humid thoughts

August 2, 2004


August. Already.

No more Nomar! Waaaahhhhh!

Why would the Red Sox front office start waving the surrender flag this early in August? Just curious. Maybe they don't think they're waving the surrender flag. It'll all change just as soon as Pokey Reese gets off the disabled list, won't it?

Meanwhile, I keep trying to think of a new name for this non-blog and some names for some blogs on various subjects. That assumes I have various subjects about which to blog. I don't have enough truly inflammatory opinions about anything except the Red Sox bullpen and greenheads (against -- in case you wondered).

Today is Tim Wakefield's birthday. He passed the 2000 innings pitched milestone in tonight's game. I really only ever got cable so I could watch Tim Wakefield pitch. Who needs high speed Internet? Who needs the Food Network? Do you have any idea how many different channels have reruns of West Wing? Never mind cable, it's possible the only reason I have a TV is to watch Tim Wakefield pitch.

Anyway, the high speed Internet connection is overrated (newsflash -- the Internet itself is overrated) because the cable provider prefers not to acknowledge the existence of Macs let alone support them. They supply this "service agent" software that is incompatible with the Mac but they don't tell you that when they hook you up. It runs every time you start up the computer and it gives an error message every time and then you finally call their support number and get somebody who is working really hard on his American accent but slips up on pronouncing DHCP and he tells you of course it doesn't work on the Mac, just delete it and configure the TCP/IP settings manually every time you start up. Or something like that. Oh and their home page goes mental in Safari.

Not that I like Safari all that much. What's with the long delay between when you click on a link and when it starts thinking about loading something?

And how about that Vatican with the astounding revelation that gender differences persist after death? (see the National Catholic Reporter or the NPR interview with the NCR's Vatican correspondent) That was the most interesting part of the whole thing. I mean it's not news that women are subordinate to men and it's kind of a relief that women are to blame for the decline of western civilization rather than the Internet and chain bookstores. But this sexual dipmorphism of souls is news to me. I'm really fascinated by the image of the after-life full of men and women who float around being defined by their maleness or femaleness yet are totally celibate. Think of it.

Oh well, at least there's a theological explanation for the glass ceiling.

Hmm, guess I have opinions on things besides pitching and greenheads. Not that I want to do a blog on gender differences or the shortcomings of Safari. That would be too weird.

Today's Reading
Seabirds: their biology and ecology by Bryan Nelson, Birds in the Bush by Bradford Torrey

This Year's Reading
2004 Booklist

Today's Starting Pitcher
Tim Wakefield


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