Nap Time

Man with Ceil gone, I have been taking a nap on Wednesday evenings. Worked until 615. Leftovers for supper: a burger, taco, and a little stir fry. Then a nap. Later to bed. Thursday supper: spaghetti and meatballs.

DENISON: in his book Social and Cultural Dynamics, famed Harvard sociologist Pitirim Sorokin distinguished between “ideational” and “sensate” cultures. Sorokin was one of the few scholars to foresee the harmful trends of the sexual revolution that burst into social consciousness in the 1960s. America has clearly shifted from a culture centered in objective truth and biblical morality to one driven by subjective opinions and personal pleasure. Trends Sorokin foresaw have come to pass: declining birth rates and a diminished parental commitment to the welfare of children, increased divorce, extramarital sex, spousal abandonment, out-of-wedlock births, and a growing increase in juvenile delinquency, psychological depression, and mental breakdowns. How is our “sensate,” post-truth culture working for us?

CARLTON FISK [SABR Bio] is the first player to hit more than 70 home runs after he turned 40 years old. Fisk was 40 going into the 1988 season. He played parts of another five seasons, adding 72 HR to bring his career total to 376. He was also the first to hit 60 HR after 40. He was the first American League player to be elected Rookie of the Year unanimously, in 1972. Frank Robinson, Orlando Cepeda, and Willie McCovey had previously done it in the NL. He hit at least one home run in 23 consecutive seasons, from 1971-1993. Rickey Henderson is the unlikely record, homering at least once in each of 25 straight seasons.