Published on Fri Oct 29, 2004, 2:41 pm .
It already seems like a dream—the Red Sox reversed the 86-year curse, by sweeping the World Series on Wednesday night, and I haven’t posted yet. I gotta say, it’s been a great thing for this town, and for its decades of great teams that just couldn’t win it all.
Schilling, Pedro, DLowe, Ortiz, Manny, Foulke… all heroes. Can’t wait to great them at the parade tomorrow.
But what is up with Schilling, shilling for Bush ? Someone needs to tell him that there are two Evil Empires—the Yankees, and the Bushies.
This is Kerry country, Curt. We love the way you pitch, and we put up with all your “I love Jesus” talk, but nobody cares if you’re for lowering your own taxes, and not everybody else’s. Keep that to yourself.
Apparently, his “doctors” instructed him to cancel the appearances with Bush in New Hampshire, today.
Wickid Smaaaht…
Published on Thu Oct 21, 2004, 1:47 am .
I’m on a cloud right now… I never thought that I’d see “this”:http://www.flickr.com/photos/nedward/975727/.
Published on Wed Oct 20, 2004, 3:19 pm .
I can’t believe how well Schilling pitched last night, with a “bloody sock”:http://bostondirtdogs.boston.com/Headline_Archives/2004/10/game_6_red_sox_1.html and all… I had my doubts, but from the first pitch, I knew he had “good stuff”:http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2004/10/20/magnificent_schilling_gave_them_a_strong_foothold/.
That said, I don’t think the Yankees will choke tonight… we need only remember “Game 7 last year”:http://www.boston.com/sports/nesn/caron/10_20_04/. But, I’d love to see A-Rod crying into Jeter’s arms more than anything…
“D-Lowe”:http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2004/10/20/it_looks_like_lowe_for_game_7/ is capable of a good outing — let’s just hope he can keep his head clear, and get that sinker turning over.
On to “Game 7″:http://video.nesn.com/global/video/WorldNowASX.asp?playerType=native&ClipID1=274711&h1=Previewing%20Game%207&vt1=v&at1=Sport&d1=154033&LaunchPageAdTag=null&activePane=info&playerVersion=6 — “Keep the Faith”:http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/playoffs04/cubeart/
Published on Mon Oct 18, 2004, 11:53 pm .
My heart felt as if it would explode tonight, as the “Red Sox”:http://redsox.com & “Yankees”:http://www.yankee-hater.com/yankeehater/store-front.html again took it to extra innings, in “Game 5″:http://nytimes.com/2004/10/18/sports/baseball/19YANKS-WIRE.html?hp.
“David Ortiz”:http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/player.jsp?player_id=120074 came through *huge* (again) tonight for the Sox, and we’d probably be talking about an MVP award at this point, except for the fact that the Sox lost the first 3 games in the series.
But, we’re through to Game 6, and I’m encouraged by the pitching (starting and bullpen) in the past two games. The big question is, can Curt Schilling pitch well tomorrow, with the tendon injury and the high-top cleat? I sure hope so.
Published on Wed Oct 13, 2004, 1:58 pm .
What happens when you’re a new publicly-traded company, and you announce that you’re not going to meet the quarterly projections?
Stock free-fall.
* *Bad news*? Lay-offs and termination. 10 people at our site, about 10%.
* *Good news*? They fired some really useless people. Also, the only team mentioned in the meeting as doing _well_, was my team and my project.
Whew.
Still, it is scary– like it’s the year 2000 all over again. Strangely, I wore my defunct _dot com_ fleece jacket to work today. What a bad omen.
Published on Wed Oct 6, 2004, 1:51 pm .
UPDATE: Another funny note, if you go to the URL provided by Cheney in the debate last night, factcheck.com, it forwards to George Soros’ anti-Bush site. The Soros site claims not to be behind the re-direct, so some domain-squatter has a sense of humor.
As usual, kos, atrios and the other Liberal webloggers are fact-checking where the major media outlets will not. Here are some of Cheney’s assertions in the debate, and why they’re lies:
- CHENEY: “Your hometown newspaper has taken to calling you Senator Gone.”—LIE
- CHENEY: “You’ve got one of the worst attendance records in the United States Senate… I’m up in the Senate most Tuesdays when they’re in session… The first time I ever met you was when you walked on the stage tonight.”—LIE and LIE
- CHENEY: “Well, the reason they keep mentioning Halliburton is because they’re trying to throw up a smokescreen. They know the charges are false. They know that if you go, for example, to factcheck[.org], an independent Web site sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania, you can get the specific details with respect to Halliburton.”—LIE
Also, the DNC posted a 1-minute video, Cheney vs. Reality. Good to see the good guys punching back.
Kos also has a good round-up of reactions from the Liberal newspapers, and Salon calls out the Hardball crew on MSNBC.
Lazy, lazy media… they complain that webloggers aren’t always prudently journalistic, but it’s clear that they are better than reporters at digging up the facts.
Published on Tue Oct 5, 2004, 3:22 pm .
For you Boston-area readers, if you self-identify yourself as a Liberal, or if you’re an undecided, (I still don’t know how you could be), tune your car stereos to “AM 1430 or 1200″:http://www.am1430wxks.com/ — “Air America Radio”:http://airamericaradio.com has “come to Boston”:http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2004/10/01/air_america_finds_local_home/.
One stupid thing, is that the station doesn’t carry “Randi Rhodes”:http://therandirhodesshow.com and “Janeane Garofalo”:http://www.majorityreportradio.com _live_. Because it’s on delay, you can’t call in with questions, as you listen.
Hmmm… since the station is owned by “Clear Channel”:http://clearchannel.com, and they have their own talent and shows… perhaps they are afraid to let Randi and Janeane compete with the home-grown crap?
I’d have to do some more research, but it looks pretty fishy…
