Randomness

- Its raining here today. It’s the first time in an extremely long time that we’ve had rain here. As a result of the rain, someone in our building had decided we needed to celebrate with a pizza party. Sounded like a ridiculous reason to me, but I’m always down for free food for lunch.

- We’re exactly 1 week away from the date that I picked way back when, that Tucker would be born on, and 2 weeks until the official due date. With that being said, he probably won’t come for 3 weeks.

- Yes, the Yankees lost in the first round of the playoffs, and Joe Torre won’t be back next year. Do we really need to have these 2 facts continue to be the “big story” on all sports related programs everyday? The morning after the Indians beat the Yankees in the playoffs, I turned on SportsCenter to see who won, and to check out the highlights (I can't seem to stay awake to watch the ends of games anymore), and 9 of the first 10 stories were all related to the Yankees loss, and no mention of the Indians winning the series. How is that right? Today, I check the news a little bit earlier, and in the “Breaking News” section on MSNBC.com, there’s a link saying “Joe Torre is addressing the media.” Really, MSNBC feels this is 1) a real news story, and 2) a important and breaking one at that?!? As I’m writing this, I find that there is someone else who feels the same way.

- Speaking of news, and prioritizing things - do we really need to know about all the BS that all these idiotic attention needing whores do every day/every night? It seems like at least 3 days a week I'll be trying to read the news in the morning, catching up on what's going on in the world, and there's always some "breaking news" about something stupid that Britney/Paris/Lindsay/the rest of stupid Hollywood did the night before. Its one thing if this is the big story on some Entertainment "news" outlet, and I can easily avoid it, but really, breaking news in the National/Global news portion? We have certifiable criminals running the country doing things like throwing around words like "World War III", "Invading Iran", "spying on US citizens", and "Vetoing healthcare for children", but all the news can tell us is that some over-paid, no talent hack is going to rehab in order to avoid going to jail. (Don't even get me started on the how lenient the law enforcement system is out there). I've always heard that one of these days a earthquake will hit California, and that the whole state is going to slide off into the ocean. Is it too much to ask that this just happens to Hollywood?

- I’ve been listening to the “Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds – Live at Radio City” album quite a bit lately. I think its one of the best albums I’ve gotten this year. The recording is crystal clear, and Dave and Tim’s playing is superb. Listening to the songs stripped down with just acoustic guitars (mainly), have given me an appreciation for Dave’s music once again. I’d really like to see another Dave and Tim show.

- Online grocery shopping might be the coolest thing ever. We have a grocery store near us that lets you order your groceries online. Someone in the store gets your order, goes through the store, and fills it for you, and then all you have to do is drive up to a special spot in the parking lot at a designated time, and the person comes out and loads up your car for you. Since the store is on my way home from work, Sara will place the order, and then I pick it up on the way home. We’ve been using this option for about a month now and are quite pleased with it. We may never have to set foot in a grocery store again. Ok, maybe that was a stretch.