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Farewell to Rory Markas…
It's always shocking when you read about someone who passes away so suddenly but it's even more shocking when you know the person and it was very, very sad news to hear yesterday that Angels broadcaster Rory Markas has died. Like me, he was a graduate of Chatsworth High School and grew up in the Valley, and he basically got his dream job in life. He was a genuine man who battled a brain tumor and was back in the booth long before anyone could have expected. He will be missed by everyone who knew him and even those who didn't, but had the good fortune to watch and hear him call Angel games.
Of course, everyone knows we try to keep things positive and upbeat over here at Inside the Dodgers, so I'll conclude this post by saying that I really hope Fred McGriff gets into the Hall of Fame when it's announced live today on the MLB Network at 11 a.m. PT. While there are tons of former Dodgers who belong in the Hall that I could "stump" for (Gil Hodges, Maury Wills, and Fernando Valenzuela for his impact on the game), the Crime Dog gets his first chance today and I really don't think that failing to hit seven more homers for the magic number of 500 should hold him back.
The St. Petersburg Times has a great article today about his candidacy and even though he only played one season here, I do believe he deserves to be enshrined. He was a pretty quiet guy with a huge grin and when he laughs, he kind of reminds me of Eddie Murphy. Of course, none of that justifies his Hall case so we can let you all debate it in the comments below.
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I also read about the passing of Rory, yesterday, Josh, and was in shock.
My sincere condolenses to his family and friends.
Andre Dawson was the lone nominee inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Josh – Thanks for the new thread!!
My prayers and condolenses go out to Rory's family and friends.
I will miss listening to Rory Markas. I was excited that he got the full time Angel gig. Thanks Rory!!
Beat me to it, nelly.
I send out my enthusiastic congratulations to Andre Dawson who richly deserves this honor.
For younger fans, think of a better version of Vladimir Guerrero.
And like Vladdy, Dawson's career was severely damaged by the horrendous palying field in Montreal.
Given a decent field and a team in a decent baseball city, Dawson would be a household name on a par with such contemporaries as Reggie Jackson and Mike Schmidt.
Hey lny4loney!!! It's good seeing you around. I do remember Andre Dawson, and now that you made me think about it, he does remind me of a better version of Vladdy.
Hey, nelly.
Eric Karros got only 2 HOF votes and will not be on next year's ballot.
But this is perhaps an appropriate time to remember what a terrific Dodger Eric was. Congratulations on a great career, Eric. And best wishes for a terrific rest of your life.
I enjoyed watching Andre Dawson play. To me, he was a real class act.
My prayers and condolenses go out to Rory's family and friends and all Angel's fans who will miss his angelique voice.
I agree lny4loney!! Eric Karros was a terrific Dodger!!!
I don't know much about the numbers of either Andre Dawson or Vladdy. I was mostly commenting primarily based on personality, but then the article that Dodgereric posted yesterday spoke to that very thing…………….is it just about performance or is the personality/integrity of the player factored in as well? I guess for me, personality/integrity does play a part in how I feel when someone is up for such distinguished recognition. Not that I by any means think Vladdy will not deserve such recognition himself when and if his time comes.
I have been time-warped back to PST all day today. Submission Error time is soon to be coming. This is always a sign for me that it will happen soon.
Sorry fellow ITDers, but Vlad has already been way better than Dawson. Vlad is in the same room as Reggie and Schmidt, but Dawson? Check their stats for heaven's sake. The only thing they have in common is not walking a lot.
It is not even close.
I'm going to have to dispute your Vlad v. Andre conclusion.
Argument #1 — Gold Gloves
Andre — 8, Vlad –0
Argument #2 — When comparing stats, it is best to compare players with their contemporaries. Both Vlad and Andre were known for power and speed. So the annual power-spped ranking at baseball-reference.com seems like a good tool to compare the two:
Andre finished first in his league in power-speed 3 times, second 3 more times, and another three times in the top 10; Vlad finished first twice, never second, and four other times in the Top Ten.
Argument #3 — Montreal Handicap
Andre was burdened for 10 full seasons; Vlad about 6 1/2. Also, although I don't know this for a fact, I imagine they did something to make the field somewhat less horrendous in the latter days of Olympic Stadium baseball.
Yes, to some degree I cherry-picked these stats. And I know that I could cherry-pick stats that favor Vlad.
For my money I would take Andre over Vlad.
Choosing Vlad over Andre is not unreasonable, but it's no slam dunk as you suggest, Scott.
Maybe you should change your name to "lny4andre". It's not close. The turf at Montreal was most likely worse when Vlad played and most of his stats are equal or better (batting average for instance) with 5 years less playing time.
Nothing personal. 🙂
I would enjoy a reasoned discussion/debate of the topic. But all you give me are conclusions with very little facts to back them up.
Citing the fact that Vlad has played 5 years less than Andre is a factor AGAINST your batting average argument rather than for it. Think of it this way: If Vlad plays another five years, do you think his lifetime batting average will go up or go down? Andre's batting average for each of the last 5 years of his career was LOWER than his lifetime BA, as is the almost universal trend.
Despite your backwards logic, it is true that Vlad will undoubtedly end with a significantly higher batting average than Andre. But batting average alone does not a complete player make.
Are you going to completely ignore Andre's 8 Gold Gloves?.
Some of Vlad's cumulative stats are better than Andre's, but it is good to remember that Vlad played in a much more offense-friendly era than Vlad.
Further some of Andre's lifetime stats are so far ahead of Vlad's that it is highly unlikely that Vlad will catch him. For example, Andre has 273 more lifetime RBI and 139 more lifetime stolen bases than Vlad.
As to the playing field, it probably was somewhat worse in Vlad's day than Andre's. However, the old terrible turf was replaced with brand new and much improved turf before Vlad's final year in Montreal. So Andre played about twice as long on the bad turf as did Vlad.
I, for one am not much of "STATS" person….however, after watching both Vlad and Andre play, I'd rather have Mr. Dawson on my team.
Good Evening All…..I don't know much about Rory Markas, however the more I read, the more I wish I did. My thoughts and prayers are with his loved ones.
This is a nice little debate we have going on today, thanks for the read……I don't want to take a side, I will just say that you both present very good arguments.
Just running an offseason sound check……..
Whatever side you may be on with Vladdy or Dawson, it is just nice to see an ITD debate instead of focusing on the gossip ring for a change.
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Apparently Bud Selig is floating the idea of a "World Series" to be played against the Japanese Leagues Champion.
Here is my response:
Until such time as the talent in the Japanese League is at all comparable to that of the U.S. major leagues, this idea is a pathetic joke.
There are only two possible outcomes:
#1 — The far more likely outcome is that the American champion absolutely embarrasses the Japanese champion defeating them handily and winning some games by 10+ runs.
#2 — The Japanese pull a major upset solely on the backs of 2 great Japanese league pitchers whose skill level is wildly disproportionate to that of the team as a whole each pitching two shutout games. We all know that if given the chance even the Kansas City Royals might defeat the World Champion Yankees in a seven-game series, but such would hardly convince anybody that the Royals are fit to be crowned World Champions. Allowing a Japanese League champion to compete against the American champion would be like allowing the Royals into the World Championship in the interest of making Kansas City feel more important.
P.S. Bud Selig is probably the worst thing that has ever happened to baseball!
F Bud Selig, and of course the McCourts too!
Hi ITD readers and bloggers.
I am enjoying the debate! Irevelent, but one thing I don't like about Vlad is he has been in this country, ok, also in Canada and he STILL needs an interpreter!
Sorry to hear about Rory Markas. I am not that familiar with his work since I don't listen to or watch Angel games very often and the same for SC basketball. However, he seemed to be a decent person and good at what he did. His passing did bring back sad memories of the day we learned Don Drysdale passed away.
Interesting debate on Dawson vs. Vlad. It only prooves that each fan sees something different in a player. I must say I don't remember Dawson as being a great player but I don't dispute his selection. My guess is Vlad will get into the Hall at some point in time mostly due to his hitting.
In theory, I like the idea of the American Champion playing the Japanese champion. Then it might really be a true "World Series". However, the logistics and the fact that the season is too long as it is makes such an event impractical. The World Baseball Classic is supposed to bring the best talent but even that has limits for much the same reasons. I do recall the Dodgers playing some exhibition games in Japan in the 1950's and then again in the 60's. Not sure how competitive the games were and I do recall Maury Wills did not want to go to Japan after the season (I think 1966) and was traded not long after. I might add I am no big Bud Selig fan either.
I'm wholly interested by an America-Japan World Series. Some things would have to be ironed out, like…
– Say goodbye to thoughts of a 7-game Division Series (which I always thought was a stupid idea)
– back to a 5 game LCS to make room
– The notion of an "American" team is kinda a joke, seeing as the MLB is a melting pot of talent (as Japan is as well). The Japanese teams could beat American teams with great pitching and small ball. But really that's any team.
– The Royals might beat the Yankees in 7 games. The Dodgers beat the over-100-win A's in less than 7. That's baseball, no matter who's playing.
– The rules and fans of Japanese baseball handle the game differently. Homefield advantage for Japan games would be insane.
Basically, the fear from this side of the Pacific from some would be the prospect of being "embarrased" by losing. Weren't we embarrased to lose two NLCS's in a row to the same team by the same margin? Does that mean Philly wasn't a better team? They were better when they had to be, we weren't. And the Yankees got lucky this year for it.
This feeling of "embarrassment" to me is fundamentally stunted. Like BCS teams being "embarrased" by Boise State and TCU "crashing the party". So they stuck them in the same bowl (crapping all over Tempe in the process), robbing us of… say… Boise State v. Florida. If you're as good as you think you are, you shouldn't be "embarrassed" to lose to a team whose proven to everything but your own ego that they're on the same level as you.
I'm sure Kennesaw Mountain Landis lost a measuring contest, and used that as the basis to make sure him or his Major Leagues wouldn't be "embarrased" by getting their butts handed to them by Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Double Duty Radcliffe, Buck Owens, and that young upstart Jackie Robinson.
Not that the last paragraph reflects upon the previous argument at all, just thought I'd throw in another situation where the powers-that-be were afraid of being "embarrassed" by people their egos were sure they were better than.
Bud's got fortitude, I'll give him that. I just think that realistically, we're probably 10-15 years from making everything work. But the fact that Baseball is having this as a serious conversation is impressive in and of itself.
I too thought about Don Drysdale when I heard of Rory Markas death. Both died died in their 50's and both were local boys.
R.I.P Rory
NSB, you have hit upon a topic of interest to me about so called embarassing losses. So often when a team that is highly favored loses, the loss is forever classified as an "embarassing loss", never to be forgotten. We all know that any team or competitor in any sport can win on any given day. If the so called better team or athlete won every time, why even play the game? I can understand being disappointed and such after losing but why should any team or athlete be embarassed at losing? This goes for the fans as well. Why do we insist on rubbing in the tough or bad loses? Perhaps the only exception would be purposely not trying one's best and how often does that happen? Yes, players make mistakes, some of them silly, and maybe there are times during competition when a player is embarassed by something that happens in the field of play. But losing should not be one of those things.
And to add to my last post, and not to take anything away from Boise State but if those clever, risky and highly entertaining plays run by Boise State a couple years ago against Oklahoma had failed and Boise State had lost that game, would anyone still be talking about it today?
Good Morning ITD Readers and Writers!!!! TGIF!!!!!!!!! – I have been waiting to say that all week, and it's been a very lonnnnnnnng week.
Great posts by all yesterday afternoon/evening.
41 Days until pitchers and catchers report, and for you NASCAR fans…………………Daytona in 37 Days 🙂
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
With not much to talk about
Damn housework, I must do!
That is the best news! TGIF and 41 days 'till Pitchers and Catchers report! Woohoo! It has been a long week for me at work.
Good morning ITD blogmates!
February 14th is the start of the Chinese new year! This year is the year of the Tiger.
Thought you guys would like this comment from Scott Eyre, a classy guy who has decided to retire…
Coolest Moment: "I was with the Blue Jays in '02 and I came in to pitch at Dodger Stadium for the first time (June 20, 2002). I grew up a Dodger fan. I went to a few games as a kid. I saw Dusty Baker play live as a kid. I got his autograph, and then he was my manager, which was pretty cool. Stuff like that I'll never forget. I don't even remember who I faced that day. My dad is like, 'How do you not remember who you faced?" I was like, 'Dad, I couldn't give a crap.' But the batter hit into a double play. I was thinking, 'Oh my gosh. I just pitched at Dodger Stadium.' And as I was walking off the field I was saying to myself, 'And Vin Scully is saying my name right now.' I met Vin Scully a couple years ago at Wrigley Field. I went up to the booth and talked to him for about 10 minutes. I told him that story. I don't know if he remembers that story today, but I do and it's the coolest."
Phan ~ thank-you so much for this great story. 🙂
Very cool story Phan – thanks!! Vin just might remember that story. He doesn't seem to miss much. I hope your holidays were good, and congrats for getting the best pitcher in baseball!!!
That's too bad Eyre is retiring. I didn't realize he pitched for 13 years, but he's right, he is going out on a very good note. I agree…………he definitely seemed like a good guy, and he just may be needed in June/July for somebody.
thank you so much for sharing that with us! that was very cool, Scott Eyre telling the story and you sharing it with us!
I love how the Phillies have that cruise in January! A Phillie blogger (Jenn) was sharing her pictures of last year's cruise and she also going this year!
That "embarrassing loss" is an interesting subject to me, being a Sooners fan. The game with Boise State was a no win situation, if you won, so what? We know what became of the loss. Boise State only has to play one game year, and I really do not think they could hold up an entire year in one of the majors. They do play Virginia Tech next year, so I guess they could make me see differently, but I do not think so.
Last year Alabama had to play Utah after missing out against Florida, and they really were embarrassed in another no win situation. Now they are national champs.
We no doubt have better players than the Japanese, but you can only put nine of these guys on the field at a time, cutting down the odds. These Japanese guys have shown they have the will and can win. Were they to be taken lightly, we would be on the short end of an embarrassing loss.
As far as Dawson and Vlad go, I'd take Dawson every time.
Just a couple of notes during lunch……
Anyone who avoids a potential embarrasing loss doesn't belong on any field, rink or court of competition.
Dawson or Vlad? Man, I'd take either one. The ball would scream off either bat or from either hand.
Dawson in the HOF? My own criteria is pretty tough. There's quite a few in the Hall that I'd take out if it were up to me, and there's a couple that I'd put in. I wouldn't have voted for him, but considering who is already in there, I guess he belongs.
phan, thanks for that link. That's pretty nice of you. By the way, do you know that there's someone out there using your moniker to rub stuff in our noses? 🙂 Seriously, it's nice to read something from you that doesn't make me see red.
…….and thanks to baseball_reference.com, we don't have to wonder who Eyre faced that day. It was Shawn Green that hit into that double play. Eyre relieved our good ol' friend Esteban Loaiza, the Dodgers won the game 2-1 with Gagne getting the save. Ah, the memories………
Back to work. Go Blue. Sell the team, Frank.
Great to see you, Dodgereric.
I agree with the fact that there are many in the HOF who shouldn't be there.
Good afternoon all……….
I have been watching Boise State Football since around the time of Gibby's magical swing, which we all know seems like an eternity. I have seen the day's that they were being defeated by the likes of Montana and cross state rival Idaho. I have seen Pokey Allen, God rest his soul, Houston Nutt, Dirk Keotter, Dan Hawkins and now our coach Pete. I have seen Gene Bleymaier (BSU AD) replace coach after coach and not only keep the success of the team but improve it. I have seen Georgia dominate the Bronco's, with the front line, in what was an embarrassing loss for us. I have seen Washington dominate the Bronco's in an embarrassing loss. I have seen the Bronco's defeat, Oregon twice, Oregon State and Oklahoma. This is not a fluke. Yes I will admit that if the Bronco's were in a tougher conference they would face tougher obstacles, week in and week out. However conference play is a challenge in itself. It is fine with me if you don't believe in the Blue of Boise, I know plenty of people who do…..and we will be ready to prove the doubters wrong again. Boise State returns all but one stater from a 14-0, Fiesta Bowl season. One being Kellen Moore whom will be a junior starting for the 3rd consecutive season.
Dodgereric ~ Not that I would expect anything less, but I figured you would come up with the name of the batter. Also, in case you need more lunch time reading (lol – I know…………. you have probably already read it – LOL!!!), here's another article/post from Joe Posnanski about the best players in baseball I thought (well D4 showed me first) you and the rest of our ITDers might enjoy (and critique).
sorry – forgot the article – LOL!!! Did I tell you I am glad it's Friday? I am sure you are too 🙂
Hey Dodger4life and Tru!!! Good to see you too 🙂
Wish I had something intelligent, witty or newsworthy to post. Dodger baseball the past month has been as flat as Frank's wallet.
……..has been as flat as Frank's wallet was pretty witty IMO. Well, at least it made me laugh – LOL!!
Hey enchanted!!! Doing good and yourself? It's great to see you are having a busy work week.
Uh oh!!! Time warping again!!
So how is everyone?? Been a busy first work week, but I see that Old Grandad? is about to make his first appearance of the afternoon…
Hi-ya Gramps!!
Hey Nelly….sorry I ran out the door after my comment. Hey everyone else, how goes the battle this week?
Felling no pain now Nells 🙂
That's FEELING – obviously its having more effect than I thought!!!
Hey enchanted…..it was a pleasure to finally get to meet you……even if it was just a blur. Old Grandad seems to be enjoying the sunset tonight.
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend……..A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
That's good to know enchanted!!
I am just happy to have a hubby that puts up with my Dodger obsession, considering he is a gnat fan.
Hi Enchanted…………….I have a surprise for you 🙂
But happiness is a wife that doesn't spend much of what hubby makes!!
I hope its not a "Ned" sort of surprise Tru!!!
You will see when Nellyjune and I bring it to you 🙂
My hubby doesn't even write a check….so, he really doesn't know what I do with the money…lol
It's actually a special gift from Nellyjune, Dodgereric, Dodger4life and yours truly.
Now I'm scared!!!
I am just a little curious as to who will have the better season……Manny or JP?
Any guesses???
enchanted – Don't worry……………..she saves the Garden Gnomes for me :))
Dodger4life – The Dodger fan in me wants Manny to come through this season, but my betting side wonders if JP will just stick it to us good 🙂
It was just a thought…..You may be on to something though…..I was also thinking that Ned has been non existant lately…..I wonder if he has been arrested and is locked away in a mexican jail somewhere??? Tru say's we should have bear call the embasy.
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Whew!!! Guess if it was a gnome I could just make it stare back at the neighbor 🙂
Manny without roids and evidently bad wheels vs. a guy who for one month out of his three year tenure didn't bring down the offense…
Defense is a wash – Manny can't get to anything and JP can't throw it when he does. I see Manny hitting about .265-.270, 15-20 HR and 70 RBI. Knowing Joe that's good enough to bat third or clean-up. He will draw walks which will keep his OBP above JPs. JP will be JP – play everyday and suck the life out of the top of the line-up on most days. Playing everyday, he'll OBP about .325 in 700 PAs, hit .290ish and steal about 50 bases. He'll get about 185-190 hits and score 90 runs. He'll get thrown out trying to steal about 20 times and hit into another 10 DPs despite his speed. No one will pitch around him, so we're looking maybe 35 walks max. He'll make 500 outs.
Way I see it, Manny's going to become just another PVL. His value increases though because I doubt he'll play more than 140 games and miss a good many 7-8-9th innings. He also still has some reputation that'll help against average pitchers. If JP plays everyday, his value goes down because the more he plays, the more he sucks and starts coming down to his norms (and below.)
Ergo, I'll still take Manny because he's going to suck less.
Good insight enchanted….spoken with true wisdom …Just like my Old Grandad used too…..
BEARLIFE ~ Survival Guides
Dennis Mannion
Rick Honeycutt
Stan Conte
Book your excursion ahead of time…..This will be the event of the decade.
Ozzie will have JP on the bench by August…Manny will be in the middle of his monster, get-a-new-DH-contract stretch drive, eying pinstripes to stick it to Boston but good! Even the most cynical amongst us must agree that one semi-mediocre season by Manny–one interrupted by a 50-game unpaid vacation–does not diminish his career mashing, 'roids or no 'roids. To even offer up such a comparison is not so much a Manny slight but a rose-colored perception of our once-beloved JP. As for me, I'll take whatever makes those glasses rose colored, whether it comes in a bottle, a pipe or a sugar cube.
I agree Manny will suck less. Then again, in my head, I don't think many players can suck more than JP, compared to Andre and Matt who had to sit because of him.
Do we get the survival guides? If so, I think Conte needs to have one of his own. He scares me the most out of all three of them. I wouldn't trust him with a hang nail much less a player injury.
Speaking of football???!?!?!….the closer the NCAA gets to the bottom of the Reggie Bush saga, the closer Uncle Pete gets to Seattle.
LOL, Nellyjune!
BEAR himself is in charge of assigning the survival ( wink wink) guides.
And, malfunctioning life preservers 🙂
So that is two for Manny…..one for glasses, rose, bottle and pipe….and an undecided for JP???
D4, don't forget that sugar cube if you want to experience JP at his game-changing, super-star best….
What do you call a midget fortune teller who escaped from jail? A small medium at large.
LOL, Kahli!
Wringing the sugar beets as we speak Khali….into the glasses of course…
Anyone seen Ned lately??? Maybe we should send out a search team……
Maybe he followed Matt and Rihanna to Cabo…..It would be fun to check the sights….BEARSIGHTS SEARCH and RESCUE or RECOVERY ….Which ever???
It's movie night!!!………………………."Blazing Saddles" is on.
A survival guide from Messagebear? That should be fun. We may have to parental advisory labels on them though.
Why did the blonde put lipstick on her forehead?………………..She was trying to make up her mind. lol
BEAR will be conducting the Saftey Course before assigning the guides…..they will be handed out based on your skills aptitude…..
It's Mongo!!!!!!!
MLBTR Report…..Ned Colletti is still MIA!!!
Maybe In Alaska? LOL!!!!
Moronically in active….the longer he stay's in this mode the more likely he will be fast and furious in the future….Daytona Speed Weeks and Ned anyone???
How about Mind In Asss?
The BEARLIFE insignia….MIA, inside a bearpaw!
It's Hank!!………..nuff said – LOL!!!!! I just read that from Denny who had the pleasure of seeing Hank perform at the Grand Ole Opry tonight.
That is true…..I enjoy Hank myself……Family Tradition, I guess!!
Sweet!!! Ned just made the move to get us past the Phillies & on the level of the Yanks!! I'm smelling a ring!!
Signed Ortiz & Restovich!!!
Woo fricken hoo!!!!!!
Sweet!!! Ned just made the move to get us past the Phillies & on the level of the Yanks!! I'm smelling a ring!!
Signed Ortiz & Restovich!!!
Woo fricken hoo!!!!!!
Sweet!!! Ned just made the move to get us past the Phillies & on the level of the Yanks!! I'm smelling a ring!!
Signed Ortiz & Restovich!!!
Woo fricken hoo!!!!!!
Sweet!!! Ned just made the move to get us past the Phillies & on the level of the Yanks!! I'm smelling a ring!!
Signed Ortiz & Restovich!!!
Woo fricken hoo!!!!!!
Ortiz and whom???
Hey Collie!!! How are you doing? Have you recovered from the holidays yet?
Unbelieveable Collie!!! I just figured out what you were talking about. Here we go……………..boy, the troops are going to love this one. A 35 year old pitcher who is coming off Tommy John surgery. I mean it's only a minor league contract, but it still speaks volumes to the lack of funds Ned has to work with.
Then there is the 31 year old outfielder. Here we go again with the reverse Logan Run scenarios. Let's not sign any contracts to players under the age of 30. It might be detrimental to the club.
Only 40 days left until pitcher and catchers report…..I guess Ned has decided to load up the Ark now………Call off the Search and rescue mission……Rebriefing in the morning!!!
LOL!!!!! I guess he is not MIA afterall, in the normal sense anyway.
It's really not the minor league signings that bother me. I understand that these are low risk endeavors that may turn out to be okay. We had several last year that worked out fine. However, it goes back to the issue of if you can't afford to pay for premium players now, how are you going to be able to pay for our soon to be premium players that we want to remain Dodgers in the very near future (ie……..our young guns)
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I really don?t know where to begin with this post, I just know that my passion for Dodger Baseball wants me to write one. As I sit here conducting a late night conversation with the two guys on my shoulders?My good and Evil sides I suppose. I wonder, what the future of my passion has in store?? The good guy or the positive shoulder is strong?.he sees a bright future in the young core?.Players who do not posses the ability to seek other employment, but posses the potential that if they did would make others lust after. My bad shoulder or the dark side I shall say, knows this only exist for a short time. My positive side say?s they will come of age in the near future not because of the pressure that the organization is sure to put upon them but because they have a destiny, that burns deep inside their own mind and body. My dark side say?s that they will become sidetracked like so many have in the past. content with the status quo and the status quo in their profession is quite a good living by all means and standards.. I choose to listen to my good side here?..Call it thinking with my heart, or blind faith if you wish?but I still believe in the magic that I have grown to Love!!!
My dark side say?s we have a less than stellar future, it has went the wayside of yesteryear, and is just being held together by the will of legends who are willing with all they can muster. That no matter how much I want to believe in the magic that exist today, and my positive side, once again the strong side say?s that magic still exit?s, it is being tarnished from the inside. Yes the dark side has a valid point. The point being that without good leadership from the within?there really is no magic, there is no foundation from with which to build. The dark side tells me Whatever It Takes?.the positive side say?s it takes an honest belief. That Whatever It Takes lies within the heart of the man with forthright convictions?.The dark side say?s I am that man?.I have shown you in the past that I am the foundation. The positive side disapproves of this and say?s to look at things without your blind faith and see it for what it is. In order to listen to the positive side or the strong side I must abandon my Love for the time being, and focus on that foundation. I am at an impasse here in my decisions. How can I step away long enough to see the whole picture but not fall victim to it?s circumstances. If the picture being projected is not what I have been accustomed to in the past. If only I had a beacon of light to shine while I wandered in the mist, something that would steer me back to the promised land. Certainly this light exist it must, it has been bright for so long?.It has seen tough times before, it has burned it?s way through the haze in the past. Someone has always become that beacon, someone has always become that leader. Even when it appeared there was no foundation upon with which to build. Looking at the landscape of today with an unbiased set of eyes, I see the shaky ground. I see the light that once did shine so bright dimensioning, I see the cosmetic fa�ade that tries to hold the foundation together weakening at the seams. I can still see the light however, and it still projects it?s luster. It is in the hearts and soul of all who believe and never more so than those who have the ability to repair this foundation upon with which many who have come before have constructed. Men who faced tougher times than these men will face in the present. This is where this beacon will shine , this is where our leadership for the future will come from. Not from the top but from the inside, from inside the minds and bodies of young men who wish for more than just, a dream. From young men who wish the dreams of future generation?s of youngsters. Young men who will continue to bestow the light that has been the foundation for success, in generation s past and will become ambassadors of this dream for past, present and future. This is a champion and it?s beacon lives in the challenge, it?s beacon lives in the accomplishments that bring forth righteous light, for in the end it is this righteous light you will seek. This is the magic, this is foundations of my convictions and beliefs, this is Dodger baseball. This is destiny. Make it yours gentlemen and be proud to have continued this proud legacy?..
It is late….I am growing tired of the Hot Stove season, or non season. I want to root, root, root for the home team. I want to get past the daily dealings of the McCourts and their bitterness. I want to follow the battle that takes place on the field. I want to relive the joy that happens in the spring and carries us into the fall. I want to will my team to victory. I want to participate in the grand ole game, any way I can. I want the face of the Dodgers to be upon the youngsters in the stands. I want them to be smiling, I want them to be proud. I want them to enjoy the same things, I and my father and his father before him did…..I want leadership that want's the same things as I. I dont want an owner or owners, I want a caretaker, I want a leader….I want someone who will give more than they recieve. Is this asking to much Frank??? If it is pass the torch, I am sure there is someone willing to fullfill this role. I want players to come here because they believe in the Dodger Way, not leave beacause of it. I want the next generation to be better, I want more Vinny's and Sandy's and Drysdales and Robinsons and Fernandos and Hershisers and Gibsons and Pee Wee's and Alston's and Tommy's and Hodges and Newcomes……and yes I want more O'Malleys, Frank….I want more O'Malleys……many many more!!!!!
With these two fantastic (ha-ha) signings, I really wish Ned were M.I.A. !!!!!
Hey boys and girls,
I just wanted to mention Ken Burns documentary "Baseball". I happened to notice the DVDs at my local library and have been watching the series lately.
For those who have seen it but not in a while, it is certainly worth a repeat.
For those of you who have never seen this show, a 1994 PBS production, I HIGHLY recommend it.
Great posts last night/this morning Dodger4life.
lny4loney – I have seen most of it here and there, and then I have the Original Soundtrack to the series as well.
I just came from our baseball academy (Valley Sports Academy) where two minor league pitchers from the Rockies organization were doing a pitching clinic for the kids. One is 22 and last season was in AA and the other one was 24 and in AAA last season. They did a phenomenal job, and it just made me think even more, why can't our organization just trust our young pitchers and see what they can bring to the field rather than spend it on more pvls. Then again, I am really beginning to understand why we don't throw away (trade) our prospects without very good intentions of getting something much better in return. I hope all is going well with our players in arbitration. We haven't heard anything about that either. So, hopefully it is all taken care of by next Friday without anybody having to go to a hearing like we almost had happen last year.
HAPPY NEW YEAR GANG!!!!! Hope you are all well and happy. Outstanding D4!!! The magic is still there, somewhat more dormant and obscure thru the Fox and McCourt tenures. Nice to hear about the baseball school Nelly!! Nice post!!! I agree!! Got to cultivate the young kids!! We've been saying it for a couple of years now and are patient enough to let it happen!!! As far as Dawson and Vlad, who cares?!!! Dawson is a Hall of Famer in my book and we will decide Vlad when the time is here. I would have loved to have had either on my team. Go Buckeyes and Go Dodgers!!!!!
Gumby's creator, Art Clokey, has passed away. Gumby, all of ITD is here for you if you need us. My sympathies to Pokey, as well. As for Clokey's son, he said, "Gumby's ability to enchant generations of children and adults had a mystical quality to it." Kind of like Ned's ability to enchant all of us, especially with his creative acquisitions…..?!?!?!?
Lot's of great posts, too many to mention seperately. I've enjoyed reading you all. Keep it up gang!!!
Hi'Ya Trumom and Nelly!!! Doing well, thanks. Always makes my day to see/read you both!!! Dodger stove has been very cold so far. Maybe a good thing. I'm still not very optimistic with Ned stoking the fire. LOL!!!
Hi'Ya Trumom and Nelly!!! Doing well, thanks!! Always a pleasure to be in both your companies!!!
I guess the Time Warp is still in force!!! LOL!!!
Wow, Jhall is back! Yay! Been way to long, sir 🙂
Hey Jhall!!! It's really good to see you!! How have YOU been sir? The academy is going really well. In addition to those two, we had Dusty Ryan (a local player gone pro) in the place the other day with his friend who happens to be in the Card's minor league system. Dusty was the backup catcher for Detroit last season, and was traded to San Diego for this upcoming season. He is slated to be back up for the Padres too, but one never knows with their team either what may happen down the road. We have a whole bunch college kids that come and go as well, who may be in the mlb someday, perhaps playing for the Dodgers one day :)))
I guess the time warp is in effect today. Why thank you Jhall, and you know we feel the same way about you.
Thanks Nelly and Jhall, I couldn't stop thinking about the team, and didn't want to go to sleep with a negative vibe again. I miss the enjoyment part of the game. This off season has been no fun what so ever…….
Jhall it is good to see your post as usual, glad to have back. I trust you had an enjoyable holiday season and that your New Year is much of the same. I see also that your Buckeyes cracked the top 5, Congrats!!!
Nelly that is outstanding news about thye academy, simply outstanding.
In retrospect…there has been a little fun here on ITD….:-)
nelly……………….HOW ABOUT THEM COWBOYS!!!
Good afternoon all…….
So far this New Year we have seen Ned sign Ortiz and Restovich, however from what I have read, this doesn;t actually cost us any money until opening day, other than the usual ST allowance and pay. Repko has resigned for $500k on a one year deal (which should mean the same, it cast us nothing until opening day?) This makes me wonder? if the bidding was to get heated up for Padilla or Garland tomorrow would Ned have the funds to acquire one of them, or would this just be another scenerio where he would just be following them down the hall, towards their room. I have read that some of the player agents?? Have been saying that Ned is pursuing Trades in lue of free agents further speculating that he has no real money to spend. It has also been said that Ned doesn't know where he will stand as far as $ until our arbitration guys are signed?? Which doesn't look like a very promising outlook to me….
Sorry I didn't proofread…due to the fact that my post kept disappearing……cast=cost…and doesn:t should be doesn't.
Enjoy your Sunday all 🙂
Nobody wants to come out and play tonight….boo-hoo!
trublu, I'll at least say hello! Glad Repko signed and may be in line for the 4th outfielder. Always have liked his grit and passion.
What about those Cowboys Kahli? LOL!!!! (jk) You are a Cowboys fan? Well, if you are, you and Boblee can rejoice together!!!
Hi, Kahli 🙂 I'm also glad Repko signed. Maybe that is a good sign of things to come. Of course, they also signed Russ Ortiz! Maybe if they also sign Smoltz and Pedro Martinez, we will truly have an Old-timers Club! I did hear they were thinking of the Giants reject, Noah Lowry!
I should have said, another Giants reject! Ortiz was a gnat many moons ago..lol
Hey nelly and kahli. howabout those cowboys. On to the super bowl. I predict Cowboys over the vikings and the Cardinals over the Saints with the title set for Dallas. Cowboys are looking good.
Well……….well, if it isn't Boblee himself. It is good to see you. I am glad your Boys are doing well for you Boblee. I didn't get to watch any of the games today, but from the scores they sure were exciting. As far as my team, I am looking forward to seeing what Shanahan can do with my Redskins next season. I didn't like the Broncos, but I did like him. However, for now, I am pulling for my 2nd favorite………the Chargers to go all the way 🙂
Boblee ~ I don't mind the Cowboys winning over the Vikings but, I WANT THE SAINTS TO BEAT THE CARDINALS!!!!
As long as the Dodgers off-season is as exciting as dandruff…let's have the NFC championship game in the Dallas Palace!!!
My Ethier jersey came in the mail this weekend! Does anyone know when/if there will be another ITD tour this year? I might only be able to make it out once this year and I would love if it could be then.
Good Morning, Bluesplash ~ I think Josh will give us a date for the ITD Tour as soon as possible. I am assuming we are having one again this year. We told him last time that we'd like more time to get our "ducks in a row".
Ned better duck if this is what Frank's reduced us to. J-C, Ortiz and Restovich? That's worse than dumpster diving. Ned's cesspool diving in the shallow end. Hell, while we're at it let's call Tomko back, maybe even Uncle Milty. And what do we need with another never-was thirty-something OFer? If you don't have enough OFers in the minors to fill out rosters, then there's something wrong with your farm system since OFers grow on trees. And jeez, I'd rather throw every minor league arm we have out there than the washed-up crap Ned finds.
This is pathetic for a major market team. If you can't get quality players, don't get any at all and play your kids.
And obviously our day is saved settling with Repko. Not that Repko wouldn't make a great defensive 4th OFer and PR, but from what I've seen, the guy isn't going to hit at all. Much better off with Paul as 4th OF. I'm actually a bit surprised they even tendered him, but then judging by the big named OFers we're signing, we're inexcusably thin in the minors.
Enchanted ~ it makes me scared to have the season start!
With the personnel we have Tru, assuming no major injuries we'll be "competitive" within the division, which evidetly is satifactory to the front office.
Where are the big boy signings? That is where we will find out how we are really doing financially IMO. Not that we haven't figured it out already mind you 🙂
Division, probably, Enchanted. But, I WANT MORE!!!!
I'm waiting for the big boy signings too, Nellyjune!
Ain't gonna be no big boy signings ever with Frank (or Jamie) as owner. THAT we might as well resign ourselves to right now.
My objection is that if you aren't going to sign anyone of consequence, don't sign anyone at all. BUT you have to make sure your farm system is healthy, which ours is not thank's to Frank's McCheapness in acquiring PVLs.
Maybe not this year, maybe not next, but this organization is heading for some real rough seasons ahead as long as its "guided" by the current ownership and front office. They can try putting a happy face on it if they want, but it'll just putting lipstick on a pig.
Maybe lipstick on a pig can be a new bobblehead 🙂
Sorry, I meant big boys, meaning our current team. I knew Repko would sign for whatever he was offered. I want to know what is happening with the EthierKempLoneyMartinBroxBillz? They are what matters right now, and how they are handled will be very telling of how the next few years will play out.
Next year when Frank's even more cash strapped, look for him to trade Dre at least, maybe Kemp. Martin I don't care about, but I'd surmize he'd be gone too. Soon as any of them reach the third year of arbitration when they'd be due some serious money (and in Kemp's case, probably his second) and they'll be gone. As long as Frank owns the team, welcome to Royals baseball.
Hello gang!!! Unfortunately if Frank/Jamie remain owners, I think it will get a lot worse before it gets better.
I think/believe they will put their own agenda's before the teams!!!!!


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The process of bringing The Orange Eats Creeps into this world was not an easy one for first-time author Grace Krilanovich. Conceived as part of a dare, the novel slowly took shape during a protracted gestation period of writing and revision. But that was only the beginning. Once fully formed, there was the matter of coaxing the reluctant manuscript from the publishing womb. It was only after a particularly difficult labor that the experimental bundle of joy finally arrived in September of 2010. Indie-press midwife Two Dollar Radio was there to aid in the delivery and hand out cigars. Continuing with the pregnancy metaphor, that would make mentor Steve Erickson the birthing coach, and the unnamed classmate who presented the dare the all important sperm donor.
You'd think Creeps was destined for problem child status, what with its petulant, stream of consciousness anti-narrative, but it actually turned out to be quite the well-behaved little cherub. Reviews have been predominantly positive, despite the difficulty of the material. Creeps appeared on numerous end of the year lists in 2010, and Grace was selected as one of the National Book Foundation's prestigious 5 Under 35. No one was more surprised than the author herself. It's not everyday a plotless book about promiscuous underage bloodsuckers (or PUBs, kind of like CHUDs) is so well received.
Grace was refreshingly honest about the difficulties she encountered while writing Creeps and the lessons she learned along the way. She was kind enough to replay the video of its birth and provide a running commentary while I squirmed in my seat. When that ordeal was over, the conversation turned to more pleasant subject matter- such as the warping of young girls' minds and her love of male hustlers. We also managed to discuss the new novel she is working on and the age-old challenges associated with the problematic second child.
JOSHUA CHAPLINSKY: How did THE ORANGE EATS CREEPS come about? Is it true you picked ideas out of a hat?
GRACE KRILANOVICH: Yeah. It started as kind of a dare or a wager with a classmate of mine in the Grad program at CalArts. I wanted to write a movie or a TV pilot incorporating a bunch of elements I would basically choose at random. One of them was "ancient Egypt high school." Another one was "boxcar vampire junkies," or something like that. I had a bunch of things listed out and he was like, why don't you just rearrange this here, combine these together, and the resulting string was "slutty teenage hobo vampire junkies." He was like, you should write that, and I said, okay, maybe I will, you know? It was just a way to limit the cripplingly infinite possibilities of what you can use as your subject matter- what these people do and who they are. Kind of tamp it down and define the parameters of the story.
JC: That doesn't sound like the most limiting set of parameters to me.
GK: Well, it is in a way. When you sit down to write a story, the characters could be anybody at any time in any place. It's kind of paralyzing.
JC: In one interview you referred to the book as "the verbal equivalent of a landfill of ideas." It mines everything from punk rock to true crime to drug use to popular culture to geography.
GK: The novel as a form is a huge container for the wild array of things you want to load into it. So I think the form of the novel was really the right form for this particular story, because I wanted to incorporate a wide variety of styles and elements. Incorporating all these disparate things in this big mixed bag. And I wanted to play with the excessive qualities of certain novels that I like. Write something overwhelming in a way that's supposed to duplicate the inner state of the character and throw you into this other realm.
JC: What novels in particular?
GK: Well, something like [Pierre Guyotat's] Eden Eden Eden, where it's just completely relentless in terms of the form. All one unbroken sentence. It's the most excessive, in terms of language and subject matter, that I can even think of. Something like that, where the novel itself, the form, is expanded by pushing it to those limits.
JC: With all that you put in, was there anything that got left out?
GK: Yeah. I ended up cutting about 80 or 90 pages of stuff. I wrote the novel over the course of a few years, so there were certain points where I cut a lot. I didn't think it would be able to be that long. I was judicious about having it be excessive, but in a way that didn't push the patience of the reader. I wanted to keep the reader in the book.
JC: Is that quantity you were cutting, or were there any specific elements you decided had to go?
GK: It was purely quantity of words that I cut. In writing the book, I kind of wrote the same scenarios over and over again, so there weren't any story lines or divergent paths that got pruned down.
JC: Did you have an overall plan when you started writing?
GK: No. I hadn't written fiction before, so my only plan was to write a crazy story that no one would ever see or know about. And to have fun with it, to push the limits of what was decent, you know? Writing in secret without telling anybody I was working on something was also important, because it was very freeing in terms of just putting whatever down on the page. Just figuring out who the characters were and what the story was about as I went along. Just writing one page chunks, or a paragraph at a time. And writing around images, or really short glimpses of scenes that I had, which is- I don't know if I would write that way now. I think it came from a lack of experience and wanting to try a different approach. It's not the easiest way to write fiction, by any stretch. It did really feel like it was torturous, just trying to get a single page out.
JC: I read that you used a number of unusual methods while writing the book, such as dealing a homemade deck of cards with different words and actions to shape the story.
GK: Oh, yeah. I mean, after a while I just started coming up against a wall of, how far can I take this, where is this going? A total inability to continue turning out the pages. So for lack of any better way to proceed I started using word games and different techniques to generate text. Blending things up, making cut-ups out of pages that I already had to generate new content. Or using the cards to generate possible scenarios. I wanted to keep using the same repetitive type of scenes, like deja vu, being caught in this vortex. So I think recombining the writing that I already had lent itself to that, because all the same phrases would pop up again and again- that was the effect that I wanted.
JC: You've also said you listened to holosync meditation tapes while you wrote. What exactly are they and what purpose did that serve?
GK: A friend of mine introduced me to that. It was kind of tongue in cheek. They're like a new age meditation soundtrack. You listen to it on headphones and it sends subliminal tones to each ear, over the sounds of rain. It's very relaxing, and I used it- not all the time, but at certain points in the writing to kind of get an intense focus on the story and to think deeply about the characters.
JC: Did that work for you?
GK: Yeah, it did. Maybe it's just a matter of quieting all the external noise in your mind and getting a really high level of focus. Maybe anything could do that for you, but that in particular made if possible for me to come up with ideas I wouldn't have arrived at otherwise. I don't think I'd rely on that today, but at the time I was willing to experiment with anything.
JC: You mentioned that before CREEPS you wrote mostly non-fiction. I know you have a day job at the LA Times. Was CREEPS a rebellion against the rules and structure of that type of writing?
GK: Initially I saw it as a way to incorporate a lot of the non-fiction ideas I was interested in into fiction. Like writing about music and writing about movies. I don't think it was a reaction to feeling like I was limited by non-fiction. I think in the CalArts writing program, there was a lot of encouragement to push boundaries with hybrid forms and to incorporate different elements into opposite genres of writing. So I was interested in writing fiction that still conveyed my non-fiction interests.
JC: You were selected for the National Book Foundation's 5 under 35. CREEPS was also on numerous end of the year lists. Have you been surprised by the positive reception to what might be considered a "difficult" or "experimental" novel?
GK: Very surprised. I mean, just because of how difficult it was for me to get the book published, how many presses turned it down. The years and years of sending it out and feeling discouraged. You start sending it out and you don't expect to get easy acceptance, but still. It was almost three years and there were no takers, and I just felt like it was such a hard book to interest somebody in. And I can understand that. Just getting a manuscript like that on your desk, you know- what the hell is this? It's so hard to identify what the novel is right off the bat like that. So I anticipated a similar reaction when the book came out, even though my publisher- Two Dollar Radio, Eric Obenauf- he had so many great ideas about how to present the book and how to convey to the reader what they were in for. The cover art and Steve Erickson's intro- I think all those things contributed to introducing the book and conveying what it was. But in terms of the 5 under 35, I was very shocked by that, and I'm still shocked. I could never thank Scott Spencer enough. It's just an incredible honor, and for him to go out on a limb like that for a book like mine- it's awesome.
JC: How exactly did you hook up with Two Dollar Radio?
GK: Well, they went for it. Steve suggested I send the book to them. Even in my initial investigation into who they were and what kind of books they published, they really seemed to be the right place for it. Their ideas about publishing were really consistent with mine and I just love the whole idea of the press- their aesthetic and the books they publish. It just clicked. It seemed to be the right home for the book.
JC: They did a great job. There was that cool little book trailer. Very lo-fi and atmospheric. Did you have any involvement with that?
GK: The trailer was my handiwork. I shot it and my friend Nickole helped me. That's her song on there. We had a budget of like 5 dollars, but it was fun to make. We shot it around Santa Cruz, where I grew up.
JC: While not specifically a vampire novel, how do you think CREEPS fits into the current cultural obsession with them?
GK: Well, when I started writing, I wanted to do a take-off on the late 80's/early 90's vampire, like Lost Boys. That was the aesthetic that I was after. Pre-Twilight, at the time I was writing the book. But that's alright. You can't control the way people's interests are turning. The vampire elements I wanted to incorporate into the story, they're not campy- well, they are campy, but they're campy in a different way. The thing I was after with that was the parasitic element. The consumerist impulse.
JC: It's funny, I was reading some of the Amazon reviews, and you throw the word vampire out there and people start to expect certain things. One irate reviewer complained CREEPS was "all junkie and no vampire."
GK: Haha. There's not nearly as much baggage when you say a word like hobo or junkie, you know? What are you gonna do?
JC: Your writing process may be unorthodox, but what about your schedule? Do you have a routine? Any rituals?
GK: Initially I was writing more steadily, because I was still in grad school and it was easy to carve out writing time. After I graduated, it was a little bit harder to maintain that schedule. After a while, I stopped writing. I stopped working on it for about a year. Then I lined up a few retreat type situations out of panic, because I felt like I would never finish the book. One of them was- I was house sitting. Then I went to the Macdowell Colony. Those were about 3 or 4 weeks each. And that was really essential to finishing the book. I felt like I needed those days of unbroken focus to get into the story enough to be able to see it through to the end. That was really important.
JC: You graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in Writing from the California Institute of the Arts, where author Steve Erickson is a teacher. As you said earlier, he also wrote the introduction to CREEPS. How did that come about? Were you an actual student of his?
GK: Yeah, I was a student of his. He also published two excerpts from the novel in Black Clock while I was still a student there. So he was really a huge advocate for this work from the very beginning. He went to bat for it in every way possible. I'm eternally grateful for that because I feel he, like Scott Spencer, went out on a limb advocating a work that may have struck people as too weird.
JC: On the Two Dollar Radio blog, you run down a list of books and films you were exposed to at the tender age of 15. NAKED LUNCH, TROPIC OF CANCER, Andy Warhol's TRASH- very atypical stuff for a young girl. Looking back, do you feel that material warped in any way?
GK: Well, that's what I wanted to read. For some reason I was really drawn to stories of male hustlers. I was really into the whole Andy Warhol milieu and everything Lou Reed. I would seek out and read anything that Lou Reed endorsed- like John Rechy's City of Night, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Delmore Schwartz. I never had a YA period. I read books for adults because they appealed to me. And stories about male hustlers appealed to me for some reason. The Andy Warhol movies, Joe Dallesandro- I ate it up. Maybe it did [warp me], sure, but I also liked old movies too, musicals and stuff, so it wasn't all sleazy and perverted.
JC: You could look at it as a positive warping.
GK: Exactly. A positive warping.
JC: Would you recommend your own book to a 15 year old girl?
GK: I wouldn't recommend it to a 15 year old girl, but I wouldn't want it to be kept from them, either. It was so important to me as a teen to have access to great book stores in Santa Cruz, like Logos Books and Records- huge used book stores- before you could easily buy things online. You couldn't find out of print books as easily. But having so many great book stores in town and being free to browse throughout the entire store and buy any kind of book was really huge for me. I think if I didn't have that I'd be a completely different person. A much different writer for sure.
JC: Are you currently working on a followup to CREEPS?
GK: I'm working on another novel. I've been working on it for a few years now. I really wanted to write about California, because I'm a sixth-generation native and I'm really drawn to the weirdness of it. How unusual it is and how great it is. I wanted to write a story of early California, kind of a love triangle that's a little bit warped.
JC: I read that it takes place in the 1800's?
GK: Yeah, the late 19th century on the central coast of California.
JC: Are you going to employ a similar experimental approach?
GK: No, this one's much different. I think over the course of writing the first book, I learned so much about writing fiction. I can see it from the early stuff I wrote, comparing it to the stuff I wrote at the end, a real trajectory of learning how to write. And so with this one I haven't felt the need to resort to text generating techniques as much. It's a different kind of story and it's not something that's really necessary here. But that being said, it's not like it's been breezy to write this new book. It's never easy.
JC: Do you have a time frame on when it might be finished?
GK: Soon as possible, really. I've been working on it already for longer than the last book took. I feel really invested in the story and the characters and I'm definitely motivated to finish it. Hopefully soon.
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Every now and then I find these Lang calendar holders at thrift stores. Here's what they look like new:
I've been wanting to paint one for awhile 'cause they're nice and big, and I like the slightly scalloped edges.
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I basecoated everything with Rustoleum Heirloom White paint. My client loves harlequin patterns as much as I do, so that's where I started.
Here's how I do harlequin patterns….
I only wanted the pattern around the edges, so I covered the center.
The first line I draw is always from a corner to the center of the frame:
After you decide how big you want your pattern (I chose 3 inches), you just use a ruler and draw lines 3 inches apart from your original line like so:
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I thought it needed more, so I put a border in … using painters tape for straight lines.
I used my Cricut to cut the word "Blessings" and made a template for painting:
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SAN JOSE — A woman suspected of assaulting her three pit bulls in a case that was captured on video by a witness was arrested Tuesday by San Jose police on an outstanding warrant out of Monterey County, a police spokesman said.
Rehanna Reese, 39, was arrested shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday at a homeless encampment off of Tuers Road northwest of East Capitol Expressway, police Officer Albert Morales said.
Reese, a transient, was wanted in Monterey County on a no-bail arrest warrant for possession of stolen property, Morales said.
San Jose Animal Care and Services will be forwarding its information about Reese's alleged cruelty to her dogs to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office, Morales said.
Animal control officers on Tuesday confiscated Reese's three pit bulls and are having the animals examined at the San Jose Animal Care Center to see if they suffered any injuries, animal care spokesman Capt. Jay Terrado said.
"I'm happy we were able to get a positive outcome, getting the dogs out of her hands and her in jail," Terrado said.
At about 10:30 a.m. Monday, a private investigator working on an unrelated matter reported seeing a woman kicking three dogs and yanking their leashes violently while walking them on Loupe Avenue near Breen Court in South San Jose.
The investigator, Joey McGlinchy, who works in Pleasanton, used a handheld camera to shoot a video of the alleged abuse and then called animal control to report it.
McGlinchy helped an animal control officer search for the woman on Monday but could not find her. McGlinchy said neighbors told him they suspected she did not live there and was a transient.
On Tuesday, animal control officers showed images of the woman to San Jose police and employees working at the San Jose Municipal Water System at the end of Loupe at Tuers, which is near the homeless camp, Terrado said.
Late Tuesday afternoon, Animal Care and Services got a call from a water system employee who thought she spotted the suspect at the homeless camp off of Tuers, Terrado said.
Animal control arrived at the camp and Reese, who had two of her three dogs with her, gave them a name that turned out to be false and "we called police," Terrado said.
When San Jose police officers got to the camp, Reese agreed to give her true name and police discovered that an unrelated warrant had been issued for her arrest, Terrado said. She was taken into custody.
Officers took away two of her dogs and found the third tied to a tree near the camp, Terrado said.
Without the investigator's video, officers likely would not have been able to track down Reese, Terrado said.
The district attorney's office will decide whether to charge Reese with felony or misdemeanor animal cruelty or have her issued a citation, Terrado said.
McGlinchy's company had offered a $500 reward in the case, and he said today that the money will be given to the tipster this week.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 102 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
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Like playing basketball but have no one to play with?
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I was rereading a post I wrote at the start of 2008 – Living Green past and future – where I outlined the things I'd accomplished in 2007 toward living a greener lifestyle and then added more eco-friendly things I hoped to accomplish in 2008. This year I'm going to do the same thing and invite you to post about your green goals for the upcoming year too. If you write a post and link back to this one, leave me a comment with the URL and I'll add you to a list at the bottom of this post.
First, here were my goals for 2008 and my comments on how I did beside them in italics:
Green goals for 2008:
- Grow a bigger garden – Did it! I grew tomatoes, basil, green beans, carrots, strawberries, zucchini, and yellow squash.
- Possibly join a CSA to eat more locally and shop at the farmer's market – Did not join a CSA but I did learn more about them and picked up a friend's CSA share one week (when she was out of town). And I did some of my shopping at the farmers' market.
- Buy some cloth diapers that can stand up to Julian's nighttime pees and stop using disposables (7th Generation) at night (We cloth diaper during the day.) – Yes and no. We stopped using 7th Generation dipes at night and instead stuff a Fuzzibunz diaper with a prefold and a gDiapers insert (which are biodegradable). Not the perfect solution, but better than where we were at.
- Learn how to can foods – YES! And here's proof. I canned three types of jam/jelly, spaghetti sauce and pear sauce in 2008.
- Learn how to make my own yogurt – YES!
- Read "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle†– No, and don't even have it yet.
In 2008, I also:
- Made my own butter.
- Started using a clothesline to dry our clothes/diapers (at least some of the time).
- Started using an eco-friendly dish soap.
- Bought a dehydrator and dehydrated apples, nectarines, and strawberries.
- Joined a food co-op.
- Started using a Moon Cup (like a DivaCup).
As for 2009, my green goals are as follows:
- Â Grow a bigger garden still! Although my yard is small, that is not the problem. The problem is that we have three large trees in our backyard that block out most of the sunlight. I've been trying to figure out if there are some places in my front yard that get good sun where I might plant some veggies, but we have a lot of trees there too. The only places in the front yard that I can think of that aren't shaded are right by the sidewalk. We don't have a ton of foot traffic on our street, but I'm not sure I want to dig up the yard to plant veggies when we want to sell the house in the next year or two. Hmmm. I think I might have to do some container gardening in addition to the small garden I already have.
- Join a vegetable seed co-op.
- Can more than last year.
- Dehydrate more than last year.
- Bake my own bread more regularly.
- Continue to move away from the use of plastic and be mindful of plastic packaging.
- Learn how to sew using my mom's old sewing machine.
- Read The Omnivore's Dilemma (which I already have) by Michael Pollan
- Learn more about ownership and care of backyard chickens (as our chicken crusade plods on)
- And, of course, continue with all of the other things I'm already doing.
Now it's your turn. This isn't exactly your typical "Green Challenge," but it is kind of similar. Write a post telling me your green goals for 2009, leave me your link and I'll add it to the list below. (If you link back to this one, that'd be great too.) Or just leave me a comment telling me what your goals are. I'd love some more ideas! 🙂
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- My Inner Bitsy
- Retro Housewife Goes Green
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Pedro Lasch
Research Professor of Art, Art History and Visual Studies
I see my work as a consecutive set of acts and ideas that complement and interrupt the flow of the everyday. It's a chain of routine-breaking routines. My role as an artist, researcher, educator, activist, cultural organizer, and producer can be understood as a cohesive whole, which develops within specific social situations and exists within and outside of conventional art settings. Presentations in museums, galleries, and academic contexts represent only a part of my overall production. A preoccupation with the theory and practice of a socially engaged art, which is rooted in daily exchanges, has led me to the formulation of an aesthetics based on public interventions, social interactions, games, and temporal rearrangements.
The range of my projects encompasses anti-monuments, language games, artist's books, radio works, lunch events, experimental workshops, events, and activities, as well as more conventional work in the form of installations, video, photography, painting, printmaking, and drawing. Regular participation in the organization and production of cultural and social networks, such as art collectives like 16Beaver Group (NY) and various immigrant grassroots organizations is also a very significant part of my work.
The circulation of my work in international circuits is a direct result of an ongoing engagement with the culture of cross-class cosmpolitanism.
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2012 - 2013 | Atlas critique at Centre d'art contemporain, Parc Saint Léger, France. (2013)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2012 - 2013 | Zone of Contention: The U.S./Mexico Border at Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC. (2013)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2012 - 2013 | Oncena Bienal de La Habana (Evento Teórico) at Havana, Cuba. (2013)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2012 - 2013 | Documenta 13, AND AND AND - Five Decolonial Days in Kassel at Kassel, Germany. (2013)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2012 - 2013 | Where Do We Migrate To? at Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons the New School for Design, New York. (2013)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2012 - 2013 | Pedro Lasch and Twin Towers Go Global (TTGG) / Three Anniversary Reports (Part 3), AND AND AND Platform, Documenta 13. at Kassel, Germany & worldwide. (2013)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2012 - 2013 | Wide Open School at Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London, UK. (2013)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2012 - 2013 | Where Do We Migrate To? at Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans. (2013)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2012 - 2013. Creator. (2012)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2011. Creator. (2011)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2010. Creator. (2010)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2009. Creator. (2009)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2008. Creator. (2008)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2007. Creator. (2007)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2006. Creator. (2006)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2005. Creator. (2005)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2004. Creator. (2004)
Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 1991 - 2002. Creator. (1991)


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Hi Preeto Mam, remember me.?
Hope you doing good?
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happy new year to my best friend
Nights are Dark but Days are Light,
Wish your Life will always be Bright.
So my Dear don't get Fear
Coz, God Gift us a "BRAND NEW YEAR".
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nd see this :
Michael Jackson Through The Years
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes divorcing
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are divorcing, bringing an end to one of Hollywood's most unexpected marriages, one that spawned euphoric couch-jumping on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and endless speculation in the tabloids.
After five years of marriage, Holmes filed for divorce from Cruise on Thursday, said Cruise's lawyer Bert Fields.
"This is a personal and private matter for Katie and her family," Holmes's attorney Jonathan Wolfe said Friday. "Katie's primary concern remains, as it always has been, her daughter's best interest."
"Kate has filed for divorce and Tom is deeply saddened and is concentrating on his three children," Cruise's representative, Amanda Lundberg, told The Associated Press. "Please allow them their privacy to work this out."
Cruise, 49, wed the 33-year-old Holmes in 2006 in an Italian castle after publicly declaring his love on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." His starry-eyed celebration (in which he famously jumped on the studio couch) was a public display that forever after altered the moviegoing public's perspective of the action star.
The couple has a 6-year-old daughter, Suri, who has herself become a staple of the tabloids and celebrity magazines.
Their plan to divorce was first reported by People magazine.
Holmes appeared to have filed anonymously, a method of divorce filing legal in New York.
Cruise has two children with his previous wife, Nicole Kidman. The actor was also previously married Mimi Rogers.
This is Holmes' first marriage.
Cruise and Holmes had a whirlwind romance — the "Dawson's Creek" actress confessed she had a childhood crush on the "Top Gun" star — and were engaged at the Eiffel Tower. An elaborate wedding followed before a Church of Scientology minister.
"I can't be cool. I can't be laid-back," Cruise said on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." ''Something happened and I want to celebrate it."
But the couple's romance was instant fodder for the tabloids, who nicknamed them "TomKat" and chattered about everything from the couple's fights and Suri's shoes to Holmes' conversion to Scientology.
Cruise showed up alone to premieres for his new musical film "Rock of Ages." Holmes also was absent from an award ceremony earlier this month at the Friar's Club, where Cruise was given the fourth ever Friars Club Entertainment Icon Award.
Cruise said at the time that Holmes was overseas and the family would reunite in Iceland for Father's Day.
Cruise also recently starred in 2011's "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol" and 2010's "Knight and Day."
Holmes' recent films include Adam Sandler's "Jack and Jill" and the made-for-TV movie "The Kennedys," in which she played Jackie Kennedy.


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