Who I Be

[Pilgrim]

Hello to everyone....I've supposedly passed the Certified Baseball Devotee Challenge (and I have the e-mail to prove it) though I noticed I haven't been listed yet.....

...regardless, I'm excited to join the discussions, which I can tell are lively and intelligent.

About me: baseball fan all of my life (I am vaguely aware of their being other sports elsewhere in the world); raised a St. Louis Cardinals fan -- my grandfather was a big fundraiser in St. Louis, so I have all kinds of stuff like a ticket stub from the 195-whatever All-Star Game, a program from the 1926 World Series signed by Jesse "Pop" Haines, a genuine Red Schoendienst bat, etc. Later in life, while in school in New York, I became a Yankee fan when they were a fairly miserable team (the Mattingly years), so now I have some Yankee garbage, too. The only teams I absolutely hate are the Mets and the Brewers and the White Sox, mostly for political reasons. ;)

I'm beginning graduate school in the fall after a decade of working in various avenues of show business. Yes, I know famous people. They are boring.

I'm also an amateur umpire, mostly Little League (3+ years now). When not spending time running my fantasy league, I maintain my own website, http://www.angryhippiecentral.com, play guitar/mandolin, and play EverQuest. No, I've never seen Curt Schilling on EQ, but if I did I'd try to kick his ass.

Oh, and Tony LaRussa is the devil incarnate.

Thank you for your attention.

[poorme]

Originally posted by Pilgrim
The only teams I absolutely hate are the Mets and the Brewers and the White Sox, mostly for political reasons. ;)



great.

why on earth would you hate the white sox unless you were a cubs fan. Personally, I don't hate the also-rans, but that's just me...

[johnny]

Well, pilgrim...welcome to the fun/insanity/addiction ;)


Graduate school for what exactly?

[spitball]

Guitar and mandolin= good
Famous people are boring....yes they are.
Welcome pilgrim......I feel like the duke .

[Max Power]

Originally posted by Pilgrim
I've supposedly passed the Certified Baseball Devotee Challenge (and I have the e-mail to prove it) though I noticed I haven't been listed yet.....

<John Wayne voice> Well, welcome, there Pilgrim! </John Wayne voice>

Stay patient on the Honor Roll. My "real" PC has been in the shop for weeks - - and, I cannot update the site without it. :(

[SmedIndy]

I'm part of that immortal list as well, Pilgrim. Welcome. We're all in our places with bright, shining faces :)

[SmedIndy]

Originally posted by Pilgrim

Oh, and Tony LaRussa is the devil incarnate.

Thank you for your attention.

Oh, and since you are new, I do not mention his name.

He is HE WHO CANNOT BE NAMED....at least as far as I'm concerned.

:D

Will even slipped that in on an Under the Knife report. I shed a tear!

[cubfan33]

Everyone beat me to the John Wayne voice!

Hey, Smed, I used it on a FOX UTK ... so think how many saw it and went "huh?"

Welcome Pilgrim ... its a great place to hang out so look around and find your niche(s).

And I still wanna know which ones I missed on the Honor Roll test!

[Rajah]

welcome!
I took one look at the quiz and realized I need to continue hitting the books. I think I could get like 15 right. Of course, studying for this whole cpa exam thing (I have it half done!) kinda limits my time to study baseball (much more enjoyable, but I'm not paid for my baseball knowledge...yet)

by the way, the website link isn't working.

[Rajah]

Originally posted by SmedIndy


Oh, and since you are new, I do not mention his name.

He is HE WHO CANNOT BE NAMED....at least as far as I'm concerned.

:D

Will even slipped that in on an Under the Knife report. I shed a tear!

question smed: is that a reference to Harry Potter or something else...?

[SmedIndy]

I've never read Harry Potter, so I was thinking more of the Odyssey myself.

[hmrsf]

Welcome Pilgram.

I am the idiot that opened the test and knew that I would hang out with the ones in the shallow end. The waters do run deep in the Shrine so you should fit in nicely.

[Skip]

Originally posted by cubfan33
And I still wanna know which ones I missed on the Honor Roll test! Me too. Although Steve once said that I had "some of the best answers" or something similar. I never did figure that out - seems they're either right or wrong, not "best" :D

[Max Power]

Think guys. If I told people which ones they got right and which ones they got wrong, basically, I would then be giving out the answers to the test - thus, totally comprising the integrity of the exam. You really want me to lesson the distinction of making the roll? Forget it.

[SmedIndy]

Nah, it wouldn't be a good LESSON to LESSEN the integrity of the test. :D

[Max Power]

Spelling. I was out sick that day in school.

[sweaver]

As your punishment, you must submit all postings to Skip for spell-check.

[cubfan33]

Oh im not saying give me the answers ... Im just saying I am infinitely curious!

[Rajah]

Originally posted by SmedIndy
I've never read Harry Potter, so I was thinking more of the Odyssey myself.

Ahh.. I haven't read that in a very long time. On the other hand, I took my little brother to harry potter not long ago and they refer to the bad guy as "he who cannot be named" or something like that.

[Pilgrim]

I don't know the specific literary reference, but I would think that the "He who cannot be named" at least comes in some way from the Hebrew concept of YHWH being "the unpronouncable name of God" (which didn't stop a certain sect of Christians from inserting a few vowels and deciding that God's real name is "Jehovah").

There's also the Victorian notion of homosexuality being "the love that dare not speak it's name" -- don't know where exactly that comes from, either.

Thanks for the welcomes, gang.....oh, and I'm going to school to get a Masters and Ph.D. in Dramatic Art. :p

(Not sure what's up w/ my website, was working Monday...must call webhost...)

[hmrsf]

Originally posted by sweaver
As your punishment, you must submit all postings to Skip for spell-check.

hehehehe!!:bounce:

[SmedIndy]

Originally posted by Pilgrim
I don't know the specific literary reference, but I would think that the "He who cannot be named" at least comes in some way from the Hebrew concept of YHWH being "the unpronouncable name of God" (which didn't stop a certain sect of Christians from inserting a few vowels and deciding that God's real name is "Jehovah").

There's also the Victorian notion of homosexuality being "the love that dare not speak it's name" -- don't know where exactly that comes from, either.

Thanks for the welcomes, gang.....oh, and I'm going to school to get a Masters and Ph.D. in Dramatic Art. :p

(Not sure what's up w/ my website, was working Monday...must call webhost...)

The Odyssey, The Bible. Written a long time ago in a much different langauge and translated bunches of times into something resembling English...

I was thinking of what Odysseus said to the Cyclops, but hey you may be right. Sometimes I can mix metaphors, similies, allusions, and literary references in the Iron Chef's earthen pot...

[Skip]

Originally posted by hmrsf
hehehehe!!:bounce: Ok hm, I'm gonna find a way to get you for that!

[WiredTiger]

Originally posted by SmedIndy


The Odyssey, The Bible. Written a long time ago in a much different langauge and translated bunches of times into something resembling English...

I was thinking of what Odysseus said to the Cyclops, but hey you may be right. Sometimes I can mix metaphors, similies, allusions, and literary references in the Iron Chef's earthen pot...

Fukui-san, it looks like Iron Chef SmedIndy has mixed metaphors, similes, allusions, literary references into his earthen pot. It will be interesting to see what the challenger does to match this stroke of culinary and literary genius.

[Pilgrim]

WooT! Iron Chef!

I'll know I'm in heaven if someone starts making references to Hildi on "Trading Spaces".....

[Skip]

Originally posted by WiredTiger
Fukui-san, it looks like Iron Chef SmedIndy has mixed metaphors, similes, allusions, ...I think this is just a clever way for WT to circumnavigate the proper language standards here at NetShrine. Fie on thee. :nono: :D

[poorme]

Originally posted by Pilgrim
I'll know I'm in heaven if someone starts making references to Hildi on "Trading Spaces".....

Speaking of Trading Spaces, ever wonder how Page gets into those pants?

[WiredTiger]

Originally posted by Pilgrim
WooT! Iron Chef!

I'll know I'm in heaven if someone starts making references to Hildi on "Trading Spaces".....
I felt so bad for the people who ended up with hay all over their walls.

[hmrsf]

Originally posted by Skip
Ok hm, I'm gonna find a way to get you for that!


Please don't. :wall:

[Rajah]

Originally posted by SmedIndy


The Odyssey, The Bible. Written a long time ago in a much different langauge and translated bunches of times into something resembling English...

I was thinking of what Odysseus said to the Cyclops, but hey you may be right. Sometimes I can mix metaphors, similies, allusions, and literary references in the Iron Chef's earthen pot...

I used to be pretty interested in religions and mythologies, even though I'm not particularly religious. Just found their impact on world history fascinating. Amazing political tool, religion, but I digress (thats the second time I've gotten to say that on netshrine. Makes me feel smart!). My point is, many religions have very similar basic mythology. One of the easiest to point out is the parallel between Prometheus and Jesus. Both came down from heaven/mt olympus to save mankind. Both, for different reasons (pissed off god vs pissed off the roman occupation), ended up being put up for the world to see, prometheus on a rock and having his liver eaten daily by an immortal eagle or something (being a titan, he was immortal himself and his liver grew back each night). If memory serves, there are parallels between the Virgin Mary and certain mythological figures in some middle eastern religions. There are many others. I don't remember enough details to get into it.

[say hey student]

Smed, the thing you're thinking about from the odyssey is the trick that odysseus plays on polyphemus (the cyclops). He gets the cyclops drunk, and when the cyclops asks for his name, he tells him that he is nobody. Thus, when the other cyclops (is that one of those weird words that is plural and sigular at the same time) ask who the bling polyphemus is hurling giant boulders at, he tells them that nobody put his eye out. THe other cyclops laugh and go back to doing whatever it is that cyclops do, while Odysseus escapes. As Chris Berman would say, Oh that tricky Odysseus. Oh yeah, there's actually a huge pun involved if you read it in the original greek, but I don't think anybody cares. So in summary, He who cannot be named is the title by which Voldemort from Harry Potter is enumerated, but there are other influences.

[sweaver]

I believe the plural is "cyclopes."

Of course, it's all Greek to me.

[moose]

Originally posted by sweaver
I believe the plural is "cyclopes."

Of course, it's all Greek to me. yuk yuk yuk

[Skip]

:D While not stupider than the cowboy boots thread, upon rereading this it does deserve the honor as the thread most divergent from the original intent. (or not)