<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes'?><rss version='2.0'><channel><title>My Blog Feed</title><link>http://www.tblog.com/</link><description>A tBlog Blog!</description><lastBuildDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:04:09 -0700</lastBuildDate><language>en-us</language><item><title><![CDATA[Summer Ball time again...]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969992751</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969992751</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 16:38:23 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Mike's playing now in coach-pitch. Game 1: Win. 0-2, 2xK Game 2: Loss, 0-2, 2xK&nbsp;&nbsp; ...and we got a lighter bat for him to swing now!Game 3: Loss, 0-2, 2xK...but made c... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969992751'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[baseball/softball stats]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969949911</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969949911</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:15:12 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[B's Softball Game 1: 3-3, 2xR, 3xRBI, 2xast, 1xE W7-6 B's Softball Game 2: 3-3, 2xR, 2xRBI, 4xast, L6-7 B's Softball Game 3: 2-3, 1xR, 2xRBI, 2xE, 1xunassisted DP (on a line drive whi... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969949911'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[november]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969928249</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969928249</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 06:32:49 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Well, it's November.  That's a good three month gap.

Volleyball at LLCC went very well and recruiting is going well also!

JRG is doing all right, though there are issues there not of my causing-... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969928249'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[August]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969910995</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969910995</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Aug 2006 08:17:14 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I wish I had it in me to keep this more up to date than I do. I don't--mainly because of a lack of time.&nbsp;Today is Erick's birthday--#12.&nbsp; He's got a friend from Neoga over though w... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969910995'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Erick's 2006 stats]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969897331</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969897331</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 15:35:06 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Erick's baseball stats for this year:GAME 1: 2-3, 2xR, 1xRBIGAME 2: 0-1, 1xBB, 1xCS, 1xPO, 1xASTGAME 3: 1-2, 1xHBP, 1xRBI, 2xR, 1xPOGAME 4: 0-2, 2xBB, 2xK, 1xSB, 1x... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969897331'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Annual Baseball Stats Update]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969890441</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969890441</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2006 09:41:34 -0700</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Brigitte Baseball Game 1: 0-2, 2xK (including the traditional 'it's 10pm and I want out called strike three on a pitch that hit the plate) --she did have a great throw from LF to the cutoff ... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969890441'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes life leads us down interesting paths]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969873823</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969873823</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:17:36 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It's been a month since I had a chance to write something here.  I'm not really into omens and superstitions, but as I opened this to write, one of my favorite songs from the 1980s came on iTunes' rad... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969873823'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intolerance / book hating]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969860214</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969860214</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2006 09:35:55 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Interesting to be involved in on-line communities sometimes.  On one of them, I have been branded a commie--worse a 'liberal' for disagreeing about going into Iraq to fight.

But worse, one of the p... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969860214'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas cheer??]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969853301</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969853301</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Guess I have wonderful friends--not sure if they meant well or not.  My replacement wound up as coach of the year and started talking about the tradition of success she started when she took over.  I ... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969853301'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[volleyball]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969845590</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969845590</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The season here is over.&nbsp; Actually it ended a few weeks ago, but the Big Dance is now past.&nbsp; The team that eliminated us in the District Final (Johnson County) wound up national champions... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969845590'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[old school]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969835636</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969835636</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It's always interesting to remember the old maxim: "Success has many fathers, but defeat is an orphan."It is frustrating to see someone else get credit for work they didn't do--like at my old ... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969835636'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[volleyball]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969812804</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969812804</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The recruiting process is absolutely fascinating, just like the process of interviewing for a job.What you really get to see is a videotape (usually selected so the player looks good), perhaps... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969812804'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[odds and ends]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969806092</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969806092</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I get frustrated by players as a coach.  Maybe I am a curmedgeon (although I didn't figure I'd reach that until age 50), but young people today prefer excuses to responsibility.I admit to doin... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969806092'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[dynasties / Jolly Roger]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969789848</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969789848</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Well, Dynasties is out and about.Definitely pleased with it, though the two pawns aren't distinctly different in sizes.   There's also a minor typo in the rules, but otherwise things are good.... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969789848'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[August flew by...and I love irony!]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969763214</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969763214</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[August flew by.  Then again, doing three-a-days for practice, preparing classwork, and doing all sorts of in-service stuff can do that.  In that regard, it made the distance away from the wife and chi... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969763214'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[music/sports]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969740767</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969740767</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It dawned on me that there are musical styles mentally associated with the major US sports.Basketball lends itself well to rap music and the game seems to fit that style (especially sinc... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969740767'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Origins/Gaming]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969711407</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969711407</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Well, Origins is here and gone.  I am disappointed in the convention this year for several reasons, primarily a lack of organization.  That lack made for a long wait at the exhibitor help booth on Wed... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/1969711407'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/454261</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/454261</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Game 1: 0-2, 2xK, 1xBBGame 2: 0-3, 3xKGame 3: 0-1, 1xK 2xBB, 1xRGame 4: 0-2, 1xK, 1xBB, 1xSBGame 5: 0-2, 2xK, 1xBB, 2xSBGame 6: 0-2, 3xBB, 2xRBIGame 7: 0-2, 1xR, 1xHBP, 1xBB, 4... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/454261'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Erick and baseball]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/454254</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/454254</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Well,Erick's baseball season begins today.&nbsp; It started 90 minutes ago back in Effingham.&nbsp; I'm waiting for the Mrs. to c... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/454254'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[iMusic]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/454250</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/454250</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Well, it's amazing how marketing can work.&nbsp; Over the past couple months I wound up winning two free songs via Pepsi for iMusic by Apple.&nbsp; Then I noticed on the laptop here that the iMusic... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/454250'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[spring]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/447074</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/447074</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Here in the office as always.I guess the bright side is that the volleyball team here has a setter for next season now signed, so we've got that taken care of.&nbsp; Just as good we have... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/447074'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[spring]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/442320</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/442320</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I love spring.&nbsp; But boy does it stink to have to be inside for a day when it is seventy and sunny with only a light breeze.... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/442320'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[junior high athletics, part two]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/441321</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/441321</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Ultimately, the question is how to improve the situation.&nbsp; There are conc... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/441321'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[junior high athletics, part one]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/437967</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/437967</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[*This is the first part of an article I am writing.&nbsp; Thoughts are welcome.&nbsp;WINNING, L... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/437967'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[discouraging reality]]></title><link>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/432858</link><guid>http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/432858</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The old Chinese proverb is again in my mind--"May you live in interesting times".Jolly Roger has again changed production locations, and as always I tried to use U.S. companies first and... <a href='http://jollyrogergames.tblog.com/post/432858'>more from jollyrogergames...</a>]]></description></item></channel></rss>