I had to blog this article that I saw on Digg. It would seem that the self-created holiday of the Costanza family on Seinfeld has rung true with the real world. Please check it out, and then prepare for the feats of strength, and the airing of grievances.
I absolutely HAD to link to this story, as it absolutely kills me (and certainly breaks the hearts of a great deal of Detroit Tiger fans). As an enormous fan of both baseball and video games (specifically the game in question), it's an absolute, Doccomoli Lock Link of the day. Check it out.
I was digging around...well digg.com today, and I stumbled upon this posting from yesterday. Recently I've lost a lot of weight (since April nearly 50 lbs), and I used to be a big Coke and Pepsi drinker (not to mention my share of coffee as well). Since April, I have had exactly 1 accidental sip of Coke, mistakenly served to me in a restaurant, and I knew it immediately. This article seems to have the answer as to what having Coke does internally to you. No one was ever saying that Coke was health food or anything, but certainly, this more than verifies it. Check it out.
While Jenn and I got up to a bunch of home stuff today (clothes washing, preparing for Jenn's "Girls Night", tidying up the house, dish washing, etc), I managed to watch a ton of football (2 Canadian University football playoff games, and the battle between Ohio State and Michigan), today. I don't watch a lot of football. In any given year, I will nearly guarantee that I will watch The Superbowl, The Vanier Cup (Canadian University Championship game), likely of the Canadian University playoff games, and usually part of, if not all of The Grey Cup (Canadian Football League final game). Otherwise, it's hit or miss. I haven't been this way forever. As a kid, I watched no football. Didn't understand it. I AM a baseball guy after all. Then I lived with my friend Jason, while we were in University. Jay used to be the QB for his high school football team here in Belleville (strangely, where Jason and I both live now). Jay is a good teacher of football, because you can ask questions, and he doesn't treat you like a moron. He actually gives you an intelligent and useful answer. So for an entire year, we would watch football nearly every Sunday. All day. Which I'm sure explains how I used to weight 260 lbs (I do not weigh that now. Nor do I watch football all day Sunday ever. Coincidence? I would say no.). Point is I grew to really like and appreciate football (though I will still take a walk-off homer over a hail Mary pass any day).
During my time in University, I also was in the Mustang Marching Band (now the Western Marching Band), which played at every home game, away game, and distance permitting, playoff games, including the Vanier Cup (see above). At one point, we received (somehow!) an invitation from the Ohio State Marching Band, to come visit with them in Columbus, Ohio. We would get to "live the life" with them, and stay with them, and yes even get to attend a football game, as we would be there on a Saturday. I was lucky enough to be one of the people selected to go to this (they could only afford to give us 4 tickets. I later saw why!). And I became an instant Buckeye fan for life. We got to come into Ohio Stadium, and see 95,000 people, mostly clad in scarlet red and grey, absolutely going crazy for their home team. There were people who were over the top excited about the Marching Band being there (in fairness, they are awesome, but it's also their life. We in the MMB were mainly the people who weren't in music, and knew how to play an instrument). We used to get told to get out of the way, when a bunch of drunk fans couldn't see the play on the field. It was awesome, and I still have amazing memories of that trip (we also, unfortunately were there, when the Cleveland Indians lost the World Series in 1995, to the Atlanta Braves. That kind of stunk. For Ohio anyway). So I love Ohio State, and I get a warm fuzzy feeling whenever the Ohio State Marching Band shows up in TV during a game.
I will go on record right here as saying that today, I got to watch a classic matchup. In the end, Ohio State won, by 3 points, over the Wolverines. This is important because coming into the game, both teams were 11-0, with Ohio State ranked #1, and Michigan ranked #2 in the land. With the win, Ohio State is into the National Championship Game in early 2007. But I personally hope that the people voting for who will meet them there, put Michigan in there for a rematch. This was the 2 best teams attacking each other today, and really, if you want the best, you hope they put the 2 best teams in the Championship game. This is no shot at USC (who also could get there). They are very good. BUT when you have a matchup of the #1 and #2 ranked teams in the land, at the end of the regular season, and it comes down to 3 points separating them, that tells me that both teams deserve to be in the Championship final. I'm guessing that the 1st loss of the season will send Michigan to the Rose Bowl instead, and I guess that's fine. But I will always wonder how great the National Championship could have been, if we had another battle between The Buckeyes and the Wolverines. I guess time will tell.
Absolutely incredible YouTube video. Consider that this is a third party lightsaber battle and it just gets MORE incredible. Mr. Lucas should pay attention.
Though some would debate that title.
Anyway, wouldn't you know that in less than 24 hours, my previous posting has been rendered inaccurate. Thankfully. Nothing like having 7 pod/netcasts downloading all at once (well 3 at once and 4 awaiting their completion). Thanks to Global Hermit aka Sean, for dropping me a quick comment, to buoy my spirits and explain the situation a little bit to a novice. Helped me stay cool, Sean. Thanks. Although it is curious that within 2 hours of receiving your comment, I had no problems. Whoever's legs you needed to break, thanks. I'm sure someday, you will ask me to do you a favour. Perhaps that day will never come. But if it should, I will be ready.
So we're back in business. And seeing as how tonight is Game 5 of the 2006 World Series (and if the Cardinals win, the final game of the 2006 World Series), I must return to the TV. Tomorrow, a rainy Saturday on call, and in the evening, a little bit of dressup for a Hallowe'en party (pics to follow...I think). More on that later.
Frustration. This is the only way to describe my week so far. Not only did I not get to watch baseball last evening (lousy stinkin' rain), but I have spent the past 6 days trying to figure out why my computer network (ie: my own, as well as Jenn's computer) have decided to not allow me to view the following 2 sites.
http://twit.tv
http://leo.am
The former is the homepage for Leo Laporte's TWiT netcast network. The latter is Leo's feed page for all the TWiT podcasts (amongst other Leo info). Here is the problem: I enjoy listening to the various podcasts (approximately 7 in total) while I drive to and from work (sometimes 45 minutes one way), as well as during the day (as my occupation involves driving around to setup oxygen equipment, this is a lot of time to listen to podcasts). However, because the feeds for the TWiTcasts all feed through leo.am, my iTunes will NOT see the updated podcast listings, and as a result, I have not been able to listen in and receive my entertainment this week. Really annoying.
What is worse is that I KNOW that the two websites are up! I checked through the work computer, and there were no problems with viewing them. This to me means either that A) Bell's Sympatico service is blocking me for whatever reason, B) something is not working well with my computer in the coding for these sites, or C) my computer has something that is preventing my contacting the above sites. Really frustrating.
If anyone has some ideas, I'd love to hear them. In the meantime, I sit here, wishing I could see ALL websites, and not just those that Bell has decided that I'm allowed to view (assuming this is the problem).
Once again, I have reentered the world of blogs (OK I didn't ever leave, as I do have my other blog on that OTHER blog creation site. But VOX is the place to be for the geeks).
Any friends of mine are probably thinking "Doc what in tarnation are you going to do with 2 blogs instead of just one?" Well, I've been thinking about this long and hard (as well as asking diligently for Vox to send me an invite. Thank you Mena Trott et al for coming through), and frankly, I still have no focused answer. I've been assessing my life, what interests me, what I am passionate and enthusiastic about, and what would make for good conversations in everyday life. And so far I've only found one niche that I have in this world:
I am a vessel of useless knowledge
This is not news to me (or my friends and associates for that matter). After all I have tried out for Jeopardy on 1 occasion (didn't make it, but did pretty well for a first time). I have managed to get into an argument with a Reach For The Top moderator over an answer I gave when I was 14 years old. And I certainly have bored people to tears when I start naming obscure movies that Steve Buscemi has appeared in (hint: ConAir is NOT one of them), even though the discussion started out as being about "Conan the Destroyer" and how scary Grace Jones is. In short: I like a whole lot of things. So why focus (for now). I figure that rather than sit down and pigeonhole myself into a specific topic or mold, I will allow my boundaries to be pushed and blog about a vast array of topics. This way I keep myself sharp on many topics and get to spout my personal feelings about these events in the world.
And your role, as reader, is to keep me in check. If I'm wrong about something, tell me. I'm not asking for trolls, or people who simply "stir it up" for kicks, but honest intelligent criticism of what I may feel. Convince me that my thought it wrong. Reinforce my opinion if you believe I'm right. Give me an alternative opinion, and therefore a whole other angle. Anything goes (minus the previous trolling I mentioned).
This site is mine, but I share it with all of you. Welcome to the world of Doc. Keep your hands inside the car at all time.
