Lunar landing footage
As I mentioned earlier, today is a pretty historic anniversary if you’ve been looking for footage of the first landing on the moon. It’s right here:
A religion angle on the Moon landing
All across the news today are stories about the first landing on the Moon, which took place 40 years ago today. While most stories focus on the historical nature of the feat. Few have anything to do with religion. Here’s a link to an interesting story about a little known fact from that mission, Buzz Aldrin took some Communion with him to the Moon.
Real Life Twitter
Here’s a funny video on College Humor showing how awkward “twittering” in public would really be…it’s pretty funny:
@ChrisBosh wins the competition
Over the weekend I wrote a post about the twitter competition between @CV31 or Charlie Villanueva and @ChrisBosh. The competition was a lot of fun. In the end @ChrisBosh was victorious. Now we will have to wait and see the video of Charlie holding up his end of the bet.
In the meantime, ESPN tried to get both athletes on First Take this Morning, for whatever reason Villanueva couldn’t make it on, but Chris Bosh was there to discuss his victory and more.
All Star observations
Since its the time for the MLB All Star Weekend, Home Run Derby, and All Star Game. Below is a running list of observations recorded of the course of a couple of days. They are not necessarily in order of occurrence. Some of them I actually said to other people, others were just thoughts.
1. Pujols is simply amazing
2. I didn’t know Joe Morgan was so old, he was selected to the 1966 All Star Game, last time it was in St. Louis, 43 years ago
3. How is Prince Fielder that large…and a vegetarian?
4. Why is Prince Fielder a vegetarian?
5. Nelly is really good at baseball and a great athlete
6. Nelly is from U-City…this isn’t news, but I discussed the fact, and I’m also from U-City
7. The Cubbies only have one player in the All-Star Game
8. I’m glad only one Cubbie made it the year its in St. Louis
9. The Cubbies have more All-Star players this year than World Series titles in the last 101 years…
10. Why was Brandon Inge in the Home Run Derby?
11. Nelson Cruz really surprised me… I didn’t think he would do that well
12. I love Ozzie Smith…my favorite Cardinal
13. People keep calling Nelson Cruz a “young kid” he’s 29…you know who else is 29? – Some guy named Albert
14. Pujols has immense respect for Stan “The Man” Musial, so much he doesn’t like being called “El Hombre”, but “Winnie the Pooh” is still ok
15. Even though Pujols didn’t do so great…the joke at the end of this article is still amazing.
16. When did Ozzie decide to grow out the gray beard?
17. Why can’t Ozzie get more involved with the Cardinals?
18. I’m glad the All Star game is not the Cubs vs. Yankees/Red Sox like it was last year
19. No the Home Run Derby is not a horse race.
20. Ok, I’ll admit it, I may have kind of gotten the chills a little bit when they showed all those old Cardinal clips during the into
21. YES YES YES! They booed Ted Lilly, that was fantastic (during the introductions)
22. I’m glad Marquis got a pretty good cheer and welcome when he was announced. (also during the introductions)
23. What if instead of the courthouse and arch, they carved a giant picture of Pujols’ face in the outfield?
24. I love seeing all the Cardinal greats on the field
25. WHY is Obama not wearing a Cards jacket?
26. That was a joke of an excuse for the first pitch, Obama not in a Cards jacket, and they didn’t even show it on T.V.?
27. How awesome would it be if Yadier and Pujols pulled off their signature move and picked someone off at 1st base?
28. Yadier is a beast! He’s such a good defensive player
29. Did I say Yadier is a beast? he’s also a great hitter…way to get the NL back in the game
30. Franklin=Money
31. I would love to see Mark Buehrle in a Cardinal uniform
32. Someone sent me this great quote from Albert about his faith.
33. I really wanted to see Carl Crawford vs. Yadier Molina, too bad Ichiro ruined it
34. This game is flying…it’s already the 6th inning?
35. Every time I see Moises Alou I think of what he did to “improve his grip”
36. Wow, Pujols actually got pitched to 3 at bats in a row
37. But he didn’t get much to show for it, even though he did hit a couple of those balls pretty hard
38. Surprised Gonzalez took over instead of Ryan Howard
39. Is Charlie Manuel pulling a Tony La Russa? Pujols didn’t play in ’05 when La Russa managed…
40. Ozzie would have made that play at SS that Bartlett failed to make… but I’m ok with that because it gives the NL a chance
41. Jason Werth got a great jump on that ball and covered a lot of ground…thank goodness
42. Wow, the NL loses again…
So those are just a few thoughts…feel free to leave some of your own below
A quote from Albert
Everyone knows my favorite team is the Cardinals and my favorite player on that team is Albert Pujols. He has been my favorite player on the team since the day he came up. Besides his great stats there is something else about him that I admire, his faith.
“I believe in Jesus Christ, who gave me the strength and power and talent to honor him. You can always try to figure it out and be scientific and look for success. Not me. It’s dedication, hard work, practice and God.” – Albert Pujols
That quote was sent to me by a friend who found it in this article on Yahoo.
Squirrel vs. Yogurt
Clearly the Yogurt wins. This is a pretty funny video.
On a serious note, this is why people need to throw their trash in a trash can and not litter.
2009 Home Run Derby
I’ve watched the home run derby every year for the last 10 years or so, and I have to say that this year’s was the most boring.
But I’m totally ok with that.
Pujols didn’t get hurt, which is important. I don’t buy the whole “derby ruins your second half” because most players get tired in the second half and their numbers tail off a bit.
The main reason why I’m ok?
The Cardinals are in first place. They may not be up by a ton, but they are still in 1st and I’d rather the team be there than in 5th. That is all that matters. End of story. Amen. Good Night.
Chaput speaks out about media
Archbishop Charles Chaput O.F.M. Cap., of the Archdiocese of Denver recently published this letter with his take on the role of the media in society, particularly as it pertains to religion. This letter and its topic are obviously something of great interest to me as the Church and journalism are two of the most important things in my life. This letter is definitely worth reading, and its not too long or too dense.
Click here to read the letter.
New turf on Stankowski
I remember reading about this earlier this year and thinking, “Mizzou would get field turf right after I decide to transfer.”
Not that it would have altered my decision to enter the seminary, but I would have loved to have the chance to play on field turf at Stankowski.For the last two years I have spent quite a bit of time on that field, which was the old carpet AstroTurf, nothing like the new field turf they just installed.
At least I still have a couple of weeks to go take advantage of the field, and while it’s still fresh before all the students get here for the fall semester.Here’s a report filed by a friend of mine on Palestra.net
