The Silence of the Bats

 So, before yesterday, I was going to post about how well the Tribe was doing -- a four-game sweep is a four game sweep, Tristan McKenzie pitched well (for him), yadda yadda... but today, no.  Rather, the team goes out and gets no-hit again (twice in a month, mind you), wasting a fine performance from Zach Plesac.  Oi.  I did like how Francona said he would have liked to have seen them make some adjustments.  Well, so would a lot of other people.  Oi.

https://policydialogue.org/opinions/worker-shortages/

I note this because yesterday the jobs report came out, poorly, and of course everyone exploded. On the other hand, last month's report was pretty good.  So it could be variation.  Certainly, help wanted signs are ubiquitous right now, and I think the author is correct that, yes, most of the jobs aren;t paying enough.  But...one, all this free money floating around is discouraging labor, and two...prices are going up (gas is almost $3 a gallon, milk is high, meat is worse, not that I buy much of it) and I think that inflation is a real fear now.  This is a problem, especially for the poor, because wages never go up as fast as prices.  I am bemused by this -- Mencken would say you voted for it, now you are getting it good and hard -- but it is a problem...

https://variety.com/2021/film/news/tawny-kitaen-dead-whitesnake-video-bachelor-party-1234969193/

Remember when she was married to Chuck Finley of the Tribe?  I always thought it was... an interesting relationship, and we will leave it at that.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-we-need-to-keep-searching-for-lost-silent-films?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Yes!