1. June, 2002 - Baseball, bikes, blogs, boys in space
- The weather lately's been very unseasonable. Highs in the 90s (yeah, we had that in April, but we also had snow). Today was supposed to be a nice day, but we're looking at another day in the 90s before the heat-wave breaks. I think I've had enough global-warming for now. I went from being too cold to ride my trike, to too broken (all May, pretty much) to too damned hot. Blegh. Oh well, here in Minnesota, we have weather. In California, they have climate, and May reminded me of that.
- Sticking points remain in settling Twins lawsuit, one of which is the confidentiality of MLB's documents. There's a lot there they don't want people to know. On the other hand, there's a lot in MLB's finances that a lot of people would like to know.
- Bentrideronline has a review of the Burley Canto - the bike Jim bought (they give it a thumbs up!). [Jim]
- TinyURL.com - where tiny is better!. Useful! [boing boing]
- Meta Linker lets you hang a little widget after a link that will take people to a list of other bloggers who've linked to the same thing. [Empty Bottle]
- Blogs of the City of New York arranged on its Subway Map. Also, a page for 9/11 blog articles. [Michael Chaplin]
- NO! Well, maybe we can hope for a Challenger like disaster. Or a one-way ticket. [Jim]
- Speaking of space... Star Wars 1 & 2 fail for lacking a skeptic, an everyman, a Hans Solo An insightful observation from Ebert reader:
I realized after seeing 'Episode I' what was wrong with this new "Star Wars" series, despite its visual wonders: No Han Solo. The new series has no everyman, no skeptic. Who am I to relate to? Where am I up on that screen?
We viewed the action in the first Star Wars trilogy through the eyes of the guy who didn't fit in, who was only in it for the money and wasn't too sure about this 'Force' stuff. This new trilogy leaves a lot of viewers at the station.
Copyright 2008, Dave Polaschek.
Last updated on Sat, 01 Jun 2002 02:28:24.