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This is a place where I will write about things. Things that I like. Things that I like to write about. These things may be, but are not limited to: Gnosis, comedy, my adventures as a high school teacher in a large U.S. city, god, music, film, society, culture, communication, and lentils. And sports. Some sports too.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Shall we play a game? #xokp http://bit.ly/12C7y08
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travonfree: *Pope gets up angrily* “Bro, for the last time stop...
*Pope gets up angrily* “Bro, for the last time stop bumping my seat."
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
The day after the day after tomorrow. #xokp...
The day after the day after tomorrow. #xokp http://bit.ly/19iWmI0
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Monday, July 22, 2013
Friday, July 19, 2013
"You deal with your shit in Zen by sitting with it. By breathing right into it. You don’t try and..."
- Steve Krieger, "Growing Ground” (via tricycle-tumbles)
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
On MLB, MVP, ALG and Cynical Contrivance
The MLB and FOXSports sure do love their storylines don’t they!? I mean who could write it better: Mariano Rivera, the patron saint of all that is right about baseball — representative of the pristine mythical non-PED game of games — earns the MVP in his final All Star Game appearance (across town at Citifield during his final season.) Oh, it’s the stuff that Disney films are made of. Cue the score…
When do you think they made that decision? I’m guessing app. 5 minutes after he announced that this would be his last season. Fox, Selig, BuckCarver, and everyone else sat around a table and said… “well, we gotta do this! What better way to show the purity and beauty of our game!" Every moment is too manufactured, too contrived for a thinking person to come to any other conclusion. What a way to take the casual fan’s mind off of the joke the sport has become.
I’m wondering what their contingency plan was…. what did Sandman have to do to not get the MVP. I’m guessing the following would have to happen:
- Bean his own shortstop with a wild pitch
- Pledge allegiance to al Qaeda over the PA
- Strip naked
- Douse himself with ultrahighproof bathtub gin
- Set himself on fire
- Smoke crack on the mound
If all of the above criteria were met, MLB and FoxSports would have to go with their backup plan — an honorable presentation to Derek Jeter (sure he’s not playing, but they’d be in panic mode at this point).
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