Author Archives: Scott Smith
Play Ball!
With Major League Baseball’s opening day looming, I unearthed some of my baseball-related blog posts from the past several years. Some of them have themes other than baseball, including forgiveness, redemption, racism, playing hooky, and why I was the best … Continue reading
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Tagged Baseball, Celery City, Drexel, Sanford, Tuffy Rhodes Bo Knows
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Busch League
When I lived in Chicago, a couple of college friends used to come to town when the Cardinals were playing the Cubs because they had a friend who was a Cards relief pitcher. After one game in 1994, my friends … Continue reading
“You’d Be Perfect For This Position”
In the go-go 1990s, when everybody was in a rush to do something ”internety,” I got a call from a recruiter, who breathlessly starting describing a position in the Chicago suburbs. I told her I lived in the city, was … Continue reading
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Tagged Cold Calling, McDonald's, Monopoly, Recruiting
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Twitless
Yesterday (1/10/2021), a couple of days after the president’s Twitter account was locked, I saw tweets and opinion articles, claiming that when social media platforms suspend accounts, (aka PRIVATE companies enforcing their own acceptable-use policies) it’s like “The New Jim … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st Amendment, Celery City, Jim Crow, Twitter
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