Damn you Stephen King!
I finally finish the "Dark Tower" series a few months ago, bringing to a close the years of waiting and reading that went into the 7 book series, and Stephen King decides that it's not enough to end the story, he has to team up with Marvel for a new comic book series.
"The series will expand the saga of King’s epic hero, Roland Deschain, whose quest to save the Dark Tower is captured in seven best-selling novels published over the course of twenty-five years. King’s unparalleled storytelling power will inform new stories that delve into the life and times of the young Roland, revealing the trials and conflicts that lead to the burden of destiny he must assume as a man, the last Gunslinger from a world that has moved on. The comics will work in conjunction with the novels, further supplementing and defining the saga’s mythology under the direction of the acclaimed author himself."
Here I go again...
Supreme humor
So now that Harriet Miers is out, President Bush has a new Supreme Court nominee. He's Samuel Alito, and apparently, his nomination is going to be the fight we've been waiting for. The Dems are already decrying him as a threat to everything from abortion to privacy to world peace (ok, I made up that last one). Should be fun.
So, is it just me, or does anyone else think that with him and Antonin Scalia on the court, it's going to turn into a "Sopranos" episode? Sammy "The Bull" and Anto "The Iceman". Yeah, I'm that guy who goes for the cheap ethnic joke every time....
Slice and dice
Things were going well yesterday. The Giants were smoking the Skins, I was about to leave for my first day of the new curling season, and I had gotten a good bit of drywall mudding done (yes, we are still working on the basement). I was cleaning up after the drywall mud, when the mud trough slipped out of my hands. I instinctively grabbed it, and caught it with my index finger right on the sharp corner. Slice! Right through the side of the finger, taking off a nice chunk of flesh.
Lisa was quick to grab the first aid kit, and Ellie was very concerned for me. It didn't bleed too badly, but it looked really ugly. We wrapped it in gauze, and then had to leave for curling. Lisa drove, since I wasn't feeling 100%. And naturally, we got caught in traffic, and since I wasn't driving, I wasn't able to maneuver out of the jam to any of the shortcuts I knew.
Naturally, I got there late, and the ice was full for pick-up curling, and I only got to throw a couple of rocks. Alas. But on the plus side, that meant that we got first crack at the pizza.
Then, we got home, and I tried to put Ellie to sleep. She's been very daddy-centric lately, and so I've been able to get her to sleep without much trouble. But last night, she wasn't having any of it (maybe something to do with my coughing fits more than anything), and I had to call Lisa in to take over.
An ugly end to a good day. By the way, my finger is feeling fine, but this morning, the gauze was stuck to the little flap of skin and almost tore it off. Not pretty. I made sure to choose a non-stick bandage this time.
Shutout!
Unbelievable. I'm still in shock this morning over the 36-0 shellacking the Giants laid on the Redskins. I admit being a little nervous though, when they kept kicking field goals instead of punching in touchdowns, but obviously, when they kept utterly shutting down the Redskins' offense, there wasn't a lot to worry about. I imagine that some non-Giants fans might have been getting sick of all the adulation piled on Wellington Mara though. But it's something you have to understand, he's pretty much the only owner Giants fans have ever known, and he's always done things the right way You can dog George Steinbrenner all you want, he probably deserves it. But Wellington Mara is a class act who deserved all the praise he got yesterday. Rest in Peace.
Sprint Likely To Launch Power Vision (Music Downloads Over-the-air) Monday
Sprint will launch a service allowing full downloads of music tracks over the air to a mobile phone on Monday. The service is said to provide dual-downloads - to both a mobile phone and PC - for the single cost of $2.50 per track.
Indictments on Smoking Gun
I've been really busy at work lately, but I wanted to make sure everyone saw that The Smoking Gun already has the indictments against "Scooter" Libby up on its web site: Libby Indicted In CIA Leak Case - October 28, 2005. The good stuff is on page 20, where they detail his grand jury testimony, underlining the portions that are lies. It pretty much goes quetion, lie, question, lie. Good stuff.
It's not the crime, it's the coverup. You'd think high ranking people in Washington would know that by now.
Guinness anyone?
Not quite a Friday freebie, but nice anyways. $3 off a bottle 12-pack or can 8 pack of Guinness. Brilliant!
Home Video Arcade Machine
Here's your early Christmas idea everyone:
Target Stores will start selling full size video Arcade machines for less than $500. The one machine plays 12 of the original arcade versions of Defender, Defender II, Robotron, Joust, Bubbles, Splat, Sinistar, Rampage, Rootbeer Tapper, Wizard of Wor, Timber, and Satan's Hollow.
Pinky and the Brain and Animaniacs may be coming to DVD
According to industry sources, we may see Pinky and the Brain and Animaniacs on DVD possibly in mid-2006. Brilliant! Too bad it's not in time for Christmas this year.
White Sox win! Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz….
If I hadn't been obsessed with getting stupid SSH working on my home computer (I think I've pinpointed the problem. Any surprise that it's Microsoft's fault?), I would have never watched last night's game. As it was, I was so distracted that even though I saw the only run score, I had no idea Brad Lidge was the one pitching. So he blew it again. Wow. So much for Lock Down Lidge.
My favorite part of the game was when Willy Taveras got hit on the hand by a pitch (it seemed clear on replay that he got hit, but I didn't have the sound on, so I don't know what the announcers concluded), and A.J. Pierzynski tried to convince the ump that Taveras fouled the ball off (like Jermaine Dye actually did in a previous game). Pierzynski looked disgusted when the ump ruled that Taveras had been hit. Yeah, cuz you're one to talk, A.J. Don't get used to this feeling, White Sox, because even though you were the best team, you won thanks to some questionable calls and ethics. You may well be cursed for another 90 years.
On to the offseason. The Yankees somehow convinced Brian Cashman to stay on as GM! Let's see what magic he can pull off this offseason.
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