John McDonald

John McDonald CD & a challenge

Blogging Along Tobacco Road (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

I've received a pleasant surprise. Scottish haiku poet, John McDonald, has self-produced a magnificent CD of his poems which arrived in my mailbox last Wednesday. As he does in his books, John first reads each haiku in Scots, then in English. There are three tracks on the CD, one for each of his books, over an hour's worth of John reading his wonderful poems with that superb accent.With John's

Odds & Ends: Phillies, Nationals, Mariners

MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

There's no such thing as an offseason- just different kinds of on-seasons. Todd Zolecki of MLB.com believes the Phillies will find a replacement for Eric Bruntlett among John McDonald, Omar Vizquel, Jamey Carroll, Ronnie Belliard and Juan Uribe. According to Scott Olsen, arbitration-eligible member of the Washington Nationals (for now, anyway), his shoulder is now 100 percent. Larry Stone of the Seattle...

Free Agent Options: Shortstops

Red Reporter (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

by Ben Margot - AP Marco Scutaro and Orlando Cabrera are two shortstop possibilities for the Reds on the free agent market this off-season. View full size photo » As Walt Jocketty spends his time in Chicago, cozying up to the other GMs for a long Winter's nap season of dealing, he appears to have two priorities on his mind : shortstop and catcher. The Reds had reportedly been trying to deal with...

Saturday Banterings

Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

There isn't all that much for Blue Jay news this morning, but before I get to what there is: I forgot to check out our World Series predictions right after it ended, likely due to sadness that the Yankees won. Looking back I see that Masterkembo was the only one to guess Yankees in 6. Good job sir. Two more Jays have filed for free agency. Marco Scutaro and John McDonald . I'm sure Barajas will soon...

Snake Eyes for Phillips & Lefties

Batter's Box Interactive Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

Jordan Bastian from bluejays.com reports the Jays have outrighted catcher Kyle Phillips and lefties Davis Romero and Bill Murphy to Las Vegas to make room on the 40-man roster. UPDATE Nov 6-9:52 pm : Shortstops Marco Scutaro and John McDonald have filed for free agency according to bluejays.com . Catcher Rod Barajas has yet to do so. Phillips catching in the bullpen before a September 26th game against...

Who's Gonna Play Short?

Fenway West (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Left field is the biggest hole that the Red Sox need to fill this offseason, but there is still the issue at short. Here are the free agent shortstops from MLB Trade Rumors : Orlando Cabrera (35) - Type A, can't be offered arbitration Juan Castro (38) Alex Cora (34) Craig Counsell (39) Bobby Crosby (30) Adam Everett (33) Chris Gomez (39) Alex Gonzalez (32) - $6MM mutual option with a $500K buyout...

Can The Blue Jays Re-Sign Scutaro & Barajas?

MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

The Blue Jays would like to re-sign Marco Scutaro, Rod Barajas and John McDonald, but retaining the free agents may not be realistic. GM Alex Anthopoulos told Shi Davidi of the Canadian Press that he's not necessarily bringing them back. "As much as I like John McDonald, Rod Barajas and Marco Scutaro, there might be alternatives that make this organization better and are the right alternatives...

Saturn’s Jill Lajdziak to retire by the end of 2009

eGMCarTech (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

Jill Lajdziak, who joined General Motors’ Saturn brand before its first car was ever sold, will retire from the company by the end of 2009. Lajdziak, 52, led the Saturn brand through its demise last month. She will take vacation time until her retirement said spokesman John McDonald. In the mean time, GM’s Steve Hill will coordinate [...]

Ripple Glass aims to fill recycling gap

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009

The folks at Boulevard Brewing Co. had a good time last week with some self-promoting joshing, and when it comes to Ripple Glass, it’s well deserved. John McDonald, president and founder of the 20-year-old microbrewery on Southwest Boulevard, explained at a news conference the idea leading to the new glass-recycling venture began brewing six years ago after an earlier quest by the company...

WEST OF SCOTLAND INTER COUNTY LEAGUES - Youths make it two in a row as A team lose

AYRSHIRE GOLF (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009

The Ayrshire Youth side made it two wins from two in the West Of Scotland Inter County League on Saturday 17th October when they defeated the Glasgow Youths side by 8 - 2 at Ayr Belleisle. Ayrshire only lost one of the ten ties, with two others being halved, on thier way to victory. Match results were (Ayrshire names first) :- Scott Clark (Ayr Belleisle) beat Craig Haugh (Cathkin Braes) by 3 &...

The Tempest...

Wizards Keep - The Tim Perkins Blog (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009

A Review of the graphic novel… Hi Guys, This time around I thought I would review my good buddy and fellow comic artist, Jon Haward’s latest 144 page graphic novel for Classical Comics , Shakespeare’s The Tempest . My personally signed book arrived the other day and I have spent a while looking through and reading it. I have the black cover original text version, so there is a lot...

Die, Bank of America, Die!

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009

Bank of America gets slaughtered , with a billion-dollar loss in the second quarter. This takes the shine off recent recovery news , including more slight gains in industrial production and capacity utilization. We just can't wish the problem into the cornfield: There are billions of dollars in bad loans out there, and they're going to keep failing: Losses on home lending and insurance widened to $1.6...

Boulevard Brewing Tour and Tasting

Bay Area Beer Runner (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009

Boulevard Brewing is one of the largest craft breweries in the country and the largest in the Midwest. Of course, it is the second largest in Missouri. But it seems to have a strong hold in Kansas City, as just about every bar, tavern, and liquor store prominently displays a large, conspicuous Boulevard Brewing sign. Linda and I were in Kansas City for a few days visiting my kid sister Leigh and her...

O's Interested In John McDonald

MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009

According to Bob Elliott of the Toronto Sun, the Orioles are interested in free agent infielder John McDonald. McDonald, 35, hit .258/.271/.384 with four home runs and 13 RBI in 152 plate appearances this season for the Blue Jays. The Orioles are not expected to exercise Melvin Mora's $8MM option for 2010 and could use some inexpensive infield depth. McDonald was well above average defensively this...

Daily Market Commentary for October 7, 2009

NewsCommentary (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009

GM Shuts Down Saturn As GM shuts down Saturn they are faced with other problems, the deal they struck with Penske Auto Group fell through forcing GM to shut down about 350 dealerships. If the deal would've gone through, GM would be able to supply a Penske-run Saturn with cars for two years while they found a new supplier. GM will have to pay Saturn dealers between $100,000 and $1 million each to shut...

GM planning truck sale through November 2

habser | 09/27/2009

General Motors has taken back its announcement last week to cancel its annual September truck sale. Calling it a “competitive response” to Ford’s own truck sale, GM spokesman John McDonald revealed that the event will now run from Sept. 25 through Nov. 2.

• GM changes course, plans fall truck sale - 1853 Chairman

Killing Floor, The Revie:

sherlockgrkem | 09/21/2009

Download Killing Floor, The in DVD, DivX, PDA quality! Genres: Crime | Thriller Countries: USA Actors: Blucas, Marc David Lamont Leffert, Joel Goodman Appleby, Shiri Rebecca Fay Carlson, Jeffrey Jared Thurber Aylesworth, Reiko Audrey Levine Butler, Bethany Female Caterer Weems, Andrew Bobby Reed McAtee, Alison Kathy Mahoni Cecil, Derek Garret Rankin Bedford Lloyd, John Detective Martin Soll Urcioli,...

JCVD Full Hi-Def quality

ayitay3584 | 09/20/2009

Download JCVD in DVD, DivX, PDA quality! Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama Countries: Belgium | France | Luxembourg Actors: Van Damme, Jean-Claude J.C.V.D. Damiens, François Bruges Zinedine Soualem L'homme au bonnet Belkhadra, Karim Le vigile Wolff, Jean-François Le trentenaire Paulicevich, Anne La guichetière Flanders, John Prosecuting attorney Gregory, Dean Realisateur de Tobey Wood Hermans, Kim Prisoner...