What kind of D&D character am I?  Looking at these results, I probably should have guessed this is what it'd be...

I Am A: True Neutral Human Fighter/Ranger (2nd/2nd Level)

Ability Scores:
Strength-11
Dexterity-15
Constitution-10
Intelligence-14
Wisdom-9
Charisma-11

Alignment:
True Neutral - A true neutral character does what seems to be a good idea. He ( Read more... )

I've been told that my ramblings on life and philosophy have been missed.  So... yeah, you get more baseball!

The Cubs' off-season has been filled with enough activity for me to fill a short novel, particularly in terms of my emotional responses to everything.  I actually can't say that this is abnormal, since I've never paid *this* much attention ( Read more... )

It's been more than three months since I last posted, and in that time, the Cubs' season went further and further into the tank, only rising just enough for the team to avoid being the worst in baseball for the year.  It's sad, because I really have liked some of the players this year, but as a group they couldn't put together much of a win streak ( Read more... )

Where do you start?  Starlin Castro is an All-Star, thanks to the rule that gives every team at least one All Star nod.  Sure, he's been good, but I'm not sure about All-Star-great.  Still, he got put in the game as a pinch-runner, then promptly stole second base, and then stole third base thanks to a pitch in the dirt.  There hasn't been a player ( Read more... )

Well, obviously Aramis Ramirez reads my blog.  There's simply no other conceivable explanation.

No, really. ;)

Clearly, my posts lambasting Monsieur Ramirez for his less-than-stellar performance in the early going of the 2011 campaign got to him.  This professional baseballer, as we call them, felt his pride called into question, and subsequently -- ( Read more... )

I've started toying with the idea of taking a break from baseball for a little bit.  All year long, I've been hanging on every little announcement I can find about the Cubbies, every notice that might suggest a change, an improvement, a reason to hope -- if not for this year (though yeah, mostly for this year), at least for the next.  But I'm ( Read more... )

I haven't been able to catch all the highlights of the last four games or so, but it looks like Aramis Ramirez started putting me in my place shortly after my rant criticizing him.  The Cubs just finished a four-game series with the Milwaukee Brewers, who had come into the games with the best record in baseball and a scorching hot recent win-loss ( Read more... )

If what this guy is proposing happens, I'll officially go on the list of Ricketts Haters.

Carlos Zambrano just told the world the earth-shattering news: “We played like a Triple-A team. This is embarrassing, embarrassing for the team, for the owners, for the fans. Embarrassing. That’s the word for this team. We should know better than this, we ( Read more... )

Oh, and I forgot to include the hot-hitting utility infielder who's on the DL (disabled list, FYI) as well.  There's a pitcher on the 60-day DL who I've never heard of and I think hasn't thrown an ML pitch this season, but that's less of a bother.  That said...

Earlier this week, Aramis Ramirez dove for a sharp-hit ball down the third-base line, and ( Read more... )

It's been about a month since my last post ( Read more... )