• An Indians-Rockies World Series makes baby Jesus cry. (A Red Sox-Rockies World Series is, if anything, worse, and this whole thing should convince sportswriters, if they had a lick of sense, to get rid of the wildcard once and for all - which is to say, they will continue to trumpet the wildcard as if it was baseball's saving grace, and will keep ( Read more... )

Well, I don't ache quite as much as I did, though I have to say that my voice is almost entirely kaput. I can't really speak at all. *pause for applause* Still nowhere near 100%, and that likely means a slow and house-ridden weekend - meaning that I'm likely to miss the roller derby championship in Baltimore, dangit.

( deserved anti-Democrat political rant )

Well, so much for my to-do list. Took an early afternoon walk with DW to JoAnn's to get some exercise and watch as she purchased yarn, then walked out to Kid-1's game, then drove from there to drop off Kid-2 at practice, then dropped off Kid-1 at a friend's, then home for twenty minutes (by far the longest bit of time I had to myself during this ( Read more... )

A blogger has reported, and is standing by the story, that Fidel Castro has died. The problem: it's celebrity gossip Perez Hilton, who is of no use. I mean, I took the liberty of going through the blog to see what sort of thing this was. In the words of EC Comics, GOOD LORD [CHOKE!] This person is a human barnacle, his output is 100% noise, and ( Read more... )

People are upset about this, and rightfully so - but for the wrong reasons. Yes, he raised pit bulls for fighting - which is a characteristic of the breed, really - and killed them as a result. It's also very likely he was personally involved. But that isn't the reason he's in as much trouble as he is. This isn't a case of "Oh, let's go stick ( Read more... )

Karl Rove will likely end up either working for a Republican Presidential campaign - more than likely telling them how to avoid widespread revelation about the obvious flaws they possess...in other words, lie - or out of the country very soon. In fact, both might be a possibility, here: he might spend a bit of time visiting with some favorite ( Read more... )

( another family medical issue )

tacnukesoul recently made a good post on the whole Scooter Libby commutation, which is here, s'go read it. I was going to post what follows as a reply to that, but decided against as I was doing an awful lot of pontificating, and doing that in someone else's journal is vaguely rude ( Read more... )

A few shouts and PSAs to begin. I've been told that 395 is a nightmare parking lot coming into the District north from Springfield. In other news, fire is hot. Film at 11.

Also, lots of birthday cuddles and kisses to still_asking! And a fine thank you to flashneko for sending me the DVD of An Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder, which I received a matter of ( Read more... )

Oh, Jesus. svam crew in Christiansburg, check in, please.