The end is near

Nothing beats a cold, snowy winters day than watching T20 cricket, Russian hockey and Dutch futbol.  Ah, the joys of being unemployed.  Another Pirates signing today.  Fransisco Liriano.  Now if we could have signed him five years ago. 

Special Talents

It is always fun for me to see a great movie or read a really good book.  But then I get the feeling that I am missing out on something.  Some people have a special talent.  My daughter has her Irish dancing.  My son has his guitar.  They both are really intelligent kids and I am extremely proud of both of them.  I always talk of writing a novel but never get the ambition to start it up. I try to blog but I really don't have that much to say.  I really enjoy reading the works of Hiruki Murakami.  His writing, even in translation, seems to come from deep inside.  I wish that I had that somewhere within me.  I read many different baseball blogs and see a lot of clever and insightful posts. Maybe one day I will reach that level.  I don't really see it happening soon.  For now I will plug away, doing the best that I can.
We are getting closer to the start of Spring Training.  It will be starting earlier because of the upcoming World Baseball Classic.  That is always a good thing.  It means a shorter winter.  Not that we have had much of a winter so far.
I have been off of work for a month now.  It is a little weird having nothing to do during the day.  Hopefully I don't get too used to it.  I did qualify for unemployment.  I fell a little guilty taking money for not working.  Last time I was out of work, I took a part time job that actually paid less than what I am making thru unemployment.  Seems strange to me, but I'll take it for now.