House Renovation Update

Renovating your house is no fun. I say that despite the fact that Alison claims she is having fun.

Here's fun, then: listening to sawing, banging, having paint and drywall dust all over the place, living out of corners of two rooms, eating either out or on paper plates for two months, feeling like you're not even at your own house, having circuit breakers constantly resetting themselves because the workers are constantly plugging in too many pieces of equipment for the electric system to handle.

Today, they banged so hard they knocked a clock which usually sits on the wall right above my computer, right to the floor. I thought the wall looked rather empty when I walked in the room, and I couldn't figure out why for a few minutes.

Anyway, I suppose it'll look nice when it's all done, and I know you're not really feeling sorry for me. I'll just be glad when all the banging is finished.

(Can you tell I need some baseball news right now? Bart Giamatti was right. When you need it most, baseball is over for the winter.)

Hey, it could be worse. I could be a Brewers fan, where even the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel's editorial pages are weighing in on the Brew Crew's management decision to cut payroll. Among other things, they say:

"Because of the state-enacted sales tax to build Miller Park and the promises made by the Brewers at the time, the state has a clear interest in the team's financial direction."

Well, they have a point. You can read the complete editorial by clicking here.

More baseball news, just in: to no one's surprise, the Mets fired just-hired scout Bill Singer today. I suppose this means he'll start eating carbs again.

Finally today, you may have seen this funny article from The Onion about a guy whose mom finds out about his blog. Hey, my dad reads mine. And that's cool.