This weekend, I
> saw highlights of the lengthy struggle between Houston and Atlanta. It ended with the Astros beating the Braves in the 18th inning. They will face St. Louis in the NLCS (National League Championship Series).
It's the matchup I wanted to see. My gut believes St. Louis will win, but the rest of me secretly hopes Houston will make it. I've always had a soft spot for the Astros. They were the visiting team against the Giants in the first major league game I ever attended. I remember Nolan Ryan started for Houston.
I'm also a fan of Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell. Until this season, the two were mainstays at the top of the Astros lineup. Both have also played for the same team their entire careers (Biggio since 1988, Bagwell since 1991), a rarity that is becoming ever more rare these days.
> watched the Angels clinch their series from the Yankees. I'm happy for three reasons. First, it's always fun to watch the Evil Empire fail despite Steinbrenner's millions. Second, it helped alleviate some of the disappointment of the White Sox sweeping the Red Sox. And third, New York's defeat made Joe Buck and Tim McCarver eat humble pie. Those two Fox broadcasters drive me insane.
Now that it's between Chicago and Los Angeles, I'm rooting for the White Sox. And just in case somebody is thinking I have a grudge against the Angels because they beat the Giants in the 2002 World Series. I don't. I have a grudge against them because of their thunder sticks and crazy rally monkey.
> saw Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and loved it. It's hard to believe that stop-motion characters can look so alive. Nick Park is a master with Plasticine. The movie had an abundance of action, humor and rabbits. The scene where Wallace and Gromit catch rabbits on Lady Tottington's estate with the Bun-Vac 6000 is classic. I also got a kick out of the scene where Gromit flipped on the radio and heard part of a Simon and Garfunkel's tune, a random reference to a less cheery movie also involving rabbits.
> rediscovered SimCity 4. It's probably unhealthy to have this much fun planning a city, but I can't help it. It certainly beats playing violent games.
Currently, I'm attempting to improve the standard of living for the citizens of Beantown, a town of 12,000 simulated souls. The most pressing problem is the pollution. One solution is to create open spaces like parks or forests, but so far, I haven't been so successful. For somebody who loves open spaces, I have had a difficult time resisting the urge to zone every available square of land. This evening, I'll have to be strong and decide which developed areas I'm going to demolish and clear to create the Beantown Green, the first step in an effort to bring breathable air back to the people.
> finally cleaned a room I swore I would clean for the last 91 years. I had been meaning to do it for so long that it actually appeared on my to do list decades before I was born.
Bright eyes
Burning like fire
Bright eyes
How can you close and fail?
How can the light that burned so brightly suddenly burn so pale?
Bright eyes
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Yeah, how can anybody not be a fan of Biggio and Bags? I just wish Kent was still there and not at Team Poopyhead.
And I am probably the only guy in the world who actually likes Tim McCarver. Of course, I *am* a Mets fan (after the Giants).
It would be nice if Kent were still with Houston, but it would be better if he were still with San Francisco. Durham just doesn't have his numbers.
Yeah, it seems like quite a few people don't like Tim. There is even a site dedicated to their loathing of all things McCarver. I don't hate him, but he does annoy me, especially when he announces Yankee games. Now that they're out, I'm sure he'll be more tolerable. :P
It would be nice if Kent were still with Houston, but it would be better if he were still with San Francisco.
Yeah, well that goes without saying. I still suspect Sabean intentionally undermined him in the fans eyes so that they wouldn't be as critical of him letting Kent go.
And it just makes absolutely no sense to me why he refuses to re-sign players during the season. It's one reason he ends up with so many holes to plug in the offseason, which means players' agents know he is desperate, resulting in way too many overpaid free agents on the payroll with too long contracts.
I like this format for a weekend update blog entry. I think I'll steal this from you :)
Sounds like you had a full weekend! Considering, SC4 can really eat up a lot of it, I know. ;)
fling: I'm sure that will mean he'll be picking up guys who are either inexperienced or over the hill, since he won't be able to afford first-rate guys who can help the team now. I'm sure he was able to get away with it in years past because Bonds was in the lineup and some guys had career years, but he can't rely on that happening in 2006.
courtney: Thanks. It's crazy how much time flies by while playing SC4. It's as though real life suddenly goes into cheetah speed. Three hours passes in mere minutes. :P