Month: August 2010

Aug - 28
2010

How to Make The Major Leagues

For many years now I have known the secret to making it as a player in Major League Baseball.  In fact, this secret is so potent that I actually believe that it could be the key to creating the first woman big leaguer.  I’ve kept this under wraps for quite some time, hoping…

Aug - 27
2010

RIP SRV

The late Stevie Ray Vaughan Twenty years ago today, I woke up early to find the radio playing a song by Stevie Ray Vaughan.  “Pretty cool”, I thought.  I really liked SRV, to the point of having sold two guitars to pay for a Fender Stratocaster that summer, mainly based on the fact…

Aug - 25
2010

Who is Icarus P. Anybody?

  When the Sassy Librarian suggested that I start a blog, I naturally planned to name it Ethan Lewis’ Blog.  After all, my website is www.ethanlewis.org, the online forum for my history class is ethanlewis.ning.com and I feel like it is a nice brand identity.  But then I was told that “Ethan Lewis…

Aug - 24
2010

Seeking a refuge from Scrabble.

I needed a healthy outlet for my time and energy.  As a schoolteacher, I am blessed with long vacations and summers off, but unfortunately I have misspent my free time.  You see, I am a Scrabble addict.  Specifically, I get obsessed with playing games on the Internet Scrabble Club site.  You may have…