So glad this week is over.

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• In the last five days I drove four different routes, trained two people, and got overtime every single day. On Wednesday I hit 12 hours without a break.


• But in better news, the Giants now sit atop the National League West for the first time since May 6th. Things are still close, but Giants Nation believes!


• We also won our season series against the Dodgers.


• For the non-baseball folks among you; rivals tend to pay attention to how the regular season meetings between teams stack up.


• This year, the Giants played the Dodgers 18 times this year, winning ten of those games.


• First time we've won the season series in five years.


• In a continuing attempt to add culture to our lives, we're taking another stab at attending one of San Francisco Opera's live simulcasts at AT&T Park.


• We already have our free passes for Aida next Friday evening.


• Anyone want to join us? Opera & garlic fries; how can you turn that offer down?


• We were planning on hitting the Santa Clara Art & Wine Festival this weekend, but a money crunch and potentially poor weather may force a change of plans.


• Reading still more WH40K fiction. This time I'm getting deeper into The Grey Knights Omnibus.


• Normally, books about fanatics don't interest me, the characters are too one-sided. Here, the author keeps the characters interesting by making sure that they are challenged and forced out of their comfort zone. Not as good as the stuff by Dan Abnett, but very readable.


• I find myself wondering what Traveller's Third Imperium would have been like if it had been so strongly supported by good fiction that helped to deepen and define the setting.


• kshandra picked up Gordon Biersch's Autumn variety pack, which included Hefeweizen. Never been partial to wheat beers. It just tastes heavy. Still better than most beers.