do some good, y’allYes, it is Labor Day, which deserves its own post. But I am dipping into the Manhattan Loft Guy archives today for this post from June 18, 2011, weekend diversion / feel-good edition, with a link to…
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Sunday diversion / reading the Psalms for medical clues (and rap music)
connectionsTalk about a diversion from Manhattan lofts! Start at a neuroscience blog about Psalm 137, before visiting a (the?) famous Jewish rapper… Mindhacks notes that the fearsome text of Psalm 137 reads like a description of stroke symptoms, and that…
Sunday diversion into one of the meccas of college football, but not why you think
making progress, pilgrim?I long ago gave up on college football as a source for entertainment, not merely because my alma mater was more famous in my day for losing football (not in my day as bad as this 1994-2000 streak,…
a diversion of a VERY different kind: imagine a city in which no one moves for a minute
I had no idea this was an annual eventClear your mind and expectations, as this is not a typical Manhattan Loft Guy diversion. On August 1, at 5 PM, the city of Warsaw comes to a stop for 60 seconds…
diversion of a sunny west coast, liquid kind
hint: sparse blogging may resultThere’s a reason why my blogging schedule has been light the last few days, a situation that may continue well into this week. This opinion column from the Vancouver Sun (In praise of getting drunk on…
short diversion / baseball, but not what you think
a lovely piece of writingIt was this paragraph in a short essay that told me that this writer would probably have something to say, and would say it well: Baseball, in particular, had always seemed both twee and annoying—especially given…
Sunday diversion: of Pythagorus and baseball odds
The plusses and minuses mean a lot For baseball fans who don’t get the stat geek world, this Sports Illustrated piece nicely captures the science behind the Probability of Playoffs column you see in some renditions of Major League…
it is a free country (still), but this should be mandatory reading
handwritten facsimile or plain text; your choiceA quick note and holiday link-a-pallooza before heading out to the ‘burbs for family grilling and sitting by the pool. I added the last bullet point below to link to last year’s post, form…
Sunday diversion / faulty logic, but very interesting baseball question
Jayson Stark poked me in the eye (unintentionally, but still)If you are a fan of Manhattan Loft Guy baseball diversions, you know I have taken a pretty hard line about reigning National League MVP Ryan Braun. (Refresh yourself with my…
Tagged with: Baseball, Cheating, Diversion, Jayson Stark, Logic, Performance, Phil Rizzuto, Ryan Braun, Testosterone
for Memorial Day, remember & learn before eating & drinking
reprise I & reprise III don’t think I can put it any better than I said it two years ago: Every American service member who has died in service is a tragedy for his or her family and for a…
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