Wednesday,
December 26, 2007
Quick
Update
Hey ya’ll, just a
quick update. I got back from a couple of days away to celebrate Christmas. I’m
glad that baseball actually almost literally shuts down for a couple of days,
because a couple of days away is exactly what I needed.
There won’t be much here today, just a couple of quick notes. There may not be
a lot of postings this week, we shall see. I managed to completely stay away
from a computer or 48 straight hours… Seriously! It was almost weird! But I did
want to extend my best wishes for a Merry Christmas to all of you and your
families. I hope Santa was good to you! Here are a couple of quick thoughts.
Please feel free to add your comments:
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I had
a blogging revelation while at church on Christmas Eve. Weird, huh? Well, let
me briefly explain. If your church is like mine, the Christmas Eve service
brings everyone out. Christmas, along with Easter, are the two occasions
throughout the church year that the church is absolutely packed. What a great
opportunity. Call it evangelism. Call it recruitment. The service is an
excellent opportunity for the pastor to make a good, positive impression upon
his congregation and especially those that are not regulars. If the service is
too long, it will remind many of why they don’t go to church every week. If it
is too much law, it comes across as too negative and it has the ability to
guilt people into not showing up. And if the sermon is too long, people will
stop paying attention before the pastor gets to his key points and summation. So,
what is the parallel to blogging? Well, a blog posting can be considered a
sermon. If it comes across too negative or too arrogant, it can rub people the
wrong way, and readers don’t come back. If it is too long, well, not many are
going to read through the whole thing and likely not get to your primary point.
I know. I am weird and no one else in the world would probably even draw such a
comparison. But, in a sad, pathetic kind of way, I got a lot out of the pastor’s
Christmas Eve sermon on Tuesday night. I am certain this was not his intent,
however.
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My
cousin’s husband had my name at our family Christmas. He had the chance, for
work, to be in Connecticut for a few days. He took the opportunity to go to a
New Britain Rockcats game and while there, he had the
opportunity to talk with both Trevor Plouffe and
David Winfree, two of the Twins minor leaguers that I
have enjoyed speaking with at Twins Fest in the last two years. Well, he got
autographs from both of them on a game ball. He also gave me a Rockcats program. Also, he went to a Twins game in
Cleveland. He caught a Batting Practice home run ball and got Pat Neshek to sign it, and he gave that to me. That is pretty
cool!
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Speaking
of cool… my sister got me a pair of Zubaz. They are making a comeback! I got a
pair of black and gold zubaz when I was a sophomore
in high school. We wore them with our jerseys every Friday before football
games. I wore mine constantly until I came home from college one time and my
mom took them and hid them from me!
·
La Velle was on KFAN on Sunday morning for three hours. It is
always fun listening to him because he does such a good job. When asked what he
figures the chances of Johan Santana signing with the Twins is, he said, “Zero
percent.” I happen to agree, and I do believe that it is the right thing for
the Twins, as much as I would love for him to remain with the Twins.
·
Aaron
Gleeman was also on KFAN on Friday night for an hour with Doogie
Wolfson.
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It
doesn’t get much funnier than this. Fix a plate of leftovers for a 19 month
year old daughter that includes green beans, some fruit, a couple of chips and
a barbecue. After eating a bit, she pulls off the top of the bun, looks at the
hamburger, points to it and says, “Poopie!” Try not
to spit the milk out of your mouth or through your nose after that! J
With that, have yourself a great day, and feel free to e-mail me or leave
some comments!