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I've been so busy with work lately. The biggest problem is the tedium of data entry. The data that I use for my work comes from multiple platforms because we are using multiple vendors. I am pretty handy with VB so I use Excel & Power BI for my actual work. The tedium is all this data has to be entered into excel. Manually on some formats. Some come in .csv so that's easy. Bri was over doing her laundry and we got to talking about it. She offered to do the data entry for me. I told her there was $20 an hour and a license for MS Office in it for her if she would. She agreed and my workload just got cut in half. Sub-contracting. Why didn't I think of that???

James "Cool Papa" Bell was on of those great Negro League players that never got to play in the MLB. Which is a shame because he was likely BETTER than Jackie Robinson. Satchel Paige once said Bell was so fast he could turn off the lights and be under the covers before the room got dark. In an exhibition game against MLB all-stars he once scored from first on a bunt. Or so his legend goes. Bell's career ended before Robinson made his first start. I would have loved to have seen what he could have done for a team like the Cubs or Pirates in the late 30's. After his playing career ended he went on to be a scout for the St. Louis Browns and was inducted into Cooperstown in 1974. After he passed away in '91 the street he lived on in St. Louis was renamed for him.

Dunno why but I found this very funny. I guess I'm easily amused

Beautiful view!

Thanks, I missed that one.

That's true. Dodger stadium still looks a lot like it did in in the Sixties too. Wrigley has had a LOT of structural upgrades over the years. Dodger stadium too but it looks a lot more like it's original self than Wrigley. The old ballyard in Chavez Ravine has really aged gracefully. My favorite FED name was Pittsburgh Rebels because it was based on such an obscure historical event. But one I've always been fascinated by.

Weeghman Field under construction in 1912. It was built for a Federal League team. Obviously that didn't work out well. But ultimately it was used by another team that made it famous. And it's still in use today 110 years later! This is what it look like today:

Biden has nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson for the SCOTUS. I've never heard of her before Breyer announced his retirement. A quick read on her wikipedia page it seems like she is a decent choice. Not someone I'm going to find a lot of common ground with but neither was Breyer. She is coming from the DC Circuit Court of Appeals which has been a conveyer belt to the big courthouse on First St. She might even have some bi-partisan support. Actually I don't see any reason to oppose her unless something dishonest about her turns up. Seems unlikely. The Democrats turned Supreme Court nominations into a bloodsport with Bork and Thomas and literally every one since. The Republicans quickly followed suit. Hopefully it's time to put an end to that s--t. @Gromnirdo you know anything about her? Other than common knowledge. Edit: If it had been up to me the first AA Woman on the Court would have been Janice Rogers Brown. Seriously you guys need to write my name in in 2024. You might not like everything I do but I'll cure what ails this country!

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Not a lot of good news in the baseball world these days. But we can always remember better days.

Trump praises Putin's 'genius' incursion into Ukraine Hold up here! What the hell did I just read here?????? Are you f---g KIDDING me? Did that son of a bitch just suggest we invade Mexico? As for Putin's "genius" I've always noticed how dictators stick together. I guess that includes wanna-be's. I'd wager in 1938 he'd have been praising Hitler for invading Austria. The similarities between this situation and that are striking.

I comes down to this: no one is going to go to war over Ukraine. Sanctions are all well and good but when so much of Europe buys oil from Russia they won't last long enough to matter. To steal a great line from a bad movie there are only two courses of action in life, what we can do and what we can't. Stopping Russia from invading or kicking them out now that they have falls into the latter category. Unless you are willing to go to war over it. And that will likely mean nuclear weapons of it goes badly for Putin.

@GromnirIMO only it would have been better to ignore the chant. Don't give the fire any oxygen and it flickers out. Maybe she didn't know what was being chanted but it sounded pretty clear to me. Better to ignore the pig than put lipstick on it. It's pretty crass to chant that about anyone. A president deserves no special exemption from being insulted that way other than the fact it's crude to do it. But it's going to happen. But either way I wouldn't feel too sorry for Kelli Stavast. She came out of this unscathed. I had to google to even remember her name and it did not come up on the first search item. Nor the fifth or sixth.

Let’s go Brandon: Driver caught in unwinnable culture war I feel bad for this guy. He had just won his first NASCAR race and had every reason to be happy in the moment. Then a news reporter says something stupid (maybe she really believed what she was saying but I think not) and he has literally been dragged into a political mudpit against his will.

I watched News of the World on HBO Max tonight: I read the novel it was based on a few years ago. The novel tells a bigger and longer story but this was a pretty faithful adaptation as movies go. It's definitely worth your time if you like historically authentic movies.

Wary of Being Left in the Dark, Americans Produce Their Own Power I was ahead of the curve at my old place. But having moved up from Florida and weathering numerous hurricanes I had first hand experience how fragile the public power system is.

Playing the '71 Oakland A's in OOTP 22. The big difference is I signed Jonny Bench as a rookie in the '67 season so no Dave Duncan. So far in 12 years of playing OOTP I have yet to win a WS. And, much like the real '71 A's it looks like I'm going to have to beat the Orioles to have a shot at it. Also OOTP 23 will be announced next week it looks like. They are getting my $35 no doubt about it.

LOL I can imagine her reply: "Dear Brother, ever heard of CTRL + F? Found it in two seconds. Here's your $20, use it to buy a book about Windows."

The Fed explained in one meme

A little less friendly I'd say. But I don't get out much. Most of my day I'm working. Aside from my cousin and her family I don't know anyone nearby so whatever friends I have here are really Gail's friends. But I have gone on calls with her a number of times to help and that has been a great experience.

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LOL not as prepared as I used to be! I had the perfect homestead to survive the fiscal apocalypse but I sold it. But @Amentepis, of course, correct. He usually is. There really is no need to worry about anything. If I can do something about it there is no need to worry about it and if I can't and it's out of my control there is still no need to worry.

Well, it's not working on me. I'm not afraid of anything.