Orioles win their home opener yesterday. We could go undefeated, or wire-to-wire, but that’s doubtful. We’ve got to take it one day at a time — one win at a time; hopefully, it will be one loss at a time rather than a series of losses. There’s plenty of time to worry; we’ve got all season.
http://deadspin.com/5899831/motherfuckin-shit-take-your-ass-home-or-why-the-baltimore-orioles-matter
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It would’ve been a tradition if only the one who help started it was still around. But still without Margaux, eating at Faidley’s before the Orioles home opener is still awesome. Plus, if you have french cuteness it’s doubly good.
(Here’s the story of the french cuteness: she was visiting with her husband a friend who worked in town.)
The title to this post refers to what I hope the Orioles record will be at the end of the season. Yup. Still below .500 and they’re still not gonna win that many no matter how much I wish. Not with that starting rotation or that defense. They’ll still be the bumbling Orioles. Lovable, but bumbling.
It’s Camden Yards’ Twentieth Anniversary, and for 14 of those years it’s been nothing but losing. Can you imagine that after all those sold out games of its first decade? It really is hard to imagine. The promise and the reality are just hard to figure.
These 2012 Orioles have a lot to prove, but must do it in the most toughest division in baseball. Their rivals are better organizations and make the owner look retarded. If only Orioles fans could get a better owner.
Well, at least we’re in first place by virtue of the alphabet.
“That's it! You people have stood in my way long enough. I'm going to clown college!”Homer Simpson, The Simpsons, "Homie the Clown"
Now that the Megamillions frenzy is over, we can breathe, laugh, and cry about the whole last week. Why? It’s because I had been daydreaming about winning. Hoping beyond hope to hit the jackpot. Praying for something that will never happen, but believing that just maybe, just maybe it may.
One of the winning tickets was bought down the road. I was at work on a Saturday when I heard that it was in Baltimore County. To continue working was difficult. I sat banging away code and thought maybe, just maybe, I had the winning ticket. I left work quickly determined to find out if I did.
I drove home thinking of all the ways to enjoy that money.
Of course I didn’t win. Just my luck. Yet, I knew. There were no cameras around the Exxon at work from which I bought my ticket. There would have been television crews to look for the winners. I didn’t see any; I wasn’t a winner.
There’s lots I would’ve done with that cash. I would dream about that lots. Who I would share it with? Who else I would share it with? I wouldn’t have a job quitting right there on the spot, because I don’t want to work no more. That was the last I could think, just get the hell out of work. One of the last things I need a new job.
I keep visiting online umbrella shops looking for a nice one. Most likely, I’ve already posted a link about umbrellas. Today’s link has some real cool umbrellas for a somewhat expensive yet decent price: expensive because an umbrella costing over a hundred dollars is ridiculous and decent because there are even more expensive ones out there. These are relatively good. I’m hoping that they are. I may buy one.
Why do I want an umbrella?
Bring on the rain!
A classic of the left side political spectrum today's link makes everything alright because you too can get a pony.http://examinedlife.typepad.com/johnbelle/2004/03/if_wishes_were_.html
The MegaMillion jackpot is up to $500 million!
I had bought tickets last night. Actually, I only bought one for $1, but hit the $5 free play or something like that. The clerk said that I got a $5 credit and that I can buy another $5 worth of tickets. Being confused I went ahead and bought them. I thought she was asking for another $5 which I didn’t have. I wonder if I could’ve just cashed out and called it a day coming out $4 ahead. (In reality, it would be $3 ahead as I bought a ticket last Friday, too.)
Not any of the numbers I had received hit. Ain’t it a suckers bet?
Sunday Noon Chesapeake Hyatt
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All this eating is making me fat.
7:00 PM Glyndon Post Office
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T. G. I. F.
It’s sunny and warm in March. Global warming is a myth perpetrated by a vast global conspiracy of trees and flowers. What now will April showers bring? Floods in the Northeast.
