Repent! The Time is Near!

You have your affairs in order, right? Because after yesterday’s back-from-the-dead win by the Red Sox and the first playoff series win for the Cubs since 1908, my prediction for Armageddon (Sox vs Cubs in the World Series) is still on! Woo!!

The last time the Red Sox won the World Series (1918) they beat the Cubs.

The winning pitcher for 2 of their 4 victories was a hot left-handed pitcher named Babe Ruth…

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I’m not dead! I’m pining for the fjords.

In case you were wondering (and, hey, that’s a really bad case of baited breath you got there), my lack of blogging, commenting, e-mailing and IM’ing is due to a slight case of Diskus Reformatitis.

Gave the ol’ CD burner a good workout, backing up everything that was important to me (i.e., the SGCBL baseball files) before blowing it all away, I did. It wasn’t even until about 30 minutes into re-loading XP before I realized I’d forgotten to backup my e-mail folders and address book. *sigh*

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September Referrer Madness

It’s time once again for that never-ending saga known as The Top 20 Sites From Which Nice People Came To Look At The Monkey In The Window™

This month’s opportunity to have some fun with those who send me traffic finds me all a-twitter over the new Return of the King trailer. We saw it as it should be seen – in the theater – on Saturday night. I’m still stunned.

So, as a simple tribute, here are my top 20 referrers and their various Tolkien names (with nary a snarky comment to be found), thanks to the wonderful Barrow-Downs Middle-Earth Name Generator!

  1. According to the Red Book of Westmarch, in Middle-earth, Scott was a Revered Vanyar I don’t know about the Revered part, but in Rivendell they called him Sindaavar. In Hobbiton, he was Merimas Gardener from Michel Delving. The dwarves called him Frerin Rockear. But I prefer his Orkish name: Skarlok the Sleazy.
  2. Michele was an Overgrown Eagle (She’s Big Bird!). In Rivendell, they called her Sirithalatawen. In Hobbiton, she was Peony Gamwich from Oatbarton. Her Orkish name was Gutlok the Blacktooth. I think I’ll call her by her dwarven name from now on: Marin Deathear. Hey, Deathear, 2 more games, then the Yankees can sit down for the winter! (And join the stupid Red Sox. Grumble.)
  3. Brian K. (who is winging his way to Paris…we hateses him we does) was a Feared Gamgee. The Hobbits all called him Hamson Mugworts from Haysend. The dwarves said he was Kar Elfrage. Orcs named him Ruzbrug the Deathskull. Personally, I like his elven name: Moragar.
  4. Robyn was a Talkative Dwarf *cough*. In Lord Elrond’s house, she was called Imfirithiel. Meanwhile, plain Hobbits called her Celandine Tunnelly from Longbottom. To the Orcs, she was B
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And I feel every second of it today…

Exact Age Calculator

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That’s gonna hurt come morning…

Yeah, it was so worth it to stay up until…what the hell time is it? 2:53am?! Yipes!…and watch the Sox lose on a squeeze bunt. I’ll remind myself how great a game it was when the alarm goes off in 2 hours. *grumble*

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Take cover!

Looks like I’m headed to Boston next week and to Las Vegas the week after that. Any bloggers in those areas should seek shelter immediately.

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Carnival of the Vanities #54

It’s time for the weekly roundup of bloggery goodness known as the Carnival of the Vanities. This week’s host: Dodgeblogium

[Grooving to: The Needle And The Damage Done by Neil Young]
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Monday Mission 3.39

Egad! It’s been forever since I’ve done the Monday Mission. Better do at least one a year (even if it’s late), so I don’t lose my club membership!!

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Hello, I love you. Won’t you tell me your name?

Everything else I’ll get with my handy e-spy greeting card.

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More Evidence This Weekend Sucked

Dragonleg quit blogging!! Wah! Who am I gonna steal links from now???

He’s not really dead. He’s just closed his blog. He’ll still be coming over to have beer and cookies in my comments. But…crap!

In the past 18 months that I have been part of this online circus known as blogging, I have met a lot of folks. Some in person, some not. But very few of them have been as downright nice as Lee. Every time I even mentioned the gentleman’s name on my little crapfest here, he was thoughtful enough to send me an e-mailed thank you. Every time.

There aren’t enough people who take the time to do the little things like saying “please” and “thank you” anymore. Folks like that need to be appreciated.

Thank you, sir.

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