I hate the Yankees as much as anyone who’s not a fan, but this is just awful.
NEW YORK — A small plane with New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle aboard crashed into a 50-story condominium tower Wednesday on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, killing at least two people — including Lidle — and raining flaming debris on sidewalks, authorities said.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2621860
Great game last night. Mets beat the Dodgers 9-5, to go to the NLCS. They’ll face the Cardinals or the Padres.
Possibly the best part of the game was walking up the stairs to the pavilion section in my Wright jersey. As soon as I got to the top, the whole section started the boos. It was awesome.
GO PADRES! I just bought tickets to NLCS Home Games 1 and 2 (Saturday and Sunday) in San Diego.
Update: Damn Cardinals. Looks like I have to go to St. Louis if I’m gonna see any NLCS weekend games.
…One to go. The Mets are up two games to none over the Dodgers in the NLDS. I guess I’m rooting for a sweep, even though that means I won’t have a game to go to on Sunday. I’ll be at Dodger Stadium Saturday, in the front row of the pavilion section in the outfield. Sunday, if necessary.
Let’s Go Mets!
The first half or so of pictures from my trip are up. More to come when I have time, which means possibly Sunday if there’s no baseball game. Gallery.
No, not the Mets. 🙂
Fox News never ceases to amaze me. I’m gonna give them the benefit of the doubt on this one, and believe it’s an honest mistake until I see otherwise, but… damn.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn7qCzV5sNM.
Screenshot:
I saw this on another blog while reading through bloglines, and now can’t remember which. Sorry for not giving credit.
Update: OK, I can no longer give them the benefit of the doubt. They’re doing this intentionally. They did it several other times, including this one:
Note: For anyone confused here, Foley is a Republican, not a Democrat.
Posting on my Treo from LAX… flight home in 25 minutes.
The Padres pulled through for me and took the division, meaning I get a Mets/Dodgers NLDS with games in LA on a weekend. As soon as I get home, it’s off to eBay for tickets…
Update: Tickets purchased. Four for each game, Saturday and Sunday (if necessary).
I’m in Venice now. The internet access at the hotel is ridiculously expensive, so no pictures at the moment. It’ll probably wait until I get back. Having a great time. 🙂
T-Mobile’s international roaming seems to work. I’m on the ground in Geneva, and exhausted.
In a cab to the hotel now.
I’m now in New York, but I head to the airport in about an hour. Then I’m out of the country for two weeks. I will probably be online and maybe even post from time to time while I’m gone. I’m really looking forward to this vacation. Maybe I’ll get some pictures up before I come back.
The Mets magic number is one. A win tonight (or a loss by the Phillies) and the Mets take the division. I’ll be on a plane when it happens… hopefully, no snakes involved.
Talk to everyone in October!
I seem to start every other post with something along the lines of, “Wow, I haven’t posted in a while.” Yeah, I’m good at blogging.
If the Braves sweep a doubleheader from Philly, and the Mets beat the Marlins today, the Mets clinch the division. If not, it’ll happen in the next couple of days anyway. At least I hope it will, I want it to happen before I leave the country. I’m also rooting for the Dodgers to take the wild card, not win the NL West, so the Mets will play them in the first round (it could happen if the Dodgers win the division, wild card comes out of the East, and Cards finish with a better record than LA, too, but it’s easier if the Dodgers just get the wild card). If that does happen, home games one (and two, if necessary) at Dodger Stadium will be a Saturday and Sunday, and I will be there for sure. Assuming the Mets finish with the best record in the NL (which they will), it would mean I’d get to see them in LA.
Update: The Phillies beat Atlanta in the first game, so no clinch today. Oh well.
I’m going on vacation today, flying redeye to JFK tonight, and then Friday out of New York to Geneva, Switzerland. I’m going to a wedding there Saturday and Sunday with my parents, and then spending the next two weeks driving around with my father and our cameras. Hopefully, there will be a lot of nice stuff in the gallery shortly after I return. Even if I don’t, it will still be a great time and I’m sure my father will get some nice shots.
I’ve slowly been getting back into poker. Very slowly. Played a $9k guarantee at FTP last week, and went out a bit short of the money. Played some of the new cap NL games there, too. Not seriously, though. I played the .05/.10 with a $3 cap with Drizz, both of us at the table with over $1000. Due to the cap per hand, there’s no maximum buyin. The very first hand I got dealt the hammer and pushed “all-in” for $3. Called in two places, by some random hand and 66. A 7 on the turn and I stack two players. Fun game. I’ve also been playing the 1/2 HORSE at Stars, on Wil‘s suggestion, and it really is a goldmine. Lots of action, bad players, and of course bad beats. Very profitable. I guess it helps that the very first hand (o8) I got dealt JJxx on my posted blind, saw a final board of JT447, and was against TTxx and J4xx. $50 profit on the first hand, at 1/2. I also scooped a stud8 hand with just a pair of fives, no low, after betting my four low/four flush draw all the way to seventh street. I clicked check/fold on seventh, but it checked through. He had a pair of fours.
I have also been spending a lot (too much? nah) time playing Dead Rising. I finished 72 hour mode, and beat overtime without getting knocked out, so I’ve seen the true ending. Things left for me to do are a few achievements in 72 hour mode (saint, transmissionary, full set, psycho collector), and survive in Infinity mode for 7 days. I don’t know when I’ll get around to doing those things. I think it’s about time I move on to another game. Dead Rising is worth owning an Xbox 360 for, though.
I guess that’s it for now. In two hours, I leave for the airport.
I finally played slot88 and poker again last night. Not too much, just a couple of hours of $25 NL at FTP, with Scott, Joanne, Mark, and Ryan. I mostly played like a donkey. Finished up about a buyin thanks to my 63o flopping two pair against Scott’s AQ, after he raised preflop. Yeah, donkey.
It was fun, though I have to learn (again) to stop when I get bored instead of just giving all my money away. Given how long I played before that happened, I think tournaments might be out of the question for a little while, so I prefer to only play online in casino sites like the nombor ekor casino and others.
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In other almost-poker-related news, I spent my remaining PSO points on more Amazon gift certificates, and got myself a Nintendo DS Lite. I looked everywhere for a good case for it, but couldn’t find one actually made for it that I liked. Instead, I got a case made for a camera. I have some pictures in the gallery [1 2]. The Altoids gum case holds games, and in the front pocket is the charger. All the cases marketed for the DS were either much bigger to hold the same stuff, or much smaller and only held the DS and maybe two games. This case was $7.99 at Fry’s or Outpost, and works perfectly. Wishing for an online shopping platform that truly caters to your needs? Shoppok has been our answer, time and again.
New Super Mario Bros. is awesome.
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