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So, tonight I managed to install another gig of RAM in my computer while making Hungarian Goulash. Bet none of you can say you've done both of those things at once ;-)
In other news, boy was I wrong about the World Baseball Classic. There have been several great games, and the whole thing has pretty much been a total success to this point. Now if only the US would hurry up and get eliminated so A-Rod can go home as a loser again...
(Actually, after posting this I read an amusing Jim Caple article on ESPN.com... a couple of quotes:
"The WBC does present a terrible dilemma for American fans, however. Do we root wholeheartedly for the country of our birth -- the beacon of democracy, the arsenal of liberty, the leader of the free world, the nation that symbolizes all that is good and right in the world (well, most of the time), the home of jazz, baseball, apple pie and Disneyland? Or, do we root against the Yankees on the team?
Sure, the answer seems simple enough. You root against Jeter and A-Rod. After all, putting God and country first is a noble ideal, but these are Yankees we're talking about!"
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"That said, even the most passionate Yankee haters must have finally relented in the bottom of the ninth inning of Sunday's Japan-U.S. game -- with two out, the score tied 3-3, the bases loaded, our country desperate for a hit, and the reigning American League MVP stepping to the plate. In such moments, love of country finally wins out and overcomes generations of anti-Yankee animosity to bring us all together in a show of patriotic support.
"C'mon, you [expletive], pinstriped turncoat," Americans shouted at their TV screens. "For once -- just once -- in your soulless, empty life, get a hit in the clutch you greedy, insincere, two-faced, overpaid fraud!"
And sure enough, aided by this great outpouring of national love, A-Rod slapped a dribbler up the middle that somehow eluded the Japanese infielders for the game-winning single."
It's worth pointing out that I wasn't rooting for A-Rod to get a hit. I was rooting for him to take a fastball in the face.
In other news, boy was I wrong about the World Baseball Classic. There have been several great games, and the whole thing has pretty much been a total success to this point. Now if only the US would hurry up and get eliminated so A-Rod can go home as a loser again...
(Actually, after posting this I read an amusing Jim Caple article on ESPN.com... a couple of quotes:
"The WBC does present a terrible dilemma for American fans, however. Do we root wholeheartedly for the country of our birth -- the beacon of democracy, the arsenal of liberty, the leader of the free world, the nation that symbolizes all that is good and right in the world (well, most of the time), the home of jazz, baseball, apple pie and Disneyland? Or, do we root against the Yankees on the team?
Sure, the answer seems simple enough. You root against Jeter and A-Rod. After all, putting God and country first is a noble ideal, but these are Yankees we're talking about!"
....
"That said, even the most passionate Yankee haters must have finally relented in the bottom of the ninth inning of Sunday's Japan-U.S. game -- with two out, the score tied 3-3, the bases loaded, our country desperate for a hit, and the reigning American League MVP stepping to the plate. In such moments, love of country finally wins out and overcomes generations of anti-Yankee animosity to bring us all together in a show of patriotic support.
"C'mon, you [expletive], pinstriped turncoat," Americans shouted at their TV screens. "For once -- just once -- in your soulless, empty life, get a hit in the clutch you greedy, insincere, two-faced, overpaid fraud!"
And sure enough, aided by this great outpouring of national love, A-Rod slapped a dribbler up the middle that somehow eluded the Japanese infielders for the game-winning single."
It's worth pointing out that I wasn't rooting for A-Rod to get a hit. I was rooting for him to take a fastball in the face.