And here I thought I'd be pissed if the Red Sox traded Hanley Ramirez (reportedly the top prospect in their organization). And now they've done it. They traded Ramirez and a couple of other prospects for Josh Beckett and Mike Lowell. Lowell I could take or leave; he's an overpaid 3rd/1st baseman who might suck. But on the other hand, he used to ( Read more... )

The other day a friend of mine expressed confusion over my last journal entry. (The whole being content thing after a double blowout.) I can see his point, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Nevertheless, let me say that I'm happier than I can remember being in a long time. At the moment even the bad things that are happening are just ( Read more... )

Today as I came home from work (I was still in the parking lot actually) I decided I needed to make a phone call, and I reached for my cellphone. Unfortunately my cellphone was nestled awkwardly in my pants pocket so reaching it while sitting down in the car was no easy task. In fact it was so not easy that I lost control of the car, ran right ( Read more... )

So in my job we wreck stuff a lot. By wreck stuff I mean dig up the ground and rip out trees and stuff to make room for things like roads and houses. I understand the need for these things, and this doesn't bother me at all. What does bother me is this... In my job we also have coffee breaks and lunch breaks, and often we have these things ( Read more... )

As I write this, I am confronted by one of mankind's most difficult, most rewarding, and most recurring decisions. It is one that has plagued human beings since probably the dawn of time, when the possible choices would have been very limited. I have been thinking about it for some time now, and am no closer to an answer. I'm able to put off the ( Read more... )

So the best week ever for me will soon be at an end. By the best week ever I of course mean a completely terrible week. It all started Sunday evening when I was told by the Girl-That-I-Love that she was "sort of seeing someone else." Great start to the week. That kept me nice and pissed off / depressed 'till, well, ok I'm still pissed off / ( Read more... )

Well I heard there was a secret chord ( Read more... )

I know now what I have to do.

I was in one of those moods today, the one where if anyone looks at you in just the right way you're liable to bite their head off. Fortunately no one looked at me that way, and I didn't run into enough people I knew to really pose a threat. It all started yesterday night when suddenly I was hit with a wave of despair. It carried through into ( Read more... )

The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day ( Read more... )