We're still breathing!

San Francisco Giants: 4
San Diego Padres: 1

Pitcher Jerome Williams returned after more than a month's absense and nailed down the Padre's hot hitters for seven innings, allowing only four hits and a single earned run. Ray Durham got his 16th homerun of the season, and Bonds showed all his detractors that he can infact run out ground balls, beating out a throw at first for his only hi9t of the series.

So, with three games to play, here is where we stand:

3 behind the Dodgers for the NL West. If we sweep them this weekend, we play a single-game playoff in SF to decide the Division title.

Tied with the Houston Astros for the Wildcard. The Astros face the Colorado Rockies at home.

One game ahead of the Chicago Cubs, who have three games against Atlanta.

BEAT LA!
BEAT LA!
BEAT LA!
GO GIANTS!!!

A meme that taxes my poor brain.

1. Take your LJ username and replace each letter with the corresponding number (A=1, B=2, etc...).

G=7 R=18 I=9 D=4 L=12 O=15 R=18 E=5

2. Add all of the numbers together to create a kind of super number.

7+18+9+4+12+15+18+5=88

3. Add the digits of the number together.

8+8=16

4. Find the post of this number in your LJ. If you don't have that many posts, add the digits
together again.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/gridlore/2001/05/22/

5. Take the digit you noted in step 3, and count that many words into the post.

shouldered

6. Use the resulting word in a google image search, and select a picture from the first page and post
the results.

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New York stuff.

OK, here's my travel plan. NYC folk feel free to jump in and tell me if I'm being a complete moron about this.

Wednesday, October 13th
Arrive JFK at about 2000hrs. hlw will be picking me up and taking me to Queens.

Thursday, October 14th
Right now, I'm expecting to spend this day with fimbrethil and her mob. Since she's getting married the next day, I expect that she'll be a little preoccupied at points, so I may do a little local exploring. If MapQuest is to be believed, there's a cemetery fairly close by, and we all know how I love exploring those. In the evening, we're going to a piano bar.

Friday, October 15th
The Main Event! I fully expect to have the entire day devoted to wedding duties. (Helen, don't be afraid to ask me to work.. someday you'll have to ask Mark Cook about my "vacation" at the full auto-shoot.)

Saturday, October 16th, Sunday October 17th, and Monday, October 18th.
These are my "explore New York" days. I know it is physically impossible to see everything in three days, but I am planning on hitting Manhattan and at the very least going to the Museum of Natural History. That and the tourist magnets like Times Square, Grand Central Station, and the like. I had been planning on going to the site of the Polo Ground (home field of the New York Giants) but they built apartment complexes on the site. Yankee Stadium is a wash as well, since they've stopped giving tours.

Yikes. I just checked the cost of a Gray Line bus tour. I'm not spending three quarters of my funds to ride around for three hours!

On one of these days, the East Coast Traveller Mailing List Mafia will be gathering. I am assured of an introduction to "real New York pizza" and a trip to the Complete Strategist. Since they are closed on Sundays, this will probably be Saturday.

So, what should I see? Remember that as usual I'm pretty much broke and will be getting around on the Subway. If you could show me one spot in NYC, what would it be? I'm debating making a journey to Ground Zero. From what I'm told, it's now just another hole in the ground, albeit one with a lot of emotion attached. I may wait until some sort of actual memorial is up. Depending on distance/time, I might try to get to the Stonewall Inn.

Tuesday, October 19
I fly out of JFK at 2030hrs, so I can do something on this day. I was thinking of heading to the New York Aquarium to visit Wendell and Cass, or down into Brooklyn to wander around Green-Wood Cemetery (Hmm.. if I do that on the 17th, there is a guided tour...)

So, let me know what y'all think of my plans, and if you want to fit into them!

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How this weekend will go..

According to an ESPN.com columnist

I like it, except for the last game...

This is a joke.

I am the only sales associate in the store. Just me and my manager until just before closing.

On a Friday. This is fun.