Steve Swisher
Posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 @ 12:31 pm
Filed Under BB Research Notes, Baseball
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All of the available sources, including mine, believe Swisher managed New Orleans in 1997. That's not exactly true.
A Tree Behind Second
Posted on Monday, December 10, 2007 @ 8:05 pm
Filed Under BB Research Notes, Baseball
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The Charleston [WVA] Charlies were jolted a mite when they walked into Watt Powell Park in Charleston upon returning from spring training to find a huge pine tree growing directly behind second base.
Captain Ward
Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 @ 11:02 pm
Filed Under History, Michigan
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Eber Brock Ward was Michigan's most famous and most innovative Rich Man for much of the 19th century; his best comp
is certainly Henry Ford, who flourished about 75 years later. I don't think anyone's written a full-blown biography of Ward, but there are pieces of him all over my library.
Dabbler Migration
Posted on Friday, November 23, 2007 @ 5:09 pm
Filed Under Dabbler
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That recovery could have been automated, but I chose to review the individual postings. While there's some pain in this recovery method, it gave me the opportunity to reread everything, rework a few entries, and check the links on the recovered postings. While I don't regret the effort, I'm pleased to have the little sub-project complete. Now I can make time for more obviously-interesting activities.
The Wall
Posted on Saturday, November 17, 2007 @ 10:13 am
Filed Under Army Career, Joel, Picture Show, Stories, Vietnam
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My office phone rang. Since it was an external call, and I didn't recognize the number, odds were it was either a vendor or a wrong number. Nope; Lauren Morgan introduced herself as an editor with Boston Publishing, and she was working with Vietnam Veterans of America on a magazine issue. They'd found a couple of my pictures on Flickr, and wanted to use them to illustrate an article. I asked which photos they were planning to use, which she described, and I said sure. We talked about some details for a few minutes, and the conversation ended.
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