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Man it's been a long week. Thank God it's Frapping Friday!
I have to point you to a new blog, American Carriage Builder - pretty cool stuff by a trouble maker. Check it out - interesting carriages and I have to get my camera over there.
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How bout dem dar Brewers. For a while I would wear my Brewer jacket and people would look at me and like I could see their eyes saying "I'm so sorry your team really blows, you must be in agony and your life must really suck . . . . . loser".
HA!! Who is the hottest team in the NL baby!!!
Check out this graph . Let me explain.
The horizontal axis is Pitching dependent ERA. It only counts ERA the Pitcher is responsible for, walks, strikeouts and home runs allowed.
The vertical axis plots the number of balls in play (batted balls, not including home runs) converted into outs.
Teams in the upper right quadrant have good pitching AND good fielding, while teams in the lower left have poor pitching AND poor fielding.
You can see the Brewers have below average pitching but good fielding.
If you are looking for a team to root(??) against it's the Mets and of course teh entire NL Central.
One thing the Brewers are doing this year is walking a lot more - The batting averages are about the same but their OBP is .345 compared to .325 last year. Plus take into account two full time player hitting a collective .160 OUCH!!!
Another oddity is that the Brewers lead the NL in Home Runs but do not have one player in the top 10 in HR's.
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Movie goers - hang on to your hats as the summer blockbusters kick off with a month long celebration. X-Men Origins: Wolverine kicks it off this weekend and while many people are thinking it will be a huge hit it does have some hidden problems.
Franchise fatigue - this is the 4th Wolfy movie with the last one being the worst so many fans MIGHT be thinking, ENOUGH! Fan favs Storm, Professor X, Rogue, and Magneto are not really in the movie so there is THAT drawback and lastly all of the clichés, plot twists, and visuals will be in the "been there, done that" arena.
Normally in May studios put out the BIG films to plant the seeds for future films but this year there is a LOT of competition plus many reviews of the movie have not been kind at all, but core fans don't care, IT'S WOLVERINE. Most people "in the know" are saying 80 to 85 mil for the weekend.
Personally I'm excited for the non-geeky non-nerdy, ADULT Star Trek coming out next weekend. Wash your hands of the old and bring on new Star Trek.
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We took a walk around the yard last night but the grass was so long we could not make it to some areas. Guess I'll be mowing the lawn this weekend. HOWEVER - I still have gas in the snow blower - I'll have to run it out. Does anybody know if there is anything I should add to the old gas in the blower?
Of course the one thing worse the mowing the lawn is trying to start the mower for the first time in the year.
As for the gardens, everything is coming up nicely except for the Sweet Autumn Clematis which is showing zero signs of . . anything. I cut it back to about 8 inch's but she looks dead Jim. Although this is the first spring so I don't know what to expect.
I'll have to take photos this weekend of everything as it's the 1st weekend in May. I'm seeing nothing with the Jolly Bee Geraniums either but they are shade loving and the earth is cooler in the front yard.
For those who forgot check out the photos from last year in Lasagna Beds for Beginners.
OH - one last thing - Milo passed a test last night. He was out in the back yard at night and I heard growling and hissing and got a flashlight to look what was goign on. He was on one side of the invisible fence growling at a look-a-like cat on the other side. NORMALLY it's is brawling time and Milo can kick any cats ass but he stayed in the yard.
The other cat ran back towards the mean neighbors yard.
Have a dry weekend.
Rod
Very important warning…
CDC Warning:
***DO NOT DO THIS!!!***
===========================Man it's been a long week. Thank God it's Frapping Friday!
I have to point you to a new blog, American Carriage Builder - pretty cool stuff by a trouble maker. Check it out - interesting carriages and I have to get my camera over there.
=========================
How bout dem dar Brewers. For a while I would wear my Brewer jacket and people would look at me and like I could see their eyes saying "I'm so sorry your team really blows, you must be in agony and your life must really suck . . . . . loser".
HA!! Who is the hottest team in the NL baby!!!
Check out this graph . Let me explain.
The horizontal axis is Pitching dependent ERA. It only counts ERA the Pitcher is responsible for, walks, strikeouts and home runs allowed.
The vertical axis plots the number of balls in play (batted balls, not including home runs) converted into outs.
Teams in the upper right quadrant have good pitching AND good fielding, while teams in the lower left have poor pitching AND poor fielding.
You can see the Brewers have below average pitching but good fielding.
If you are looking for a team to root(??) against it's the Mets and of course teh entire NL Central.
One thing the Brewers are doing this year is walking a lot more - The batting averages are about the same but their OBP is .345 compared to .325 last year. Plus take into account two full time player hitting a collective .160 OUCH!!!
Another oddity is that the Brewers lead the NL in Home Runs but do not have one player in the top 10 in HR's.
================================
Movie goers - hang on to your hats as the summer blockbusters kick off with a month long celebration. X-Men Origins: Wolverine kicks it off this weekend and while many people are thinking it will be a huge hit it does have some hidden problems.
Franchise fatigue - this is the 4th Wolfy movie with the last one being the worst so many fans MIGHT be thinking, ENOUGH! Fan favs Storm, Professor X, Rogue, and Magneto are not really in the movie so there is THAT drawback and lastly all of the clichés, plot twists, and visuals will be in the "been there, done that" arena.
Normally in May studios put out the BIG films to plant the seeds for future films but this year there is a LOT of competition plus many reviews of the movie have not been kind at all, but core fans don't care, IT'S WOLVERINE. Most people "in the know" are saying 80 to 85 mil for the weekend.
Personally I'm excited for the non-geeky non-nerdy, ADULT Star Trek coming out next weekend. Wash your hands of the old and bring on new Star Trek.
=========================
We took a walk around the yard last night but the grass was so long we could not make it to some areas. Guess I'll be mowing the lawn this weekend. HOWEVER - I still have gas in the snow blower - I'll have to run it out. Does anybody know if there is anything I should add to the old gas in the blower?
Of course the one thing worse the mowing the lawn is trying to start the mower for the first time in the year.
As for the gardens, everything is coming up nicely except for the Sweet Autumn Clematis which is showing zero signs of . . anything. I cut it back to about 8 inch's but she looks dead Jim. Although this is the first spring so I don't know what to expect.
I'll have to take photos this weekend of everything as it's the 1st weekend in May. I'm seeing nothing with the Jolly Bee Geraniums either but they are shade loving and the earth is cooler in the front yard.
For those who forgot check out the photos from last year in Lasagna Beds for Beginners.
OH - one last thing - Milo passed a test last night. He was out in the back yard at night and I heard growling and hissing and got a flashlight to look what was goign on. He was on one side of the invisible fence growling at a look-a-like cat on the other side. NORMALLY it's is brawling time and Milo can kick any cats ass but he stayed in the yard.
The other cat ran back towards the mean neighbors yard.
Have a dry weekend.
Rod
I add a fuel stabilizer every time I fill my 2 gallon gas can. It helps keep it from breaking down if left in the can a long time.
ReplyDeleteYou shouldn't need to add anything to your snow blower, just run it till it's out of gas.
I mowed the other day and shockingly it fired up on the first pull. Of course, it was brand new last year.
They had an update on the news today. The swine flu has absolutely nothing to do with swine. So licking a pig square on the lips is perfectly safe. Nothing to worry about here folks. Stop pushing the anti Pork propaganda.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the promo. Trouble maker? What? Where in the world did that come from?
I patented a new product this morning. A germ masks with a tiny little hole in the middle. Just big enough to fit the end of a cigarette in it.
LOL - the ember at the end of the cig kills all germs!
ReplyDeleteI think licking a pig on it's snout will help prevent swine flu- sort of like a vaccination....
ReplyDeleteThings are slowly coming together for the Columbus Premier in Madison July 1st . . . . . or June 30th ;-)
ReplyDeleteIf you feel the need to add something to your gas in the snow blower, we always add a product called 'sta-bil'. It's a fuel stabilizer and seems to work well.
ReplyDeleteI was excited this morning to realize that in just two months the movie would be out! I'm not interested in the new Wolverine movie but I do agree that Star Trek does look promising.
for x men fans wally world has a 3 pack of the movies in widescreen for $10!!!! (also has a $5 online coupon available for future movie cash for choice of 3 movies with purchase of course....)
ReplyDeleteWolverine looks awesome, we will see it this weekend......
Still haven't been able to see PE trailer on the big screen :( but maybe soon.....can't wait for July 1st
We saw State of Play couple weeks ago-great plot, great movie-mourns the loss of newspaper investigative journalism
I saw the Soloist last weekend...have loved Jamie Foxx since Collateral....and love Robert Downey Jr ......nice film and story, great acting
have a good weekend
http://www.originalsharpsays.com/2009/05/new-public-enemies-trailer.html
ReplyDeletethird trailer for Public Enemies link posted (from imdb) mostly a combination of the first 2 trailers with a few goodies added -don't blink you'll miss em
http://tinyurl.com/c2b9ps
ReplyDeletepaperback of Bryan Burroughs book Public enemies reissued with PE/Depp cover
Great Blog!
ReplyDeleteA day late.
Happy Kentucky Derby Day!!!
Wear your Hat Proud!!!
Stabilizer is what we use as well.
Today I find out if my lwan mower starts on one pull.
I hope so.
Kim~ You are way to funny! heehee!
Great stuff Deppfan!!
Have a Great Day!!!!
Thought I would show you all my Derby Hat.
ReplyDeletehttp://tinyurl.com/ca8cyc
Heehee!!!!!
So cute, Robbi! I love how you are always smiling and positive!
ReplyDeletehave a good weekend
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Julie
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