MLB Power Rankings – Week 6

Power rankings system devised and compiled weekly by Stemshul. "Expert" analysis by paradroid. Zaphod, is that you? At the Met Gala? Plenty of movement in this week's edition. The White Sox, Cardinals, and Giants move into the top three, neatly displacing last week's top three into 4th, 5th, and 6th, in that order. The bottom four, however, have remained fairly static, with just a…

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The Tigers rebuild, part 5

This post is part of a series. Click here for the introduction. Click here for part 1. Click here for part 2. Click here for part 3. Click here for part 4. "Play the game the 'right way'" So, having looked at the the ownership, management, coaching, and players in depth, what does the present (2021)and future (2023) look like for the Detroit Tigers? Well, so far the present is fairly abysmal (check…

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Sufjan Stevens – Incantations

Here we are one last time. The final album of the Convocations series. Once again, Sufjan Stevens delivers the soothing sounds of reverberated and delayed synthesizers. The sweet warmth of synth pads and plinky dinky of the arpeggiated melodies. There isn't as much atmospheric tension present in this one as some of the others, but it's a nice bookend to the other pieces. Sometimes…

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pizza?

I happened upon a picture of one of these pizzas online today. I expected this was something from the early 90s that Pizza Hut had used to promote the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze movie in 1991. No. Upon further digging, I found that this is out right now for a limited time in AUSTRALIA. The green ooze is what…

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