is that third bottle of wine that had to remain unopened, due to impending work. But still. I really feel for the people that work at the Walgreens in my neighborhood – not only are they open on Christmas, which is bad enough, but yesterday they were supposed to close at 6 and they ended up staying open until almost 10 because they’re the only store that’s easy to get to for a lot of people in my ’hood in bad weather.

is to finally dive into sabermetrics and see what I’ve been missing out on. I tend to run screaming from those posts here but I’d like to know what people are talking about at meet-ups.

seriously, anybody with any sort of footballing experience (skill is a nice-to-have, but not necessary) that can get to North London in the next few days can probably pick up a contract in January – things are getting desperate. They’re practically down to the groundskeeping staff at this point.

I’ve been drinking and playing guitar since noon or so. Hurray for no commitments!!

in the NYT.

…but almost didn’t make it home. The roads once you get past the Capital Mall area are STILL pretty bad (even after they’ve plowed them countless times). I’ll be lucky to get out of my neighborhood without getting high-centered. Now that the snow is melting a bit, the ruts are pretty deep and in some ways it feels like I’m driving on a railroad with the turbulence of an airplane in a thunderstorm.

Having that extra glass of wine, too, didn’t help. I was in bed by 9:30 and asleep by 10:30. But most of that was because of going to bed the night before after 1 a.m. and being semi-woken up by 4 and forced out of bed at 6 thanks to some old fat dude in a red suit who decided to brave the snow storms and bring my kid some presents.

So, my new year’s resolution w/r/t the M’s – I’d like to attend one LL group game this year. I didn’t last year, and I’m saddened by that.

fuck DRM

Whoops.

CHS is about a mile from my house.

But Wakamatsu in the NYT.

It’s very very quiet here. I guess tech does take holidays off.

oh for fucks sake

and haven’t found one game I’m genuinely excited for. 2009 could be the year I quit playing games and write the great American novel. Unless Civ 5 is announced, then nothing else matters.

What games are you looking forward to?

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

What would you recommend to do in your fair city? Where are the best places to eat? I am going with my dad who does not drink and I am not of age so keep this in mind. I am going to tomorrow’s Blazers game and we are staying near the Rose Garden but we will have a reliable means of transport (car).

Video borderline NSFW, audio not suitable for anyone.