Archive for April 2006

Minnesota at Chicago, April 22, 2006

Saturday, April 22, 2006

Jesse Crain

In late relief for the Minnesota Twins on April 22, 2006, Jesse Crain pitches to the White Sox in Chicago. (Many thanks to Andrew for the free tickets!)

Mather at Von Steuben, April 21, 2006

Friday, April 21, 2006

Von Steuben Pitcher

Chicago’s Von Steuben High School plays their home games across the street from us, on the Northeastern Illinois University field. We caught the very end of this home win against Mather.

Scones

Friday, April 14, 2006

“Scones == Giant Cookies”

Nathan Lenz, IM status message, April 14, 2006

Cincinnati at Chicago, April 13, 2006

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Ronny Cedeno

Though the wind was blowing out, and the Cubs couldn’t hit as many homers as Cincinnati. Here, Ronny CedeƱo takes a cut in the late innings. (He went 0-for-3 with a sacrifice bunt.)

The greatest single guitar solo in human history

Friday, April 7, 2006

Jerry Garcia’s wa-wa guitar solo in “Dancing in the Streets” from the justly legendary Barton Hall concert at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, May 8, 1977. It almost made me cry tonight.

Chax rocks

Thursday, April 6, 2006

I have to use Apple’s iChat application, not because it’s the best at text IMs (because it’s not) but because it is the best at audio and video chats. Getting the honest-to-goodness video phone we were promised in 1956 has been a joy. But now I can enjoy iChat even more. That’s because of an iChat extension called Chax. (more…)

Headline of the day: April 3

Monday, April 3, 2006

“Sox overcome rain, Tribe”

Chicago Tribune, April 3, 2006

Cleveland at Chicago, Opening Day 2006

Sunday, April 2, 2006

The tarp comes off

Defending World Champion Chicago White Sox, division-rival Indians, Opening Day — who minds a three-hour rain delay?

Headline of the day: April 1

Saturday, April 1, 2006

“Post-Title Pitfall: Complacency”

Chicago Tribune, April 2, 2006, early edition

Smelly forearms?

Saturday, April 1, 2006

When I was a kid, I remember being puzzled why grown-ups apparently needed to put deodorant or antiperspirant on their forearms. No one I knew had smelly or sweaty forearms. I never actually saw anyone doing it in person, but they were constantly showing you how to in TV ads.