Dad. Ad Man. Royals Fan.
I figured the Internet was a safe place to keep all of the answers to security questions my bank asks me. I’ll need to be able to google these at some point, I’m sure. What is the name of your favorite city? Hmm… A tough one right off the bat. I mean, I was born… Read more
Later in this post, I’ll opine on how I think a large conglomerate thought it would benefit itself to be represented by a boxing octopus. But first, this: I think one of the things advertising agencies are worst at is branding themselves. You can take a journey across the Internet and see how different companies… Read more
Current track: Listening to instrumental Beetles covers. (Thank you, Internet) Today, the internal debate was about whether or not to tuck my shirt in. By far, one of the things I was most apprehensive about after deciding to accept my new job was knowing that I would have to step up my wardrobe. When you… Read more
“Well, Doug, I think your wife is an idiot!” The meeting was not going well. It was hard to put too much blame on Doug, who was now in the unfortunate position of defending his wife’s true deficiencies as a user of the World Wide Web, but it was also his call to schedule an… Read more
This is the first in an occasional series wherein I will discuss my thoughts on working in Downtown Los Angeles, a place I have only previously visited for the occasional meal and night out drinking. I may also talk about riding the train, but only if I can find something to say other than “people… Read more
The Royals dispatched the Cincinnati Reds tonight in a sloppy, rain-lengthened game, picking up their 73rd win of the season—one better than the much-maligned prediction from Baseball Prospectus’s PECOTA forecasting tool. Much ridicule was wasted in the off season after a series of articles dared to wonder if other teams would emulate the Royals defense… Read more
Let’s take a look at who will be turning double plays on the daily this year, once again using the official 40-man roster as our guide, which can be found here. Note: All posts will follow this general format: Player Name (linking to the player page on Baseball-Reference.com) 2013 “Slash” line (Batting Average/On-Base Percentage/Slugging Average) 2013… Read more
Let’s take a look at who will be manning the expanses in Kaufmann Stadium this year, once again using the official 40-man roster as our guide, which can be found here. Note: All posts will follow this general format: Player Name (linking to the player page on Baseball-Reference.com) 2013 “Slash” line (Batting Average/On-Base Percentage/Slugging Average) 2013… Read more
Let’s take a look at who will be donning the tools of ignorance for the boys in blue this year, once again using the official 40-man roster as our guide, which can be found here. Note: All posts will follow this general format: Player Name (linking to the player page on Baseball-Reference.com) 2013 “Slash” line (Batting… Read more
A few things happened in the last week or so. In tech news, Google laid out 3.2 billion dollars to buy Nest, a company best known for thermostats that resemble Hal 9000. Some are worried that people using Bing may suddenly find their houses freezing them out, but the risk is mitigated by the fact… Read more