Morons

A loss to San Francisco? Unreal.

This team doesn't deserve to compete with Atlanta...

Avs beat Nucks, Bertuzzi permitted to live

Two fans dressed in orange prison jumpers with Bertuzzi's No. 44 on them greeted the Vancouver forward during warmups and heckled him through the glass. A few others wore fake neck braces to show support for Moore. Next to them were a group of fans wearing horizontal-striped uniforms and sitting behind homemade cardboard jail bars and a sign that said they were dressing up like Bertuzzi for Halloween.

LA Saints? How about LA Migra?

Los Angeles is the second-largest television market in the country and has been without an NFL team since the Raiders moved back to Oakland after the 1994 season. (MSNBC)

Exxon F's us all directly in the A, makes $100,000,000,000

US oil giant Exxon Mobil has posted a quarterly profit of $9.9bn(£5.55bn), the largest in US corporate history, on the back of record oil and gas prices. Profit was up 75% and revenue rose 32% to more than $100bn.

BBC Story.

Official Game 4 Notes

October 26, 2005
Chi. White Sox 1, Houston 0 at Minute Maid Park

Winning pitcher - Freddy Garcia (1-0)
Losing pitcher - Brad Lidge (0-2)
SV - Bobby Jenks (2)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Chi. White Sox	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	8	0
Houston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	0

Chi. White Sox Record: (4-0)

Make that 11-1, tied for best postseason record ever with the '98 Yankmes.

Rest In Peace, Shoeless Joe

The Go-Go Sox of '59 are off the hook. The Black Sox of 1919...I suppose that jury will never shift.

But the Southsiders are champs, and maybe the Nats can give me another one next year...

CUBS FANS ON SUICIDE WATCH

The White Sox swept the Houston Astros Wednesday night, bringing aWorld Series championship back to Chicago for the first time in 88 years. Full coverage:http://email.chicagotribune.com/cgi-bin1/DM/y/euR50MeJPZ0G2E0FtVa0Ay

Game 3

October 25, 2005
Chi. White Sox 7, Houston 5 at Minute Maid Park

Winning pitcher - Damaso Marte (1-0)
Losing pitcher - Ezequiel Astacio (0-1)
SV - Mark Buehrle (1)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Chi. White Sox	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0		7	14	3
Houston	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		5	8	1

	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18		R	H	E
Chi. White Sox	0	0	0	0	2						7	14	3
Houston	0	0	0	0	0						5	8	1

HR: CWS: G. Blum (1) J. Crede (2) HOU: J. Lane (1)
Chi. White Sox Record: (3-0)

Next Game: Oct 26, 2005 07:00 PM CT vs. Astros

San Francisco...in Jell-O

This woman is a genius. With too much free time.

Game Two

Buehrle will be the death of me, I swear to God...

 

October 23, 2005
Houston 6, Chi. White Sox 7 at U.S. Cellular Field

Winning pitcher - Neal Cotts (1-0)
Losing pitcher - Brad Lidge (0-1)

 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Houston	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	2		6	9	0
Chi. White Sox	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	1		7	12	0

HR: HOU: M. Ensberg (1) CWS: P. Konerko (1) S. Podsednik (1)
Chi. White Sox Record: (2-0)

Next Game: Oct 25, 2005 07:00 PM CT vs. Astros

Faux pas

Reading back, I've discovered I was so busy and distracted that I actually made the same bad Flinstones joke about Hurricane Wilma twice.

Well, I never claimed I was an original...

Wilma at Grand Cayman this past Thursday

Some good storm surge photos, firsthand.

Game One

And Notre Dame won today, with The Beloved Kim and I sitting at the Goal Line. Great sports day today.

October 22, 2005
Houston 3, Chi. White Sox 5 at U.S. Cellular Field

Winning pitcher - Jose Contreras (1-0)
Losing pitcher - Wandy Rodriguez (0-1)
SV - Bobby Jenks (1)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Houston	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	7	1
Chi. White Sox	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	X		5	10	0

HR: HOU: M. Lamb (1) CWS: J. Crede (1) J. Dye (1)
Chi. White Sox Record: (1-0)

Next Game: Oct 23, 2005 06:30 PM CT vs. Astros

Pining for the fjords!

A parrot that died while in quarantine in the UK has tested positive for bird flu, government officials say.

For more details: http://www.bbcnews.com

Feces prepares to strike rotating blades

-- President Bush calls for United Nations to convene after "deeply disturbing" report implicates Syrian officials in assassination.

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More Americans watch CNN. More Americans trust CNN.

Wilma! Where's my dinner?!?

"In the ice box, Fred.  I'm heading to South Florida.  Don't forget to feed Dino."

 

This bitch is HUGE, and has already set a wonderfully nifty little record:

 

Wilma's confirmed pressure readings early Wednesday dropped to 882 millibars, the lowest minimum pressure ever measured in a hurricane in the Americas, but it later lost power and rose to 900 millibars, according to the hurricane center. Lower pressure translates into higher wind speed.

Hurricane Wilma

Record-setter.

Wilma's confirmed pressure readings early Wednesday dropped to 882 millibars, the lowest minimum pressure ever measured in a hurricane in the Americas, but it later lost power and rose to 900 millibars, according to the hurricane center. Lower pressure translates into higher wind speed.

Dick probed for leak

(couldn't resist)

Rumors are flying that Cheney may resign due to some kind of connection to the CIA leak story that's floating around. Bizarre. Probably bullshit, but interesting to consider. And eerily similar to what's up on The West Wing right now...

Clickity-click.

Lawrence Of Arabia Map

A map showing Lawrence of Arabia's proposals for the reconstruction of the Middle East following World War I is set to be displayed for the first time.

Cool...

Somali Pirates

The International Maritime Board says there have been at least 20 attacks on ships in Somali waters since March.

It urges ships in the area to stay as far away as possible from the shore.

Somalia has had no functioning national government since 1991 and the country has been divided into fiefdoms run by rival warlords.

Honestly. One real warship could do the job. Any country could pull it off if they really wanted to try...

Jobs I don't want, ever

Tagging one of these.

Wilma refuses to make Fred's dinner, flips out, heads to the Carribean

Wilma is the 12th hurricane of the season, a number reached once before in 1969 since record keeping began in 1851. At 11 a.m. EDT, Wilma had top sustained winds of near 75 mph.  Wilma is also the 21st named storm of the six-month hurricane season, which ties another record set in 1933.

Been busy...

The Beloved Wife and I had our Anniversary weekend, during which the White Sox won three straight games (pitched completely) and gave me the opportunity to get THIS in my email:

 

The White Sox beat the Angels Sunday to win the American League
Championship Series and advance to the World Series starting Saturday.
Latest details:
http://email.chicagotribune.com/cgi-bin1/DM/y/et3J0MeJPZ0G2E0FtVa0An

 

Irish lost...which I was pissed about, but now I see the game more clearly.  Mostly as having been a real classic that I was fortunate to see.  We've got seats for the BYU game this weekend (my gift to her).

 

Been home sick all day today.  Stomach funk.  And I do mean FUNK.  Not even Bootsy could lay down a groove like my belly's been kicking out since last night...

F the Trojans

34-31 loss for the Irish. On the luckiest last minute ever.

Just get the hell out of our town...

It was 3-0 just 12 pitches into the first

October 14, 2005
Chi. White Sox 5, LA Angels 2 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Winning pitcher - Jon Garland (1-0)
Losing pitcher - John Lackey (0-1)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Chi. White Sox	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		5	11	0
LA Angels	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		2	4	0

HR: CWS: P. Konerko (1) LAA: O. Cabrera (1)
Chi. White Sox Record: (2-1)

Next Game: Oct 15, 2005 06:30 PM CT vs. Angels

 

We so had to have this.  Haen't had much luck on the left coast.  Nice.

Quote of the moment

"Putting a tattoo on a woman's backside is like putting a bumper sticker on a Porsche."

 

- farker bneffer

Danny Elfman

An interview with the Dark Genius at Suicide Girls.

So sweet, romantic...and unscripted.

His wife, Wang Jie, said: "May you carry out the task entrusted to you by the motherland and return smoothly." Xinhua said that "at these words, Nie Haisheng was in tears".

SUVs

(from an AdAge email update, a bit ago...)

 

The hurricanes that ravaged the southern coasts of the U.S. have also had a major impact on the nation's oil industry and larger economy. Gasoline prices have skyrocketed, spiking above the $3 mark that many view as a trigger that causes large numbers of consumers to significantly change their life habits. The latest reports from the automotive industry indicate that very thing is happening. The bottom has suddenly dropped out of the SUV market and left dealers with a glut of high-powered vehicles of no interest to customers now suddenly focused miles-per-gallon considerations. There is widespread concern that the oil-price impact will continue to spread through other sectors of the economy and ultimately cause marketers to economize by cost cutting, including a pull back in their marketing budgets.

Cubs/Sox. I get it now.

Last night, during Game 2 of the ALCS, The Boy demonstrated something sports-related that I've never really believed in.  Until now.

He's been a Cubs fan for 4 years now. His grandparents on my side are big Cubs fans, we were living in their house at the time, voila. Instant fandom. I, on the other hand, never wanting to jump on the fullest bandwagon, was sickened by how trendy it is to become a Cubs fan in this part of the midwest. So I decided to support the South Siders. And I've been pretty loyal to the White Sox in the AL...save for a flirtation with the Twins last year to get on Dickson's nerves here at work.

Anyway, last night, watching the game, after his homework is done...I realize Skylar is cheering for Los Anaheimgeles every time they do something good.

"Hey!" I bellow, equal parts hurt and surprised. "Cheer for Chicago! C'mon...it's a regional team."

Serious as an oil pan on a '53 Merc, he turns, looks at me and says: "But Dad. I'm a CUBS fan.  It's not right."

Having never lived in the Windy City, I've always thought this Cubs/Sox thing was a learned response. Something that comes from years, nay, generations of cross-town teasing and picking.

Now I understand. It's ingrained in the souls of Cubs Fans. The Sox fans just respond to it out of preservation of their culture.

Wow. And a little child shall lead them...

Game 2 Controversy

October 12, 2005
LA Angels 1, Chi. White Sox 2 at U.S. Cellular Field

Winning pitcher - Mark Buehrle (1-0)
Losing pitcher - Kelvim Escobar (0-1)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
LA Angels	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	5	3
Chi. White Sox	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	7	1

HR: LAA: R. Quinlan (1) CWS:
Chi. White Sox Record: (1-1)

Next Game: Oct 14, 2005 07:00 PM CT vs. Angels

 

AJ gained a base with 2 outs in the 9th on a confusing call from home plate.  Next up, Credie hits the pinch-runner in.

 

Oh man.  Stirring the hornets...

Those wacky radio people

WCKG/Chicago Staffers Arrested For "Wake the Angels" Stunt

 

INFINITY FM Talk WCKG/CHICAGO midday sidekick RYAN "MENDER" MENDENHALL and intern CARL KLOCKERS were arrested TUESDAY morning while engaging in the old radio gag of trying to wake up players on the opposing team in town to play the hometown heroes. 

MENDER and KLOCKERS were arrested outside the LOS ANGELES ANGELS OF ANAHEIM's hotel after being caught roaming the halls and knocking on doors; the two, featured on PETE MCMURRAY's midday show, were attempting to help out the WHITE SOX before the first game of the AMERICAN LEAGUE Championship Series by rousing the already tired ANGELS, who had to fly to CHICAGO after winning the Division Series over the YANKEES in ANAHEIM the night before. 

The ruse didn't work, as the ANGELS headed to U.S. CELLULAR FIELD and beat the SOX 3-2 on TUESDAY night. (AllAccess)

Do Not Click Here!

The most disturbing safe-sex ad ever. Still saying GAH! internally right now.

Chinese Astronauts

A rocket carrying two Chinese astronauts into orbit on their country's second manned space mission lifts off successfully.

For more details: http://www.bbcnews.com

Stats

October 11, 2005
LA Angels 3, Chi. White Sox 2 at U.S. Cellular Field

Winning pitcher - Paul Byrd (1-0)
Losing pitcher - Jose Contreras (0-1)
SV - Francisco Rodriguez (1)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
LA Angels	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	7	1
Chi. White Sox	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	7	0

HR: LAA: G. Anderson (1) CWS: J. Crede (1)
Chi. White Sox Record: (0-1)

Next Game: Oct 12, 2005 07:00 PM CT vs. Angels

Game One goes to California-LosAnaheimgeles

For people with too much money and stupidity

You have got to be kidding me...

Haunted Alaska

"Anchorage - The Little Karaoke place - The Korean owner of this place was killed by Chinese weightlifters in 1999. The owner's spirit is sometimes seen peeking out the window. "

Tragic, yes, but somehow that paragraph made me laugh pretty damn hard.

Vince hits Iberian Penninsula

THE HISTORICAL RECORD SHOWS NO TROPICAL CYCLONE EVER MAKING LANDFALL ON THE IBERIAN PENINSULA. BASED ON SURFACE REPORTS FROM FARO PORTUGAL...THE CENTER PASSED JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE COAST OF PORTUGAL...BEFORE BECOMING THE FIRST TROPICAL CYCLONE TO MAKE LANDFALL IN SPAIN.

Historically nifty. And, notable that we're up to Vince now...

18 Innings

Kim's team is out. Bucs loss in the NFL made for a crappy day yesterday at our place, sports-wise.

 

October 9, 2005
Atlanta 6, Houston 7 at Minute Maid Park

Winning pitcher - Roger Clemens (1-1)
Losing pitcher - Joey Devine (0-1)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Atlanta	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0		6	13	0
Houston	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1		7	10	1

	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18		R	H	E
Atlanta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	13	0
Houston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		7	10	1

HR: ATL: A. LaRoche (1) B. McCann (2) HOU: B. Ausmus (1) L. Berkman (1) C. Burke (1)
Atlanta Record: (1-3)

Wallace & Gromit Studio Disaster

Aardman Studios, home of the claymation duo I love so much, has burned down. Just in time for the news that the movie went to #1 here in the states.

Check out the attitude on the creator:

"Even though it is a precious and nostalgic collection and valuable to the company, in light of other tragedies, today isn't a big deal," he said. (CNN)

30,000

"With as many as 5 million people left homeless and living in the open air -- and freezing temperatures -- since the quake, Sultan said rescue and recovery teams and aid from many countries were on their way to the most affected areas."

Brian Goddamn Griese

Fucking moron. Whatever you do...don't score any touchdowns. That would be fucking horrible.

Keep going for Field Goals instead. After all...they're worth three whole points!!!

Stupid, stupid loss against a guy who was watching the game at home last week and came out of retirement. Testeverde gets the win. Unbegoddamnlievable...

Even Britney Spears is saying duh for this one...

And then there was THIS...

Barber inadvertently punches official
NFL.com wire reports
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (Oct. 9, 2005) -- Tampa Bay cornerback Ronde Barber inadvertently punched umpire Butch Hannah in the eye when he swung at New York Jets center Kevin Mawae during an altercation in the second quarter of their game.

After the Jets got the ball on the Buccaneers 8 on Ty Law 's second interception of the season, Curtis Martin rushed for 3 yards. After the play, Mawae and Barber got into it. While the two were yelling at each other, Barber took a swing at Mawae with his right hand -- but missed and landed a punch to Hannah's right eye. Hannah was sent sprawling to the field, holding his face, but he got up quickly.

Hannah appeared to be OK and stayed in the game, but was rubbing the eye afterward.

Barber was flagged for unnecessary roughness but not ejected, giving the Jets the ball on the 2. Martin ran it in on the next play for his first touchdown of the season, giving New York a 7-6 lead with 7:32 left in the half.

Pakistan Aftershocks & Headlines

Everything from my email in the 12 hours since the first quake:

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake IN PAKISTAN has occurred at:
34.82N 73.13E Depth 10km Sat Oct 8 04:26:12 2005 UTC

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake IN NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA has occurred at:
2.09N 97.73E Depth 30km Sat Oct 8 04:30:45 2005 UTC

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake IN PAKISTAN has occurred at:
34.75N 73.14E Depth 10km Sat Oct 8 05:19:48 2005 UTC

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake IN PAKISTAN has occurred at:
34.71N 73.11E Depth 10km Sat Oct 8 05:26:05 2005 UTC

Many are feared dead after an apartment building collapses in Islamabad, as a quake jolts Pakistan, north India and Afghanistan.

For more details: http://www.bbcnews.com

More than 1,000 people are feared dead in Pakistan alone, the government says, after a quake hits northern India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

For more details: http://www.bbcnews.com

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake IN PAKISTAN has occurred at:
34.69N 73.07E Depth 16km Sat Oct 8 10:46:30 2005 UTC

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake IN PAKISTAN has occurred at:
34.79N 73.14E Depth 20km Sat Oct 8 12:25:22 2005 UTC

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake IN PAKISTAN has occurred at:
34.70N 73.17E Depth 10km Sat Oct 8 11:33:33 2005 UTC

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake IN PAKISTAN has occurred at:
34.52N 73.43E Depth 10km Sat Oct 8 06:15:25 2005 UTC

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake IN PAKISTAN has occurred at:
34.57N 73.18E Depth 10km Sat Oct 8 12:08:28 2005 UTC

A TOP OFFICIAL SAYS OVER 1,000 PEOPLE ARE DEAD IN PAKISTANI KASHMIR FOLLOWING A POWERFUL 7.6-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE

**Watch FOX News Channel or go to http://foxnews.com for more

At least 400 students die at two schools in north-west Pakistan struck by Saturday's earthquake, a police chief tells Reuters news agency.

For more details: http://news.bbc.co.uk/ the two years that I've been getting USGS email updates...

A big bastard shakes Pakistan

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake IN PAKISTAN has occurred at:
34.43N 73.54E Depth 10km Sat Oct 8 03:50:38 2005 UTC

Time:Universal Time (UTC) Sat Oct 8 03:50:38 2005
Time Near Epicenter Sat Oct 8 08:50:38 2005
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) Fri Oct 7 23:50:38 2005

Location with respect to nearby cities:
95 km (60 miles) NNE of ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (pop 524,000)
115 km (70 miles) ESE of Mingaora, Pakistan (pop 174,000)
125 km (75 miles) WNW of Srinagar, Kashmir (pop 894,000)
165 km (105 miles) N of Jhelum, Pakistan

For maps, additional information, and subsequent updates,
please consult this page.

40 Things that only happen in movies

15. All grocery shopping involves the purchase of French loaves which will be placed in open brown paper bags (Caveat: when said bags break, only fruit will spill out).

They Gone!

The Chicago White Sox have won their first post-season series since 1917, sending the Red Sox home in 3.  On to the ALCS to face the Angels or the YankMe's, currently knotted at one apiece with CaliforniaLosAneheimgeles up by a run in the 7th...

 

October 7, 2005
Chi. White Sox 5, Boston 3 at Fenway Park

Winning pitcher - Freddy Garcia (1-0)
Losing pitcher - Tim Wakefield (0-1)
SV - Bobby Jenks (2)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Chi. White Sox	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1		5	8	0
Boston	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0		3	7	1

HR: CWS: P. Konerko (2) BOS: D. Ortiz (1) M. Ramirez (2)
Chi. White Sox Record: (3-0)

Sustainable success?

NHL hockey returned last night, and by all accounts people are happy to see it back. All 30 teams in the league played - 11 of the 15 arenas that hosted games last night were sellouts, and the average attendance at all the rinks was 98 per cent. (CBC)

Would be nice to see the enthusiasm last.

Buehrle scares the crap out of us

October 5, 2005
Boston 4, Chi. White Sox 5 at U.S. Cellular Field

Winning pitcher - Mark Buehrle (1-0)
Losing pitcher - David Wells (0-1)
SV - Bobby Jenks (1)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Boston	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	9	1
Chi. White Sox	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	X		5	9	0

HR: BOS: CWS: T. Iguchi (1)
Chi. White Sox Record: (2-0)

Next Game: Oct 07, 2005 03:00 PM CT vs. Red Sox

Tasty comeback for the boys to take a 2-0 lead in the ALDS.  Hockey is back, too.  And free on the NHL Radio server...

The morbid beauty of nature...

Horror movies are neat...beat nothing can turn a stomach like mother nature herself...(with bitchin' picture)

"The 13-foot-snake and six-foot gator both wound up dead, locked so gruesomely it is hard to make heads, tails or any other body part of either creature." (Miami Herald)

Israel ready to go

(thanks to Rocketboom.com for pointing this out to me, or I would likely have missed it...busy day...)

"We won’t accept the fact we need to live under the threat of an Iranian nuclear bomb and therefore we feel we should warn our friends we don’t see any solution except for acting on our own," (Knesset member) Lapid said according to the Saudi report."

The Pterry Movie I'd actually want to see...

(from the Discworld Monthly Newsletter, issue 102)

Do you happen to have a spare 15 million USD? It appears that American investors won't raise that amount to make Good Omens. Terry Gilliam has been offered 45 million USD from the international community but it appears that American investors don't have the confidence to back Gilliam due to his shaky track record. For all his brilliance some of Gilliam's films never got finished or went horrendously over budget - Quixote and Baron Munchausen for example. Gilliam wants to cast Johnny Depp to play Crowley and Robin Williams to play Aziraphale.

Oh Wow. Depp and Williams. If you've ever read the book, which Terry Pratchett co-authored with fellow genius Neil Gaiman, you can see how that would work.

I'm not in favor of any of Pterry's novels being made into films...at least not the Discworld stuff. Partially, because no movie could be as good as the one that played in my head while I was reading the original. And partially, because there are far too many arguments against starting at the beginning of the series, or at any other stop along the path of the 30+ novels.

It would be nearly impossible to make one film that even the majority of the fans would enjoy. It would be equally difficult to give all the newcomers the urge to read the rest of the books. We're talking about four distinct groups of main characters. Somebody's gonna get short-shrifted, even if you manage a sequel.

Doing a one-off book, like Small Gods or Pyramids might work...but the fans would bitch and moan.

Frankly, I'd rather not read the grumblings of other L-Spacers out there by seeing a movie made on A'Tuin's back. When I want to see the movie...I'll just pick the book back up.

But I would go see Good Omens in a heartbeat. And perhaps...once I've finally read them...I'd do the same for the Bromeliad or the Johnnys.

Reaching out to the inner wuss

A boy is born and grows up in millitary hospitals. As he grows up, he is subjected to an endless flow of nubile young WAF Nurses who are used to sticking it to soldiers as hard as they can, perhaps in retliation for their latest forgotten night in the barracks, and the word "gentle" is never more powerful than the words "stick this little enlisted brat so I can get out of here and go dancing at the O Club." Genle ain't in their vocabulary, because usually...they poke soldiers who don't give a shit about that kind of pain.

Needless to say, Needles and I have dislike for each other. Deep rooted, unlikely to ever go away...

I was also cursed with my Mother's veins, which hide at the mere sniff of that antiseptic medical facility air. I rarely ever manage to bleed on the first try (today was no different)...which has often made me feel that I could, potentially, survive a stabbing someday depending on where they insert the knife. I bruise bad with a needle, too...because they have to wiggle it around to try and tap the river.

Today, I got two sticks. The first was bone dry, after much digging. The second went in the only vein she could find...right on the bend of the side of my elbow.

Hurts like a motherfucker. And I type all day.

This. Sucks.

Lights out, RFK

October 2, 2005
Philadelphia 9, Washington 3 at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium

Winning pitcher - Jon Lieber (17-13)
Losing pitcher - Hector Carrasco (5-4)
SV - Billy Wagner (38)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Philadelphia	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	4		9	10	1
Washington	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		3	7	0

HR: PHI: WSH: R. Church (9)
Washington Record: (81-81)

 

Great year.  Looking forward to the next one.

On comes the Postseason

October 2, 2005
Chi. White Sox 3, Cleveland 1 at Jacobs Field

Winning pitcher - Brandon McCarthy (3-2)
Losing pitcher - Scott Elarton (11-9)
SV - Orlando Hernandez (1)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Chi. White Sox	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	7	0
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	7	1

HR: CWS: J. Dye (31) CLE:
Chi. White Sox Record: (99-63)

Next Game: Oct 04, 2005 03:00 PM CT vs.

Upcoming Home Games:
vs. Red Sox, Oct 04, 2005 03:00 PM CT
vs. Red Sox, Oct 05, 2005 03:33 AM CT
vs. Red Sox, Oct 09, 2005 03:33 AM CT

 

I hate to admit, I was kinda pulling for a Boston loss and for the ChiSox to lose as well.

 

This would have given us a one-game playoff that might have given us the inferior Indians in the first round...

Bucs 17, Lions 13

Tampa's pretty bad, but despite the Lions' best efforts in the 4th...and the Bucs' best efforts to give away the game...TB continues to dominate their former division in the W-L Column.

HUGE day for Der Wifebeater, as Tampa's favorite Asshole, Michael Pittman, gained plenty of yards when Caddy had a bit of engine trouble today.

Griese Kid Stuff, on the other hand, had one of the worst games I've ever seen from him...despite passing for over 300 yds. Gave up 3 picks and kept overthrowing freakin' everybody. With about 9 to go I was screaming for Simms to go in...at the end, The Windsor Pussies had two possible TDs that were out-of-bounds. One was even tallied, then taken off the board, with :06 left.

Hardcore game.

Hitting the Wife Powerball Jackpot...

My Bucs are on...second weekend in a row I get to see my boys. The Beloved Kim is in control of the remote.

When commercials come up...she jumps to the ChiSox game. If they're in commercials...she jumps over to the Colts/Titans game until her mental clock figures the commercials have ended on Fox.

It is an amazing feeling, having a wife who cares THAT much.

(I promised myself I wouldn't CRY...)