Java Zen:Thinking Out Loud Thursday, 2026.07.16 
My first baseman is George "Catfish" Metkovich from our 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates
team, which lost 112 games. After a terrible series against the New York Giants,
in which our center fielder made three throwing errors and let two balls get
through his legs, manager Billy Meyer pleaded, "Can somebody think of something
to help us win a game?" "I'd like to make a suggestion," Metkovich said. "On any
ball hit to center field, let's just let it roll to see if it might go foul."

		Joe Garagiola, "It's Anybody's Ball Game"

2004.06.11

Archimedes and Parking Laws

In his column from June 04, 2004, Jim Spencer treats us with a rare and fabulous repartee – an insightful and probing exchange which delves to the very ontological foundation of our society, no less – he enjoyed with one of our city’s parking enforcement officers. (I’ll pause while you collect your ribs…)

The facts, as presented, are that Mr. Spencer pulled in next to a parking meter, turned the car off, got out of the car, blew kisses at the parking meter (or some such thing), got back in the car, drove around the block and pulled in next to the same parking meter. And yet, “I never parked.”, proclaims Mr. Spencer, when tagged with the “can’t return to the same parking space or any space within 100 feet of it for 24 hours” law. The Parkinazi1 disagreed and wrote him a ticket. (more…)

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