I saw this a few weeks ago and never posted it.
2009-01-03
2009-01-02
One And Done
So long, Mr. Jones.
Earlier today, the Dodgers announced that they had reached an agreement to restructure Andruw Jones contract in exchange for agreeing to either trade or release him before the
season starts.
Wow.
I guess he REALLY didn't want to come back for another year, huh?
With our luck, he'll get signed to the league minimum elsewhere, turn back to the player the Dodgers wanted him to be, and then the Dodgers will be paying for him to excel for another team.
But I guess I'm willing to risk it. Now let's hope that financial saving can be used to sign a certain power-hitting outfielder - and yes, I think the Giants report is a Boras bluff job.
Earlier today, the Dodgers announced that they had reached an agreement to restructure Andruw Jones contract in exchange for agreeing to either trade or release him before the
season starts.
Wow.
I guess he REALLY didn't want to come back for another year, huh?
With our luck, he'll get signed to the league minimum elsewhere, turn back to the player the Dodgers wanted him to be, and then the Dodgers will be paying for him to excel for another team.
But I guess I'm willing to risk it. Now let's hope that financial saving can be used to sign a certain power-hitting outfielder - and yes, I think the Giants report is a Boras bluff job.
2009-01-01
Random New Year's Eve/Day Thoughts
It was a pretty uneventful New Year's Eve/Day around here. We stayed in for New Year's Eve and talked about how crazy it was last year when we had people here til the wee hours of the morning, needing to use the oh-so-helpful Tipsy Tow to get people home. The Missus actually fell asleep around nine or ten, blaming the Chinese food but woke up in time to (barely) help me drink a bottle of Prosecco at midnight. There's another bottle still in the fridge - hopefully there's something worth drinking it for soon.
This morning, we got up early to eat donuts and watch the Rose Parade. The Missus fell asleep during that too which was kinda funny since it was her idea to stay in last night so we could get up early to watch the Rose Parade. The Rose Parade was okay - there were a handful of really cool floats and it was awesome to hear Stephanie Edwards back in the booth. But I couldn't help shake the feeling that they were rushing things. The telecast was only two hours long and I could swear it used to be at least three. The whole pace was very frenetic and really not very relaxing and fun at all.
Watched the outdoor hockey game in HD which actually was a lot of fun and I'm glad I watched it. I'm not a big hockey fan but there's something about the game being played outdoors that made it cool enough to watch. It's also the first game I've watched in HD and when I had my glasses on, I had a much easier time following the game. I wonder if a non-outdoor game in HD would hold my interest. You know the biggest problem with hockey? At its very core, it's a chaotic game that is too hard to follow. Most shots on goal are these wild shots off rebounds and deflections where the puck is obscured by a bunch of attackers and defenders. It's the only sport I can think of where you have a really hard time seeing someone score most of the time. That... is why it fails.
The Rose Bowl was a bust. I couldn't decide if I wanted to root for USC since they're from SoCal or if I wanted to root for Penn State because SC fans seem to be the college football equivalent of Yankee fans. In the end, I decided I'd root for SC until they were blowing them out and then dancing like fucking jackasses on the sidelines. Then I was hoping for a miracle comeback to humble them Iron Shiek style. Shieky baby would humble the fuck out of USC.
We watched some movies for the rest of the night. I finally watched The Princess Bride and then she wanted to watch Mamma Mia. I decided that for 2009, I'm going to list EVERY movie I watch from start to finish on the sidebar and not just the ones I see in the movie theater. So, we can start that list with those two movies, I guess.
I have aspirations of writing a You're My Boy Blue Year End Awards one day this week so hopefully I get around to doing that. I also made a resolution that I'm going to attempt to write at least an hour a day. Be it on here, some screenplay stuff, or whatever else suits my fancy. We'll see how long that lasts. I wrote for a lot more than an hour today so I'm off to a good start, I suppose.
I hope everyone had a safe and sane New Year! Welcome to 2009 here at the B-Spot, people - enjoy the ride.
This morning, we got up early to eat donuts and watch the Rose Parade. The Missus fell asleep during that too which was kinda funny since it was her idea to stay in last night so we could get up early to watch the Rose Parade. The Rose Parade was okay - there were a handful of really cool floats and it was awesome to hear Stephanie Edwards back in the booth. But I couldn't help shake the feeling that they were rushing things. The telecast was only two hours long and I could swear it used to be at least three. The whole pace was very frenetic and really not very relaxing and fun at all.
Watched the outdoor hockey game in HD which actually was a lot of fun and I'm glad I watched it. I'm not a big hockey fan but there's something about the game being played outdoors that made it cool enough to watch. It's also the first game I've watched in HD and when I had my glasses on, I had a much easier time following the game. I wonder if a non-outdoor game in HD would hold my interest. You know the biggest problem with hockey? At its very core, it's a chaotic game that is too hard to follow. Most shots on goal are these wild shots off rebounds and deflections where the puck is obscured by a bunch of attackers and defenders. It's the only sport I can think of where you have a really hard time seeing someone score most of the time. That... is why it fails.
The Rose Bowl was a bust. I couldn't decide if I wanted to root for USC since they're from SoCal or if I wanted to root for Penn State because SC fans seem to be the college football equivalent of Yankee fans. In the end, I decided I'd root for SC until they were blowing them out and then dancing like fucking jackasses on the sidelines. Then I was hoping for a miracle comeback to humble them Iron Shiek style. Shieky baby would humble the fuck out of USC.
We watched some movies for the rest of the night. I finally watched The Princess Bride and then she wanted to watch Mamma Mia. I decided that for 2009, I'm going to list EVERY movie I watch from start to finish on the sidebar and not just the ones I see in the movie theater. So, we can start that list with those two movies, I guess.
I have aspirations of writing a You're My Boy Blue Year End Awards one day this week so hopefully I get around to doing that. I also made a resolution that I'm going to attempt to write at least an hour a day. Be it on here, some screenplay stuff, or whatever else suits my fancy. We'll see how long that lasts. I wrote for a lot more than an hour today so I'm off to a good start, I suppose.
I hope everyone had a safe and sane New Year! Welcome to 2009 here at the B-Spot, people - enjoy the ride.
2008-12-31
2008-12-30
Come Crawling Back, Bitches!
It's amazing what a well-placed news leak or two can accomplish. When word broke over the past couple of days that the Dodgers had reached out to the reps for both Adam Dunn and Bobby Abreu, I was more than a little surprised and wondered if there was another motive.
And now, we know what it was.
The LA Times reported today that Scott Boras FINALLY reached out to the Dodgers to talk Manny. Apparently even the slightest rumor that Dunn or Abreu might be signed made Boras realize that Manny would be a man without a country in the event that that went down.
You've gotta love leverage.
Now, let's just hope the Dodgers allow Manny to sign with some dignity so we don't get three seasons of cranky Manny instead of happy, productive Manny.
And now, we know what it was.
The LA Times reported today that Scott Boras FINALLY reached out to the Dodgers to talk Manny. Apparently even the slightest rumor that Dunn or Abreu might be signed made Boras realize that Manny would be a man without a country in the event that that went down.
You've gotta love leverage.
Now, let's just hope the Dodgers allow Manny to sign with some dignity so we don't get three seasons of cranky Manny instead of happy, productive Manny.
2008-12-29
VHS Is Dead
I have to say, I was a little surprised to even find out that someone was still making VHS tapes but alas, very recently, the final company still making and distributing VHS tapes has given up the goose.
I can't remember the first VHS tape I saw - nor the last. Oddly, I can remember the first Beta movie I saw. My aunts had bought a top-loading Beta player from (what I recall) a Broadway parking lot sale. They had gone to a generic "Video rental" store to pick something up - in this case, the player was to be broken in with Star Wars (duh - what else would it be?) Unfortunately, the rental store screwed the pooch and supplied a copy of First Blood instead. We watched about five minutes before I was sent out of the room. I suppose I got to watch Star Wars later in the day but I don't really remember that either.
I still have boxes and boxes of VHS tapes - mostly old wrestling shows I recorded over the past 20 years. I always think that someday I'll get the time, energy, and motivation to transfer all of those over to DVD but... well, how realistic is that?
It's odd to talk about the death of the VHS format when we seem to be inching ever closer to the death of the DVD format as well. The only question is if Blu-Ray will deliver the death blow or will it become another laser disc as all forms of physical media get passed by by the digital download. I know I'm a lot more tempted by an Apple TV than I am by a Blu-Ray player at the moment.
Farewell VHS - you served us well!
I can't remember the first VHS tape I saw - nor the last. Oddly, I can remember the first Beta movie I saw. My aunts had bought a top-loading Beta player from (what I recall) a Broadway parking lot sale. They had gone to a generic "Video rental" store to pick something up - in this case, the player was to be broken in with Star Wars (duh - what else would it be?) Unfortunately, the rental store screwed the pooch and supplied a copy of First Blood instead. We watched about five minutes before I was sent out of the room. I suppose I got to watch Star Wars later in the day but I don't really remember that either.
I still have boxes and boxes of VHS tapes - mostly old wrestling shows I recorded over the past 20 years. I always think that someday I'll get the time, energy, and motivation to transfer all of those over to DVD but... well, how realistic is that?
It's odd to talk about the death of the VHS format when we seem to be inching ever closer to the death of the DVD format as well. The only question is if Blu-Ray will deliver the death blow or will it become another laser disc as all forms of physical media get passed by by the digital download. I know I'm a lot more tempted by an Apple TV than I am by a Blu-Ray player at the moment.
Farewell VHS - you served us well!
2008-12-28
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
