Saturday, July 14, 2007
today, on short attention span theater.
ben will jump from topic to topic in a fit of manic writing until something sticks, then make a token attempt to flesh things out before losing focus and abruptly singing off. woo hoo!
the price of the playstation 3 has dropped, kind of. the expensive one costs what the inexpensive one used to cost, and the inexpensive one has been discontinued. a new expensive one has been introduced. but, in truth, once the current supply of newly minted inexpensive ones are gone, they are gone, because sony won't be shipping any more to the united states. inevitably when this happens, they will drop the price of the new expensive ones, and the cycle will begin anew. timetable for ben's purchase of the playstation 3 has now been pushed back to 2017, just after the release of the playstation 5
seattle saw record temperatures last week. thousands of air-conditioned office workers cried out in feigned sympathy after staring wistfully out their windows all day.
two fark.com headlines tell us that 3000 pot plants were found on Rupert Murdoch's ranch, and that the united states drug czar has equated marijuana growing to terrorism, thus proving what we have all secretly known for years. i didn't read either article, but i am sure they were both illuminating.
the owner of the florida marlins claims that the mariner's resigning of ichiro will be the death of baseball. mariner's GM bill bavasi's response?
"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is, 'Fuck Dave Samson,' then don't say anything at all. So I'm not going to say anything at all. Is my mother the greatest or what?"
my rebellion against thought continues. the weekend/weekday loop has been cemented. now all i have is an alternating pattern of rage and complacency. a complete lack of analysis makes this easier to maintain. that and 400 gigs of digital media. i could watch tv shows and go to work exclusively for the rest of my life, if i wanted too.
i am seeing palm trees everywhere. i still think it is ridiculous to plant palm trees in seattle. if they could grow real trees in california, they would. but they can't, so they settle for ugly ass palm trees. eucalyptus trees are ok though, as far as ugly ass trees go.
there are going to be constant lane closures on i5 between the west seattle bridge and downtown seattle for 19 days straight. the dot is predicting backups from seattle to tacoma. this will end well...
i forgot to send my netflix back again. oops.
despite my lack of trust in the mariners, they are on fire. they are trying to get us another pitcher, and there are rumors of bringing adam jones up from the minors to improve the team. the have snatched my interest back. i am back to watching the box score update while they are playing, instead of checking the standings once a week like earlier this season. if they played games on free tv, i would watch them live.
speaking of being able to watch sports on tv, the seahawks start training camp in about two weeks or so. i am excited, mostly because of my ability to actually watch them play. there are a few stories i want to follow this season. will ray willis crack the starting o line? i hope he beats out sean locklear at starting tackle. the dude is a beast. who will be the starting safeties? we know deion grant will start at free safety, and having someone decent back there will be nice. the greatest thing about that, is that if michael boulware wins a starting job, it will be at strong safety where he should be. i am afraid he isn't going to though. will the seahawks realize that jordan babineaux is the second best cornerback they have? he is. kelly jennings isn't, even if he is good. will patrick kerney be the second coming of good grant winstrom or bad grant winstrom? i hope he is effective at the end position. on 2 or 3 plays a game, grant was a sideline to sideline play-eater. but most of the time he was completely ineffective. will the seahawks realize that julian peterson is the best coverage linebacker in the league, and that leroy hill is a talented pass rusher? as awesome a pass rusher peterson is, he is wasted when that is his primary purpose. hill is ok in coverage, but that certainly isn't his strength. peterson could start at either safety position for us right now, he is that good downfield. how about having him be the main coverage guy when the tight end comes off, and building more and varied blitz packages to try and get both of them in the backfield at different times? because by the end of the season last year, every team in the league knew if the seahawks were blitzing, it was going to be peterson coming. hence, his complete lack of sacks in the second half of the season. will marcus tubbs stay healthy this year? if he does, our d-line is monster. if he doesn't, we are screwed. having him healthy will be the biggest upgrade to the defense this year. he is the most underrated player on the squad, mark my words. he could be a pro bowl tackle if he can stay healthy. will dj hackett be up to the task? i think so. after my fantasy football draft, he is the first player i am going to pluck out of the free agency pool. if i had the time to do the draft live, i'd use a pick on him in the last round. if someone else takes him in the draft, i am going to be very impressed. i might even start him from the beginning of the season, and laugh when he puts up solid numbers. he is going to be better than most of the shmuck receivers i end up with every year, that is almost guaranteed.
i just found a new seahawks blog to read. over and out. 10-4
ben will jump from topic to topic in a fit of manic writing until something sticks, then make a token attempt to flesh things out before losing focus and abruptly singing off. woo hoo!
the price of the playstation 3 has dropped, kind of. the expensive one costs what the inexpensive one used to cost, and the inexpensive one has been discontinued. a new expensive one has been introduced. but, in truth, once the current supply of newly minted inexpensive ones are gone, they are gone, because sony won't be shipping any more to the united states. inevitably when this happens, they will drop the price of the new expensive ones, and the cycle will begin anew. timetable for ben's purchase of the playstation 3 has now been pushed back to 2017, just after the release of the playstation 5
seattle saw record temperatures last week. thousands of air-conditioned office workers cried out in feigned sympathy after staring wistfully out their windows all day.
two fark.com headlines tell us that 3000 pot plants were found on Rupert Murdoch's ranch, and that the united states drug czar has equated marijuana growing to terrorism, thus proving what we have all secretly known for years. i didn't read either article, but i am sure they were both illuminating.
the owner of the florida marlins claims that the mariner's resigning of ichiro will be the death of baseball. mariner's GM bill bavasi's response?
"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is, 'Fuck Dave Samson,' then don't say anything at all. So I'm not going to say anything at all. Is my mother the greatest or what?"
my rebellion against thought continues. the weekend/weekday loop has been cemented. now all i have is an alternating pattern of rage and complacency. a complete lack of analysis makes this easier to maintain. that and 400 gigs of digital media. i could watch tv shows and go to work exclusively for the rest of my life, if i wanted too.
i am seeing palm trees everywhere. i still think it is ridiculous to plant palm trees in seattle. if they could grow real trees in california, they would. but they can't, so they settle for ugly ass palm trees. eucalyptus trees are ok though, as far as ugly ass trees go.
there are going to be constant lane closures on i5 between the west seattle bridge and downtown seattle for 19 days straight. the dot is predicting backups from seattle to tacoma. this will end well...
i forgot to send my netflix back again. oops.
despite my lack of trust in the mariners, they are on fire. they are trying to get us another pitcher, and there are rumors of bringing adam jones up from the minors to improve the team. the have snatched my interest back. i am back to watching the box score update while they are playing, instead of checking the standings once a week like earlier this season. if they played games on free tv, i would watch them live.
speaking of being able to watch sports on tv, the seahawks start training camp in about two weeks or so. i am excited, mostly because of my ability to actually watch them play. there are a few stories i want to follow this season. will ray willis crack the starting o line? i hope he beats out sean locklear at starting tackle. the dude is a beast. who will be the starting safeties? we know deion grant will start at free safety, and having someone decent back there will be nice. the greatest thing about that, is that if michael boulware wins a starting job, it will be at strong safety where he should be. i am afraid he isn't going to though. will the seahawks realize that jordan babineaux is the second best cornerback they have? he is. kelly jennings isn't, even if he is good. will patrick kerney be the second coming of good grant winstrom or bad grant winstrom? i hope he is effective at the end position. on 2 or 3 plays a game, grant was a sideline to sideline play-eater. but most of the time he was completely ineffective. will the seahawks realize that julian peterson is the best coverage linebacker in the league, and that leroy hill is a talented pass rusher? as awesome a pass rusher peterson is, he is wasted when that is his primary purpose. hill is ok in coverage, but that certainly isn't his strength. peterson could start at either safety position for us right now, he is that good downfield. how about having him be the main coverage guy when the tight end comes off, and building more and varied blitz packages to try and get both of them in the backfield at different times? because by the end of the season last year, every team in the league knew if the seahawks were blitzing, it was going to be peterson coming. hence, his complete lack of sacks in the second half of the season. will marcus tubbs stay healthy this year? if he does, our d-line is monster. if he doesn't, we are screwed. having him healthy will be the biggest upgrade to the defense this year. he is the most underrated player on the squad, mark my words. he could be a pro bowl tackle if he can stay healthy. will dj hackett be up to the task? i think so. after my fantasy football draft, he is the first player i am going to pluck out of the free agency pool. if i had the time to do the draft live, i'd use a pick on him in the last round. if someone else takes him in the draft, i am going to be very impressed. i might even start him from the beginning of the season, and laugh when he puts up solid numbers. he is going to be better than most of the shmuck receivers i end up with every year, that is almost guaranteed.
i just found a new seahawks blog to read. over and out. 10-4
