A Preview of the Twins Preview

In this space I planned to post a video blog casting a preview of the 2013 Minnesota Twins with a very learned individual.  Unfortunately, either due to hardware or intellect issues, the video that was recorded did not save on my Macbook,  so I'll have to do it again.

We will have a Twins preview and it will be worth the wait.

Head Slapper of the Week

Apparently we have a world record for everything:

Nothing is gonna stop them now.  Three Head Slaps.

Transitions

An announcement:  I have recently decided to make a career transition.  I have accepted an offer to be a Senior Business Analyst at Deluxe Corporation.  This upcoming week is my last week at Best Buy.

I know there may be questions out there regarding my reasoning behind my decision.  I will provide great detail of my reasoning in the coming weeks.  For now,  I will just say this opportunity is promotion for me professionally and personally.

Make Up Head Slapper of the Week

For those of you that need to know everything regarding the Papacy (why you would is beyond me) there's an app to help with that:

Can we buy indulgences with the app?

Four Head Slaps.

Head Slapper of the Week

Sorry for be tardy, but the weekend trip  preoccupied my blog writing time.  But hopefully this post will be at least a partial reimbursement.

Here's a headline passed along to me from a story in 2009.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5972632/Woman-getting-married-to-fairground-ride.html

Woman getting married to fairground ride

Amy Wolfe, a US church organist who claims to have objectum sexuality, a condition that makes sufferers attracted to inanimate objects, plans to marry a magic carpet fairground ride.

Need I say more?

Three and a Half Head Slaps

A Southern Diversion, Part II

Well, here's the summary of my last day of my Florida trip:

Here are some pictures:

RJ says Hi

I was not impressed

A Southern Diversion, Part 1

It's March and with March comes Spring Training baseball.  So this year I traveled down to Bradenton, FL to watch some Spring Training baseball, including my favorite team, the Minnesota Twins.  

I started my journey down to Florida on Wednesday afternoon after work. After a smooth journey from Minneapolis to Tampa that arrived around 11:30 pm.  I was able to retrieve my rental car around midnight.  

Now knowing that that I wouldn't arrive until late in the evening and that Bradenton is about an hour away from Tampa, I decided as a practical matter to sleep in my rental car the first evening.  Yes, I just said that I planned to sleep in my car on vacation.  What I did was drove down the I-275 to a well-lit rest stop and slept in the back seat.  It wasn't too bad, although I woke up around 5 am because it was quite cold with not running heat.  

I did make a reservation at a Motel 6 in Bradenton for Thursday through Saturday night.  Since I woke up at 5 am I thought I would check to see when I could check-in.  Well, thanks to the Almighty, the innkeeper told me that I could come by right away since there was a room open for me.  So with that I arrived at the Motel 6 in Bradenton at 6 am and checked in after making a trip to the Walmart next door for some fruit and supplies.  It's nice to have a bed and a shower.

My Residence

I have to confess though that Thursday I didn't take too many photos, so you'll just have to take my word for what I did.  After a morning completing devotions, washing up, working and taking a long phone call, I spent the rest of the day with Pastor and Mrs. Magnuson, who are staying nearby.   I spent the afternoon with Pastor at an Orioles baseball game in Sarasota.  Here's my perspective:

It's Orioles vs. Blue Jays at Ed Smith Stadium 

I then spent the evening with Pastor and Mrs. Magnuson having dinner and watching documentaries and Poirot Agatha Christie film.  A relaxing and enjoyable evening, especially since I was feeling the after effects of the car nap.

Well, as you see you probably would find it more interesting and efficient if I just told you what I did, so here's a summary of day two:

Here's some pictures that chronologically describe the day:

Breakfast at First Watch:  I had oatmeal

Bradenton Beach getting a sunburn 

Ice cream after a beach walk!  Great idea!!

Where's the Butter Brickle?!!! Boooooooo!!!!!!

Wen-Yin Chen, Orioles Pitcher

McKechnie Field Concourse

Starting Lineups (Former Twins involved)

My View

So until next time…..