• Hmmm, Phillies and Rays in the World Series? I'm not overly surprised by the Phils, but the Rays are just such a shock. I know, I've had the whole season to come to terms with the fact that they are for real, but I'm still shocked. Having no real preference for who wins, I'll have to throw my support behind the Rays just because of their story. "Worst-to-first" is such a cool thing to see that it makes me smile a bit.
• NEWS ALERT: The Cowboys didn't lose this week! Despite 73 turnovers and 0 yards in offense, Wyoming managed to eke out a 0-0 tie against their Bye Week.
• Bullet points make it look like I have a lot to say even when it's just a bunch of random crap I feel like talking about. This is one of the key points I learned in college. Aren't edumacation great and stuff? Still, I've enjoyed being able to write on here, even if a lot of it is just random and inconsequential stuff like this. It's a good outlet for stuff I think about and mean to say, but just never remember to.
• As much as the thought of her being president scares me, I thought Sarah Palin did well on Saturday Night Live this weekend. And it's sad to me that she seems more qualified to be on a sketch comedy show than in the White House and yet is still a nominee for vice president...
• We had a ton of photos taken at the park this weekend. One of Kim's friends is looking to break into photography and was willing to do them for free to help build her portfolio, so we said sure. I'll have to post a couple photos when we get them back - some are SOOOOOO cute! For the last bit of it, we got Anisa (flying unicorn) and Jasmine (Minnie Mouse) into their Halloween costumes and let them run around and play in the park while snapping pictures. As we were getting ready to leave, a handful of ducks walked up out of the pond/lake to check us out and see if we had any bread to feed them. The girls were just thrilled that the ducks had come up to say "Hi!" to them! :)
Showing posts with label baseball. Show all posts
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Monday, October 20, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
A little bit of everything
• Well, the 'Pokes took on another Top 20 behemoth from the land of Mormon. And the result was similar to last time - a 40-7 walloping by No. 14 Utah. Hey, at least they scored this time, right?
• I might have been just a tad early on the Dodgers bandwagon. Going down 2-0 to the Phillies is not a good way to start the NLCS, but it's not over yet. If anyone other than Manny and Ethier could get some offense going, the Dodgers still have a shot. And if the Rays and Sox keep beating up on each other they way they are and go to seven games, that might open the door for whoever comes out of the NL to steal the Series.
• I'm thinking the Broncos really need to invest in some Super Glue™ after their first half against Jacksonville so far. It's pretty sad when you're this offensive juggernaut and have dominated the game, but turnovers have sent you into halftime down 10-7. This should easily be a 21-10 lead for the Broncos but they're taking notes from Wyoming on how to kill any chance of winning by turning it over whenever they get a chance.
• I have to give John McCain credit for the exceedingly noble and humane gesture of having the courage to stand up and publicly admit that, no, Barack Obama is not actually an Arab. No other politician would have had the intestinal fortitude to, you know, actually admit the truth and correct one of the lies out there that has been boosting his support. And yes, there's just this tiny, eensie weensie bit of biting sarcasm there. I mean, c'mon, when his own ads have been doing everything they can to cast this mysterious light on Obama's background (when there's two full memoirs in print and widely read that document his background), how can he expect the less-than-diligent followers out there to think anything else?
With all the hate and anger the McCain campaign (not necessarily McCain himself) has been pumping into this race, McCain should have been putting out the word a month ago that the sort of hate and rhetoric that's been circulating was simply false and way over the top. Instead, he corrects some ignorant bumpkin lady that states Obama is an Arab and I hear pundits calling him such a good guy for doing it. Ugh.
• Following up on my earlier post about the electoral college race, I've been taking a look at fivethirtyeight.com the last couple of days. It takes a much more computational approach to interpreting the polls, with various polls weighted based on past performance and agreement with simulations of outcomes. These guys cut their teeth working on statistical analysis of baseball and have done some impressive work there, so I'm interested to see how close their projections come to the poll predictions and to actual results.
• I wish I would have had the camera with me a little bit ago. On the way home from Wal-Mart, Anisa found a red pen and managed to almost entirely cover her legs with red ink... sooo funny! The best part was when she was trying to pull her skirt down on the walk to the front door to try and cover all the pen on her legs, saying, "Jasmine is going to be mad when she sees what I did."
• I might have been just a tad early on the Dodgers bandwagon. Going down 2-0 to the Phillies is not a good way to start the NLCS, but it's not over yet. If anyone other than Manny and Ethier could get some offense going, the Dodgers still have a shot. And if the Rays and Sox keep beating up on each other they way they are and go to seven games, that might open the door for whoever comes out of the NL to steal the Series.
• I'm thinking the Broncos really need to invest in some Super Glue™ after their first half against Jacksonville so far. It's pretty sad when you're this offensive juggernaut and have dominated the game, but turnovers have sent you into halftime down 10-7. This should easily be a 21-10 lead for the Broncos but they're taking notes from Wyoming on how to kill any chance of winning by turning it over whenever they get a chance.
• I have to give John McCain credit for the exceedingly noble and humane gesture of having the courage to stand up and publicly admit that, no, Barack Obama is not actually an Arab. No other politician would have had the intestinal fortitude to, you know, actually admit the truth and correct one of the lies out there that has been boosting his support. And yes, there's just this tiny, eensie weensie bit of biting sarcasm there. I mean, c'mon, when his own ads have been doing everything they can to cast this mysterious light on Obama's background (when there's two full memoirs in print and widely read that document his background), how can he expect the less-than-diligent followers out there to think anything else?
With all the hate and anger the McCain campaign (not necessarily McCain himself) has been pumping into this race, McCain should have been putting out the word a month ago that the sort of hate and rhetoric that's been circulating was simply false and way over the top. Instead, he corrects some ignorant bumpkin lady that states Obama is an Arab and I hear pundits calling him such a good guy for doing it. Ugh.
• Following up on my earlier post about the electoral college race, I've been taking a look at fivethirtyeight.com the last couple of days. It takes a much more computational approach to interpreting the polls, with various polls weighted based on past performance and agreement with simulations of outcomes. These guys cut their teeth working on statistical analysis of baseball and have done some impressive work there, so I'm interested to see how close their projections come to the poll predictions and to actual results.
• I wish I would have had the camera with me a little bit ago. On the way home from Wal-Mart, Anisa found a red pen and managed to almost entirely cover her legs with red ink... sooo funny! The best part was when she was trying to pull her skirt down on the walk to the front door to try and cover all the pen on her legs, saying, "Jasmine is going to be mad when she sees what I did."
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