Quick Shot News and Notes and Misc Minutae

-I've lost 30lbs in 13 weeks. Go me. 16 away from my goal of 167, though if I'm still going strong, and I still see some flab, I'll see how far I can take it.

-Going to see The Blue Man Group tonight at First Mariner Arena, B-More. They not only gave me that creepy eyes banner up there, but it's where "Crazywhack Shiznit for your Brizzle" comes from. Even though in their show it's "crazywhack shiznit that happens inside your brizzle."

-Ever since opening the season 0-3 the O's have gone 9-4, only losing one series to the reigning AL Champs, the Tigers. And all that despite not having two of their starting lineup, and with Sam "How can I possibly screwup today?" Perlozzo at the helm. I'm not ready to go buying playoff tickets yet, but it's as good as they've been since that hot start in 05.

-I've been listening a lot to Mitch Hedberg lately. Such a shame. Doing a sound check last Friday at work I found myself enunciating like Hedberg for no apparent reason. I figured, why fight it? So I started doing jokes from his routine. I'm weird like that. I haven't slept for ten days...'cause that would be too long.

-So, much to my surprise, the Red Sox and the Yankees are playing a series this weekend. I had heard absolutely nothing about that from national sports news outlets. Not a word. I wonder why they don't tell us about those things. (for those of us not in the US...that was about as sarcastic as I can get and still be human. You can't escape it when those two teams play each other. Over promotion is an understatement)

-In the "I love seeing actors we recognize now in older movies" department: Ever notice that a bit player in Major League is Neil "The Janitor" Flynn (from Scrubs)? He's one of the construction workers whenever they do the bit where they go across Cleveland to "take the pulse" of the team, the guys in the diner, the construction workers, and the Asian grounds crew. He's the one that talks ("Hey these guys ain't so f'n bad.") Also, in the climatic game vs NY, he's in the bar, and when they win him and a punk rocker are hugging each other, look at each other funny, then keep hugging each other. Good stuff.