Opening Night

I've been a Phillies fan all my life, contrary to many of the Rays fans who suddenly appeared all over campus this year when they suddenly were a contender this fall, who after they lost all but became extinct. Opening night was last night and Brett "The Redneck Rocket" Myers, who promptly gave up three home runs to Brian McCann, Jeff Francouer (who had a new open stance), and some new guy who we had to walk, intentionally, on his third plate appearance later in the night. Brett Myers ERA is at 6.00, he has played one game. I can tell it's gonna be a summer where I have to drink heavily during his starts. I hope his ERA goes down for the sake of the potential repeat, and his wife. Tomorrow night grampy moyer starts, I actually have lightened my stance on the oldest active player in the majors, He's not a bad pitcher in any sense, It's just, I think he's gonna wanna start collecting his social security soon and I don't want anything to interfere with that. Do I think the WFC will repeat? why not? for the past two years we've had slow starts to the season, nothing surprising there, then we seem to gain momentum up to the all star break, then the mets collapse in september and we win the division. Sure, the mets and braves have made some moves to make them more competitive, but to claim that anyone but the defending world champs are not the team to beat cheapens the world series win, the mets added a closer who pitched in the AL last year, he didn;t face the bats that exist in the NL East, and I'm not talking just on the phillies, K-Rod was in the AL West, not exactly the most overpowering bats in baseball. The Marlins need to find a way to keep Hanley Ramierez happy otherwise at some point in the season he's gonna want out and find a way to get just what he wants someplace else. The Braves seem to know what they're doing, I have a lot of respect for them, Bobby cox is a good manager. They say lightning doesn't strike the same place twice. I wonder what would happen if it struck three times.

Inner turmoil: Mango Salsa v. Roasted Garlic Hummus

I like dips. I'm into foods that are blended together into a paint to color my pallet in a delicious landscape that is flavor. I'm also at a crossroads. I'm unsure which is better. Mango Salsa is fucking delicious. whoever though to add a tropical fruit to a salsa mild in spice, was a genius. Optimally, The chip of choice would be a tostitos hint of lime tortilla chip. It's flavor allows for you to eat the salsa without the chip;s flavor overpowering it, but merely enhancing it with what one would be lead to believe is a missing ingredient. Mango salsa is the only salsa im convinced that one can either eat alone whilst working on a blog post, and as a party snack that helps as a conversation piece, normally no one mentions salsa at the party, it is a background food that blends in with the other chips and isn't even remembered after you take that first bite, but mango salsa, carries a sweet flavor that you do that eye squinting nod with a smile that says "you are in fact correct, this is good!"

Roasted Garlic Hummus is another dip entirely, the two beasts are like a polar bear and a Bengal Tiger, in nature they will never meet, the same can be said for roasted garlic hummus and mango salsa. hummus to the mass public is not a food that is well embraced, initially I was even unsure if mashed chickpeas would even be accepted by my tongue that serves as a preverbal tool booth operator to the highway that is my stomach, but I was soon convinced otherwise. Hummus ideally is served with pita chips, no frills though, the subtle tastes in hummus are thrown off by added effects like parmesan, tuscan herbs, or even more salt. Eating hummus does two things, either makes you sound like you are cultured and you are willing to try food from other cultures (bonus points if you've had falafel!) or you've got a beard and you have anxiety problems about other people (O hai!)

Brad Newton and Jason Segal, long lost...relatives? dopplegangers? whatever it is we're pretty much alike

Having sat around with nothing to do the past two weeks, I've been on a movies and TV binge. and during that time I realized something. I'm Jason Segal. Or rather I would have been had I been born eight years earlier, in LA and jewish. Segal co-stars in 'I love you, man' with Paul Rudd. I'm the writer of a somewhat successful blog, and im currently working on a novella titled 'closet geek'. Segal and I are both men of large builds who have some athletic talent and comedic talent to our charm, we are both also extremely huggable, or so im told. According to his wikipedia page several scenes from Forgetting Sarah Marshall were taken from real life, including his girlfriend breaking up with him while he was naked. I'm sortof a member of that elite club as I've had a girl tell me she never wants to see me again while I was nude. I also like 'How I Met Your Mother' Good show. Neil Patrick Harris and Alyson Hannigan are both in it. NPH is in Dr. Horrible's sing Along Blog which was written by Buffy creator Joss Whedon where the Character of Willow Rosenberg was played by none other than Alyson Hannigan a ha!...?

I really have no idea where that one degree of separation thing was going.....