I like baseball, music, guitar, dogs, and road trips. I run Ducksnorts, a blog about the San Diego Padres.
Music
Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Bill Frissell, Jason Falkner, Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, John Mayer, Neko Case, Willie K., Rush, J.S. Bach, and a lot more in the jazz, alternative and classic rock, and classical genres.
Movies
Sci Fi, Chinese, and comedies. Some of my favorites are Serenity, Fifth Element, Twelve Monkeys, and films with Jet Li or Jackie Chan (preferably their earlier work), Monty Python and the Holy Grail, This Is Spinal Tap, 40-Year-Old Virgin, Hot Fuzz.
Television
Sci Fi and comedies. Star Trek (TOS, TNG, Enterprise); Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis; Firefly; Battlestar Galactica (new version) Monty Python's Flying Circus; Fawlty Towers; The Office (UK and US versions); psych.
Books
College and past work as a proofreader and copy editor have sapped my desire to read, especially fiction. Most of what I read now is either related to baseball or travel. My favorite baseball writer is Bill James, and my favorite travel writer is Bill Bryson.
About me:
I'm a freelance writer, editor, web guy, guitarist, whatever. San Diego is my home, and baseball is my passion. I write daily about the San Diego Padres at Ducksnorts (ducksnorts.com/blog) and am a regular contributor to Hardball Times (hardballtimes.com) and Baseball Digest Daily. My second book, the Ducksnorts 2008 Baseball Annual (ducksnorts.com/book), was published in February 2008. I am currently suffering through a miserable Padres season and working on the Ducksnorts 2009 Baseball Annual, due out... whenever it's done.
wishing you both a happy christmas, this year. maybe a trip to rally, the n.c. is in your near future! we'd love to have the two of you. :) let's do some baseball...let marlie enjoy her first games!
I think they should see if Luis Castillo will take a one or two-year deal at around $6-mil per while we wait for Antonelli, and re-sign Cameron for 2yrs/$17-mil(is that too optimistic?). Hairston could be part of a platoon solution in LF (worked fine for Earl Weaver, didn't it?). Add two starting pitchers, preferably guys recovering from injury for short-term, incentive-laden deals. Between them and Hensley, you might get 60 decent starts, which leaves the other 102 for Peavy, Young, and Maddux.
