Well, Trout, I'd given up on my "50-posts-in-50-days" mission (a la "50-goals-in-50-games") a while back, but I think I'll definitely try to post a bit more often.
This is my second post in one day--aren't you proud of me or what?!
Anyway, here are this week's musings from the Net and other sources:
1) http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/oddity_bizarre_names
Personally, I like the part about "Number 16 Bus Shelter", especially since I'd joked about this particular name myself, years ago, about filling out a store membership card application form using that as a fake address, just so that we wouldn't get junk mail or have identities stolen.
2) These were from the Westender:
Someone wrote in saying that a hotdog vendor was peeing into the bushes at a local beach before going back to his stand selling dogs. The poster noted there were no public washrooms in the area. Lesson? Be careful where you buy your food! Heck, better yet, prepare it yourself...
Another person wrote in saying he was ridiculed by some people on the street because he was in a cast and on crutches. It is indeed sad to hear that in this day and age, insensitive jerks are still picking on those who are less fortunate. Heck, I even work with certain people (at my school) who are racists and make inappropriate comments publicly, so it's not a surprise. But you know what, I don't have time for those kinds of people, and perhaps if something unfortunate were to happen to them down the road, I'd say no sympathy here at all.
3) Apparently, some grad students at the U. of A. have designed some kind of a poker-playing robot who could learn from past mistakes and rally to win their matches. Those of you who play online poker or do online gambling better watch out! Experts have suggested that these kinds of robots will soon rule the world of online gambling, meaning people will almost never win...
4) In a report I read, 82% of all working Canadians--according to StatsCan--make an annual salary of $50,000 or less. Meanwhile, only 16% make $50-100K. The other 2% make over $100K.
Thus, it's logical to suggest that if you make in the $60K range and higher, you're in the top 10% of income earners in Canada.
Congratulations! You guys are rich! Yay!
The Hockey Farmer / Showing Their Scales
Saturday, July 26, 2008
New York beats Boston again
The New York Yankees have come all the way back, winners of eight straight, and are now just one game back of the Boston Red Sox.
Boston (60-45) is two games behind first-place Tampa Bay (61-42), which won 5-3 in Kansas City on Saturday night.
New York (58-45) has not lost since the All-Star break, and have won the first two of their weekend series against their long-time nemesis at Fenway Park.
On Friday night, it was Joba Chamberlain and Mariano Rivera shutting down the Bosox 1-0.
Saturday afternoon, it was a 10-3 romp as Robinson Cano (3 hits, HR, 3 RBIs) and Andy Pettitte (6 IP, 1 ER, 7 K's) proved to be the difference.
Bobby Abreu added a key two-run double in a four-run sixth which broke open a tense 3-2 contest.
The Yankees suddenly find themselves one game behind Boston for second in the AL East and also for the wild card lead, continuing their tradition of being a second-half team.
Last season, New York was horrendous in the first half but rallied to take the AL wild card over Seattle and Detroit, and even gave Boston a scare by getting back into the divisional race.
The Yanks have already made a move this weekend, acquiring outfielder Xavier Nady and reliever Damaso Marte from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Both saw action on Saturday afternoon; Nady was in the starting lineup and went 0-for-3 with a walk, while Marte struck out Red Sox slugger David Ortiz in relief.
Will the Red Sox make a move before the July 31st non-waiver trading deadline?
Is it time yet for Sean Crowe and the Red Sox nation to panic?
Despite the fact I dislike the Yankees, I have to applaud them for making it all the way back the way things went in the first half: The Chien-Ming Wang injury and the problems in the rotation, the controversy about how to best use Chamberlain, Giambi's slump early on, the losses of Jorge Posada, Johnny Damon, and Hideki Matsui, and on and on.
I'll say this: if one team finishes a game or two out, be it the first-place Tampa Bay Rays, the Red Sox, or the Yankees, I'll have no sympathy.
Any one of those teams could have picked up Barry Bonds, but have chosen not to. So, whoever doesn't make the postseason, that's their problem.
Boston (60-45) is two games behind first-place Tampa Bay (61-42), which won 5-3 in Kansas City on Saturday night.
New York (58-45) has not lost since the All-Star break, and have won the first two of their weekend series against their long-time nemesis at Fenway Park.
On Friday night, it was Joba Chamberlain and Mariano Rivera shutting down the Bosox 1-0.
Saturday afternoon, it was a 10-3 romp as Robinson Cano (3 hits, HR, 3 RBIs) and Andy Pettitte (6 IP, 1 ER, 7 K's) proved to be the difference.
Bobby Abreu added a key two-run double in a four-run sixth which broke open a tense 3-2 contest.
The Yankees suddenly find themselves one game behind Boston for second in the AL East and also for the wild card lead, continuing their tradition of being a second-half team.
Last season, New York was horrendous in the first half but rallied to take the AL wild card over Seattle and Detroit, and even gave Boston a scare by getting back into the divisional race.
The Yanks have already made a move this weekend, acquiring outfielder Xavier Nady and reliever Damaso Marte from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Both saw action on Saturday afternoon; Nady was in the starting lineup and went 0-for-3 with a walk, while Marte struck out Red Sox slugger David Ortiz in relief.
Will the Red Sox make a move before the July 31st non-waiver trading deadline?
Is it time yet for Sean Crowe and the Red Sox nation to panic?
Despite the fact I dislike the Yankees, I have to applaud them for making it all the way back the way things went in the first half: The Chien-Ming Wang injury and the problems in the rotation, the controversy about how to best use Chamberlain, Giambi's slump early on, the losses of Jorge Posada, Johnny Damon, and Hideki Matsui, and on and on.
I'll say this: if one team finishes a game or two out, be it the first-place Tampa Bay Rays, the Red Sox, or the Yankees, I'll have no sympathy.
Any one of those teams could have picked up Barry Bonds, but have chosen not to. So, whoever doesn't make the postseason, that's their problem.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Boston, we have a problem !
So, suddenly Boston has lost two straight, while Tampa and New York have each gone 2-0. Should be panic time in Beantown for many die-hard Bosox fans... Wonder what Rick and Cliff think about it...
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/39298-boston-we-have-a-problem
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/39298-boston-we-have-a-problem
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