Tuesday thoughts
Posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 by Travis Cody in
I was watching the first game of the best 2 of 3 series between LSU and Texas for the College World Series championship last night. In the bottom of the 4th inning, Travis Tucker hit a home run! I don't have to spell out why that's cool, do I? My name is Travis, and my kitty is Mr Tucker...heheheheheee!
They played the game in over 100 degree heat. And they were having trouble finding dry balls. Bwahahahahahahahaaaa! The ball bags were soaked through. Heheheheheheheheeee! The umpires couldn't figure out how best to dry out the balls. Giggle-snort! The coaches and the umps met between innings to discuss the sweaty balls. Bwahahahahahahahaaa!
What???? I'm a guy. That's some funny stuff! It's like a scene out of Bull Durham.
I got my 22 June issue of Sports Illustrated in the mail and Kobe is on the cover. It's his 15th appearance on the cover, dating back to 27 April 1998, when he appeared with Magic Johnson. I have every one of those magazines. Of course, Michael Jordan has been on the cover 56 times going back to 28 Nov 1983. I have all those magazines too. In fact, I have every SI magazine since 1983. That's over 1300 issues.
Jordan has the most SI cover appearances by an individual athlete. The NY Yankees have 66 covers as a team, which is the most team covers by 2 over the LA Lakers. Sports Illustrated published the first edition on 15 Aug 1954, with Milwaukee Braves slugger Eddie Matthews on the cover.
We came late to the phenomenon, but Pam has finished both Twilight and New Moon by Stephanie Meyer. She's got Eclipse and Breaking Dawn on deck. She says she has enjoyed the books. She likes the characters, especially Bella. Pam said she appreciated that Ms Meyer has developed a character who is not your typical teenage girl with a crush. Pam thinks that is what has made the books appealing to such a widely divergent audience. And yes, I will eventually try them, but at the moment I'm in full on Harry Potter mode, anticipating the release of The Half Blood Prince in theaters on 15 July.
I did lousy in science when I was in school. I just never had that much of an interest. But I'm a geek for it as I get older. Did you see this NASA image yesterday?
It's the eruption of Sarychev Peak in the Kuril Islands, captured from space on 12 June.
One of the fondest series of memories I have from growing up is how much my mom and sis and I enjoyed watching musicals together. From the Wizard of Oz to The Sound of Music to anything from Gene Kelly to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Dr Doolittle and Willy Wonka. Back then you had to wait until they came on tv because it was before HBO and video players. Boy, we sure were lucky when we got that first BetaMax and could go to the rental place and get all our favorite musicals! (Yes, I said BetaMax. We had one of those before VHS won the day.)
One of my all time favorite performers from those movies is Anthony Newley. Thanks to Jamie from Duward Discussion for putting Mr Newley in my head last night. His voice is silky smooth, and he was always so funny to watch.
BTW...LSU won the game 7-6 in 11 innings. The Tigers are 1 win away from the national championship of college baseball.
OMG those ball quips were excellent. I just laughed my ass off on those. What are you going to do with all those SI? It must take up plenty of room and I'm sure you could solve any sporting debate that came around with all of those. I think it's commendable that you do have them. Loved the photo from space. It's just awesome looking. I have seen one of the Harry Potter movies. Was pretty good. I'm not much of a movie buff :) I've never heard Anthony Newley. Interesting. Great post and thanks for sharing :)