Posts Tagged: Kingston
Ten Days To Christmas And I Feel....
Posted by on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 in - leave a comment
...not all "Olympics yes!" The torch came through town last evening and the road show was both impressive and cheesy. All Coke and bank and Hudson Bay clothes branding, all 27 minutes of razzle (and even a bit of dazzle) before the show left town. Is it supposed to wind me all up for February when …
Our Collective Family Record Of Slavery
Posted by on Thursday, October 8, 2009 in - leave a comment
I have the TV on in the mornings. It drones on and if I am lucky and the kids sleep in past 4:45 am, I get to pay half-attention to the CBS Morning Show to learn about all the real news. And this morning there was a short piece about the genealogy of Michelle Obama which told about the five …
Friday Bullets For The Sleep Deprived Of August
Posted by on Friday, August 21, 2009 in - 6 comments
A massive wave of thunderstorms and deadly tornadoes. Let's all sleep in the basement. Where the boy can kick in his sleep. Where the girl can give dream land play by play by talking in her sleep. Where the tot can get up at 6:15 am. What fun. Oh, you're still on summer holiday? Friday is still a …
Friday Bullets For Victoria and the Empire
Posted by on Friday, May 15, 2009 in - 7 comments
I am using my new passport for the first time. Why did I grow a beard, get a passport and then shave it off? I have business that takes me to the states today but rest assured my thoughts are with the British Empire this weekend. I think I will make a Beef Wellington on the BBQ. Maybe I will …
Friday Bullets For The Darling Buds of May
Posted by on Friday, May 8, 2009 in - 8 comments
It is the time of the buds. The trees are just unleashing their greenery, the lily of the valley are still just rigid green alien probes checking out the atmospheric conditions. Thoughts turn to travel now that the obligations, presentations and other preparations colder months require are over. I …
Kingston St. Lawrence Base Ball Stats 1874
Posted by on Monday, May 4, 2009 in - leave a comment
The big news at the outset of the third season for the Kingston St. Lawrence Base Ball Club in 1874 is that they settle their unhappy relations with the local cricket club to a certain degree. An announcement in the Daily News on 20 May 1874 declares: • The base ball club have changed their …
Vintage Base Ball At The Royal Military College
Posted by on Saturday, May 2, 2009 in - 1 comment
What a day! A squeaker in the first game at 14 to 13 for RMC over the St. Lawrence after RMC entered the bottom of the ninth down 10 to 13. In the second game a more reasonable 12- 5 by the Canadian military elite over the slothful loutish lumps. Each game was roughly an hour and a half. Great fun …
Kingston St. Lawrence Base Ball Stats 1873
Posted by on Sunday, April 5, 2009 in - leave a comment
The big second season for the Kingston St. Lawrence was held in the summer of 1873. The 1872 stats are here. In 1873, there are reports in both the Kingston British Whig and the Kingston Daily News. In the Monday, 23 June 1873 issue of the Kingston British Whig, it asked: • Such is the mania for …
Off Tomorrow To Fund Raise For US Public Radio
Posted by on Thursday, April 2, 2009 in - 1 comment
Tomorrow is a day off for me and I have a project. Right now I seem to have a few on the go: the vintage base ball, another beer symposium and bring a good NCPR listener, for example. And a bunch of other stuff. The books I haven't written nag at me. That all-tuba marching band that I am working … read more »
Kingston St. Lawrence Base Ball Stats 1872
Posted by on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 in - 1 comment
You may recall the whole vintage base ball thing that came out of the Kingston Society for Playing Catch (KSPC) thing which came out of the whole community playing thing? Well, the season is now upon us and the Kingston St. Lawrence Brown Stockings Vintage Base Ball Club has two tournaments on …
