Friends in High Places

If you don't routinely check the blogs I link to, let me bring your attention to the following cool news:

Goatdog is taking his movie reviews and going pro with them. I'm now honored that we used to write a review column together back in high school and am preparing stories for the inevitable roast of him we will have in thirty years.

Will got a letter to the editor about the Iraq situation published in the New York Times.

Ok, my excuses

Now that Brian gave his, here are my lame excuses for not posting:

1. Connectivity issues

My cable modem has fritzed frequently, not to be restarted by mortal tech support, only to restart inexplicably. Today I had a tech out who noted a couple of reasons why my signal might be low, but no idea about the modem. Grr. I think I've lost about a half of a month of service already...and had to eat at Panera a couple of times.

Pi. Trip out of town

Last weekend, I was out of town for my cousin's wedding, and stayed through until Monday morning to spend some time with my grandparents over Father's day. It was good. But I didn't have the laptop...

I will note that I flew from Reagan airport to Ford airport.

6.02 x 10^23. Been busy

Last week, shopping for father's day, the wedding, packing, laundry, etc. The week before, the last week of umpiring, and I was being run quite busy then too. But at least I got a nice home plate-shaped plaque of recognition from the league for that.

i. Second job as a delivery boy. I have honor; there are no pictures of me.

Nationals Update

Tomorrow, for the first time since 1933, DC wakes up to a first place baseball team.

We had the local SABR chapter meeting at the ballpark yesterday, and Jamey Carrol was recruited to talk to us. He was pretty cool for a tiny utility infielder having to fill in as an everday second baseman. He's also been hustling his butt off and scoring runs in bunches, including the game winner Friday night and go-ahead run on Saturday.

We'll see if the scoring at RFK starts to pick up now that it's finally gotten hot today, and looks to stay that way...

Am I really the first of the "bloggers I personally know" to discuss the Deep Throat news? Apparently. I guess I don't personally know any bloggers of sufficient age to have been aware through Watergate, but still, we've all see the movie, yes? (No, not that one. And incedentally, I wonder what the rejected pseudonyms were. Thank goodness there was no Back Door Sluts 9.)


I have nothing to add, of course, other than to note I'll probably pick up a paper copy of the Washington Post tommorow--Woodward's story will be available online, but this just feels like something you should read with actual newsprint in your hands. It's the long-awaited epilogue to the whole mess.

I also can't believe the likes of Pat Buchannan and others are whining that Felt is somehow a traitor for betraying "his" administration. Last I checked, the FBI should only be responsible to the truth and to the people. Given that the White House was obstructing the FBI, what was he supposed to do to at least do his duty in the ethical sense? To me, these attacks just speak to the hubris of the American right both then and now, and how they typically care about their own power bases more than the responsibility of governance.

This soapbox looks rickety, so I'll get down now.