I'm Ambidextrous!

Even though I'm predominantly a righty, there are certain things I can do left-handed or ambidextrously. For instance, I ride a skateboard or surfboard left-handed. My Dad tried to make a switch-hitter out of me when I was a little kid, but I remember it felt really weird to bat left-handed in baseball and I really wasn't able to do it well. On Sunday, I figured out that shooting is on the list of stuff I can do from both sides of the plate. Dan recently got a new shotgun in a left-handed model, so I tried shooting it lefty to avoid having the shells eject across my face. Turns out that after a few tries, I got the hang of it and can now hit triples without too much difficulty.

So when Dan and I were shooting Sunday afternoon, I was switching it up quite a bit and trying to hit targets from both right- and left-handed stances. Why? I dunno - maybe it'll prep me for the day when the radioactive zombies gnaw my right arm off and I have to fend for myself with my left. Who knows?

Geocaching Out East

Dan and I spent a second consecutive Saturday hunting for Tupperware in the woods. Last Saturday, we were mostly in the Flanders/Hampton Bays area and found five caches. This Saturday, we were in Southampton. On our previous expedition, Dan and I were a little tweaked that some of the caches we put on our itinerary were of the "cache and dash" variety that required a hike of only a fraction of a mile. This time out, though, I made sure to check the maps carefully to find some with lengthier hikes involved, so we were able to get in several miles of hiking.

Forgot to take pictures this time, but I promise I'll take some next weekend, providing the weather holds out.

Get a Claritas PRIZM Breakdown of Your Neighborhood

Go here. Type in your ZIP code. In putting in my own ZIP code, I noticed that the results didn't match up with a lookup I did roughly 10 years ago. Lots more empty-nesters in my community these days.

What did you find out about your neighborhood? Post it in comments.

UPDATE: Fixed link per commenter.

Both Sheffield and the Fan Are Idiots

The fan... 1) You don't go after a live ball that's still on the field. 2) This is especially true if your team hit it. 3) It's even more critical if your interference with the ball would rob your team of a triple by turning the hit into a ground-rule double. 4) Even if you ignore all of the above, your grab for the live ball shouldn't resemble a punch. I don't recall any windmill motions in my fielding of Little League ground balls back in the day.

Sheffield...

1) Fans are not all psycho types who want to smack you at every opportunity. Get over yourself. 2) Quit claiming that thoughts of what happened to Ron Artest were going through your head, thus allowing you to maintain your control. You didn't maintain control. You lost it.

That is all.