Giants April Report

With the exception of our terrible 1-5 road trip, the Giants had an incredible April. We've beaten strong teams, found a way to win most nights, and are showing confidence up and down the order. The biggest pleasure has been our pitching. Tim Lincecum and Barry Zito are both 4-0 on the year.

Jonathan Sanchez is a respectable 2-1. Matt Cain and Todd Wellemeyer have both struggled, but are pitching well, they just need some run support. Our bullpen has mostly done the job. The Giants have the second best team ERA in the Majors at 2.75

Hitting is the biggest surprise. Before the season started the pundits were all predicting another light-hitting Giants offense. Right now, the Giants lead the National League in team batting average at a respectable .280, and are just behind the AL leaders Detroit and Kansas City at .282. Our attack has been led by the red-hot Nate Schierholtz (hitting .375) and the Kung-Fu Panda, Pablo Sandoval, hitting .368. Even Tim "The Freak" Lincecum is hitting .250!

Current standings in the National League West:

San Diego Padres: 15-8, .652
San Francisco Giants: 13-9, .591, 1.5 games back
Arizona Diamondbacks: 11-12, .478, 4 games back
Colorado Rockies: 11-12, .478, 4 games back
Los Angeles Dodgers: 9-14, .391, 6 games out of first and in the cellar! where they belong!!!

Let's keep it up in May! GO GIANTS!!!!

An alien in my head

As I've said before, one of the advantages of my job is a lot of time to think. Driving is instinctive to me at this point, and I know my route like the back of my hand. So I have time to think.

I've been considering resurrecting what had been the Concordart as a setting for fiction and/or gaming. To that end, I'm working on aliens who aren't humans in rubber suits. I've already got the Blimps and the !kaf. But I wanted another.

One of my favorite critters from the Lovecraftian mythos was always the Mi-Go. Mainly because they weren't extradimensional gods, but instead aliens with their own motivations and technology. So I'm using them and their look as a base for the race humans call "Buzzers."

( Buzzzzzzzzzzz )

Well, what do y'all think?