Other than getting kicked in the nads, it was a good weekend.

I was going to write about my day Saturday, but then I go this phone call..

so, Saturday we helped murphymom move to her new digs in Campbell. kshandra and I climb into dafydd's new truck, which is oddly playa colored now, and head out to Belmont to pick up the U-Haul. There, we encounter the slowest damn group of pierced idiots ever. I used to work at a packing supply place, and we rented Ryder vehicles. Had I worked at this speed, I would have been fired. We pick up the truck.. and it's near empty. Luckily, kshandra had been provided with a credit card for just this situation.

Get to murphymom's and after a little bit of noodling (and cat worship) we get to it. Luckily, we were only moving about two rooms worth of stuff, and nothing extraordinarily heavy. I got to take advantage of my skinny bod to slip behind a piece of furniture to disassemble it (Look! Up in the sky! It's Paper-Thin Man! I declined to handle the heavy items coming down the stairs, for fear of a twitch that might cause me to drop both me and the item in a bad crash. In fairly short order, we had the truck and murphymom's minivan loaded.

murphymom offered us lunch at a nearby Mexican place. It was agreed this would be a very good thing. So we all took off. kshandra, myself, dafydd, kshandra's brother and half-sister (who has become a magnificent sullen teenager.. she could give lessons.) and kshandra's half brother. And of course, Donna the murphymom The chips and salsa were excellent. Nice and hot, although a bit watery. There was a tense moment when kshandra's bothers would not stop talking about how to kill innocents in the ultra-violent video games they play. I had to leave the table after my request to change the subject was ignored. Call me sensitive but hearing a 10 year old talking about how cool it is to be able to blow up hospitals just sickens me.

Came back in. Food was delivered. I had my usual virgin burrito (just meat and cheese, with red sauce. rice and beans were held. Thank you for getting this right! The Burrito was excellent, and with a few drops for the hot sauce, it was perfect. Food was devoured.

After eating we all get on the road. kshandra's half-siblings decide not to come and help (and to be honest, I don't really see what help they could have been. This was a lot of heavy lifting.) We find the place and start the off-loading process. Let me state this clearly: murphymom's new place rocks. Her bathroom is larger than the place kshandra and I first shared. She's on the ground floor. She has a pool. It's a one bedroom that doesn't look like a one bedroom, if that makes sense. After everything was moved in (a fairly quick process) The three of us left to return the truck. I was dropped off at home, where I got the phone call from the Container Store. Saturday evening, my downstairs neighbor comes up begging for any kind of painkiller. She had a filling fall out, and can't see her dentist until Monday. All I have is generic acetaminophen, so I offer her a shot of whisky. Since I hate to see anyone drink alone, I pour myself one. Cheers!

Wake up Sunday morning with my muscles reminding me I am no longer an 18-year-old soldier, and I might have overdone it yesterday. Moaning and groaning, I cancel any activity that involves using more than one muscle group at a time. Luckily I have the Niners and Giants to watch.

St. Louis Rams: 27
San Francisco 49ers: 24
(in overtime)

This game was all about missed opportunities.

San Francisco Giants: 5
San Diego Padres: 4
(in 11 innings)

Magic Number is now 5. Magic Number to clinch home field advantage is 16.

Is anyone shocked?

The 9th Circuit Court has blocked the Recall Election

Barry Bonds update

He is now at 655 home runs.

5 away from Willie Mays

59 from Babe Ruth

100 from matching the all-time record of 755 home runs set by Hammerin' Hank Aaron.