Article of the Day: 5/28/08

This isn't entirely sports-related, but a good read nevertheless. I think a man should always be bettering and broadening his skill set, so here's a list of ways to get started:

The 75 Skills Every Man Should Master

A few of my personal favorites:

#4. Score a baseball game.
#19. Approach a woman out of his league.
#37. Shuffle a deck of cards.
#64. Know that Christopher Columbus was a son of a bitch.

Wesley to Transfer

In order to keep the fellow Cyclone faithuful up to speed on Cyclone athletics, I'd like you to takea look at the article below, and make you own assumptions - I am assuming we'll need to find a new point scorer. Who do you think will be next to depart?

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080519/SPORTS020604/80519025

1/4 In The Books

As promised, here are the divisional standings through the first quarter of the season. Each team has played roughly 42 games and not much has changed since my last comparison.

You're off the hook, AL Central, as the NL West has clearly played the poorest versus the field.

This is especially interesting considering tonight marks the debut of interleague play. Will the AL continue to dominate? Hmm, sounds like the start of another spreadsheet...

So what do you think?

The blog-people have spoken!

And now we are officially Cardinal and Gold via the new Athletics Graphics Identity.

...Towards a Horseshoe

I apparently have begun to fill the role of ISU Athletics blogmaster, and I suppose that I'm ok with that.

The Iowa Board of Regents just passed their approval for this little dilly:














It's called Jack Trice Stadium with the south endzone filled in. By "filled in," I mean still not connecting the upper decks to the new south stands. It all fits in with Jaimie Pollard's master plan. Next up - new practice facilities for Hilton...

Ethics/Logic Puzzle (Not Really Complicated)

Group A and Group B have been at war for decades. Group A uses weapons much more advanced than B and fires only at targets that present a threat to citizens of Group A, occasionally inflicting damage on civilians and civilian property. Group B, outmatched militarily, targets Group A civilians almost exclusively. Does Group B have any standing to object to Group A's causing unintentional civilian casualties?

The Israel-Palestinian issue is far more complex than this exercise, but I cannot understand how Israel can be blamed for firing on terrorists, even if the terrorists are launching rockets from crowded neighborhoods and public services buildings. Civilian deaths are a tragedy no matter whose civilians are dying.

For the record, Palestinians can stop this whole charade tomorrow: if they round up the terrorists in their midst and begin policing their own, Israel will immediately be forced to make huge concessions like opening checkpoints and removing security restrictions. The ball is in the Palestinian's court.

See here for a related read.