New Year Musing
In 2005 I got very interested in baseball. This happened intentionally. I went to the ballpark and it was fun and I thought, "This is fun. I need a new hobby. Baseball is America's pasttime. I want to have something in common with people at work. I will make baseball my new hobby." Thunder and I played a lot of catch. I went to a lot of $2 Brewers games. Today I read about Merkle's Boner.
Who will be the first to identify Merkle's Boner in the comment box?
Maybe in 2006 I will get interested in poetry. For a long time I didn't like poetry because it's so hard to understand. But I've done pretty well with baseball, and the two are pretty similar. In both there are a lot of names you have to be familiar with, and they each have their own language, sort of. Also, there is some poetry about baseball. Some might say there is some poetry IN baseball.
Do you think one should pay money for an "MFA in creative writing and publishing"? I had thought yes, but lately I've been thinking no. Jobs in humanities are awfully hard to come by. I guess what I'll do is finish my application (which will only cost $10 for transcripts) and decide later. Here are the PROS -- real contacts in the publishing world; disciplined writing program; advanced degree; adjunct positions are better than temp jobs. Here are the CONS -- about $20,000; only 45% of professors get tenure; should be able to develop contacts by myself.
So.
Who will be the first to identify Merkle's Boner in the comment box?
Maybe in 2006 I will get interested in poetry. For a long time I didn't like poetry because it's so hard to understand. But I've done pretty well with baseball, and the two are pretty similar. In both there are a lot of names you have to be familiar with, and they each have their own language, sort of. Also, there is some poetry about baseball. Some might say there is some poetry IN baseball.
Do you think one should pay money for an "MFA in creative writing and publishing"? I had thought yes, but lately I've been thinking no. Jobs in humanities are awfully hard to come by. I guess what I'll do is finish my application (which will only cost $10 for transcripts) and decide later. Here are the PROS -- real contacts in the publishing world; disciplined writing program; advanced degree; adjunct positions are better than temp jobs. Here are the CONS -- about $20,000; only 45% of professors get tenure; should be able to develop contacts by myself.
So.
Comments
But it's not quite right. Anybody else want to give it a shot? Anybody?
In fact, what happened was the Giants's runner from first -- Merkle -- didn't go all the way to second when the runner on third went home. So the Cubs only had to tag second, making Merkle the third out and invalidating what should have been NY's winning run. The game ended in a tie because there was mayhem on the field, so they replayed it a couple weeks later in what was the first ever playoff game.