Tabula Rasa
Three days ago, I would’ve said that you have no heartbeat if you can’t get excited for the beginning of the baseball season. Everyone tied for first place with a clean slate. Three days ago the Pirates were 0-0. Today the beloved hometown Pirates are 0-3. Swept by a team (Milwaukee Brewers) that I don't think is as good as they are made out to be. Beat by a hacking Prince Fielder. It’s hard. What makes it more tolerable/intolerable is that all three games were competitive and lost in relief. I am not sure which one applies.
Regardless, yesterday was a great trip to Miller Park. On the way home a pretty good radio game was developed. Here is how you play.
Object: Have fun and groove at the same time
Materials: VW Jetta with Radio, Friends
Rules:
1. On your VW Jetta, find your radio. Press the button that scrambles the stations and assigns the six strongest stations to the six preset buttons in ascending order.
2. Select someone to play the game. If it’s someone’s birthday, that person becomes the player automatically.
3. At the beginning of the game, start with button 1. In subsequent rounds, start with the button numerically after the one you left off with. After hearing the song playing, the player has the choice to listen to the entire song on the first station or pass to the next station. If a commercial is airing, then the game automatically moves to the next station.
4. If the player passes on the station, then press the next button to move to the next station. He/She then has the choice to listen or pass again.
5. If the player gets to the sixth (last) station, all in the car are forced to listen to whatever is on that last station. In the case that it is a commercial, the station is reverted to the most previous station that was playing a song.
6. Once everyone has listened to (and hopefully enjoyed) the song, and after hearing the beginning of the next song, the player has the choice to stay with the current station, or start the game again at from rule #1. Different stations may scramble into the mix when the game is played again.
7. Fahrvergnugen.
This game is great because it both rewards and punishes risk-taking. Last night songs were heard by artists such as The Beatles, Dido, Green Day, Poison, The Police, Gwen Stefani, U2, and some funky Mexican band. Some were danced to, some were sung to, and others were just tolerated.
Regardless, yesterday was a great trip to Miller Park. On the way home a pretty good radio game was developed. Here is how you play.
Object: Have fun and groove at the same time
Materials: VW Jetta with Radio, Friends
Rules:
1. On your VW Jetta, find your radio. Press the button that scrambles the stations and assigns the six strongest stations to the six preset buttons in ascending order.
2. Select someone to play the game. If it’s someone’s birthday, that person becomes the player automatically.
3. At the beginning of the game, start with button 1. In subsequent rounds, start with the button numerically after the one you left off with. After hearing the song playing, the player has the choice to listen to the entire song on the first station or pass to the next station. If a commercial is airing, then the game automatically moves to the next station.
4. If the player passes on the station, then press the next button to move to the next station. He/She then has the choice to listen or pass again.
5. If the player gets to the sixth (last) station, all in the car are forced to listen to whatever is on that last station. In the case that it is a commercial, the station is reverted to the most previous station that was playing a song.
6. Once everyone has listened to (and hopefully enjoyed) the song, and after hearing the beginning of the next song, the player has the choice to stay with the current station, or start the game again at from rule #1. Different stations may scramble into the mix when the game is played again.
7. Fahrvergnugen.
This game is great because it both rewards and punishes risk-taking. Last night songs were heard by artists such as The Beatles, Dido, Green Day, Poison, The Police, Gwen Stefani, U2, and some funky Mexican band. Some were danced to, some were sung to, and others were just tolerated.
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