tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14840542.post7003474550407631064..comments2023-06-17T06:46:48.762-07:00Comments on The Odds Are One: The CalvinoTransient Gadflyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10313323030838183737noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14840542.post-14644793209759698752007-06-20T12:48:00.000-07:002007-06-20T12:48:00.000-07:00Funny story, actually: I went to college, and then...Funny story, actually: I went to college, and then...that's pretty much the end of the story. <BR/><BR/>I'm pretty sure you're the only person who, you know, got this whole thing, so it's perhaps a Phyrric victory.Transient Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10313323030838183737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14840542.post-15129531281295387412007-06-20T02:49:00.000-07:002007-06-20T02:49:00.000-07:00OK, the field sense stuff is very interesting. I d...OK, the field sense stuff is very interesting. I don't think I was born with one ounce of 'natural ability' for the game of baseball. But I was playing pepper with my dad from the age of about 3, and by the time I was 14 I was far better than most 14 year-olds. This doesn't mean that I would have ever been able to hit a major league curveball, of course (cf. M. Jordan). <BR/><BR/>On the other hand, when I took up golf VERY late in life, after having shown no 'natural' capacities in sport, music, or anything else, I do think there was something about the golf swing that came easier to me than it would to most. <BR/><BR/>Now, more importantly: having The Stoat channel Socrates in the Meno - that is PURE brilliance! How the hell are you so obscenely well-read?fronesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13544185676179565507noreply@blogger.com