Blogs List
TV is the new reading
 Terry J. Aman |
Enjoy the nice weather with a good storyFri, May 9, 2008 @ 6:31PM The weather is starting to be more consistently pleasant and venturing beyond our televisions and walking outdoors just gets nicer every day. For those looking to augment their walkabout with some good storytelling, podiobooks are a wonderful way to expand the mind. Along with the private audio releases available through podcasting, podiobooks get their name from the popular line of Apple iPods. But most work with any brand of mp3 player. Anyone with a PC and an Internet connection can log on at (podiobooks.com) and discover a wide variety of stories and authors with many downloads available free of charge, at least for a sample chapter or two. Length of episodes and production qualities vary widely, but authors have been releasing podiobooks through that site and through Apple iTunes for a few years now, and some of the presentations are quite high-quality. As for the storytelling, it varies widely.
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Sometimes It Rains
 Chris Bieri |
How I learned to stop worrying and love Max ScherzerThu, May 1, 2008 @ 7:02PM My boss at the Minot Daily News, sports editor Michael Linnell, always asks me why I never write about the umpteen million fantasy sports leagues I'm in. I never do because about 99.99 percent of readers don't care about it (although some say you could apply that same percentage to thre rest of my writing). Anyway, I was about to break down a few weeks ago and write about how I had already blown any chance I had to win my MLB roto baseball league. After drafting last in the 16-team league, I was awarded No. 1 waiver priority. That means I have the first chance to claim any player another team drops or a player who moves up from the minors and wasn't draft eligible. After drafting offense in the first 6 rounds, I needed to use that waiver pick on a stud pitcher. Two weeks into the season, it appeared I had missed out on picking up the "Next Big Thing." That "Next Big Thing" would be Cincy Reds starter Johnny Cueto.
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 Dave Caldwell |
Stop lightsThu, April 10, 2008 @ 11:44AM There's one thing about Minot that really gets my goat. Everybody knows that the brake pedal in your vehicle is one of, if not the, biggest culprit in decreasing gas mileage. With gas prices as high as they are, all this stop-and-go driving is murder on everyone's fuel budget. So why in the world can't I drive up and down Broadway without catching every other stop light? Surely the city could take a little time to study traffic flow -- I know in every other town I've ever lived in, while traveling on a road such as Broadway, if you catch one light you've got smooth sailing for a couple of miles. Maybe the Broadway improvements will eventually spur another look at timing these lights out. We can only hope ... PS - While I'm cranky about traffic ... People, if you pull up to a stop sign to turn right, and there's already somebody there turning left, DON'T pull up so you can see in front of their vehicle.
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