unfortunate if true

So last night we joked that the only way the sox could come back to win the game was if we went to bed and stopped watching.  Last night it worked out great for us, because well, we were exhausted.  It seems like almost immediately after we shut off the television, the red sox did indeed manage to come back in a big way.
My point is this:  how much would it suck to have a true superstition that your favorite sports team only wins games when you don't watch them?  Of course we're leaving out the whole irrationality of it, but if it was somehow magically true, I think it would be a curse the likes of which deserve it's own Twilight Zone episode.  Just imagine, if you will, not being able to do something you really enjoy for the fear of ruining it for everyone (including yourself) that could enjoy that activity.  At that point you might be considered a fanatic, but no longer are you really a fan.
I'd much rather be left blind in the library at the end of the world.

An ode to hops

Of all the things I missed, and there are quite a few, american beer is one of the biggies.  I don't know why the english refuse to flavour flavor their brews with hops, because it makes the beer taste oh-so-much better.  On the flip side, their beer is pretty conducive to quaffing by the pint... so it's a wash in the end.

the past in box form

Do you remeber all of the things that you dutifully collected and saved as a child, sure in the knowledge that it would be worth a fortune by the time you grew old?  Yeah, me too.  What the hell am I supposed to do with 30 lbs. worth of baseball cards and two crates full of well-thumbed comics?  Also, why aren't they worth the fortune that I was led to believe it would be; I've got a #287 x-men comic that I thought was going to pay for my first house here...

sigh

day # 517

Last night I had a dream about the difference between the words eccentric and insane (spoiler: it's wealth).  There was one guy building a nuclear bomb shelter in his back yard, which is just insane.  There was another (rich obviously) guy building a complete stone castle to help fend of the coming zombie hordes, which is of course a bit eccentric in the main, but what else should rich people spend money on?

bedhead

The hair on my head looks like a horrible cross between the cookie monster and shepherd Book.  I feel like it is about to attack tokyo.

more football

wow. for a team that seems to spend a whole lot of time on the ground faking injury, brazil is quite a good team.

football

time to kick it up a notch usa.  I would love to see us go on to the next round while england hangs itself up to dry.  I'm not vicious about sports by nature......oh wait, baseball....wellllll anyhow go usa!  it's time to show those algerians home!  wherever that is... (google in progress)
oh now I see. their calling code is 213 by the bye.