Pretty poor excuse for a Labor Day...

• I'm sitting at home ripping CDs.


• I've also emptied several of the damn boxes, which is how I found the CDs that needed to be ripped.


• Out of beer, and can't muster the energy to go buy more.


• Doing laundry is the highlight of my day so far.


• Decided that we could really use a kitchen island, a small one, for more work space in our kitchen.


• Luckily, Ikea has several good ones.


• We so need a storage unit.


• Man, I love the Grateful Dead.


• The CD currently being ripped has four songs on it.. 14:20, 16:37, 13:11, and 17:54.


• Not even a concert from the trippy 70s. Hartford, Connecticut, 14 OCT 83


• The CD in question was the first four songs of the second set.


• This is all part of my usual "Kirsten isn't here" funk. Happens every time she goes away for more than a few days, especially to Burning Man where's there is little or no contact.


• Last night I found myself having bizarre military dreams. Woke up to the sound of distant artillery.


• Actually, we're close enough the Great America that I could hear their fireworks display.


• Didn't bother to put on clothes to go out and check if it was visible from our place.


• Seriously considering skipping Baycon next year and flying to New York for a party in Queens.


• OK, need to eat something. Everyone in a two-mile radius has the grill going!

Thirty days, Day 19

Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them

Right now? A handful.

At work I'm known as "Bilko" possibly due to a perceived resemblance to Phil Silver's iconic character.

Kirsten calls me "Duck", which goes back to her half-sister being two when we met, and unable to pronounce my name correctly.

Various people online still know me as "Penguin Boy."

Finally, my sister's kids have decided I'm "Uncle Squishy." No clue. The logic of a 5 and 3 year old is a frightening thing to behold.

Let's go DODGERS!

Think Blue! C'mon Los Angeles!

No, I haven't finally succumbed to madness. A week without Kirsten has not fried my synapses. And I'm not posting from Bizzaro World.

This afternoon the Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-0 in a fantastic pitcher's duel that lasted into the 11th inning. It featured a goat-to-hero transition in outfielder Nate Schierholtz who, after getting picked off first in the seventh inning ending a potential rally, smacked a two-run stand-up triple to win the game for the G-men. This puts us one-half game behind the reeling San Diego Padres, who have lost an astonishing ten straight games.

Guess who the Padres are playing right now?

To quote Winston Churchill: "If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons."

So, as weird it seems, and for the next three games only...

GO L.A.!
GO L.A.!
GO L.A.!


I feel unclean...