Just After Sunset....

As promised, here is a view of the lake by my apartment.

Lake Erie Life

Hello all. As of about 10:30 this morning I am once again connected to the outside world. I not only have 70 or so channels to flip through on my tv but also the ability to blog again. I've been in Huron/Sandusky, Ohio for 2 weeks now. I like my apartment and especially my view of Lake Erie when the sun goes down. I will post a picture of it sometime. It's no Georgia but it will do for now.

Since I've been disconnected I've only heard bits and pieces of how the Tiger's have been doing. Looks like they've been doing just fine. The White Sox have finally started to back off a bit and gave us some breathing room. I hope we don't let up.

Well that's all for now, nice to be back. I look forward to reading everyones blog again. Bye !

This, That, and the Other Thing

Hello all. Not to much to report except that I'm moving to Sandusky this weekend. Hopefully it will be an easy transition.

The MLB All-Star game was last night and the American League won......again. I think that makes like 10 years in a row now. The 3 Tigers who were selected all got to play....Kenny Rogers, Magglio Ordonez, and of course Pudge. We now will get to see how the team will hold up. Hopefully the winning will continue.

I'm not exactly sure where I got my ecclectic taste in music from but I do like a wide variety of music. One area I am not a big fan of is musicals. I don't know if it's because of the acting that has to go with musicals or if it's the sound or what. Well just recently I watched the film "Rent". I'm sure many of you have heard of it. It's an older musical that was just recently put to film and came out around Thanksgiving 2005. Well to say the least I thought it was great. The people in this film can really sing. I'm a sucker for musical talent. This film seemed to bring a bit more modern sound to a musical than anything I remember.

Well that's all for now.....Happy Wednesday.

Not Much

Nothing too exciting to blog about from me. I went to Sandusky today and worked for a while. Bought some guitar strings when I got back to Toledo. Read the second chapter of The Pelican Brief by John Grisham. Now I think I'll get ready for bed and enjoy some sleep. Have a good one !

Phew !

Well Todd "Heart-Attack" Jones got it done Sunday....barely. Way to go Todd. A comfortable 9-2 lead become a very uneasy 9-8 lead in the 9th with Jones on the hill with the bases loaded. A single pitch could have meant disaster for the Tigers but Jones found a way. The Tigers are 30 games over the .500 mark, unbelievable.

Well last night I went to a wedding for some people that lived on my floor in the dorm freshman year. It was a great time. I knew a ton of people there and broke a healthy sweat out on the dance floor. The DJ liked me too...he was johnny on the spot for my requests. I got to catch up with some old friends that I haven't seen in years. One guy in particular...Bill Crites. Bill is the college guy who never wasted a night to party hard. This includes getting drunk, high, RUI (rollerblading under the influence), among other things. Bill however, has an upside once you get past all the bad decision making qualities. Bill is the best guitar player I have ever seen in person. He is extremely talented. I went to his apartment one night a few years back and he was playing on his guitar.....I said, Bill you've only got 4 strings on your guitar. His response "Yeah I'm too lazy to change those two so I decided to write this song with just 4 strings. Let me know what you think." Bill then went on to play a 2 to 3 minute rendition of a song that he wrote with full lyrics and a great sound. To say the least I was impressed. Bill recently returned from Iraq where he served in the army for a few years. I hope that gave him some direction. After talking with him last night he seemed like he has grown up quite a bit.

Anyways......I've got to get some sleep so I can get through work tomorrow....have a good week everyone.

Unusual Start

Well this Saturday is a bit different than normal....I don't think I've ever started off my Saturday by eating left over pulled pork while watching World Cup Soccer. First time for everything I suppose.

Well I should get this out of the way before I forget....Todd Jones got the save for the Tiger's last night. Made it a bit scary but he got it done. Thanks Todd....thank you for not blowing your first save opportunity after I added you to my fantasy team.

I must comment on another baseball game that I watched a little bit of last night. Cleveland and Cincinnati. Cleveland was up 8-0 going into the 8th inning. When I turned it on it was 8-4 and now in the 9th inning. So the Indians bring in their closer, Bob Wickman. Bob Wickman and Todd Jones are very similar in their style to me.....that is, they rarely have a 1,2,3 inning. They usually both allow the other team to get a man or two on base and make things interesting. Well that's exactly what Bob Wickman did last night. Coming into the game with an 8-4 lead he immediately got the first guy out. Way to go Bob. Then he gives up a couple hits, gets a guy to ground out but Cincinnati managed to get another run. So it's 8-5 with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth. 3 run lead....1 out to go. Indians are looking good right ? Well Wickman loses his control and can't find the plate.....he walked a guy on four straight pitches and ended up loading the bases. So the winning run for Cincinnati steps up to the plate. Well I guess Wickman found his control again because he threw one right down the middle and Adam Dunn, the guy batting, hit a laser down the right field line that sailed over the wall. A bottom of the ninth, 2 out, grand slam to win it for Cincinnati. They scored 9 runs in 2 innings to come back and win it. Craziness.

Anyway, I'm going to go try and be productive. Happy weekend everyone.