I always told myself I would never be one of those to worry about “neglecting” my site. I don’t know if I’d call it “neglect”, but I’ve sat down for 3 nights in a row now and come up empty. I think part of it is the downtime at work spent staring into a computer screen, yet for the aforementioned “should I blog at work” and “I don’t want any more co-workers knowing about this site” reasons, I stay away from posting until I get home. By then, its PS2, Family Guy, bed. Healthy, I know, but for some reason I just haven’t been up to posting. From the looks of my comments, I can tell I’ve been missed.

Anyway, without further adieu, worthless bits of randomness:

-The Expos are officially (?) moving to Washington. Dan is taking it pretty hard, and looking at it from the “baseball purist” point of view that I’m sure he looks at it from, its a pretty shitty deal. Being a veteran of two franchise moves of my favorite teams, I can only imagine what the true blue (Labatt Blue, to be exact) Expos fans are going through.

Ironically, Wednesday (or maybe it was Thursday) is the anniversary of the last game played in Washington D.C. 33 years ago. And, on Wednesday, the Texas Rangers (where the Washington Senators moved to in 1971) were eliminated from the playoffs. I had the math all figured out for the weekend, they needed to win their last 5, have Oakland lose their one of their next two, then get swept by Anaheim to put Texas in a one-game playoff. Oakland lost, Texas blew a 9th inning lead and lost in extra innings. Its funny how your expectations for a team you figured would finish dead last change when they spend some time in first place. And every time I counted them out, they made a charge and came back. Less than a week to go in the season and they still had hope. Maybe if they find some pitching next year, they’ll be dangerous.

-One more baseball note, Julio Franco is hitting .305, and needs 4 hits to have 100 on the season. Just as important, even if he gets no hits in the Braves’ last 4 games, as long as he has five or fewer at bats, he’ll hit .300 for the year. Either way, his career average will stay at or around .300. You might not be impressed, but I am. At 46 years old (?) he has proven himself to be a valuable asset to a team, not just this year, but likely into next year as well.

-I wonder if this bear is related to this bear?

–Dan has also been kind enough to show off what we pass off as “work” each night. For those of you wondering about the Reggie Rutland/Cathy Dennis connection, here it is.

–Pete keeps telling everyone not to gamble with his NFL picks. Would someone please start betting with them? Even with a solid 9-5 week, he goes an astonishing 11-3 to win his third straight week, and open up a 4 pick lead on me. Knowing to never pick the Browns again should at least earn me a push through the end of the season.

-Funny, but at my school, they only ever gave us brownies.

-Congrats to Matt and Kim, my cousin (Matt) who got married over the weekend (to Kim). It was a great time, and whoever had the idea to put Labatt on tap, I’m forever indebted to your services. (In fact, I loved it so much that by the end of the night, I poured a full beer out on the table for my dead homies!)

-Finally, while the taste of BG’s embarrassing lost has almost subsided (at least until the end of the MAC season when we all realize how big that game really was, and all the BG fans already realized it was HUGE), the road ahead for the Browns is much less attractive. Its so bad, I think the team is looking into buying scalpels and crutches wholesale next season. Fortunately, NFL 2K5 for PS2 has been a great release for the crap the Browns put on the field week in and week out. Of course, coming off a satisfying 60 point win at New Orleans, I promptly lose my starting RB for the year.

Who says video games don’t imitate life?