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Pics from Israel are Up
The full set is here. Take your time — there are over 170 pictures. They’re not going anywhere I recommend viewing them on black, which you can do by pressing L whenever you’re viewing a particular picture. Here are a select few to get you going: This was the last picture I took in the [...]
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Batting Average is Not a Flawed Statistic
It has become common in the baseball community to bash batting average, to say it is a flawed statistic, for a few reasons: It does not recognize how different types of hits (singles, triples, etc) contribute differently to a player’s value or team’s performance It counts at-bats and not plate appearances (and thus pretends sac [...]
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Eretz Yisrael
I just returned from a ten-day trip to Israel and wanted to dash off some quick thoughts about it before I forget! As an aside, I am currently downloading pictures from my camera, so they won’t be in this post. But they’re coming, I promise! I haven’t traveled internationally since returning from China in January [...]
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A Visit to Occupy Austin
I have been hearing about the Occupy movement since it began, just like everyone else. Through reading reports and generally being down with the kinds of people who support what they are doing, I became relatively familiar with, uh, what they are doing and why they are doing it. I’ve had a few discussions with friends [...]
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Scenes from Thanksgiving
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Opposite Ends of the Spectrum
Pleasant: This is my girlfriend. (I like to imagine she is saying: “Really, Ryan? Really?” Although I’m not sure what she’s referring to …) Not-so-pleasant (but still awesome): This is the lead singer of GWAR. Also from that night, the two guitarists in Warbeast: This is black & white to avoid the unpleasant red stage [...]
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FunFunFun Fest 2011, Day 3
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FunFunFun Fest 2011, Day 2
Click an image to see the full set! List of bands I saw: Brandt Bauer Frick Captured by Robots Dead Horse Death Grips Hot Snakes Negative Approach Paint it Black Shapes Have Fangs T Bird and the Breaks Touche Amore tUne-yArDs World Inferno Friendship Society Wugazi Youth Brigade … and that’s not even counting [...]
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It’s Over, But … Game 6, Game 7
As it stands now, I’m understanding of the Cardinals’ victory in Game 7. They deserve it. Texas did not, not with the way their offense and pitching (and managing) failed in the final two games. I’m avoiding coverage of the Cardinals at the moment. It might be a few days until I return to reading [...]
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Game Five, Game Six
Our plucky heroes sunk the Cardinals’ battleship yet again, winning 4-2 by capitalizing on some hilarious miscommunication between Cards’ skipper Tony La Russa and his bullpen coaches. I find my faith in humanity shaken a tad when teams can afford to pay players $25 million a year but let a simple thing like misunderstood phone [...]
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