new blog
http://baseballbymark.blogspot.com/2011/04/glory-days.html
Friday, April 22, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Opening Day
I love Opening Day and so should you!
http://baseballbymark.blogspot.com/2011/04/opening-day.html
http://baseballbymark.blogspot.com/2011/04/opening-day.html
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Nat, Mark and Sam's MLB Season Preview
Check out our blog efforts!
http://baseballbymark.blogspot.com/2011/03/2011-mlb-season-preview.html
Go Braves! Boo Phillies and Mets
http://baseballbymark.blogspot.com/2011/03/2011-mlb-season-preview.html
Go Braves! Boo Phillies and Mets
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Fantasy Baseball Do's and Do Not's
http://baseballbymark.blogspot.com/2011/03/ides-of-march.html
Feel free to read and comment. Hopefully my strategy isn't given away to my opponents this year.
Feel free to read and comment. Hopefully my strategy isn't given away to my opponents this year.
Friday, February 25, 2011
New Blog
Hello friends,
I have a blog on baseball that I will update periodically for class and I'll link those posts here.
it's
baseballbymark.blogspot.com
I have a blog on baseball that I will update periodically for class and I'll link those posts here.
it's
baseballbymark.blogspot.com
Friday, February 18, 2011
Moustches
You want what you don't have.
And I don't have a moustache.
While people often tell me I have great facial hair, I lack the moustache.
Hitler and Stalin both had moustaches that will live forever with their name. Einstein, while often remembered for his brain and wild hair, had a boss of a moustache.
I know, those were two negative examples of moustaches and one genius example, but while I have been called a genius in the past, I know that it isn't warranted until I have a moustache.
And as far as Hitler and Stalin go, any press is good press, right. Just because the 'stache was on an evil being doesn't make the 'stache evil. I have on good authority that Stalin's facial hair was a very strong supporter of democracy.
But let's get away from politics and move on to some of the better remembered moustaches.
Tom Selleck: Oh my, Magnum, P.I. This is a great example. Ladies loved them some Tom Selleck. While many of today's women are too young to remember this stud, let me give a more modern example. Monica from Friends could not resist the Selleck 'stache. While things didn't work out between them, it was the writers doing and not the 'stache.
Burt Reynolds: Here is another great example of a stud from back in the day. Smokey and the Bandit, Cannonball Run, Deliverance, The Longest Yard; ring any bells? Yeah, great actor, even greater 'stache.
Freddie Mercury: Lead singer of Queen. Amazing voice and an iconic moustache.
Lemmy from Motorhead: Here is another great moustache. The great kicker is the connection to the sideburns. Ah may zing.
Hulk Hogan: Here is one of the best wrestlers of all time. Hello, Atomic Leg Drop? I don't even need to explain any more, his greatness is self-explanatory.
Now, clearly you can see how everyone has been affected by the moustache. World War II affected everyone and two main players had a 'stache. Not to mention the brain behind the bomb, and many, many other great ideas.
Great voices, great attributes of strength, great acting and of course the ability to actually have a goatee all come with the moustache.
One day I hope to obtain the power that comes with the moustache, but until then I am stuck with this.
I would also like to give a shout out to my boy Ambrose Burnside, who had such iconic facial hair during the Civil War that upon ending, his name became a style of facial hair we all know and love: the sideburns.
Reader requests have included two more entries. Both very quality, if I might say so.
Eddie Guerrero: May this moustache rest in peace. A great wrestler taken before his time, he shows what a simple trim job can do for a 'stache.
Rollie Fingers: Hard to believe I forgot to add this great moustache. An amazing 'stache in the game I love. Rollie mastered the strike zone, and also mastered the moustache wax.
Mark
And I don't have a moustache.
While people often tell me I have great facial hair, I lack the moustache.
Hitler and Stalin both had moustaches that will live forever with their name. Einstein, while often remembered for his brain and wild hair, had a boss of a moustache.
I know, those were two negative examples of moustaches and one genius example, but while I have been called a genius in the past, I know that it isn't warranted until I have a moustache.
And as far as Hitler and Stalin go, any press is good press, right. Just because the 'stache was on an evil being doesn't make the 'stache evil. I have on good authority that Stalin's facial hair was a very strong supporter of democracy.
But let's get away from politics and move on to some of the better remembered moustaches.
Tom Selleck: Oh my, Magnum, P.I. This is a great example. Ladies loved them some Tom Selleck. While many of today's women are too young to remember this stud, let me give a more modern example. Monica from Friends could not resist the Selleck 'stache. While things didn't work out between them, it was the writers doing and not the 'stache.
Burt Reynolds: Here is another great example of a stud from back in the day. Smokey and the Bandit, Cannonball Run, Deliverance, The Longest Yard; ring any bells? Yeah, great actor, even greater 'stache.
Freddie Mercury: Lead singer of Queen. Amazing voice and an iconic moustache.
Lemmy from Motorhead: Here is another great moustache. The great kicker is the connection to the sideburns. Ah may zing.
Hulk Hogan: Here is one of the best wrestlers of all time. Hello, Atomic Leg Drop? I don't even need to explain any more, his greatness is self-explanatory.
Now, clearly you can see how everyone has been affected by the moustache. World War II affected everyone and two main players had a 'stache. Not to mention the brain behind the bomb, and many, many other great ideas.
Great voices, great attributes of strength, great acting and of course the ability to actually have a goatee all come with the moustache.
One day I hope to obtain the power that comes with the moustache, but until then I am stuck with this.
I would also like to give a shout out to my boy Ambrose Burnside, who had such iconic facial hair during the Civil War that upon ending, his name became a style of facial hair we all know and love: the sideburns.
Reader requests have included two more entries. Both very quality, if I might say so.
Eddie Guerrero: May this moustache rest in peace. A great wrestler taken before his time, he shows what a simple trim job can do for a 'stache.
Rollie Fingers: Hard to believe I forgot to add this great moustache. An amazing 'stache in the game I love. Rollie mastered the strike zone, and also mastered the moustache wax.
Mark
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Clothes
Alrighty,
I have decided to start a more consistent blog. It has nothing to do with the fact that I have to blog eight times for 475 before the end of the semester. That is simply a coincidence.
Why do we feel it is necessary to change clothes every day?
I mean, sure, if they are sweaty or dirty you can change them. And by dirty I'm talking about falling into a mud puddle or you went swimming in a nasty pond dirty.
Is it so terrible for us to be seen wearing the same shorts two or three days in a row? If all we do is sit in them and live our daily lives, why is there a need to change?
It causes our closets to be walk-in. We need closets that we have to walk into. Why? So that we can wear a different shirt every day of the week? Because our style should be cutting edge? We need multiple shoes, we need dress shirts, formal polos, casual polos, t-shirts and undershirts. We have to have multiple versions of the same item. What is the purpose of 10 long sleeve shirts? I understand if you only wear long sleeve, but most everyone wears undershirts, so why is it necessary to change the outer shirt that just barely touches skin? All your body odor and sweat is going to be absorbed by the undershirt. And don't argue, I know about sweating, haha.
Here's an idea. How about we all pick our favorite 2-weeks worth of clothes. 14 shirts, 14 pants, 14 pairs of socks, etc. and then give the rest to people who actually need them. You know, the kind of people that are without a home, let alone a closet. Why do we need to have 30 shirts that never get worn, while they have been wearing the same tattered clothes for too long. Is it too hard to part with that t-shirt you got in 6th grade because you were in the chess club? You haven't worn it...ever. Why not let it go to someone who could actually use it.
Just think about it. We are so caught up in being stylish, or not wanting to be seen wearing the same clothes multiple times. It's sad.
But even wearing the same clothes for a week isn't a terrible thing. (I'm not saying you shouldn't change your underwear, but hey, take it however you want.) What happens if you do it? Will you be ostracized? Will people beat you up, will they avoid you like the plague? No, not really. I wore the same outfit for a week once (I say once, but it's probably happened multiple times) The only people that ever comment are friends. Never have I been intentionally avoided or humiliated by the 35,000 people that I walk around at UT.
I understand there is a whole different culture for girls, and I'm not suggesting that you should wear the same thing everyday, but just think about limiting the size of your closets. Break it down to your favorites and just live with them. You do it anyway, just give the rest away.
Oh well, that was on my mind. Thanks for reading.
Mark Shrum
thanks Sean DeNeal for today's verse via text
Romans 5: 10-11
I have decided to start a more consistent blog. It has nothing to do with the fact that I have to blog eight times for 475 before the end of the semester. That is simply a coincidence.
Why do we feel it is necessary to change clothes every day?
I mean, sure, if they are sweaty or dirty you can change them. And by dirty I'm talking about falling into a mud puddle or you went swimming in a nasty pond dirty.
Is it so terrible for us to be seen wearing the same shorts two or three days in a row? If all we do is sit in them and live our daily lives, why is there a need to change?
It causes our closets to be walk-in. We need closets that we have to walk into. Why? So that we can wear a different shirt every day of the week? Because our style should be cutting edge? We need multiple shoes, we need dress shirts, formal polos, casual polos, t-shirts and undershirts. We have to have multiple versions of the same item. What is the purpose of 10 long sleeve shirts? I understand if you only wear long sleeve, but most everyone wears undershirts, so why is it necessary to change the outer shirt that just barely touches skin? All your body odor and sweat is going to be absorbed by the undershirt. And don't argue, I know about sweating, haha.
Here's an idea. How about we all pick our favorite 2-weeks worth of clothes. 14 shirts, 14 pants, 14 pairs of socks, etc. and then give the rest to people who actually need them. You know, the kind of people that are without a home, let alone a closet. Why do we need to have 30 shirts that never get worn, while they have been wearing the same tattered clothes for too long. Is it too hard to part with that t-shirt you got in 6th grade because you were in the chess club? You haven't worn it...ever. Why not let it go to someone who could actually use it.
Just think about it. We are so caught up in being stylish, or not wanting to be seen wearing the same clothes multiple times. It's sad.
But even wearing the same clothes for a week isn't a terrible thing. (I'm not saying you shouldn't change your underwear, but hey, take it however you want.) What happens if you do it? Will you be ostracized? Will people beat you up, will they avoid you like the plague? No, not really. I wore the same outfit for a week once (I say once, but it's probably happened multiple times) The only people that ever comment are friends. Never have I been intentionally avoided or humiliated by the 35,000 people that I walk around at UT.
I understand there is a whole different culture for girls, and I'm not suggesting that you should wear the same thing everyday, but just think about limiting the size of your closets. Break it down to your favorites and just live with them. You do it anyway, just give the rest away.
Oh well, that was on my mind. Thanks for reading.
Mark Shrum
thanks Sean DeNeal for today's verse via text
Romans 5: 10-11
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