Derrick Goold's Blog, page 140
January 12, 2012
January 11, 2012
11/366 first comic book day of the year begins with Wolverine...
11/366 first comic book day of the year begins with Wolverine No. 300. Wistfully, I remember the day No. 1 popped its claws. (Taken with instagram)
The predicted demise of C, X and Q
More than a 100 years, probably before the title "futurist" existed, a civil engineer John Elfreth Watkins Jr. wrote an article predicting what life in America would be like in the year 2000. This wasn't the floating cars of "Back to the Future II" or Big Brother of Orwell, but apparently legit attempts to scan the horizon for advancement.
"These prophecies will seem strange, almost impossible," the article begins.
He got some right:
"Wireless telephone and...
January 10, 2012
"You guys gotta get your unwritten rules together."
- Dodgers manager and Yankees great Don Mattingly to ESPNLosAngeles.com when talking about whether a re-vote would be warranted on the MVP if the winner is found to have used PEDs. The comment comes serendipitously on the eve of Hall of Fame voting, which brings an annual bonfire of the writers who vote.
10/366 the boy wonder's favorite souvenir t-shirt from our...
10/366 the boy wonder's favorite souvenir t-shirt from our guys trip. He calls it: "Super Colorado Boy." (Taken with instagram)
January 9, 2012
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January 6, 2012
6/366 Roaming around old haunts in Boulder and Louisville. This...
6/366 Roaming around old haunts in Boulder and Louisville. This is off Pearl Street, of course. (Taken with instagram)
"That isn't writing at all, it's typing."
- Truman Capote, apparently predicting the plight of the modern sports beat writer.
