Broadcasting from the End of the World
Have you ever walked toward a door, reached for the doorknob, not slowed down, turned the doorknob but not quite far enough, and then walked right into the door, just in time for your coworker to see your smashed face through the little window?
Um, yeah, me neither.
L and L and I were talking about sewing the other day, and we couldn’t figure out what the male variant of ‘seamstress’ is. All we could come up with was ‘seamster’ which seemed a little too organized labor to be correct. However, the power of the internet proved that ‘seamster‘ is indeed a word, although ‘tailor’ would probably be the more common term. ‘Sartor‘ would also be appropriate.
1) The led the American League in FIP (fielding independent pitching) at 2.86.
2) This is his Twitter picture:
![[Brandon McCarthy's Twitter pic]](http://www.realmofthewombat.com/images/misc/mccarthy.jpg)
That’s hot-shot A’s pitchers Gio Gonzalez, Dallas Braden, Brett Anderson, and Trevor Cahill, surrounding a self-portrait of Brandon McCarthy.
I think this is the first space themed decor I have seen. Using the reflectors for the center of the galaxy is a nice touch.
![[Click for expansion of International School Bus]](http://www.realmofthewombat.com/images/cars/bus-galaxy-driver.jpg)
![[Click for expansion of International School Bus]](http://www.realmofthewombat.com/images/cars/bus-galaxy-pass.jpg)
Another car in the Mondrian/de Stijl style! Previously, I scoped out the Mondrian Mobile, which is a bit more elaborate, but then again it’s a corporate art car.
![[Click for expansion of Volvo 240]](http://www.realmofthewombat.com/images/cars/volvo-240-pass.jpg)
![[Click for expansion of Volvo 240]](http://www.realmofthewombat.com/images/cars/volvo-240-driver.jpg)
Special thanks to L for the head’s up!
I’m sure that Twitter is good for something. I’m just not sure if it’s good for me. Here are the things I would have tweeted from my recent trip back east:
… is not being able to see how awesome this is:
It would also be mildly disappointing to see how terrible this is:
The first R.E.M. song I ever heard, Stand, which I had on vinyl 45:
The opening track from the first CD I ever owned, Automatic for the People:
Driver 8, a special song to me:
The classic show closer, It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine):
For after work, Fall On Me:
The last song I heard played live, Man on the Moon:
Thanks fellas.
When none of my teams make the playoffs, part of me dies inside. Nonetheless, there’s still baseball to be played, and some outcomes are better than others. Here are the eight MLB playoff teams in descending order of how terrible it will be if they win the World Series.
8) New York Yankees – The thought of millions of Yankees fans being happy about anything makes me ill. It’s bad enough that they think that Derek Jeter is better than Alex Rodriguez.
8a) Philadelphia Phillies – The thought of Jimmy Rollins being happy about anything makes me ill. It’s bad enough that he thinks he’s anywhere near as good as Jose Reyes.
6) Texas Rangers – Owning the Rangers and using this power to swindle a new stadium from the citizens started George W. Bush’s ascent to the presidency. Never forget.
5) St. Louis Cardinals – They did knock the Braves out of the playoff picture, which moves them up a notch, but they’ve already won a championship with a bad team once in my lifetime. Manager Tony LaRussa is annoying, a drunk driver, and a Tea Partier.
4) Arizona Diamondbacks – The most nondescript team in the playoffs puts them in the middle of the pack. They have one good player (Justin Upton) and a couple of good pitchers, but nobody really knows how they won games. The NL West is just that bad.
3) Tampa Bay Rays – Tampa’s improbable playoff run coupled with the Red Sox meltdown was a beautiful gift. The Rays are the model of how to run a low payroll team. Finally, their small fanbase 3000 miles away will be nearly silent to my ears.
2) Milwaukee Brewers – I’ll root for any non-Favre containing team from Wisconsin against any team that I don’t care about.
1) Detroit Tigers – This is my team-in-law, which pushes them above Milwaukee, but they’d be a strong contender regardless. Beautiful uniforms. The great Justin Verlander. And when in doubt, always root for the declining midwestern town.