I finally finished the video for binding the birthday calendar book.  I have to say that I’m proud that I persevered, because I really wanted to throw in the towel on numerous occasions.  I think it’s a sign of my age that I refused to give up.  Maybe I have more patience now (no, I don’t).  Or maybe, I just didn’t want to look like a failure (that’s more me.)  I just couldn’t live with a project that was so bad and not try (at least) to fix it.

So I did.  And now it is laying under my Vagabond, which has turned out to be the greatest tool to flatten things. Note to self, buy a Vagabond to flatten things.  I should have included that in the tutorial for the Vagabond.  One of its many uses.

I’m relieved the video is in the bag. In the bag, another saying that I just have to know it’s origin.  Here it is.

Origin: This expression comes from American baseball. It dates back to the early 20^th century, specifically to the old New York Giants (later the San Francisco Giants, since the 1950’s). In 1916, the Giants won 26 games in a row. This is a very difficult thing to do and baseball players are naturally superstitious. As they were winning games they wanted to “ensure” that the streak would continue. At the start of every game a large bag full of the baseballs to be used for the game is brought out onto the playing field. If a ball is hit into the seats as a foul, or out of the park as a home run, or if it just gets too dirty, it will be replaced by a new ball. Every game begins with 72 balls.  During their winning streak, the Giants somehow came to believe that if they were ahead in the ninth (last) inning, and someone carried the bag off the field, the Giants would win the game. So if a game is “in the bag” then it’s “certain” the Giants will win. Eventually the expression came to mean anything that you’re very positive about.

Huh, I’m still a little confused but apparently it’s baseball superstition.  Enough said.

So what does my birthday calendar have to do with baseball?  We’ll just have to wait and see.  (It really is still in the bag.)

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