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Friday: September 14, 2007 - Las Vegas Marlins
This graphic really makes me sad. This is an actual mid-game photograph from a few days ago in Miami where the Marlins were hosting the Nationals. There were only 400 people in attendance in a stadium that, when hosting football games, is packed with over 75,000. What a stupid thing to make you sad, you say. You might be right--sad is probably not the right word, just disappointed. The Marlins, while profoundly in last place this year, nonetheless have two World Series rings in the past twenty years, which is more than I can say for the Cubs. You would think fans in Miami, wanting to see their winning team, might actually go to the games but instead they...I don't know, drive really fast around town. Ingrates. That goes for you too Braves fans--you don't know how good you have (ok, had) it.
Chris was our first participant in yesterday's tag and I'm glad I was able to draw him out of a three month hiatus from blogging. Hopefully we will see the rest in the next few days. Go State!
This graphic really makes me sad. This is an actual mid-game photograph from a few days ago in Miami where the Marlins were hosting the Nationals. There were only 400 people in attendance in a stadium that, when hosting football games, is packed with over 75,000. What a stupid thing to make you sad, you say. You might be right--sad is probably not the right word, just disappointed. The Marlins, while profoundly in last place this year, nonetheless have two World Series rings in the past twenty years, which is more than I can say for the Cubs. You would think fans in Miami, wanting to see their winning team, might actually go to the games but instead they...I don't know, drive really fast around town. Ingrates. That goes for you too Braves fans--you don't know how good you have (ok, had) it.
Chris was our first participant in yesterday's tag and I'm glad I was able to draw him out of a three month hiatus from blogging. Hopefully we will see the rest in the next few days. Go State!
Comments:
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The Marlins are not moving to Las Vegas; nor is any team; gambling issues & especially after the NBA ASG incident. The Hurricanes are going from the Orange Bowl to Dolphin Stadium, then they'd tear down the Orange Bowl and build the new retractable dome stadium for the Marlins. Rain is one of the reasons that keeps the fans away (to 3,000, as opposed to 400). And Miami is a difficult town to gauge in sports: they got 3 pro-teams in a span of 8 years, and that's a lot to absorb. And what happened to the 1997 Marlins was one of the worst things to ever have done in baseball. I still say contraction is the best option. But Selig is too proud and ignorant to actually do it.
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Time Machine:
03-11-2009
· 03-11-2008
· 03-11-2007
· 03-11-2006
03-11-2009: My house is going to be clean like you don't even know for the many Fests this month. I have about four laundry loads left and some dog-washing and vacuuming left to do but on the whole I'm in pretty good shape for Chris' arrival Friday evening.
I've got a good 12 of 12 in the works since I have a lot to do. I already missed my 10am meeting at Wachovia but whatever, it's my money and I call the shots. That's what you get for paying me like .000004% interest. I still need to pick up Abby from Jamie's before I do another load of laundry and then drive out to Reston.
PromotionCode.org is almost up to 100 fans on Facebook so if you're not already a fan, it would be nice of you to become one as a personal favor to me. It's rare that I mention anything work related so you should feel honored to be a part of today's entry.
There was big news on the FriendFront last night but I'm not sure if it has been disseminated fully enough for a mention. You know who you are, you just let me know.03-11-2008: Jamie flew back into town yesterday afternoon from Jacksonville and I made it to Reagan in about 15 minutes. With Brian's map I can now do no wrong. After I picked her up we caught a bus (gasp) to Tenleytown where we had lunch then got on the metro (gasp) so she could get fingerprinted for her internship and I could get my SMARTcard. The woman fingerprinting her kept trying to resend a fax and must have done it fifty times while we were there. Getting my SMARTcard was pretty easy although I was hoping it would somehow be smart enough to repel the stench of the homeless on the bus from infiltrating my nose but no, it's just not that smart.
After having dinner in Georgetown we came back to my house and built my dining room table and about 95% of the kitchen pantry. Because it was so late I didn't want to do any hammering or else that would have gotten done too. With those items complete I'm down to only needing to build my new dresser and a bookshelf. Once THAT'S done then I can finally finish up my office and empty out four of the remaining tubs. Awesome. 03-11-2007: Ah, Poker Night. The four of us trotted over to Renee and Ian's around 6:30 to settle in to some poker. Ian made some sort of delicious chicken and mashed potato dish (how can you lose with that combination?) and Chris volunteered some of now-famous pepperoni bread. Ian was the star of the show, ending his string of 2nd place finishes and ruining the nights of everyone else. We stuck around to see if Renee could make a comeback against her boy toy but it was not to be. After leaving our $5 in Ian's wallet we adjourned home. Once there Chris and I broke out some red wine and Jamie and Mike(r) met up with Carlos for a night of dancing. Since Chris and I are old we fell asleep early and the rest of the part returned around 3am-ish.
Week 7
1) Ian (RG, MC, MR)
2) Renee (CE)
3) Mike (CP,JB)
4) Chris
5) Michael
6) Christen
7) Jamie
PCS Standings
1) Mike (2.28) [15 Kills]
T2) Ian (3.00) [6 Kills]
T2) Amy (3.00) [0 Kills]
4) Chris (3.14) [8 Kills]
5) Jamie (4.80) [4 Kills]
6) Christen (5.00) [2 Kills]
7) Renee (5.70) [2 Kill]
8) Tim (7.00) [0 Kills]I took the day off blogging but only because I was thinking of you.
I've got a good 12 of 12 in the works since I have a lot to do. I already missed my 10am meeting at Wachovia but whatever, it's my money and I call the shots. That's what you get for paying me like .000004% interest. I still need to pick up Abby from Jamie's before I do another load of laundry and then drive out to Reston.
PromotionCode.org is almost up to 100 fans on Facebook so if you're not already a fan, it would be nice of you to become one as a personal favor to me. It's rare that I mention anything work related so you should feel honored to be a part of today's entry.
There was big news on the FriendFront last night but I'm not sure if it has been disseminated fully enough for a mention. You know who you are, you just let me know.03-11-2008: Jamie flew back into town yesterday afternoon from Jacksonville and I made it to Reagan in about 15 minutes. With Brian's map I can now do no wrong. After I picked her up we caught a bus (gasp) to Tenleytown where we had lunch then got on the metro (gasp) so she could get fingerprinted for her internship and I could get my SMARTcard. The woman fingerprinting her kept trying to resend a fax and must have done it fifty times while we were there. Getting my SMARTcard was pretty easy although I was hoping it would somehow be smart enough to repel the stench of the homeless on the bus from infiltrating my nose but no, it's just not that smart.
After having dinner in Georgetown we came back to my house and built my dining room table and about 95% of the kitchen pantry. Because it was so late I didn't want to do any hammering or else that would have gotten done too. With those items complete I'm down to only needing to build my new dresser and a bookshelf. Once THAT'S done then I can finally finish up my office and empty out four of the remaining tubs. Awesome. 03-11-2007: Ah, Poker Night. The four of us trotted over to Renee and Ian's around 6:30 to settle in to some poker. Ian made some sort of delicious chicken and mashed potato dish (how can you lose with that combination?) and Chris volunteered some of now-famous pepperoni bread. Ian was the star of the show, ending his string of 2nd place finishes and ruining the nights of everyone else. We stuck around to see if Renee could make a comeback against her boy toy but it was not to be. After leaving our $5 in Ian's wallet we adjourned home. Once there Chris and I broke out some red wine and Jamie and Mike(r) met up with Carlos for a night of dancing. Since Chris and I are old we fell asleep early and the rest of the part returned around 3am-ish.
Week 7
1) Ian (RG, MC, MR)
2) Renee (CE)
3) Mike (CP,JB)
4) Chris
5) Michael
6) Christen
7) Jamie
PCS Standings
1) Mike (2.28) [15 Kills]
T2) Ian (3.00) [6 Kills]
T2) Amy (3.00) [0 Kills]
4) Chris (3.14) [8 Kills]
5) Jamie (4.80) [4 Kills]
6) Christen (5.00) [2 Kills]
7) Renee (5.70) [2 Kill]
8) Tim (7.00) [0 Kills]I took the day off blogging but only because I was thinking of you.