Bryan Kalbrosky: A Blog
September 2011
65 posts
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NOTICE: Made mistake. I finally decided to write about it. Now trapped in my head and can’t get out. Terribly bad decision; think I’m feeling awfully claustrophobic. Please send assistance. Thank you.
August 2011
71 posts
“I believe that everything has to mean something, even baseball. It’s not enough for me to say that something is good or that this causes this to happen; I’m not even particularly interested in efficiencies or the process of winning baseball games, beyond a clinical, mathematical viewpoint. I want to write about baseball as allegory, as a symbol for something greater than the game itself and greater than me, myself. The game is something that connects all of us, forms a framework by which we can develop other ideas about the world as a whole.”
—Eric Nasbaum, “Why I Write (About Baseball)”
11:30 PM Snack
Fresh cut of bread with Nutella and banana slices. “I made your food so you wouldn’t delete my Facebook.” Good work, Emily.
“I’m doing great. My ethnic studies teacher is like a Hispanic cross between Beytin and Kaplan.”
—Casey Berkovitz, on (Casey) Berkeley
“To be nobody but
yourself in a world
which is doing its best day and night to make you like
everybody else means to fight the hardest battle
which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.” —e.e. cummings
yourself in a world
which is doing its best day and night to make you like
everybody else means to fight the hardest battle
which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.” —e.e. cummings
“That reminds me, it’s my duty to pass along these five rules for anyone heading to college: stay active beyond your classes (newspaper, radio station, etc.); don’t date anyone for longer than two semesters; always drink liquor before beer and not vice-versa; don’t forget to call your parents every few days; and approach your classes the same way Shaq approached his NBA career. In other words, don’t kill yourself trying to become the best center of all time; just do enough to eventually get mentioned in the top 10, and enjoy every moment along the way. Shaq could have ended up with a 3.95 in the NBA; he settled for a 3.4. Ultimately, did it really matter? He won three four rings, made something like $300 million, clinched a spot on the “best 15 players ever” list, kicked ass for three straight postseasons and will be remembered by everybody who watched him. That’s what you want to get out of college.”
—Bill Simmons, Summer of the Mailbag
