Twitter Loves Dogs

Being a dog-owner can make a person do things they wouldn’t normally do, like talk about their dogs all the time, show photos of their dogs to their friends all the time, and post dog-related miscellany on Twitter all of the time. I’m guilty of all of the above. Along those lines, I’m also guilty of writing blog posts about my dog and dogs in general. Exhibit A: This blog post. I used to write more about Florida in general and about paddle-boarding, but now all it seems that I write about is Piper. It brings me some deal of comfort to know that I’m not alone in my single-minded dog-mania.

For instance, consider Twitter. Not only are there a lot of posts of people expressing affection of their dogs…

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An Ode to Kerry Wood

If you were to catch a Cubs Game at Wrigley Field sometime in 1998 or sometime between 2000 and 2008 or sometime between 2010 and 2012, chances are that you had the opportunity to catch the amazing Kerry Wood doing what Kerry Wood doing what he does best: pitching. Nicknamed Kid K (a play on his first name and the letter used to statistically denote a strikeout), Kerry Wood was a force to be reckoned with. His renown as an adept pitcher would often cause crowds of fans to launch into boisterous chants of “Kerry, Kerry, Kerry”. In some games, you could even see fans expectantly counting Kerry’s strikeouts with big “K” cards…

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