Fall/Winter Classic

So the Yanks have evened the World Series but it is now almost Halloween, is the Fall Classic set to become the set up for Thanksgiving? Will a player no longer be able to earn the moniker of "Mr October" but now it will be "Mr Novemeber"? There is a major storm about to hit Colorado, had they gotten into the series would we have to wait weeks before the series could resume? Playing on snow dusted fields has been reserved for the rough and tumble of football, not the sublime nuances of america's past time. Next year Minnesota is moving from a covered dome to an outdoor stadium. Both the Twins and the Rockies were contenders this year, if they got in to the series we could be having to wait for the weather to clear and see games after the turkey leftovers are long gone. All of this is because major league baseball has aquiesed to the desires of television to have the games played during tv's prime time slots. I think that the game, if it is truly America's past time and not the financial generator of a media conglomerate, needs to be given back to the fans in it's traditional format. That is, play the regular season, have playoffs and then the world series without extra days off so TV can garner a Sat night viewership. If we do not give the game back to the fans as it has been since Abner Doubleday started throwing the ball around, we will be left to have to move the World Series games from the home team stadiums and place them in a dome somewhere so the winter weather does not interfere with a television broadcast and the cities involved will lose the comradarie that envelopes a town when their team is playing for them. that would be a shame.

The Blob or is it Blog?

Wow, the possibilites are both overwhelming and unlimited. While I definately feel the verge of being techo-overload, I can see the ability to open up endless possibilites. Because of the type of experiential training design I normally do with groups, the interaction between the individuals in the group is the focus of the teaching (it's group dynamics) the tech side will be interesting to see how it can supplement the human interaction componenet. While it could never replace, I hope it can compliment. I can really see how the social networking aspect can provide a platform for ongoing support and interaction of training participants after retruning to remote locations. Right now I am trying to do it via email (a new initiative) and already I am not sure the email method will give me what I want (the group learning from the group), so the social networking may be the way to go.

Blog On!

Well, time to jump in the pool and get wet... first experience with blogging, don't currently follow any or really understand how they operate but I look forward to finding out if it is something that might embellish what I do or be an activity but of little value (like aimlessly searching eBay for stuff you don't need or will never buy). For my first dip, I'll play around with the controls and try and figure out how to do a few basic things and then maybe start in earnest. Enjoy the Michael Franti and Spearhead clip from the Austin City Limits Festival below. Later.....