No, we'll never run.

103 years ago today, the San Andreas Fault groaned, then stretched, then snapped.

What the quake didn't destroy, fires did. By the time the dust and smoke had settled, close to 60% of the city had been destroyed. We rebuilt. Because when you live in paradise, you accept the occasional earth-shattering kabooms.

83 years later, as the Bay Area settled in to watch Game 3 of the World Series between the Giants and the A's, we were reminded that we live on Terra Infirma.

I was going to post the Grateful Dead doing California Earthquake, but guess what? A 20 year old fan video of a show featuring a band that's not technically active anymore doing a public domain song has been taken down for "copyright violations."

Feh.

WTF, iTunes store?

Since I don't have enough metal in my life, i was poking around the iTunes store the other day and found that their "Essentials" included a Pantera set. The Essentials series are pure genius. Each comes in four layers, about 15 songs in each, and along with sets for bands and genres, they have things like "Trucking Songs" and work out sets. All in all a great idea.

I go to purchase the Basic level Pantera Essentials.. and get nothing. The purchase shows up as unavailable. Weird. kshandra double-checks all the settings (it is still her name on the account) and still nothing. so we try ordering the 15 songs one at a time. Works like a charm. Annoying thing is there is no place to report this on the iTunes support page. It's one of those frustrating pages that straight-jackets your complaint into their nice neat categories, and if you have a problem outside their forms? You're screwed.

On the good side of things, LiveMetallica.com has a pile of shows available for free downloads. These run from 1982 to 2003. I grabbed the 20 DEC 1984 show from the Lyceum, in London last night. Great stuff.

Headdesk, baseball edition.

Tim Lincecum's line today: 8 innings, 5 hits, no walks, 13 strikeouts

Final score?

Arizona Diamondbacks: 2
San Francisco Giants: 0

We left six freaking runners in scoring position. SIX!

Grrr..

They better play better tomorrow, since it is our first game of the season. Look for us in Section 141.

but in better news.

Cleveland Indians: 22
New York Yankees: 4

The Indians had a 14 run 2nd inning where the came one batter short of batting around twice in the same inning.