DQ Stillman thinks people without jobs drink money.

so you might know that Wordpress just released an update, and it’s pretty impressive. the interface is a slicker version of the previous one, and it seems even more intuitive than the previous one, which was super easy to use. the only weakness that we, The Trio, have been able to find? first, it kind of screwed up the website initially. second, it will do everything for us except, um, save edits and publish new posts. that includes the post we made for today, which is now floating somewhere in a part of cyberspace that is free of cybergravity. it’s probably cyber-suffocated by now, leaving just a cold, limp cyberbody. and we don’t mean that in a cybersexy way.
so this week will be free of a hump-day post, and last week’s will remain free of an image until (a) a wordpress representative shows up at our office and offers an apology, (b) wordpress decides to revert back to the version that didn’t look quite as good but actually posted our analyses to the website, or (c) we’ve been removed from the situation enough to begin trusting wordpress again. we’ve got our money on “a.”

DQ Stillman is a kindred spirit with Michael Greg-Martin. With his work An Oak Tree, Greg-Martin argues that naming something and declaring it a work of art changes that object, with christening functioning as a supernatural, magical power. DQ Stillman sees an upbeat disposition as having the ability to re-pose the world around us, not simply alter our perspective of it.

. . . keep shining, knowing you can always count on me, for sure. that’s what friends are for, for good times and bad times. i’ll be on your side foreeeeevvvvverrrrrr moooorrrrrrre. that’s what friends are forrrrrrrrrrrr!

i’m too busy with dissertating, teaching, wedding planning, and apartment hunting to provide commentary, but i wanted to post these before the season progresses any farther.

AL East Winner: New York Yankees (just ahead of the Red Sox)
AL Central Winner: Cleveland Indians (just ahead of the Tigers)
AL West Winner: Los Angeles/Anaheim/California Angels (just ahead of the Mariners but way behind the other division leaders)
AL Wild Card: Red Sox (narrowly over the Tigers)

NL East Winner: Atlanta Braves
NL Central: Chicago Cubs
NL West: Arizona Diamondbacks (just ahead of the Rockies)
AL Wild Card: New York Mets (just ahead of the Rockies)

AL Division Series: Indians over Red Sox; Yankees over Angels
NL Division Series: Braves over Cubs; Mets over Diamondbacks

AL Championship: Indians over Yankees
NL Championship: Braves over Mets

World Series: Indians over Braves

DQ Stillman wishes he lived by a beach.