Necessary Roughness

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Archive for October, 2005

Theses Here and Now
Saturday, October 29th, 2005

Ask most anyone who has paid more than a little attention to church history, and they’ll have heard about the Reformation. They may remember that it was in the early 16th Century, that a “Martin Luther” was involved, that he was annoyed with teachings and practices with the Roman Catholic church, and that he [...]

No Blacks, So They MUST Be Racist
Saturday, October 29th, 2005

The Houston Astros weren’t black enough, and baseball isn’t black enough, deplores Joe Morgan.
Can we not be satisfied that between the years of 1953 and 2005, teams had at least one black player on a team? Given that 9% of the MLB rosters are black, that’s saying something.

Here’s Hoping for Impartiality
Friday, October 28th, 2005

Come the second weekend of January, unless I’m out of town, I’ll be donning the vertical black-and-white stripes to begin officiating another season of Upward basketball.
Being a referee has brought its share of experience and decisions. There have been instances where I’ve “known” a foul was probably made, but I had to call what hit [...]

Late Night in Kilgore
Friday, October 28th, 2005

Pulled a double shift, as they say. Taught our software to the day dispatcher and night dispatcher during their shifts.
Dispatchers are particularly hard to train when at their desks and phones are running off the hook. I used some of the time to tweak this new site and import another month’s worth of [...]

Ohio State Issues: A No-fer
Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

On November 8 (or earlier, in my case) Ohioans head to the polls to decide five state issues and various local issues.
Secretary of State Ken Blackwell has put together an Issues Report (link dead) with the five state issues. There are arguments for and against each issue. I did my analysis only reading [...]