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I hate the fucking Yankees.

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was the only Wilco record I owned until about 2003.

Wily Mo hit his first dinger in a Nats uniform over the weekend in the midst of a Mets sweep. Overall it was a pretty miserable weekend for Nats fans, with several blown late-inning leads, a lot of bad officiating, a lot of runners left on base, and a stadium full of noisy Mets fans. The only bright spot is that while the Nats were losing 4 straight, the Marlins were losing 5 straight, so the Nats remain just 1 game behind them.

I like the song, but that was a completely different band than the current Wilco incarnation, so I don't hold out any hopes of hearing it live anytime soon.

Austin Kearns (RF) went down with a hamstring injury the other night, so this was a good move for the Nats. They also signed their 20th draft pick out of 20 (LHP Jack McGeary) yesterday, one of only two teams to do so. Manny Acta is being mentioned in some circles as a manager of the year candidate. Lots of good news coming out of D.C. baseball these days despite the record...

That's an insult to Ruth Buzzi and Aaron Burr.

He did congratulate Bonds by name, but the dull monotone of his speech (which I only heard on the radio) did make it seem like a gun was pointed at his head.

OK, say I am writing something that uses an acronym like "RDBMS" (relational database management system), which is commonly pronounced "Arr Dee Bee Emm Ess". If you say it like the acronym, it seems like should have "an" in front of it, e.g. "Company X bought an RDBMS". If you say the entire decoded phrase aloud, though, it needs "a" in front of it, like "DB2 is a relational database management system without peer." Is there a rule for which is correct to use? I seem to run across this all the time in my acronym-laden world.

congratulations Pumpkinhead McAsterisk....now let's get on with the rest of the season and forget about you...

little bitty salad: chicken, hard-boiled egg, feta cheese, canteloupe, grapes, honeydew, pineapple, no dressing. I'm going to be hungry all afternoon.

Jon Miller just said this on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball: "Lou Piniella told me before the game, Joe, that he definitely is intending to get Wood in the game tonight."

I second this emotion.

OK, so I've watched about 3 episodes of Lil Bush, and I've laughed or chuckled an average of 4-5 times per, so I'd have to say it's occasionally amusing. I also think the Archies-style songs are goofy and fun, except for all that part about people dying in Iraq and such. Wouldn't it be cool if hating this show could magically end the war. Tsk tsk.

...didn't raise an eyebrow when played in front of my 70-year-old inlaws and all their grandkids at a family reunion.

I used to live in Naperville, and I went to Ribfest a couple of times. The food is great, but be prepared to spend like $5 for a 3-rib sampler if you want to try different kinds. It's held out in a big field, and there's not much shade, so it gets pretty hot. The fireworks at night are nice. It's also close by downtown Naperville and the riverwalk, which are both nice attractions. The riverwalk has some shady areas. As mentioned, parking is a hassle, but I think there are shuttle buses that run from North Central college or other spots. edit: ok, I'm a few days late to the thread, so

The girl in the EOS is kind of cute.

Was Hassellhoff ever a ragamuffin? Somehow that description doesn't seem to fit. Or were you talking about Susanna Hoffs?

Two words: Jay Bennett

Currently reading: The Children of Men by P.D. James. I haven't seen the movie yet, so I thought I'd try the book first. I'm about halfway through, and so far it's very good.

How appropriate that a man named Billy Childish bases his scathing commentary of Sgt. Pepper on opinions he formed between the ages of 4 and 7. "I was a Beatles fan," he says, because he had a Beatle wig at age 4. Please.

Y'know what would have been a cool ending? If Tony had gotten whacked, then you see him standing kind of ghostlike in Holsten's restaurant, with a ghostlike Bobby on one side, and a ghostlike Christopher on the other, and they're all smiling at AJ, who's holding a lightsaber, and then the big John Williams score swells up and they fade to black. That would be cool.

I'm veering wildly back and forth between these two viewpoints. I think I'm leaning toward the latter scenario -- our window into the Sopranos' world disappears when Tony's consciousness ends, kind of like the way Season 6A's early episodes were dominated by Tony's comatose hallucinations.

Congrats on getting caught up. What did you think of the peyote scene? I rewatched Blue Comet last night -- that hobby shop scene was intense. I feel sympathetic about Bobby getting it, but he did marry Janice, after all, which takes him down a few pegs. Silvio was just such a cool cat, with the sense of humor and the sober counsel that he gave Tony, that it was impossible not to like him. Bobby was just kind of a likable schlub.

It might be just too easy making fun of this dude. He did put this out there for everyone to see. I think he knows he's putting out flame bait and doesn't really care.