarah and 12 and we do a bit of shopping in town before going our separate ways. Funny girl is our Sarah. A perfect Angel but temperamental beyond human understanding.

I get myself a Monty Python LP, the one I heard in Worcester, and buy Dad's Xmas present - a Perry Como LP. Really should stay in Leeds to buy all my presents but can't be bothered at all. Nip onto a bus and home in time to see the final part of 'The Forsyte Saga'. I was quite emotional when Soames passed away at the end. Sat choked in a heap besides the lit Christmas tree.

David calls for me at about 8.10 after queueing for a tank full of petrol before the 10p price increase at midnight. To the Stone Trough for one drink. MM, Marita and Denny are awaiting our arrival. Move on to the school at 8.30 where the lovely Christine Braithwaite joins us. What a bloody scorcher she is - and a good deal more mature than when I last saw her. Denny goes off with Martin Vere-Bunjowski all night and she barely says a full sentence to me._______.A good deal of kissing goes on underneath the mistletoe. Kicked out at 11.30 and move on to Denny's - that is David ame me -where we laugh over supper until 1.30. Home in the car.

Wednesday December 18, 1974

Utterly shagged out all day. Never I have experienced such bloody tiredness in the whole of my long, laborious and important life. Tiredness, I have found, affects people in many different ways. I become a moronic structure, resembling nothing more than a over-stewed cabbage, or root vegetable. Sarah fades away to a sweet damsel of the sweetest nature. Carol pretends she's no different, but Kathleen's situation is unfortunate. Miss Rainford becomes quite nasty and quick tempered. This is a depressing phenomena when one is attempting to enjoy the few snatches of Christmas festivities one is privileged to have. You'll be aware from this that work was unkind to me today. Bloody glad to leave I was. Unpleasantness is hardly the word for it.
Sit in front of the TV all evening while John departs to bed at an early hour with something resemmbling more than a usual chill. Pnuemonia for Christmas?

Tuesday December 17, 1974

To Leeds with John on a 33 bus at about 7.45pm. We meet Chris in the Highlander where he's been waiting for about an hour. The weather is absolutely freezing cold and we attempt to thaw out with whisky and orange. After two minutes we switch to pints of lager - a shame really. Dave, Lynn, Sue and Peter come at about 9 o'clock and I begin worrying about whether the two youngsters will obtain admission in Rockerfellas. At 9.30 we nip across to the Vintage where we have a few drinks with Kathleen, Sarah and mob. Little spot of bother at Rockerfellas with Peter - but we're all admitted. Once again Sarah is overpoweringly stunning. Charming and too glamorous to be capably described. I feel she entices me, and leads me on on these occasions. November 5 was the last occasion, and she did the same this time. We had a few cosy dances together, and rarther a lot, though not enough, necking. Lynn says that ____is positively envious at my 'catch'. All the girls were great and amused at Eileen catching John off his guard. Even Kathleen laughed at the sight of my brother and Miss Byram copulating openly before a wide range of the assembled multitude. John and I home in a taxi at 2 with Sarah (swoon) and Carol. I was in the back with the ladies - and need I say more than the fact that I paid more attention to Miss Collis than I did Mrs Johnson.

Monday December 16, 1974

Reflections on the closure of the relationship of Mr Andrew Graham and Miss Linda Smith: Dave informed me of this fact while preparing the Christmas tree in the garage last night. I was dumbfounded to say the least, because I always expected them to settle down, after a society wedding at the local parish church of course. Andy is a bit cut up, but Miss Smith herself is cool and unmoved. Reasons? Apparently, Linda is overworked at college and can't do with Andy and her school kids at the same time.

Also, the papers hold another, more amusing story about the closure of a love affair. Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia seems to have changed her mind about Richard Burton. The Royal marriage of 1975 is off. It seems to me that Prince Paul has put his foot down. Another factor is that the princess is sick of Richard's drinking habits. 48 million bottles of Scotch a week is a bit much.

The Uncle Harry Mystery is over. He rolled up at 4 this afternoon and collected the car. He didn't say much to Dad, who was the only one in, and cleared off after swigging a cup of coffee. Silly sods, these Rhodeses are at times. Oh, Uncle John and Auntie Sheila are coming to stay after Christmas for one night. Denny was thrilled when I informed her this afternoon by telephonic communication.

The Christmas spirit is more noticeable in me this year, methinks. Need I say what was troubling me last year? Yes, you've guessed. It was HER. Well, no one's getting me down this year and 1974 has been one free of heartbreaking and upsetting consequences.

Sunday December 15, 1974

Out of bed just before 12. Mum starts he Christmas cleaning campaign in preparation for the Christmas tree which Dave B is going to bring round later in the day. (My calling Dave Baker 'Dave B' and Dave Lawson 'Dave L' must cease. In future Dave L will be David and Dave B will be Dave).

Mum and Dad are most peturbed about the mysterious disappearance of Uncle Harry, who has left no trace.
Have chicken for lunch and listen to Jimmy Savile on the radio. Evidently, the lads who accompany John on his drinking and whoreing escapades think he's so hilarious being infatuated by the music of George Macrae. All we hear about at home and in the pub is wild, passionate statements about how good Barry White & George Macrae are.

The local paper announces that Shelley and Clive were married last week in Menston. I was quite choked to see my old friend staring up at me from the newspaper, clad in her white bridal outfit. Mum says she's now crossed Shelley's phone number from the pad because she doesn't want me associating with married women. Barbara was married in August, and I think this latest marital alliance closes a chapter of my life. These women will never be forgotten.

News: Linda finished with Andy this weekend. Most people are stunned. To the Hare and Hounds with Chris, Carol and Andy. Then to the Station in Yeadon, and finally the Yorkshire Rose. Home at 11.30 where we see the Christmas tree erected in all its glory.

Saturday December 14, 1974

Death of Prince Albert, 1861. George VI born 1895. Uncle Tony's birthday. 39th I think. Mum, Dad, Auntie Eleanor and Uncle Jack plus Uncle Harry trot off to Bradford in order to pursue birthday celebrations with the Gadsby clan. They come home in the early hours minus Uncle H - who disappeared in Bradford. Naturally, they are all peturbed about the whereabouts of his person, but one thing's for sure, we have his car parked on our drive awaiting the return of its master.

I was at the YP until 12 when I met John in WH Smiths. We spend three hours on a so-called shopping for Christmas presents spree but after this substantial time lapse I haven't laid hands on one present, and have instead a new pair of shoes and a woolly cardigan. Home on a crowded 55 bus. We sit around waiting for food - in my case, the first meal of the day! Eat fish and chips twice.

To the Hare and Hounds in Kevin Teale's van after arranging to meet Dave Lawson who rang at 8.30. After depositing me at the Hare John and pals go off to Ilkley again and say that they'll see me at the Cow & Calf later. I sit quite alone with a lager until 8.30. Ring Denny who says Adrian didn't turn up tonight after they'd arranged a reconciliation.

Dave and Sandra come in at 8.30, followed by Andy and the Smiths. We all go to the Black Horse - a detestible joint but they all like it - and move on to the Cow & Calf without Dave who didn't fancy it. Wish I hadn't gone. Rubbish it really was. Carol Smith and one of the Denby boys started having a relationship. Peter brings me home after 1am and I have a laugh with Lynn and Dave before going to bed.

Friday December 13, 1974

Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, born 1906. Friday the Thirteenth. I'm not saying I'm superstitious in any way, but one must always be careful on these days. Undoubtedly, if being terrified of walking under a ladder is classed among superstitious things I'm the world's leading superstitious person - but to my mind, not walking under a ladder is an inbred thing, and besides, one may as well be on the safe side.

Go to the Hare in Kevin Teale's Bedford van. The place is done out for the coming festivities and Sandra L informs me that she's leaving tonight. Horror of horrors. The place won't be the same without a Lawson behind the bar. In one way or another I am with Sandra for the majority of the evening - leaving the others to their own devices. John goes off with his old school pals to Ilkley, on a whoreing expedition. We, that is Keith, Chris, Carol, Andy, Linda, Dave, Lynn, George, Jane, Christine Dibb and dear Christine White - all go to the Commercial. From this little but comfortable abode we move on to Wikis, where I use one of Dave B's spare cards. Don't really enjoy it, but I am pleased when Kevin Teale offers me £25 for my suit. Hell, it only rushed me £25 in May, so if he buys it I will have had seven months wear out of it for no cost at all. Perhaps he was a bit pissed, but I was flattered all the same to think that somebody wanted the clothes I was stood up in.

Thursday December 12, 1974

Warmer day than yesterday and not too frosty. Work all morning until 12 and then go into Leeds with Kathleen where she buys a massive cardigan for her Dad's Christmas present. We then move on to Boots where she gives me some ideas about the numerous things I've got to get before Xmas Day. At 1 she leaves me to go back to work and I wind my way through Debenham's and back to Boots. Messing around near the aftershave department I bump into Marita & we mutter and moan about having to buy presents, and she slings a few suggestions at me. We then go into the street and bump into dear old Dave Baker outside Schofields. M rushes off back to work and Dave & I go to the Ostlers for a couple of drinks. We discuss Lynn over pints of lager. He tells me he's bought her a bottle of Pernod for Christmas, amongst other things. Another drunken festive season coming up. I buy Lynn a pair of slippers - not miserable granny type - but soft violet ones with large furry tops. Yes.

No Monty Python tonight which is rarther unfortunate really.

Wednesday December 11, 1974

James II abdicated 1688. An absolutely perishing day. By the way things are going I forsee Bing Crosby's dream about a white Christmas coming true.

Eileen and I go shopping at lunchtime. We drift around the centre of town in agonising cold and get fish and chips from a little place near the Corn Exchange. Come back to the YP after an hour and with nothing to show for it.

Pleasant afternoon with Sarah. It certainly seems ages since we were in bed together that night at the Johnson residence - and our relationship is degenerating into a mediocre sort of thing. May have better luck with her at Christmas.

38 years ago today King Edward VIII renounced the throne, in order to have his way with Wallis Simpson. Every other book published this year is either on the subject of the Duke of Windsor or the Royal Family since 1917.

A rumpus in the Press about the Prince of Wales spotted at an X-certificate film 'Percy's Progress' at a London cinema. His Royal Highness is reported to have told the usherette that he had 'enjoyed it very much'. And we are all informed that he devoured an ice-cream in the interval. The film deals with a man who has had a penis transplant, and is a follow-up to 'Percy' a good film of a few years ago. A cartoon in the Daily Mail this morning implies that Mary Whitehouse wants a referendum on the monarchy, following this plebian act by our beloved heir.

John and I go to the Hare & Hounds with Mum & Dad, where we consume an excessive amount of alcohol. Following this we move on to the White Horse at Burley-in-Wharfedale, where cousin Dorothy resides. Unfortunately, she's having a night off, and we spend the last hour supping ale.

Tuesday December 10, 1974

Edward VIII abdicated 1936. Long day at the YP but enjoyable. As I came back from lunch Janice 'the Formidable' Beaumont, was on the phone from hospital announcing that she'd been delivered of a daughter yesterday morning. Sarah was thrilled to bits, but I can't raise any excitement at Mrs Beaumont's bundle of news. Janice was a bitch, and I can't say I miss her at all.

Meet Lynn and Alison on the bus and we are caught up in a hail storm on Hawksworth Lane. Have liver for tea and then do absolutely nothing for the remainder of the evening.

Whilst shopping in Leeds today I saw a good book entitled 'The Royal House of Windsor'. I'd love to start a book collection. In fact I'm more than tempted. I also got a new diary for next year. Sarah says she's kept a diary since the age of 9. You all know now that I write very little of interest here, but I keep a constant and cronological flow at least. As I've said before I'm no Samuel Pepys.

The YP and I had something in common this morning. An article quoted King Farouk from 1951 saying it was gradually becoming a true fact. I quoted King Farouk yesterday on the same subject of declining and toppling thrones. Clever boy, Michael. Clever boy.

Monday December 9, 1974

The morning papers carry a sad story indeed. It seems that the Greeks don't want King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie back in their rightful place on the Hellenic throne. A referendum held last week shows that the majority are in favour of a republic. Obnoxious it all is. A sad day for monarchists everywhere. The crown in Ethiopia is even more insecure. The imperial family there are being executed right, left and centre, and fears for the life of the tiny emperor, Haile Selassie, are growing. Two thrones collapsing in one year is too sad. The late King Farouk of Egypt told Lord Boyd-Orr in 1951 that 'soon their will be only five kings left. The Kings of Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs and Spades, and the King of England.'

YP all day. Kathleen is better tempered after the weekend. Don't do pictures at all, and just do cuttings. Much more pleasant.

Denny rings at 4.30 to say she is finishing with Adrian tonight because he is being cowardly about the dinner dance.

The Sunday Express yesterday said that the Prince of Wales continues to visit Lady Jane Wellesley at her Fulham home - disguised beneath a false black beard.

Sunday December 8, 1974

2nd in Advent. A quick day, and it seemed to grow dark very suddenly before the afternoon had even begun. See a rotten 1939 film on TV and listen to the usual radio programmes in the bath.

John goes out with the Denby Twins in their van and ends up at the Cow & Calf until 12. I get a 55 bus which brings back memories of my love affair with Miss Bottomley, and go to the Emmotts where I'm joined by Denny and Marita. Marita has changed her image again - and is no longer endowed with a head of curls. Nevertheless she looks quite stunning. We sit about looking bored and talking about the events of 1974. Marita says I don't look my usual self, and says I need a good romance to cheer me up. That's all I need! Denny says that Adrian is a hypercondriac and a failure. They're going for a meal tomorrow but she says I can take his place because he's in London and 'with a bit of luck won't be back in time', unquote. She also amused me by saying he is a surveyor, but doesn't think 'he could survey a rice pudding'. Back to Marita's where I inspect my landscape framed on her bedroom wall. A great honour for me indeed. Home and about 11 and have supper with Auntie Hilda and Uncle Tony, Jill and Diane. Jill is becoming_______.


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Thursday, July 4, 2013

Movie Review: Despicable Me 2

Kids and young adults are in for a lot of fun because Despicable Me 2 is certainly funnier and more expansive than the 2010 original. Unlike Cars 2 which was made just to sell toys, this film actually manages to offer a reasonably pleasing story. And yet every kid (and even his parent) will crave for a stuffed toy of one of the adorable Minions.

Despicable Me 2 picks up a few months after the events of the first film - Gru is now happily living with his kids, he has given up being a villain and is trying to start a jam and jelly business with the help of his Minions. But while Gru has shed his image as a baddie, a mysterious Supervillain has a sinister master plan to become the supreme boss of the world, a plan so terrifying that the Anti Villain League is forced to seek help from Gru. It’s not a particularly good plot, but an enjoyable one nonetheless. Directors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud do a good job of avoiding the inevitable animated sequel clichés and the need to make things simply bigger and louder. The clichés that do make it to the story aren’t too jarring thanks to the frequent cutways to the Minions and their hilarious shenanigans. It helps that the film has the familiar voice cast of Steve Carell and Kirsten Wiig to keep things entertaining. The only element that is sorely missed here is Gru’s wicked, icy cynicism from the first movie, since he is the good guy now.

The animation is terrific, though yet again let down by the 3D glasses. There isn’t a single frame of a single scene that needed to be shown in 3D, except for the end credits where three Minions do a side spitting audition for their own spinoff movie that is coming out next year. The little yellow one and two eyed creatures are given a bigger role this time, and while they’re amusing every time they pop up on screen, one wonders if they would be this funny in their own standalone movie. After all there’s only so much Helium induced high pitched cutsey gibberish that one can take. What I really want is a crossover film between Scrat from the Ice Age films and the Minions from Despicable Me – I would brave even the hellish tortures of 3D to watch that.

(First published in MiD Day)

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Mike Cope's blog

Saturday, January 29, 2005

I sent a letter to the editor on Wednesday. It hasn't been printed yet, they told me yesterday, because of all the interest in the Abilene cable television controversy. I'd hate to bump something so urgent. So, in case it never makes it, here it is: As a minister of the Highland Church and, much more, as the father of one of the children critically injured in the recent rollover on I-20, there are so many people I'd like to thank. First, I'm thankful for the competent emergency response team that cared for our children when we weren't there – along with strangers who stopped and then calmed and prayed for our kids. I'm also thankful for the amazing trauma team at Hendrick. They received our children, provided appropriate care, and did their best to comfort the frightened parents. I'm grateful for the support and encouragement of so many people of Abilene. But especially I'm thankful for our larger community of faith who held us up in prayer when we were too exhausted or frightened to pray. Our little band of three families at Cook's Children's Hospital felt that support of many local churches constantly. Pioneer Drive Baptist Church called Highland and asked if they could staff our nursery during Brody Bourland's funeral so all could attend. And then six churches – First Baptist, St. Paul United Methodist, First United Methodist, First Central Presbyterian, First Christian, and Heavenly Rest Episcopal Church – called to see if their teens and teen leaders could come pray for our church in its distress. There are no words to express what that means to me. After our son was dismissed from Cook's Tuesday, all children who had been hospitalized were officially home. But with a long road of recovery ahead for some of the kids and for the driver (a beloved woman from our church), it brings comfort to know that the prayers of believers from many churches will continue. Mike Cope

  • I have truly been blessed and humbled by the way I have seen this tragic event bring healing and comfort, as well as unity to a community of faith. Continued blessings to your family, as well as those who have been affected by this event. May that which has shaped our hearts continue to reshape this community of Christ followers.

    Thank you for your posts and the sharing of your thoughts during this time, and always.

    By Blogger Donald Philip Simpson, at 1/29/2005 06:30:00 AM

  • Continued blessings to you and your family Mike. I hope this ends up getting printed in your paper. Peace.

    By Blogger kenny, at 1/29/2005 06:55:00 AM

  • To Mike and family,

    Want you to know your First Central Presbyterian Church sisters and brothers continue to pray. We have not had a single gathering since the accident when we have not prayed for you, your family and your church. No easy answers, but behind the darkest of clouds the Son is shining.

    By Blogger Cliff Stewart, at 1/29/2005 08:12:00 AM

  • Mike,

    I wish there was a way we could share all the
    acts of kindness shown this past two weeks not only from Highland but from people all over Abilene and across the nation. The healing services, counseling sessions, food, cards, e-mails, and phone calls are but a few. There is a story behind each one of these acts.
    As you know, we are newcomers to Highland and the Abilene community and we cannot believe the love and concern shown to us and especially our son. Although he was not involved in the accident, he was one of the 7 who witnessed the accident.

    Our family is lifting up everyone involved in prayer, everyday. We pray especially that God give you and each family the strength to carry on. We also believe that this is a spiritual battle and pray that everyone remember that "the battle belongs to the Lord."

    As I think about this very life changing event, I am reminded of the song by Lanny Wolfe, "God's Family"...

    "We're part of the family that been born again;
    Part of the family whose love knows no end;
    For Jesus has saved us and made us His own,
    Now we're part of the family that's on its way home."

    "When a brother meets sorrow we all feel his grief;
    When he's passed thru the valley we all feel relief;
    Together in sunshine, together in rain,
    Together forever thru his precious name."

    "And tho some go before us, we'll all meet again;
    Just inside the city as we enter in;
    There'll be no more parting, with Jesus we'll be
    Together forever, God's family."

    "And sometimes we laugh together, sometimes we cry;
    Sometimes we share together heartaches and sighs;
    Sometimes we dream together of how it will be
    When we all get to heaven, God's family."

    In Him,

    Joe, Becky and Lucas Almanza

    By Blogger balmanza, at 1/29/2005 08:13:00 AM

  • Mike,
    I'm so excited about the unity movement you're involved in among the Restoration movement. Praise God!!! But what I am more excited about is the unity movement in
    Abilene, TX that God initiated through the tragedy of the car accident. The first is breaking down walls among groups who looks similar anyway. The latter is breaking down walls between groups whose common denominator is JESUS! This is what's exciting! This is the kind of unity movement I long to be apart of. I pray that the communities of faith who are coming together because of the tragedy, their leadership (including Highland) will envision ways to further this unity of God's Kingdom as a whole!!!!

    By Blogger Todd Lollar, at 1/29/2005 11:17:00 AM

  • Powerful stuff! Pain is a common denominator. May the source of all healing bring us together.

    By Blogger David Michael, at 1/29/2005 12:21:00 PM

  • Mike,
    When I read about the accident and saw Chris' name, I remembered a passing encounter at Hendrick eleven or so years ago when I was preaching out at Roscoe. You and Diane were there late in the evening on one of several hospitalizations with another child who is now with Jesus. I thought then how strong the Lord must be to carry you through -- I may have said something like that in passing.
    I'm thankful that he's still that strong, and thankful for the encouraging prognosis for Chris, though a 12 year-old probably would define "encouraging" a bit differently.

    By Blogger Terry Danley, at 1/29/2005 04:09:00 PM

  • Mike and Diane,

    Time and space are so insignificant in God's world. We have been hurting for you, praying for you and rejoicing with you in the past couple of weeks. Diane, I so appreciate you teaching me to take my concerns to God and to talk to him about anything I need. I remember praying with you for Chris before he was born. He was a precious gift to you then and, praise God, he has been given to you again. The Lord is faithful and he loves his children. May he bless you with peace and healing.

    By Blogger patty slack, at 1/29/2005 11:23:00 PM

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    By Blogger Keith Brenton, at 1/30/2005 06:59:00 AM

  • This page took awhile to load, so i dont know if anyone else posted before I got the chance to type this up...

    I wanted to say that I'm glad everyone is doing better. Also, I can't believe what our society is comming to.. more emphasis on television than God.

    By Blogger Emily, at 1/30/2005 05:56:00 PM

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    By Blogger Keith Brenton, at 1/30/2005 06:05:00 PM

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Classic card of the week

Andy Van Slyke, 1994 Upper Deck

Here is a baseball card in which someone has taken a picture of Andy Van Slyke taking a picture of Andy Van Slyke while other people are taking different pictures of Andy Van Slyke taking pictures. If someone were to take a picture of me taking a picture of this Andy Van Slyke card in which he is taking pictures, the flash from the camera would open an alternate realty where every person is a camera with legs and social status is based solely on your camera’s quality, i.e. the rich and powerful are professional Canon XLG-3000s or whatever, and the disenfranchised are literally disposable. Anyway, baseball!

Speaking of baseball, something tells me that baseball player Andy Van Slyke has interests other than playing baseball. Taking pictures, perhaps? It doesn’t say so anywhere on this card, but I am going to go out on a limb and say that, yes, one of Andy Van Slyke’s favorite hobbies is taking pictures. Here is another question though, having to do with baseball: Does baseball player Andy Van Slyke love America?

Awesome. There is no wordy tidbit on this card, but if I were handed this card and then commissioned to write a tidbit for it, and thus get paid $1 million—hypothetical freelancing pays extraordinarily well—here is what it would read:

"When he’s not taking pictures of stuff with his picture camera, baseball player Andy Van Slyke, who weighed in at 195 lbs at the time of this card, can often be found standing reverently for our country’s National Anthem. Also, he hit seven triples in 1991."

One of my favorite things in the world is when baseball cards teach me about baseball, and I think we’ve all learned a lot today. Nevertheless, let’s find out more:

During the 1991 Gulf War, when the MLB decreed all players would wear both the Canadian and U.S. flags on their batting helmets as a patriotic gesture, Van Slyke scraped the Maple Leaf off his helmet because, in his words "Canada is a pacifist, socialist country."

Earlier in this post I had joked about how much Andy Van Slyke loves America, but as it turns out, he also really does not like Canada, based on Canada’s inability to inflict war on other nations and its penchant for assisting the less fortunate (which runs in direct conflict to the aforementioned idealistic camera-based society). I don’t want to get into politics here, but regarding the 1991 Gulf War: thanks for nothing, Canada! It’s about time somebody said it, besides Andy Van Slyke, of course. I’m not sure a more grandiose and brave political statement was ever made than that time a baseball player scratched off a picture of a leaf on his baseball helmet.

Once Van Slyke became a full-time outfielder, he showed off one of the most accurate and powerful throwing arms in the majors. So much so that the "Slyke Zone" was established at Three Rivers.

I like how the Slyke Zone was inevitably established due to Van Slyke’s arm, ipso facto, as if the fans had no other choice.

Andy Van Slyke guns runner down at second base.

Pirates fan: Well, I never thought I’d see the day. But we have an obligation here. Gonna have to establish the Slyke Zone.

Other Pirates fan: I’ll get my markers. And some sausage. You want some sausage?

Pirates fan: Yes.

Having retired from baseball, Van Slyke has begun pursuing a career as an author … In July 2010, he published "The Curse: Cubs Win! Cubs Win! Or Do They?"

I haven’t read the book, but—no, no they do not.

Did you know?

When he's not playing baseball, Andy Van Slyke enjoys taking pictures of stuff.

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Saturday, August 30, 2008

2008 Kentlands/Lakelands 5K Race Report

The Kentlands/Lakelands 5K is my neighborhood race.  The starting line is less than half a mile from my house, and you can see part of the race course from my front door (it doesn't go right in front of my house, but down a street that intersects ours).  It is the race that I first ran a sub-30min  5K and then my first 28min 5K two years ago.

Oh...and although this is a "neighborhood race" it's no longer small.  Five years ago, the race had just under 500 runners.  Today there were just under 1,200!!  And three runners ran the full 5K in under 15 minutes!  There was no chance of me placing - even just an age group placing - in this race.

It is also the race that I have been training for a new PR.  My old personal best 5K was 26:21 - from two years ago on a flat course in Downtown Washington, DC.  I have been following a training plan and shooting for an 8:00/mile pace - a 24:52 5K time (or any sub-25min time!).  Although I was shooting for sub-25min, I knew that any sub 26:21 - and a new PR - would be fine with me. pressure!  (yeah right!)

I tried to prepare best I could for the race.  Yesterday I drank plenty of water and some Gatorade, and I passed on the glass of wine (or two or three) that I normally drink with our Friday night Sabbath dinner.  I even got in bed a little earlier than normal.  However, I still felt sluggish when I finally got out the door this morning around 8am.  Perhaps it was because I'm usually out the door by 6am on running days???  My body was still in "lounging around the house" mode?

Anyhow, I jogged up to where the starting line was and walked around the booths that were set up by the neighborhood vendors.  I saw that I was going to eat well after the race - bananas from Whole Foods Market, pizza from Potomac Pizza, mac and cheese and penne from Noodles & Co., rum buns from O'Donnell's, yummmmm.  How was I going to eat all of that yummy stuff at 8:30am???

I got to the starting line and had my first big decision of the morning - which "wave" do I start in?  The second wave at the start was for runners keeping a 7:00 to 8:00 pace and the third wave was for runners keeping a 8:00 to 9:00 pace.  I was optimistic and chose the second wave.  I settled in towards the back of the wave since I was going to try to keep at an 8:00 mile pace.

Before the race started, there were some opening words from a County Councilwoman and then a neighborhood teen sang "The Star Spangled Banner".  Why do I bring this up?  Well, right in front of me were two deaf runners who were talking to each other - in sign language - throughout the entire National Anthem.  I wasn't sure what to think of this.  I mean everyone else was quiet and showing respect for the singing of our National Anthem, and although they weren't making any noise they were definitely talking to one another.  Was this disrespectful?  Perhaps they didn't realize that "The Star Spangled Banner" was being sung (they couldn't hear, right?), but couldn't they see everyone at attention with no one speaking anymore??

When it was time for my wave to get going, I started out trying to hit my pace.  Since I had run the course before during my training, I knew where the quarter mile points were for the first two miles and I was hoping to hit them at 2:00 intervals.  It didn't seem like I was running too fast - I still felt a bit sluggish - however, when I got to the first quarter mile point, my watch read 1:48.  Time to slow down a bit.  As I rounded the turn, I saw my wife Sherry and my two boys waiting on the side of the road to cheer me on.  It's great to have fans on the race course!

I ended up finishing mile one a little faster than I had hoped - 7:44.  I was also starting to breathe a little heavier.  Luckily the second mile starts downhill, so I tried to coast as much as I could.  I knew what was ahead - the hill that starts at about 1.75 miles in and steadily goes through about 2.5 miles.  I already knew that I wasn't going to be able to run that portion at the same pace and that I was going to have to take it easy there.  I just hoped that I would have enough kick after the hills to regain some of the time that I was going to lose.

As I started up the hills with a quarter of a mile left in mile 2, I brought my pace down a bit to conserve energy.  I ended up hitting the mile 2 marker in 16:05 - just about on an 8:00/mile pace.  However, here came the bigger hills.  UGH!!!

I pushed through the hills at a bit of a slower pace - telling myself to keep on going because I knew after these hills it was either all downhill or flat to the finish.  The good news was that I kept going and never stopped or got too slow.  The bad news is that I didn't have a lot of "kick" left in me by the time the hills were over.

As I made the last turn for the final quarter mile or so, I knew I had a PR in the bag, however, I also figured that if I wanted the sub-25min 5K time, I would really have to dig in and kick for it.  However, I just didn't have it in me at the time.  I kept pushing at a strong - but not all out - pace and crossed the finish line at 26:29 clock time...which ended up being 25:17 chip time.

I must have still approached the finish line at a fast pace, because Sherry and the boys didn't see me.  I didn't see them either, but I was pushing pretty hard to the end and focusing on the finish line and the clock.

25:17 is now my new 5K Personal Record!!!  Over a minute better than my previous PR.  Actually, two years ago, I ran a 27:23 at the Kentlands 5K race as a new PR and then turned around and ran another 5K in Downtown DC a month later where I ran a full minute faster (thus my 26:21 PR that stood for two years).  So yes, the thought has crossed my mind today a few times: "I wonder how fast I could run on a flat 5K course..."

However, I don't think I'll be finding out soon.  I have the Parks Half Marathon in two weeks.  I have to switch gears from speed to endurance pretty quickly.

pigtailsflying said...

How awesome Mike, congrats on your fabulous new PR. Relish that success all the way through the next two weeks and have it push you through your half.

Rick said...

Hey! Great job, Mike! Congratulations on the new PR! That's an awesome time for a course with an incline in them middle mile!

Yea, the National Anthem... deaf or not, that's just rude. We were at a Toledo Mudhens (triple A baseball) game a week ago Saturday and some older gentleman took a cell phone call right at the start of the National Anthem! What the heck?!?

Congratulations again and good luck in the half training! Say hello to Sherry for me.

(Notice I didn't mention anything about football) :-(

Mike Fox said...

Thank you Pigtails. Your post regarding your PR at the Media Challenge helped me visualize how I would try to push through at this race. Keep your race reports coming!!!

Rick - Unfortunately the Rich Rodriguez era for UofM did not start so well. However, the fact that the Wolverines came back and made a game out of it made me happy. Utah really outplayed Michigan and the score could have been a lot worse. I hope Rodriguez and the new coaching staff makes the necessary adjustments to the offense and the defensive secondary so that we can win a few games. GO BLUE!!

Rick said...

They'll end up having a successful season... they always do. It's my Spartans that are consistently bogged down in the quagmire of mediocrity! GAH!


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At the entrance to Chatham Harbor, Chatham Bar has bedeviled fishermen for generations. The Atlantic tides and storms scour tons of sand down the backside of the Cape, piling up an ever-shifting maze of bars at the harbor entrance. Here, lobsterman Tom Marshall ducks as the 40-foot Judi-Lin pounds her way through a rough chop on Chatham Bar on a spring morning in 1979.


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Saturday, April 2, 2011

A “duh” moment, from yours truly.

I have had this wonderful friend since second grade.
I begged her to take me to Hawaii, in her suitcase, at the end of that year.  Her family was going, and heck, I wanted to be there too.
(She did bring me home some fun souvenirs and tasty macadamias..  they mostly made up for not taking me.)
I have so many great memories of those days!  We had a lot of fun.
We still keep in contact, and I love the creative soul she is.
Today, after reading up on everyone on Facebook (good old Facebook…) I realized, she has a blog promoting her Etsy store!!!
(I have these moments all too often.  I will blame it on the three placentas that have been attached to my uterus and have subsequently sucked out most of the functioning brain cells that used to help me along.)
She has wonderful tutorials, such cute ideas, and then there’s the goodies she sells.
They make me want to bake!
(Or have another baby…)
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Color Test Spacemarine

Yesterday & the day before i worked on a spacemarine with my airbrush. First i put on a dark blue, then a medium blue & finally a light blue. After that i washed the whole model with blue wash. And finally highlighted with the lightblue. This was a color test for future space marines ... maybe i need to practice some more.. not quite there yet.. needs just a little more.. but maybe i'm to hard on myself ... who knows?
Here are some pictures of the test marine :

Painted : 67 / 100

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Voters To Decide Whether To Roll Back 70-30 Rule

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/AP) — Minneapolis voters will get the final say on the proposed changes to the city’s liquor laws.

Currently, restaurants in residential neighborhoods have to follow the 70-30 rule, which means their sales have to be made up of at least 70 percent food and no more than 30 percent alcohol.

But the prices of craft beer and fine wine are rising faster than food, leading restaurant owners to say the law is outdated.

Charter Commissioner Todd Ferrara says the rule was created by those who were afraid that alcohol would adversely affect their neighborhood. Ferrara says alcohol carries far less stigma than years ago.

Opponents say reducing restrictions means and increase in the availability of alcohol and that could mean more problems.

City officials voted to put a measure on the ballot this fall.

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Play the Cities Matter Game Show Live at the State Fair

Do you know why some cities require licenses for dogs? Or what kind of jobs are done by a city's public works department?

Learn the answers to these and other examples of "meaningful municipal minutiae" by visiting the League's Cities Matter booth in the Education Building at the Minnesota State Fair (Aug. 21 - Sept. 1), and playing the interactive "Cities Matter Game Show."

Test your knowledge of Minnesota cities and city governments and win valuable (sort of) prizes, while impressing friends and family members with your perceptive prowess.

Minnesota students entering grades 4-6 will also have the chance to compete in the League's annual "Mayor For A Day" essay contest  by picking up an entry form at the booth, or by printing a form from the League's website. The deadline to submit an essay is Oct. 15.

So don't forget to add the "Cities Matter Game Show" booth to your fair-going agenda. It's more fun than a bag of deep-fried walleye-flavored chocolate-covered doughnuts-on-a-stick.

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The University of St. Thomas School of Law last Thursday held a reception to express its appreciation to the hundreds of members of the Minnesota legal community who volunteer their time and efforts as mentors to its students. The school's Mentor Externship program has been recognized both locally and nationally for its effectiveness in building bonds between students and lawyers. It's amazing to think that UST Law has only existed for seven years. Through excellent innovations such as the Mentor Externship program, the school has already become of an important part of the local legal scene.


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30 June 2016

sixteen is suitima

suitima = sixteen (numeral) (Some things Google found for "suitima": a rare term; user name; similar Suitime is a B&B guest house in Milan, Italy; similar SUITMA is an acronym for Soils in Urban, Industrial, Traffic and Mining Areas which is a soil sciences conference group; similar suitjama is a pajama that looks like a men's suit; somewhat similar suita means suite in Croatian and Slovenian; bad OCR of old texts)

Word derivation for "sixteen" :
Basque = hamasei (from ten + six)
Finnish = kuusitoista (six + -teen)
Miresua = suitima (six + -teen)

This new word is also more Finnish than Basque, but hopefully not too much so. I want some regularity in Miresua.

The word sixteen doesn't occur in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or Through the Looking-glass. Although I found out that fifteen does, so I've updated my previous post.

22 June 2016

fifteen is vositima

vositima = fifteen (numeral) (Some things Google found for "vositima": a very rare term; similar Vestima is an investment fund service; similar Fostiima is a business school in Delhi, India; similar visitmina is a website for the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art in the UK)

Word derivation for "fifteen" :
Basque = hamabost (from ten + five)
Finnish = viisitoista (five + -teen)
Miresua = vositima (five + -teen)

Another new number word. This one is more Finnish than Basque, but I think not unreasonably so.

When I originally posted this, I wasn't sure if the word fifteen occurred in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or not. I didn't have a searchable text handy. Now I can happily say fifteen appears once in the book.
"...she came upon a low curtain she had not noticed before, and behind it was a little door about fifteen inches high: she tried the little golden key in the lock, and to her great delight it fitted!"

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fourteen is nelutima

nelutima = fourteen (numeral) (Some things Google found for "nelutima": a nearly unique term; similar nelutina seems to mean something in Latvian but I'm unable to translate it; somewhat similar Nelutu is masculine first name that can be Romanian)

Word derivation for "fourteen" :
Basque = hamalau (from ten + four)
Finnish = neljätoista (four + -teen)
Miresua = nelutima (four + -teen)

Another new word, as I continue to make words to count upward from ten.

The word fourteen doesn't appear in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, but I found it once in Through the Looking-glass.
"Are you a child or a teetotum?" the Sheep said, as she took up another pair of needles. "You'll make me giddy soon, if you go on turning round like that." She was now working with fourteen pairs at once, and Alice couldn't help looking at her in great astonishment.

"How CAN she knit with so many?" the puzzled child thought to herself.

06 June 2016

thirteen is kiretima

kiretima = thirteen (numeral) (Some things Google found for "kiretima": a nearly unique term; somewhat similar keratin is a fibrous protein in skin, hair and nails; somewhat similar crictime is a cricket match streaming website; somewhat similar kiremit means tile in Turkish)

Word derivation for "thirteen" :
Basque = hamahiru (from ten + three)
Finnish = kolmetoista (three + -teen)
Miresua = kiretima (three + -teen)

This is a new word. Upon consideration, I've decided to modify my Miresua conlang suffix for -teen from -taima to -tima. That means my words for eleven and twelve, which I previously posted, are no longer entirely correct, and will need to be revisited later.

The word thirteen appears once in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
"I'll try if I know all the things I used to know. Let me see: four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is -- oh dear!"


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Como esta amigo
For the death of those we don't go
Shall we kneel and say a prayer
They will never know we care
Shall we keep the fires burning
Shall we keep the flames alight
Should we try to remember
What is wrong and what is right

No more tears, no more tears
If we live for a hundred years
Amigos no more tears

And if we do forget them
And the sacrifice they made
Will the wickedness and sadness
Come to visit us again
Shall we dance the dance in sunlight
Shall we drink the wine of peace
Shall our tears be of joy
Shall we keep at bay the beast

Inside the scream is silent
Inside it must remain
No victory and no vanquished
Only horror, only pain

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For the death of those we don't KNOW А не "go"


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Watch them go one two three
I'm so happy and so is she
In a 'Danceband'
Show slow Quick quick slow
Heel to hell and toe to toe
In a 'Danceband'
You can do the Bosanova
'Till the night is through
You know Gay Gordon
You can meet him too
But when you hear that tune
One and one makes two
Don't step on my toes

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Tech Bats Come Alive in 7-6 Loss to Mount Mercy

Tech Bats Come Alive in 7-6 Loss to Mount Mercy

CLERMONT, Fla. – MIT had its best offensive output of the season but could not hold onto an early lead, falling to Mount Mercy College, 7-6, in spring break softball action on Tuesday. The Engineers also suffered a 6-0 setback to No. 12 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater earlier in the day. With a pair of games remaining on their Florida trip, Tech's ledger now stands at 1-8 overall.

Against Mount Mercy (8-3), Sarah Van Belleghem (Los Gatos, Calif.) belted her first career homerun, one of two extra-base hits for the freshman, and drove in three runs while scoring twice. Five of Tech's 11 hits went for extra-bases, including doubles by Van Belleghem, junior Anna Christensen (Vernon Hills, Ill.) and freshman Karly McLaughlin (Edwardsville, Ill.) as well as a triple off the bat of junior Leah Alpert (Needham, Mass.).

Mount Mercy struck first, plating three runs in the top of the first inning but MIT wasted little time in responding, bouncing back for a pair in the home half of the frame. Christensen and Van Belleghem hit back-to-back one-out doubles and McLaughlin brought Van Belleghem home with a base hit.

After the Mustangs extended their lead to 4-2 in the third, Van Belleghem once again plated Christensen with the long ball to even things up at four. The Engineers could have tacked on more in the inning, as McLaughlin laced a double with no one out but the freshman was thrown out trying to stretch it into a triple. Mount Mercy escaped with no further damage thanks to a strikeout by freshman Ellie Fodor (Trenton, Mich.) and fly-out from junior Jessica Iacobucci (Phoenixville, Pa.).

Tech finally took the lead in the fourth inning, thanks to a pair of runs to make it 6-5. Senior Katie Harrington's (Lexington, Ky.) base-hit brought in Alpert, following her one-out triple. Harrington would move into scoring position on a wild pitch and an error and score on Christensen's fielder's choice. Van Belleghem came up with runners on second and third and a chance to do even more damage but senior Nydia Ruleman (Germantown, Tenn.) was thrown out at the plate on Van Belleghem's grounder to third.

Fodor would come in to pitch in the top of the fifth, as a couple of MIT miscues allowed the game-winning runs to score in the frame. Leadoff batter, Emily Hickey (Independence, Iowa), reached on an error and moved to second on a wild pitch. Hickey was driven in on a double by Mariah Early (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), who later scored thanks to the Cardinal and Gray's third error of the afternoon.

Fodor, representing the tying run, wound up in scoring position in the bottom of the seventh but would get no further, as back-to-back groundouts by Iacobucci and junior Emily Creedon (Stoneham, Mass.) ended the threat.

Fodor took the loss, allowing a pair of unearned runs over three innings while striking out three batters. McLaughlin pitched the first four innings, surrendering five runs on eight hits.

Against Wisconsin-Whitewater, the Engineers were touched up for five runs in the second inning, which would be more than enough, as MIT managed just two hits on the day. Iacobucci took the loss, after giving up three runs on two hits and four walks for the Warhawks (7-1).

Tech will wrap up its trip with a pair of games Wednesday, facing DePauw University and Middlebury College. The game against Middlebury will be the third meeting between the two teams this week. MIT will then return home for its New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) opener on Friday, March 30 at home against Wellesley College. First pitch of the doubleheader is set for 3:00 p.m.


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Sunday, January 17, 2010

Boys in Basketball

Payton has started his very first year of basketball this year. He is on the Cavaliers team. They had their first game on saturday and won. Dillon's season is almost over. He plays for the Rockets and is undefeated. He has improved so much since last year and loves it. He is hoping for a trophy to add to his collection of sports recognitions. Here are a few pictures of the boys. As for the girls, well I cant ever seem to captivate them in any pictures. Kylee is still in guitar and has been for a year now and Mariah plays the violin. They are both active in 4H and very active with facebook and texting. It seems to be the only important things in life right now! Anyways, here are pics of the boys.

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