Pegging

What if "pegging" was allowed in Major League Baseball?  "Pegging" is the term used in wiffle ball for throwing the ball at a base runner in order to get them out.  In wiffle ball, the worst thing that can happen is a brief sting from the contact made between plastic and flesh.  What if major league baseball continued to struggle with attendance to the point where they needed to try something new?  That new thing should be the allowing of "pegging" as a means to get someone out.  Obviously, you couldn't throw at their heads, but anywhere else is fair game.  I would watch so much more baseball if this were how MLB played. Can you imagine David Eckstein's tiny tail rounding third only to get knocked sideways by an Ichiro Suzuki rocket from right field.  OUT.

I thought about this because I was listening to Stephen Strasburg's second game (Washington Nationals vs. Cleveland Indians) today.  Adam Dunn hit a double and Shin Soo Choo's throw to second went over the bag un-touched because the terrible Indians had no one covering the bag.  It apparently came close to hitting Dunn. 

Chocolate Milk > Your overpriced protein shake

Multiple studies have shown that one of the most efficient and affordable post-workout supplements is....CHOCOLATE MILK!  I affectionately refer to it is choco-milk.  This does not mean it's the best way to re-hydrate; kinesiologists constantly insist the best way to do that is with water-not Gatorade, Powerade, or some other commercial sports drink.

Anyway, when it comes to taking care of your muscles, chocolate milk offers the perfect blend of protein and carbs.  It's almost exactly a 3:1 ratio of protein to carbohydrates which is exactly what you need.  You do not need the taurine, creatine, steroids, or sunshine dust that other protein shakes or bars claim to have.  Countless studies have been done.  Here's a link to one.  In short, Karp et. al. concluded that "chocolate milk is an affective alternative to [commercial drinks] for recovery from exhausting, glycogen-depleting exercise" (karp et. al., 2006).

Bird Feces

When birds dookie, do they also pee?  I mean I've never seen one cock up its leg and tinkle.  I've only seen them dump drop while in mid flight.  So is there both pee and the poop in a single aerial bombing? 

I looked up the answer.  According to exoticpetvet.net (real website), bird dookie is made up of 3 parts.  Part one:  the turd, or as they call it the "feces."  The second part is the white stuff called the urates.  It's a result of protein metabolism and comes through the kidneys.  The third part is the urine. 

Hope this helps

The George Foreman Grill is not special

The George Foreman Grill.  People love those little things, and Foreman is making his second living off of those rip-offs.  Absolute shams.  We've all been hoo-doed by the heavy weight champ. 

"Lean Mean Fat Grilling Machine?"  Are you kidding me?  The only reason they call it that is because it's an indoor grill and the fat runoff has to go into those disgusting pig troughs.  You know what happens on real grills???  The fat falls into the flames!  More fat drops into the flames of a gas or charcoal grill than goes into the lard troughs of a Foreman grill without question.  That 35 degree angle is meant to keep more fat in the food, thus making it taste better while also giving you the aesthetic pleasure of seeing a small portion of the lard excreted into the bowls. 

Ridiculous.  I want to knock George Foreman out right now...With a truck.

Liberty Mutual Commercial: Absurd

Why wouldn't this woman stop this dude from walking in front of a truck?  The point of the commercial is to encourage people to do good things for others, but if you need encouragement to stop someone from walking in front of a bus, you're beyond help.
Also, what is that idiot doing walking with headphones blaring and head down into a crosswalk?  Maybe I would let that dude walk in front of a truck.  Because he's an idiot.

Launch

Welcome to "Every Day I Think Things."  I'd like to first thank Evan Lutz for the title.  Evan started a blog with the same name around this time last year, but became too busy to maintain it.  The title was gold, and I've decided, without his permission, to run with it.

This will be a different format than Muffin Matters.  Muffin Matters is for more refined ideas and stories.  Not the case for Every Day I Think Things.  This blog will be full of quick hits.  The topics?  Anytime I think about something interesting or off the wall, I will immediately post it without filter.  Anything you think about...let me know.  Text me, e-mail me, call me, or if you absolutely have to, tell me to my face.

This should be fun.