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Is this a movie or am I dreaming

If you haven’t been paying attention the Colorado Rockies have made it to the World Series on a winning streak, 21 of the last 22 games, that makes you feel like you are watching a movie. What is their secret do they have a tyrant owner trying to sell the team to warmer climates or maybe an orphan kid is seeing some heavenly beings lending the Rockies a hand so that he can be with his dad again. What ever it is they have not been getting the attention the usual under dog gets. This is something you normally only get in the movies yet no one seems to care. Which puzzles me because America usually loves the underdog. Plus this is an obvious sign of league parity that baseball has been trying to accomplish. Parity gets attributed to the success of the NFL, NCAA tournament, and NASCAR all the time. But it seems whenever analysts talk about any of the lower rung sports NHL NBA MLB and one of the big markets aren’t involved all of a sudden there isn’t any national interest. Why then has MLB been working toward league parity if the nation loses interest when the yankees are involved? I think this all just cover up of a greater loss of interest in baseball.

AJSPS

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Iron Mark

Mark Martin is just some 200 odd points out of twelfth after yet another top ten finish. While this may seem trivial remember that he has started five less races than the rest of the field. And now that Kyle Busch has signed with Gibbs and Earnhardt goes to Hendricks next year, this makes the semi-retired Martin DEI biggest commodity and they are trying their hardest to get him to run a full season next year. As well as fueling the speculation that Martin will be in the 8 next year. I personally don’t see it; Mark is just having too much fun racing each race without the headache that go with running a full season.

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Sums it up

I have been going through a period of time now struggling with motivation, what I want to do with myself, and what I am pretty sure now is adult ADD. And while listening to this weeks episode of This American Life – “#073 Blame it on Art” they had a quote that pretty well sums things up.

“Most of us are toiling away at daily work that doesn’t seem as important to us as the ambitious dreams we have for ourselves. We are convinced we are not living up to our potential. That there is a better part of ourselves that just hasn’t expressed itself yet. Until the day our lives are over and what’s left is that daily work whatever it is and what ever we gave it.”

Basically it is not what you do but how you do it. But it puts it in a light that makes the dreams even though possibly unachievable still worth the effort.

AJSPS

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Bottled water bad

As I say in my frankenstein voice. Recently bottled water has been getting a back lash from environmental junkies. (Check out this topic on Science Friday) Because of all the waste they cause and the energy it takes to make them. This cracks me up, because growing up in the country my parents were lucky enough to have a natural spring. So for me water always flowed freely straight up out of the ground 24/7 no shut off valve. As you can imagine I just assume that was how it worked for everyone. But now I live in Edinboro, and even though the water is safe and fine it taste absolutely awful. You can do the whole Brita filter merry-go-round, but it is a pain in the butt, and while clearer it doesn’t seem to effect the taste. So, I found myself buying water…. buying water. I still have to say it twice, to me it is still surreal. I tell you what though the accessible and ease of having that bottled always there and ready to go sitting in the fridge is quite nice. Well just as I start to get use to an item they tell me it is bad for you, typical. I don’t plan on over reacting though. Just limit my use to those times I really need the quick convenience of it.

AJSPS

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Moving forward

Ok so couple days ago I blogged about my current malaise and the current disorder I am currently living in. For someone that prefers organization and structure, it has been quite annoying. This has been an on and off again thing now for three years or since I moved out and bought my own place. So, I decided that it has gone on long enough and decided to get some professional assistance ( like my choice of words there, I am big one for denial .)  After the first session, they seem to be of the same state of mind that I may have ADD.  The book that mentioned the last posting seems to indicate the same.  Organizing Solutions for People with Attention Deficit Disorder has some excellent ideas and I would highly recommend it to anyone that has organizational issue regardless of whether you have ADD or not.  The first thing suggested by the book and my professional assistance is to de-clutter or more specifically simplify and take away the number of options I have to think about.

I figure the most effective way to de-clutter will be to sell my house all together.  I have been leaning toward this anyways because the drive up to Erie everyday has become quite tiresome.  So, this Monday I am going to start throwing stuff away rather than pack.  And as I post about reorganizing my life, I will also post about the process of fixing up and selling my condo similar Mike’s Roof on Fire blog but in reverse.

This weekend though I will be kayaking down the Allegheny. So, check back Monday for river pictures and progress.

AJSPS

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