There's a fire in the mountains near my house right now. At the moment, there's no danger but it's very dry and the winds could change anytime. I'm not really worried about it, though.

That's the fire seen behind my house. My house isn't burning. Click through for a bigger image.

In other news, a new bar just opened up around the corner from my house. Walking distance. And I know the owners (they're bowlers). And I'll probably know a lot of the regulars (also bowlers). This can't be good for my liver or wallet. It'll never be a problem getting the Mets game on, though. Also, they have a Wii in the bar. That should be... interesting.

Well, I guess it's not here yet. At least it's been announced.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_in_Rock_Band#Future_downloads

Cameras:
Still photography and hand-held video cameras for personal use are allowed in the ballpark. Per MLB restrictions game action cannot be recorded. Professional photography equipment, cameras with lenses larger than four inches and camera support pods are not permitted. Please be courteous to those around you when taking pictures. Please do not stand at the bottom of an aisle to take pictures.

http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/ana/ballpark/guide.jsp#C

I love it when a plan comes together.

I've really got nothing at all to talk about lately, so... I put up a few pictures from the games in San Diego. They can be found here: http://flickr.com/photos/penner42/sets/72157605578587212/.

I will not be joining everyone in Vegas this weekend, for a few reasons. I really didn't want to go just Friday night to Sunday night (or Monday morning), and I've already got plans for my vacation days this year. Also, I haven't played much poker lately, and just generally don't know if I can handle a weekend in Vegas right now. Anyway, I'm sure everyone will manage to have a good time without me.

Instead, I'm heading to San Diego this weekend, and going to two Mets/Padres games. Saturday night, I'm sitting way up in the nosebleeds, and then Sunday afternoon I'll be four rows behind the Mets dugout. Looks like I'll get to see Oliver Perez and Pedro pitch. It's going to be a scary couple of games. I've never been to PETCO Park (all caps? really?) before, so it should be fun. The Mets look like they might have started to turn things around, winning three straight series now. Of course, two of those series were against the Dodgers (mediocre) and the Giants (bad), but one was against the Marlins, who have been pretty good. The Padres are another bad team, so hopefully we can pull out another series there.

I'm looking forward to this. I think I need to get out of Santa Barbara for a weekend right now.