The Circle of Life

Whiny watched the end of the game with me last night. In the wee hours of the morning, he got out of bed and watched a Red Sox hitter knock a dramatic 12th inning homer in a must-win game in the playoffs.

I was only 13 when I did exactly the same damned thing.

Even if the Sox don’t win this time, they’ve laid the foundation for a beautiful night in 2034 2028.

UPDATE: I am revising my estimate of this future father-son bonding experience. That’s because it just hit me how old my dad was in 1975. As I am now, he was 42…

So, this is the answer to life, the universe and everything after all!

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THREE. MORE. GAMES.

OK, bed is right out of the question, now.

Tomorrow today is gonna be a long day.

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W.T.F.???

Why do Red Sox managers suddenly lose all their mental capacities in the post season?????

I was with Francona until he pulled Lowe early. That was dumb. But bringing in Foulke in the 7th? What the hell???

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Just 4 wins away!

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(laugh it up fuzzball)

Yes, we might be a bit on the gloomy side of optimism, but if they can just get Tom Brady in the game, the Sox ought to be able to score a few more touchdowns next time and win. (It wouldn’t hurt if they’d start tackling the Yankee hitters as they run around the basepaths, either.)

But now that the Yanks have cleared out all of the fair weather fans, the rest of us can get down to the business of cheering on the unprecedented Sox comeback. It’s just 4 games. Believe it.

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Lord, what hath been wrought?

This Tolkien baseball thing has gotten even sillier of late. I don’t want to point any fingers, but it has really gone over the top since the return of a certain Miz Dos

The team owners are spicing up the atmosphere with creepy new managers and accusations of murder.

Even if you don’t want to play, I invite you to go over to the SGCBL Forum and follow along. It’s really a riot. Start with the press release section, especially “No Comment” from Bree on death of Orctrembler and Bombadil Lays Bombshell That Bastes Bree Cheese. (We like to pick on Grump, in case you couldn’t tell.)

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Busy Mom and I are on the same list!

Yes, “nurse” and “computer help-desk tech” are listed in Popular Science’s The Worst Jobs in Science: The Sequel.

FYI, a couple of these would make great epithets… I’ll have to keep them in mind.

“Anal-wart researcher!”
“Worm parasitologist!”
“Tampon squeezer!”
“Television meteorologist!”

OK, maybe not “tampon squeezer”…

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Football: Week 6

Did you know it’s football season? I just realized that! Wow. All it took was two stupid baseball playoff games to wake me up! *grumble, grumble*

Actually, I’m dreaming that the Sox are going to sweep in Fenway, then go back and take it to Game 7 in New York, when Johnny Pesky (being in uniform that day thanks to a special dispensation from the Yankees) comes to the plate to hit for Manny Ramirez (who was ejected along with 3/4 of the team during a 6th inning brawl) and pops a homer just over the leaping Hideki Matsui.

Sweet.

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FOR X=99 TO 1 STEP -1

I’m sure you freaks and geeks have seen this before, but since we’re talking about programming languages over in the SGCBL forums

99 Bottles of Beer – One program in 621 variations

[ via Grump ]

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In which the author succeeds in out-cheese-sandwiching the cheese sandwich post…

Well, I managed to whine my way into a day off from work today. This is a good thing, because I wasn’t feeling too perky this morning after watching last night’s sorry-ass spectacle (the debate or the game, you pick).

I got a chance to spend the morning trolling bloggerville and testing a new release of OOTP. I decided to get out of my morning habit of posting here, so I won’t miss it so badly next week. Stupid Red Sox. But I made yet another pointless, snarky commentary over at Command Post. (Just when are they going to kick me outta there anyway?) And I did some yard work. All-in-all, a nice, relaxing October day.

Speaking of Command Post, they really would like to get a bunch of contributors for Election Day coveraage. If you feel like trying out your nifty new camera or doing man-in-the-street interviews on Election Day, go on over and sign up.

Oh yeah, I did one other thing… I got a haircut.

You might say, “So what, Shaggy? You needed one anyway.”

Ah, but this was no ordinary haircut. You might want to sit down and/or hold on to something sturdy. Pregnant women and children may wish to leave the room.

I got a different hairstyle.

No, no, no. You don’t understand. I got a different hairstyle. As in different. As in not the same, exact cut that I’ve been wearing since this photo:

Kid Lestah

Pepperkat thinks it’s cool. And the people I paid to do it said it was hot. (Damn, I love me some mercenary praise.)

Mrs. Rasreth has not seen it, yet.

Pray for me.

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Yes, I see…

History shows again and again how nature points up the folly of men. (aka, “Oh no! They say he’s got to go…”)

And yet, as shocking as it sounds, this morning I actually believe the Sox can win this thing. No-hit for 6 innings. Down 8-0. And you still come back and make it a 1-run-plus-a-Manny-goof game? You still force Rivera to pitch after he must have already put his jammies on in the 6th, thinking “No way. Not tonight.”?

This is gonna be a funner series than I thought.

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