The Blog of Burgher Jon

The following pairs of items are different things:

• Apple, Orange
• Public Servants, Politicians

I don’t need to illustrate the first difference, but the second can be demonstrated by successive tweets I received from DUQ:

• Public Servents: Lawmakers and Power Companies Debate Rate Caps
• Politicians: Mayors Gather to DISCUSS Solar Energy

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a politician and not a public servant as mayor of the city. Perhaps it is time to reconsider.

Also, DUQ has good tweets, you might consider them.

These two stories appeared right next to one another on CNN this morning (3rd and 4th from the bottom):

• Six die in California shooting
• Guy rows solo 2,950 miles, is exhausted

All I can say is that my expectations of CNN have gotten so low that I was frankly a bit surprised the order wasn’t reversed.

The picture above is from Busman’s Holiday. I’m not as anti-Luke as most of the blogging community, but to claim that the Ravenstahl/Onorato plan is good enough is just silly. I give Luke NO credit for it, it barely does anything except allow him to say “I pushed for campaign finance reform.”

Pedro Alvarez, the Pirates #1 pick in last July’s draft has had an exciting spring. Reaching base in half of his appearances and clubbing three homeruns. What’s really exciting is just how far he can hit the ball though, we’re talking Stargel far here. Rumor has it that he hit batting practice OVER the pond outside field 1 at Pirate City. I was curious, so I grabbed a google shot of Pirate City and another one from PNC Park. I made a line that represented a homerun right down the line, over the pond. I then made a hash mark at first base (click the picture to blow it up, look close). Copied the line, pasted it on to PNC Park and resized it so the hash mark touches first base. By this (admittedly crude) estimation I have him knocking the ball not just in to the Allegheny, but in to the DEEP waters, over the kayakers for sure.

Originally Posted for The Pittsburgh Mens Blogging Society

Watch the clip, Wear a Sweater.

Of note is the fact that I’ll be looking ridiculous wearing my sweater around in 70 degree weather in charlotte. Do you think I could pull off sweater and shorts? I mean if I’m going to go ridiculous, I might as well do it right.