Very spooky...

Take a motorcycle trip through the Chernobyl Dead Zone.

For maximum effect, turn off music/TV/coworkers. An entire city, just left empty...

Woo-Hoo!

Thanks to my friend Glenn, I'm getting a couple of tickets to the Giants' final pre-season game against the A's on April 4th. Since this is the final tune-up, it will feature what will be the starting line-up.

Hey, fans need to train as well!

GO GIANTS!!!

How to tell the natives...

Rebuilding my mail sigs, I'm digging through the Traveller Mailing List's archives. I found this gem.

A handy guide to identifying San Franciscans during an earthquake:

Tourist - less than three years = runs in circles, screaming.

3 - 10 years = pauses, then heads under strong furniture or doorway. Has earthquake kit.

11 - 20 years = waits to see if it is the big one before budging from couch. Has "earthquake kit" consisting of flashlight with dead batteries, deck of cards, and an old army blanket.

21 - Native = waits for shaking to stop, then immediately starts placing bets on magnitude and epicenter. Has picked out stores to loot in case of the big one.

Play Ball!

In a really, really strange way to open the season, Baseball's opening game of the 2004 season was played this morning.

At 0200 Pacific. In Tokyo.

Tampa Bay Devil Rays: 8
New York Yankees: 3

To put that score in perspective, the Devil Rays' entire payroll is about the same as Yankees' salary for 3B Alex Rodriguez. To make things even weirder, the Yankees go home and play two more exhibition games before their next regular season game.

We open the season on the fifth, at Houston.

GO GIANTS!!!