http://dabblersjournal.com prone to enthusiasms.... Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:41:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Lansing State Journal reports this morning that Lansing-based Thomas M. Cooley Law School, the nation's largest, has purchased naming rights for what has heretofore been Oldsmobile Park. Maybe they'll replace all the chrome decorations with dark wood panelling.... Seriously, though, this makes sense. Cooley's got a stake not just in ... http://dabblersjournal.com/2010/02/22/cooley-stadium/ A link to a friend's band's website. They'll be playing at Claddagh's tonight.Hi, Charlie! http://dabblersjournal.com/2010/01/22/embarr/ Been watching from afar as C.J. Cherryh, Jane Fancher, and Lynn Abbey have been setting up an e-Book Store, called Closed Circle, for selling their no-longer-in-print books. It should be opening as I write this, and I'll be over there shortly. If I could replace all of my CJ books ... http://dabblersjournal.com/2009/12/13/selling-e-books/ Here's minor rant about an annoyance. Amazon regularly sends me e-mails like this one: Hello from Amazon.com. We're writing about the order you placed on December 07 2009 (Order# xxx-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx). USPS was unable to leave the package at your delivery address as per their delivery policies. The package will be available ... http://dabblersjournal.com/2009/12/11/its-a-feature-stupid/ From The Sporting News, June 28, 1980; page 45: The largest Waterloo Stadium crowd in several seasons--6,180--was treated to sterling pitching performances as the Waterloo (Midwest) Indians swept a doubleheader June 7 from the Appleton Foxes, 3-0 and 1-0. In the first game, Indians righthander Dane Anthony raised his record ... http://dabblersjournal.com/2009/12/06/no-hitter-two-one-hitters-in-twin-bill-1980/ Joan bought me a Sony Touch for Christmas. This is an ideological choice--basically, I believe we need competition in this market. I plan to pass along some notes about the Reader in the future (Joan's got a Kindle, so I can do comparisons), but today let's discuss the Sony ... http://dabblersjournal.com/2009/12/01/wish-list/ From the Waterloo, Iowa, Daily Courier dated April 10, 1969, on page 26: (COURIER NEWS SERVICE) DECATUR, Ill. -- Beloit, Wis. plans to play baseball in the Midwest League, reported league president Jim Doster here Thursday morning, but not until the 1970 season. "The National Assn. met last week in Tampa, Fla.," said ... http://dabblersjournal.com/2009/10/09/beloit-in-midwest-for-1970-1969/ A photo caption from the Waterloo Courier dated June 10, 1968, on page 13, titled as above: Layton Stump, manager of the John Deere Employees Credit Union, left, realizes an urge often felt by baseball fans and slams a cream pie into the face of Umpire Bill Deegan before the start ... http://dabblersjournal.com/2009/10/08/have-you-ever-had-the-urge-1968/ Yesterday was a tough day at the office. Besides the State budget insanity hanging over our heads, it was the last day for a major system's maintenance contract with folks we'd known long enough to become friends. We're moving maintenance in-house for excellent reasons, but this is a painful ... http://dabblersjournal.com/2009/10/01/one-of-these-days/ From the Mattoon Journal-Gazette for September 11, 1950: Belleville, Ill. -- The final playoff round between Paducah and Centralia of the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League has been called off, Clarence "Dutch" Hoffman, the league president, announced Saturday. The cancellation was blamed on "poor playing weather." At the time Paducah was leading West Frankfort ... http://dabblersjournal.com/2009/09/17/call-off-final-m-o-v-playoffs-1950/