Archive for July, 2007
Movie Recommendation: Sunshine
Before tonight, it had been a while since I’d seen a movie that transported me (emotionally speaking) so far from the norm. I think much of the reason I (or anyone) enjoy movies is for their ability to temporarily capture your mind, move it somewhere else, and leave it there for a while. I attained [...]
Saturday Afternoon Needle
For those of you who played in WSOP events, if you go here, you can probably find proofs of yourself taken by WSOP photographers. Example:
However, if you’re like Dave Irish who casually walked in to take his seat at the end of the first level only to go busto in the second level, chances [...]
Bruce Bochy Has Tilted Me
Imagine you’re a manager of an MLB team. The game is tied in the top of the 13th and your inexperienced left-handed pitcher has put guys on first and third. Now coming to the plate with two outs is right-handed stud Edgar Renteria who is batting an outstanding .335 on the year. Your young lefty [...]
BIG-GI-O!
I kinda just got put in my place. At the Astros game right now. Mike Lamb gets walked to load the bases with 2 outs in the bottom of the 6th in a tied game. The fans start going nuts because Craig Biggio, who just today announced this will be his last season after playing [...]
