Hocus Pocus

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!)

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 == Giant Cookies”

Nathan Lenz, IM status message, April 14, 2006

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

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.

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…)

“Sox overcome rain, Tribe”

Chicago Tribune, April 3, 2006

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

“Post-Title Pitfall: Complacency”

Chicago Tribune, April 2, 2006, early edition

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.