I was listening to a podcast the other day that spoke about (as an aside) how video games effect daily activity. A number of points became seriously poignant to me when I really started thinking about what they were talking about. I hope to lay out some points of thought here.
Preface
I first need you to understand that I am not a video game sensationalist. I have seen the studies and seen other things shown, but I donāt believe that the violence in video games are destroying our youth. I also donāt believe that the games themselves are responsible for much of the decline in how well are boys interact with life. I do think that they are part of the conversation, but itās more than that.
Ever heard the saying, āYou canāt have your cake and eat it too.ā? What does that mean. Think about it, if I have cakeā¦ Iām going to eat it. Seriously, why canāt I have cake and eat it as well? I know I canā¦
Lately Iāve been thinking about the things we say. Words have meaning. And although Iām a mess of incorrect word usage, things like this make me think a bit. It turns out that the order was probably reversed at one point. John Heywood (1546), John Davies (1611), and Jonathan Swift (1738) all used this phrase, but in essence used it like this:
You may have noticed that I havenāt posted much since getting the site up and running. Thatās common. It happens on most peopleās sites as they run out of time. I havenāt completely abandoned writingā¦but typing things out on the site has had its hurdles.
So Whatās Up?
Time has gotten away from me. Yes, itās an obvious excuse, but itās true. But writing and time arenāt 100% what is going on. I have had time to write other things. I have a notebook filling up full of religious thoughts, emails full of political ramblings, and other things just lacking any completeness. I do have time to put thing downā¦.just not much time to put it here.
The question of Major League Baseballās (MLB) use of the Designated Hitter (DH) is once again up for debate. ESPN spoke to all club managers and general mangers last winter meeting on the topic. Commissioner Rob Manfred threw out the optionā¦then quickly took it back. This argument is probably as old as the 1973 rule change itself. Itās ALāers vs. NLāers, Progressives vs. Purists, Shift vs. No Shift, Republicans vs. Democrats, Cats vs. Dogsā¦erā¦
So if you look at my old site youāll see I made one post in 2015. One solitary post in January of that year, then nothing. There was a reason for that. If you read that post, youāll see it was about simplifying my life. One of those things I did, was remove myself from blogging for a time. I donāt know if it helped or hurt, but it was one of the things I did.
