Morton Malaise

Right now, my pictures from Summercamp are in process of uploading. They should be done in 10 or 15 minutes. For those who would like to see, you can find them here. Until I spring for a Pro account, only the 200 most recently uploaded pictures will show up.

I’ve been memed, which obliges me to list five reasons why I started blogging. I hope I can come up with answers as articulate as Peoria Illinoisan has, but I get the feeling I won’t. Here goes.
1.) When I very, very first started blogging over on Journalscape, I didn’t really expect anything to come of [...]

Early reports coming out of Summercamp indicate there is heavy profiling and police harassment taking place. People are getting pulled over without probable cause from Henry to Peoria. Estimates indicate two ambulances and 10 arrests, and we’re only a couple hours into the Friday bands.
More on this after I get back. I’m going out [...]

I was sitting on the throne today at work, and I came across a letter in the OpEd section from a woman who objected to students @ Dunlap being rewarded for doing well on a test, while students that scored below a certain level didn’t get to go. She felt that these students were being [...]

The Cubs just blew a 4 run lead in the bottom of the 9th and lost 6-5. Ryan Dempster’s ERA for this game is 135. Not 1.35. One hundred and thirty-five. I could get a 135 ERA in the majors.The Cubs are the same abysmal blowhards they’ve been for the last 100 years.
Why, God? [...]

Finally Friday! I will be heading directly from work to the Wing-Off tonight. Brando and Unk will already be there, as one of them has no job and the other one gets to leave work earlier than me. However, Unk has also been assigned “Help Troy” duty, which could be anything from serving wings to [...]

Seriously, outside of New England, is there a single person alive that feels a legendary pitcher who is now past his prime, fat on steroids, and overpaid, getting signed by the Yankees deserves the first 20 minutes of Baseball Tonight? Josh Hancock, pitcher for the current World Champion, dies in a tragic accident (sure, he [...]