Byebye
the goodbye weekend starts today as we leave for the beach. Lots of alcomohol....pool...beach...stars....ahh yessss

Update
Finally got my Dreamweaver and some new pieces are up, as well as the latest two books. Check them out.

Website
I know that neither the writing nor the reading has been updated in a while but that's because Koji was in town and because my Dreamweaver version has expired, so that means that I have to get a new one, which I will, hopefully today, and post Caos, a book in spanish by a Guatemalan writer, as well as a few pieces I've just recently written.

Koji Boji san
Well my friend Koji left today after visiting from Japan. We went to Tikal, Antigua, and hung out in the city, it was a blast. Now the japanese businessman has to go back to work and make some money.

I was left with a deep sense of duty. Duty to change some of my lazy ways and actually take advantage of the time that I have. So I have. Hopefully this high will last for a while.

Happy Sprinkle Dust

Grad School
Well today I woke up at 7am (for no good reason) and it suddenly became clear that DePaul University is the school for me. So look out Chitown, I'm comin' to get my Masters!

Mug Shot
Looks like I got in trouble a while back for a little attempted robbery.

I swear it wasn't me!

Baseball
It seems a lot of people not only dislike Barry Bonds (no surprises there) but think he is a cheater with respects to steroids and such. I don't know. Look at Jose Canseco, he used steroids, so did Ken Caminiti, and they didn't make it into their late 30s hitting the way Barry is.

Let's get one thing straight, I don't really care for his personality, but at least he's honest. When asked how he does it, he goes, "talent." Gotta love it in this era of excessive humility and "aww shucks" type responses.

But look at the numbers, they don't lie. Barry Bonds is doing things that have absolutely nothing to do with steroids. Look at his OBP (which is truly ludicrous) and the walks, watch him hit. He rarely goes out of the strike zone, and that's the mark of a truly great hitter. It has nothing to do with steroids. As Mark McGuire used to say during the accusations he faced (and the Andro scandal), it's still about hand-eye coordination, and Barry has it.

Random
An interesting excercise from Andrew's blog (Tomorrow is a harsh mistress), and here it is:

- Grab the nearest book.

- Open the book to page 23.

- Find the fifth sentence.

- Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.


This is what I got:

"Now synods supported by the state authorities met and deposed both bishops; noteworthy among them was a synod at Tyre in 335.

More to come...

Baseball
Remember Jeriome Robertson, the pitcher from the Astros that "demanded" a trade after Clemens and Pettite were acquired? Well there is a little article on him here making him out to be the poor guy for having to move so much. They fail to note how he demanded a trade. Punk.

Todd Walker has been doing a phenomenal job as the Cubs leadoff hitter and 2B since Grudzielanek has been on the DL. Baker continues to say that Grudz is the 2B when he comes back, that Walker "knew what he was getting into" as a backup. But come on, this team's big problem is a lack of walks and of OBP. Walker provides just that (.462 OBP). Baker keeps throwing in the .314 or whatever it was that Grudz hit last season. Yes, that's fine, but a .350-ish OBP from your leadoff man? Not good enough, and if you want to throw numbers out how about .283 Average, 13HR 85RBIs and 92 runs scored? Yeah, that's what I thought. So now it's been discussed to throw Grudz to SS and have Gonzalez on the bench more. His defense is impeccable, but his bat is erratic and he strikes out too much. My advice? Play Grudz at 2B once a week, the rest goes to Walker. Then play Grudz at SS 2-3 times a week, giving him plenty of ABs and keeping him fresh since he's coming off his Achilles injury. This way AGon at SS gets to play around 4 times a week, he stays fresh, and Walker becomes the 2B taking a day a week off to strengthen the bench and stay fresh. Of course, when Walker is playing you have to go with him at leadoff, Grudz at 2, and Patterson down in the order. He is not a number two hitter.

Check out Barry Bonds' career numbers, really really ridiculous. Look at his OBPs!!

Yankees and Bush suck
I love to see the Yankees suffer, it just makes me realize what a bad person I am and how much hate I have for them. Jeter does indeed suck.


Bush says he will go after Iran. Read the article and substitute Iran with Iraq, it'll take you back some.