The Score So Far
If you're counting at home:The number of Democrats who were/are in the Executive Branch and Nobel Prize winners: 2
For Republicans: ZERO
Spook Laundry
Doing some laundry.
Put it in washing machine at 8:30.
Go up to put it in the drier at 9:30 while watching MLB post season.
The wash wasn’t done. It wasn’t even started. The lid was up on the washing machine. Did I do that? Or…..!
I then let the wash continue. I wonder if it had enough soap or did it all wash away in the first rinse through? At least the clothes are wet.
It’s just a boring sport…
Opening Day 2009
Penultimate Game, 2009
Caught several innings of tonight’s Tigers-Twins game. Didn’t see the win, but was impressed.
It’s October ball. Can’t wait for next year though…
Shagging Batting Practice
O’s vs Blue Jays 100309
Originally uploaded by Margeeboo.
Here’s your humble host waiting to get some baseball lovin’ from the Toronto Blue Jays before the penultimat game. This is center-right in the bleachers. The Jays didn’t have left-handed sluggers to crush it out here often, although I did get a ball via ricochet. Sweet!
We moved to left field to get some baseball lovin’, but it was rowdy with old, white guys throwing ‘bows as they scrambled for the loose ball. Catch it on the fly.
Link of the Day [10.05.09]
Everyone loves Pixar. The CGI animation studio can do no wrong. Young, old, babies, kids, teenagers, adults, from the fat to the skinny, Constance to Wendy, all find something to admire about Pixar animation. Granted there are few neysayers. I, myself, find the last few Pixar films to be awkward in striking the balance of the storyline for all to enjoy. Today's link takes you to Todd VanDerWerff's introduction to The House Next Door's Pixar week. It will be a good read, and good to watch for the rest of the essay's on that great animation studio, Pixar.http://www.thehousenextdooronline.com/2009/10/studio-as-author-introduction-to-pixar.html
64-98 2009 Finished
With the sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays the Orioles end the 2009 season on a high note. We can forget the 13 losses before then, because all is forgiven when you win. So, so long to the Birds of Baltimore. It was a fun season, frustrating at times, but fun none the less. We’ll see you in 2010.
Penultimate Game of the Season
Just got back from the Orioles game. It’s a WIN! They won’t lose 100 games this season. Close, but no cigar.
We went to the game early. Ate at Faidley’s again. Oysters, fried clams, and crab cakes. Plus a beer. Then we stroll down Howard to Camden Yards and get our tickets. I love that we suck, because you can get any seat in the house. I choose center left against the fence.
We get a beer at Pickles Pub waiting for the gates to open. When they do we collect our Orioles tankard, and wish we could’ve joined the Octoberfest festivities in the picnic area in center field. We go shag some fly balls in the bleachers during the Blue Jays batting practice. I get a ball!! It ricocheted off the back wall and into my glove. Sweet! We then switch up and shag balls near our seat. Nothing comes close as they tail off towards the foul poll.
The O’s win! Can’t wait for the last game of the season. See you there!
The Informant!
The Informant! is Homer Simpson. Most everytime that Matt Damon opened his mouth and talked about ADM I was thinking that he was Homer Simpson brought to life on the big screen. The cluelessness and the profound stupidity was all there. Matt Damon can do no wrong in channelling the buffoon, Homer Simpson.
The only problem Matt Damon is Matt Damon. I could not get past fat Matt Damon to imagine the actual protagonist which distracted me all movie long because he was supposed to be portraying a real man. Fat Matt Damon is still Matt Damon rather than the guy who brought ADM ignominy.
The film though was awkward. It was rated R, but I don’t think there was any profanity, nudity, violence, or adult themes to warrant that rating. It was supposed to be a comedy, but wasn’t of the Something about Mary type. It was very Coen-ish. It looked like the seventies, with clothes from the eighties, taking place in the nineties, and funky sixties fonts. The story was rambling. I couldn’t tell the time frame when the actual events took place. Did he meet with the FBI months later? Or was it next week? No idea, because it all seemed to take place in a compressed time frame. One scene wasn’t directly related to another scene in time. Awkward.
In the end, the film sorta rambled then it ends. It’s an ending at least.
2 of 5 stars.
Quote of the Day [10.02.09]
"There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone."Opening monologue to "Twilight Zone" season 1