Matthew

Grouper: A I A: Alien Observer

Modelo Especial. One on my favorite beers.

*Sigh* When you're young, you think you're indestructible, and anything "shocking" is funny.

Thankfully, common sense prevailed and the meeting is delayed until better conditions come about.

I think the Astros' front office needs to work on their ethics a little bit more...

Eric Matthews: It's Heavy In Here

The resentment is toward the leadership that is forcing the choice. It's a meeting with people coming from various western states, all with major upswings in the virus.

I get why athletes are opting out of playing. I have to go to a mandatory meeting in three weeks (and I'm not confident that proper protocols will be followed), and I'm seriously thinking of opting out, even if it negatively effects my future. I think I can survive getting Covid-19, but there are people in my life that I know can't. I'm surprised at the resentment I feel having to make the decision.

I like Keller also, I found his book Preaching very good.

I'm very close to this stage, any of these bs changes become permanent e.g., dh in the NL, starting runners on second, I'm gone.

It would be great if some out-of-nowhere team like the Orioles got hot and won the whole thing. It's going to a strange season if it happens.

2019 Baseball standing after 60 games

MLB will force the start of the season despite infections, but Covid-19 will run rampant through the players at some point, and they'll have to shut down. I think MLB will be surprised by the lack of interest in baseball, their moment is gone, and the ratings will be in free fall for the next couple of seasons. I don't think any sport should start up, but money is money.

Herb Washington, your time has finally come! His most famous moment:

Support Your Local Sheriff. Just a fun movie.

Bob Dylan: Rough and Rowdy Ways Edit: Off my first listen, I have to admit that I'm underwhelmed by the album.

Tommy Keene: You Hear Me - A Retrospective 1983 - 2009. A very good introduction to a vastly underrated artist.

I have a feeling nothing is going to stop the SEC from playing football...

MLB, NFL, NBA, tennis, college football, all feel there is some kind of magical location where they are impervious to the virus, with youth winning out -- good luck with that! Can you imagine the fall-out if someone dies? I realize there's a ton of money involved, but honestly, and I love sports, shut it down for 2020, so you can actually plan a season. I think I read that MLB has a 110 page protocol on what teams have to do... good luck with that..

I'm volunteering to be tested tomorrow. I drove from the Napa Valley to Salt Lake City, so I went through, and interacted, with people from two different states. Better to safe than sorry, I have an eighty-two year old mother, and I'd hate to give it to her. Weird times!

Ruby Keeler is all of a sudden Chinese! It is a crazy film! where Cagney and Blondel are running wild! Dick Powell is playing himself again! All the musical numbers are at the end of the movie! I'm using too many exclamation points!!!!

The Blues Brothers

Essentials: 52 Must-See Movies and Why They Matter by Jeremy Arnold. Nice book just to pick up and read at your leisure.

Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego had those troughs in the bathrooms. I still shudder when I think of walking into one of those when the Padres had a "Beer On Sale" promotion for a game.. THE HORROR!!!!!