The name "Wally Pipp" used to be famous among baseball fans. It was famous for decades. It became a coded way of saying "never call in sick!" Pipp was the first baseman for the New York Yankees for a decade, 1915 to 1925. That's his picture above. Pipp lost his job in early June of the latter year, when he complained of a headache. The manager took him out of the line up, and put in a bench warmer to play first base for the day. That proved a disaster for Pipp and a big break for the erstwhile bench warmer: Lou Gehrig. "Uh, Mr. Pipp, does it kinda make you wish he would get a terrible disease that needs a new name?" Boo, Hiss. I'm evil. I had actually planned to write something about the Renaissance again today and to explain what I see as the historic/aesthetic significance of the Bosch painting I have mentioned. But I'll leave further explication for next week. In the meantime, whatever your job is dear reader: Don't Call in Sick!