One of my biggest peaves in life is when people tell me that their job isn’t who they are, it’s just what they do. While I agree in a sense (I am by no means a workaholic, though I do love my job), your job is who you are in the sense that your impact upon the world, whether big or small, is most often a direct result of what you are paid to do between the hours of 8 AM to 5 PM.
I saw this quote the other day at work. It hits the nail on the head:
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“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world. You impoverish yourself if you forget this errand.”
Woodrow Wilson
28th president of US
SEC Football Media Days are here.
A time for the University of Alabama to act like they are better than they will prove to be.
A time for Auburn to act like they are worse than they will prove to be.
A time for Mississippi State coach Sylvester Croom to once again tease of the first winning season in Starkville since 2000.
Or… maybe he’ll make some superawesome comments such as this:
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Croom told reporters earlier this morning that he felt pressure heading into the year, but not the kind everyone talks about.
“I do feel pressure,” he said. “The same pressure I felt in the ninth grade when Tuscaloosa Junior High played Eastwood.”
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“What’s the worst they can do to me, fire me?” Croom said. “If that’s the worst thing that would happen to me in my life, I’ve got it made.”
So basically, coaching Mississippi State carries both the pressure and the prestige of leading a school bus full of 13-year-old boys to a Tuesday night flag football game in Birmingham? That’s enough to make any MSU fan a little embarrassed. It might even make your face turn maroon.
I mean, he has a point. He’s a big time coach at a big time school Mississippi State. An SEC school, for crying out loud. He’s managed to muster a 9-25 record in his 3 years at State. Your coaching career can only go up from here.
Then again, there are those teams who value that type of commitment to excellence in losses.
The greatest basketball clip of all-time is obvious… but these are nice runners-up.
John Byars referred me to this song a few days back. I made the mistake of listening to it at work.
I got bored in traffic the other day and stared listing professional baseball parks I’ve been to. Fenway is by far the greatest ballpark, all things considered… however, each park has its’ own charm.
Fulton County, Turner Stadium, Fenway Park, Yankee Stadium, (The Old) Tiger Stadium, RFK, Wrigley, US Cellular (Comiskey), SafeCo Field, AT&T Park, Dodger Stadium, The Ballpark at Arlington, The Metrodome, The SkyDome, Riverfront Stadium, Minute Maid Park, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Question:
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What’s your favorite professional baseball park?
A buddy of mine just got back from the grand Canyon where he did the now-famous Sky Walk.
Would you?
The word of Tim Donaghy fixing NBA games hit YouTube pretty quick. The video below outlines the damage he did in the Suns-Spurs match up.
This is Derren Brown. He’s from the UK and his new show is about to hit the scene in the US.
He’s not a magician.
He’s not an illusionist.
He’s… well… he can mess with your mind.
(The last one is the freakiest.)
I have a few things to say about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:
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Burbage dies on p 12
Hedwig dies on p 56
Mad-Eye dies on p 78
Scrimgeour dies on p 159
Wormtail dies on p 471
Dobby dies on p 476
Voldemort kills Snape on p 658
Ron marries Hermione
Harry marries Ginny
Their children attend Hogwarts together
Oh, come on. You know it’s funny.
I’m off to the airport for a 3-day-weekend in LA. This will be my second journey into smog-free, palm tree haven. Someone trusts me enough to hit the road with her car, so I’ll be out-n-about in LA traffic all day tomorrow. Surely Los Angeles traffic will once again remind me as to how Seattle traffic pales in comparison. Though the congested traffic will make it easier to take pictures while driving. (Joke… or is it?)
Do not fear… the automatic posting robot will be in full effect tomorrow. I’ve fed him his Twizzlers and grape jelly, so he should have enough battery life to squeak out a few posts tomorrow before his post-lunch collapse.
If you’re watching the Dodgers vs Mets game on FOX come Sunday afternoon, look for me double-fisting Dodger Dogs covered in ketchup.
We’ll be back here on Monday; same bat time, same bat channel.
