From the Notebook

-Gran Turino is a great movie. To complete review add your own superlatives.
-Writer’s Market is having a contest for self published authors. I’m debating whether to enter my Burger Tour into the contest. Here’s the main info. The contest has a $3000 grand prize and a few other prizes. Cost of entry is $100. [...]

Wednesday Hero

This Weeks Post Was Suggested And Written By Cynthia
Sgt James E. Craig
27 years old from Hollywood, South Carolina
1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division
January 28, 2008

James, 27, was killed on January 28, 2008, in Mosul, Iraq, along with four other soldiers when the unit encountered an IED, followed by an [...]

Homeschooling

I’m a huge advocate for homeschooling and I found these excerpts from the Wikipedia article on the subject quite enlightening:
Numerous studies have found that homeschooled students on average outperform their peers on standardized tests.[64][65] Home Schooling Achievement, a study conducted by National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI), supported the academic integrity of homeschooling. Among the [...]

The Evil Genius’ 40-Man Roster

The Spitballer
A few things about the list so far, there’s a lot of pitching. There are a few logical reasons for this. First and foremost is the unusually high correlation a team’s ERA has to its winning percentage (about .75 depending on the era and other factors). Also, the most common position to get changed [...]

From the Notebook

-Finished up the el-cheapo Dover Thrift edition of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations. I started the book without even realizing it was in year 2 of the 10-year Great Books reading program. Aurelius was a Roman Caeser and stoic philosopher from the second century. His Meditations are little tidbits on life, mostly focused on [...]

TwinsFest Notes

Spent my entire Saturday roaming around TwinsFest looking for autographs. It was a blast, and some local friends joined me an helped me get a lot of autographs. It was an expensive weekend but I came away with almost 70 autographs from 20 Twins prospects and alumni.
Some notes:
-John Castino, an AL ROY award winner and [...]

Wednesday Hero

This Weeks Post Was Suggested By Cindy
Petty Officer 2nd Class Mike A. Monsoor
29 years old from Garden Grove, California
September 29, 2006

In April 2008, Michael Monsoor (who had already been posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his actions in a May 9, 2006 incident, when he and another SEAL pulled a wounded team member to safety [...]

The Writer’s Realm

Scene: We join Young(ish) Enthusiastic Blogger (YEB) in his study as he’s working through some bit of inspiration, soon to be forgotten in his draft folder.
Enter a visitor appearing in a flash of light.
Visitor: Wha…? Where is this?
YEB: You have entered my study, I’m Yeb.
Visitor: How?
YEB: I can see by your confusion you [...]

A Call for Help

Anybody know how to run a multiple variable regression in openoffice calc?
Update: I bit the bullet and purchased MS Excel, and all is working properly.

This is Your Captain Speaking…

Captain Bogs:
This is your Captain speaking:
In response to overwhelming public demand (that’s you, Josh), here are my thoughts to the recent water landing, called ditching by those of us in the industry, in the Hudson River by a US Air A-320.
First of all, let me add my praise to Capt Sullenberger. He did [...]