Thanks Rays!
It didn’t end the way we wanted it to š but thanks to the Rays for a great season! See you in 2009 … looking forward to Spring Training already. Oh, and congratulations to the Phillies, I guess.
Archive of entries posted on October 2008
Let’s try this again!
I didn’t get to use my Game 5 tickets for the ALDS, but now I’ve got two tickets to Game 6 of the World Series. I just need the Rays to win tonight so I get to use them. They’re in a 3 games to 1 hole and currently down 2-0 in Game 5. C’mon …
TiVo will change your life
Or it just might try to kill you. Just in time for Halloween. š
Tampa Bay Rays: 2008 ALCS Champs!!!!
What an ALCS series … Boston tried to come back from another 3 games to 1 deficit but couldn’t quite pull it off. They had the bases loaded in the 8th but David Price shut them down and then finished ’em off in the top of the 9th. Final score: 3-1. Fantastic! Congratulations also to …
WIJFR: Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present
In these quirky, brashly engaged āstories of the future presentā Cory Doctorow shows us life from the point-of-view of the plugged-in generation and makes it feel like a totally alien world. — Claude Lalumiere, Montreal Gazette “Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present” is a collection of short stories by Cory Doctorow. It consists of: Printcrime …
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A night out at the ballpark … at home
Since I couldn’t get tickets to the first two ALCS games here in St. Pete and today’s Game 3 was early, we decided to do baseball night for dinner. I fired up the grill and cooked some hamburgers (well, turkey burgers) and hot dogs, we baked some pretzels, served some drinks (I had a beer) …
WIJFR: Mariel of Redwall
Heaved off her ship in a pirate raid, Mousemaid Mariel is washed up on the shores of Mossflower. With no idea where she is, or indeed who she is, the young warrior mouse embarks on an unforeseen adventure that will take her to the very heart of Redwall and into the arms of the people …
Take On Me, the literal version
a-Ha’s “Take On Me” was a groundbreaking music video. I still remember seeing it for the first time on MTV at my grandmother’s house back in the 80s (we didn’t have cable at home). Here’s a hilarious version of it that explains what’s really going on. Pipe wrench fight!
I won’t get to use my Game 5 tickets …
… but that’s because the Rays beat the White Sox in Game 4 to move on to the ALCS!! I had the chance to purchase ALCS Games 1 & 2 tickets today but was so busy at work I didn’t get a jump on the purchase at 9am like I did for the ALDS. As …
MLB Gameday … how do they do it?
A friend pointed me to MLB’s Gameday application this afternoon during Game 1 of the ALDS between the Rays and White Sox (the Rays are up 4-3 as I write this). This thing is amazing … how do they do it? The mini version is shown to the left. It gives you the pitch-by-pitch details, …