Thanks to the WBC and the Twins and Tigers having to have a one-off game for the division (which was an amazing game), I had to delay my Taco Week Playoff Predictions. Taco Week was technically last week, but as is the tradition here are my baseball picks for this postseason.

Here is my historical record*:

2002 - Right!
2003 - Right!

2004 - ( Read more... )

Well, it's a fun little tradition to do this survey.

The Archives:
2005
2006
2007

( 2008: The Year in Review )

I know I'm sort of late to the game on this one, but doesn't David Foster Wallace's suicide somewhat invalidate the point of his 2005 commencement speech? Or at least prove that he couldn't take his own advice? I mean, what good does it do to remind yourself that "this is water" if you're doing it while you're drowning ( Read more... )

My mother, who has been unable to walk and bedridden in a nursing care facility for months, can suddenly walk again. Not to mention dance. We had expected that she was going to spend the rest of her life at this "rehabilitation clinic." Now she thinks she will be out in a matter of months, if not sooner (which should be interesting considering she ( Read more... )

Hat tip to T who found this in the comments secton of an unrelated page (about CNN promising us more holograms, no less) I linked him to:

"I just took a little quiz on aol, and I learned that Barack Obama is only the fourth sitting senator to ever be elected president. The other three were James Garfield, Warren Harding and JFK ( Read more... )

If you're a political junkie like I am, you'll probably enjoy these. Each candidate roasts the other at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner. While they're both funny, John McCain kills. Enjoy.

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Well, it's been an interesting Taco Week already. If you haven't already seen, feel free to check out my videos of the opening day of Taco Week on facebook. Still, I've really been itching to do my annual Taco Week Baseball Playoff Picks and with the AL Central division finally decided (what a game!), I can do that now ( Read more... )

It was just a few years ago that ( Read more... )

Well, it's a fun little tradition to do this survey, (Here's 2006's and 2005's) so let's go ahead and do it again.

( 2007: The Year in Review )

For those of you who are interested, here are some pics of my car after I had discovered it had been hit on Sunday (Courtesy of T):

( No need to worry. It's still pink and embarrassing. )