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We’re gonna win Twins. Watching this vi…

eschapp — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:02:19 +0000

We’re gonna win Twins. Watching this video makes me really excited to visit Target Field. Outdoor Baseball!

This xkcd.com comic is great:…

eschapp — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:54:50 +0000

This xkcd.com comic is great:

Friday 10: Last Spring Break

eschapp — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:00:07 +0000

My last spring break starts this weekend. Instead of going on vacation, I’ll use the time to catch up on a bunch of work. Here’s the first 10 songs to pop up for Friday, March 5th 2010:

Interpol – “Mammoth”
Spoon – “The Way We Get By”
Delta Spirit – “Ode To Sunshine”
Modest Mouse – “Missed the Boat”
White Rabbits – “The Plot”
Vampire Weekend – “Exit Music (for a Film)”
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – “Clap Your Hands!”
Ra Ra Riot – “A Manner to Act”
Kings of Leon – “Closer”
Cold War Kids – “Avalanche In B”

Whats on your list today?

ON a recent Thursday night in the Adams …

eschapp — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:19:58 +0000

ON a recent Thursday night in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, two D.J.’s— Shea Van Horn and Tommy Cornelis — were filling the basement lounge of Napoleon, a bistro, with French electro and house music. The occasion was a monthly party called Maison, and the room was packed: gay men in their 20s, a clutch of American University law students, a preening reality TV star (Paul Wharton) and Omar Popal, the 31-year-old owner of the upstairs restaurant.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/fashion/04Washington.html

This great cartoon is from Trevour from …

eschapp — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:44:40 +0000

This great cartoon is from Trevour who can be contacted at his website Trevour.com:

[h/t to http://adambez.tumblr.com]

Go Spike!:…

eschapp — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:52:44 +0000

Go Spike!:

http://embed.producerhq.com/embed/player/embed_id/161/channel_id/224/asset_id/57237/

and the video that got him there:

It is Nick Punto Day!

eschapp — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:32:25 +0000

This image about sums up my view of Nick:

Fuzzy; At Best. After a couple of years of watching Punto play, I am still not sure what to make of him. It’s not as if I haven’t seen enough of his innings to make a judgement, he has been a Twins regular for a couple of years. Nick has a great glove, and a frustrating bat¹. His bat is frustrating because it lacks consistency. Sometimes its seems like he knows the strike zone well and can walk at will, other times he’ll pop out on a bunt. The problem being that you never know which Punto you’re going to get. When he’s at the plate, most fans don’t trust him, and who can blame them?

On the other hand, I’m a sucker for web gems. I’m not sure I’ve seen anyone who works harder to get on highlight reels than Punto. Some of the things he does in the field are amazing, and I think if push comes to shove, I’d choose watching a great defensive play over a great at bat. Punto provides more of the former, but for me thats okay because apparently I’m a sucker for fancy glove work. If Nick can somehow level out his hitting to become an average, or just below average hitter, I think he would be a lot more popular in Twins circles. But until that happens, I’m happy to watch him in the field, even if I have to change the channel during his at bats.

It’s not like Gardy is running Tol-Bot out there everyday . . . yet².

I reserve the right to change my mind after reading all the other Nick Punto Day Posts.

I’ve blocked out his base running error from my memory. You know which one I mean. I won’t be able to rehash that play for quite some time. ↩
Seriously be thankful. ↩

Friday 10: Post Snow

eschapp — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:40:50 +0000

Well everything is beginning to get back to normal here in DC. Hopefully most streets will be cleared before next week rolls around. Here’s the first 10 songs that came up on my random playlist while I was reading in Pence Law Library:

Boys Like Girls – Boys Like Girls: “Hero/Heroine”
Boys Night Out – Boys Night Out: “Fall for the Drinker”
Linkin Park – Reanimation: “PLC. 4 Mie Hæd”
Wilco – More Than The Moon: “Camera”
Zelda Re-orchestrated - Ocarina of Time: “Goron City”
Bowling for Soup – Drunk Enough to Dance: “Life After Lisa”
Maroon 5 – It Won’t Be Soon Before Long: “Goodnight Goodnight”
Guster – Keep It Together: “Homecoming King”
The Smashing Pumpkins – The Aeroplane Flies High Disc 2: “Ugly”
Sleepcomesdown – ¡The Uprising Sound Revolution!, Vol. 2: “Off with Your Head”

That Zelda album is awesome. If you want to give it a listen just search for it online: it is available for free!

Whats on your list today?

DC Blizzard 2010

eschapp — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:38:13 +0000

We ventured out over the weekend to see all of the snow in DC. We walked up Porter Street to Wisconsin Avenue and then ate at Z-Burger for lunch. Z-Burger was giving out $1 burgers if you knew the secret password “Snowburger.” The meal was great, even if you don’t consider the price. We took some photos on our walk.

Well we haven’t received much more snow…

eschapp — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:41:26 +0000

Well we haven’t received much more snow, but man has the wind picked up. This is the first real blizzard I’ve seen on the east coast. Visibility is low, although the video doesn’t really show it.