Miguel Cabrera (L) encourages pitcher Dontrelle Willis (R).
Miguel Cabrera was one of my favorite Marlins from the 2003 World Series team. He joined the team late in the year coming up from AA Carolina Mudcats to become a star outfielder for the team as they beat the Cubs, Giants and ultimately, the New York Yankees. Miggy, as he was known in Miami, hailed from Venezuela. During my trips there in the mid-90’s, I often would talk to locals about Cabrera and was always on the hunt for an authentic Tigres De Aragua baseball hat.
Sadly, he was traded a couple years ago to the Detroit Tigers along with fellow Marlins standout and young phenom, Dontrelle Willis. During the end of last season, Cabrera was involved in an alcohol fueled domestic violence altercation – something totally unlike his public persona.
It was released today that Cabrera spent the last three months in an intensive outpatient program in Miami to address alcoholism. There’s a very good chance he was at South Miami Hospital’s addiction treatment facility – which is known as having one of the premier Hispanic-centric programs in the hemisphere.
I’m proud of Miguel for taking the beginning steps toward a life of sobriety and I’ll be pulling for him more than usual this next year despite him playing for Detroit.
The Hurt Locker (2008) depicts a demolition clearing team based in Iraq during the last 6 weeks of their deployment. The story is compelling, the acting performances realistic, the cinematography brutally immersive. It is a powerful trip into the heads and lives of those sent to Iraq on our behalf and what changes such an experience may hold for those who serve.
Gabriel Gianordoli created this elucidating info graphic which shows the top development aid donors (green) and recipients (orange). What’s interesting to me is that even if you take out blatant war-related spending for Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. still provides more than 30% more than the next highest donor (Germany).
A more telling statistic might be a GDP/capita figure – traditionally the Nordic countries give the greatest percentage of their GDP towards development and aid.
I used to play the drums – never this good. I am jealous of his prowess. All bow and pay respect to Jonah – because Jonah Rocks (http://jonahrocks.com)
The Whale Wars TV show depicts the ongoing efforts of the Sea Shepherds – an environmental/conservation organization focused on preventing illegal whaling in Antarctic waters. In a post last year, I commented that I felt they were being tremendously irresponsible in playing their games with the Japanese whaling vessels in possibly the most dangerous waters on earth.
The video below shows the Japanese whaling vessel Shonan Maru No.2 as it makes contact with the high-tech Whale Wars motor vessel, Ady Gil.
The commentary I’ve read online today seems to point blame at the Japanese. This video seems to show that the Japanese vessel alters its course drastically to starboard.
I wonder if when Whale Wars comes back for another season they will delve into this incident.
Google isn’t cool or hip or trendsetting. Apple is all of those things.
Google is practical. Google is smart. Google isn’t high design – its public design. Its utilitarianism without any brushed aluminum or high tensile titanium.
Google breaks molds (ms office paradigm) and educates. It connects. It connects people and ideas and products.
I currently have accounts or profiles or have used 16 different Google sites and services. Last year, the company I worked for moved our mail server to Gmail and I now use Chrome, Gmail, Calendar and Docs as my mainstay at work. Google is infiltrating my life.
Practically everything I have ever touched that has the name Google on it amazes me and helps me be creative and helps me expand my knowledge.
The newly announced Google Nexus One phone, I expect, will do the same. Google people are ridiculously smart. I’ve been waiting for this convergent device since I bought my first IPaq Pocket PC in the mid 2000’s. That day has come.
Although early, Naps have started 2010 off with a bang. Naps are currently 1 for 1 in 2010. “There simply was no stopping us today,” remarked Naps. “Rob had a nice lunch, his bedroom was little on the chilly side, and he simply had nothing to do – that pretty much means he’s going to nap.”
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Google isn’t cool or hip or trendsetting. Apple is all of those things.
Rob lives and works in the town of Jackson, MS where he leads the interactive department at an awesome advertising and branding agency. Life is slower than most places in Mississippi, and Rob tends to like it that way. Some of his favorite life experiences include sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in a 44ft sloop, learning to speak Swahili while living along the lower slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, and zipping along the curviest of Mississippi country roads in his VW Rabbit.