Bad news Bears...

After 16 inglorious defeats (a coup attempt, a barrage of hate emails, and a stern talking to by a grouchy old umpire), the AAA Sun Devils of the San Clemente little league won their final game of the regular season 13 - 12.  Josh scored twice.  On to the tournament...

The Weekend in review

After enjoying their week in Carlsbad (and what's not to enjoy), my loving parents graciously agreed to watch my rugrats, so that the bride and I could spend a lovely weekend on Coronado Island.  We dined al fresco in Del Mar on our way down.  Settled into the Glorietta Bay Inn and spent some time on the beach.  We supped at Oceanaire - Club Lucky meets Eddy V's, where my wife consumed an entire fish.

Sunday, we got to spend Mother's day with my Mother.  We surprised everyone with a trip to the Coach House to see Bella Donna and Hot August Nights -  Stevie Nicks and Neil tribute bands.  A good and loud time was had by all.

List Monday - Best of the '70's

Well, I've been thinking about the best songs of this plaid decade and like the apparel, it is just too musically diverse.  I broke it down by best of genres, as I delineate.  Bands like Zeppelin and Stones have already been covered; so, they won't be covered again.  Feel free to discuss amongst yourselves...

1. Punk Rock - the best of decade:  Clash -London Calling, Talking Heads-Psycho Killer, Blondie - Heart of Glass, Knack - My Sharona, Police - Roxanne
2. Prog Rock - Genesis-Carpet Crawlers, Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here, ELO-Strange Magic
3. Arena Rock - Styx-Come Sail Away, Journey-Loving,Touching,Squeezing, REO-Time for Me toFly, Cheap Trick-Surrender
4. Hard Rock - Rush - 2112, Boston - More than a feeling, Aerosmith - Dream On, 
5. Pop Rock - Abba
6. Singer Songwriter - Springsteen - Born to Run, Billy Joel - Piano Man, John Lennon - Imagine
7. Funk/Soul - Earth Wind & Fire, Marvin Gaye
8. Reggae -  Anything Bob.  Can't go wrong with Peter Tosh or Jimmy Cliff either.
9. Disco - Bee Gee's are cool.
10. Cheesey - Pina Colada Song, Raindrops keep falling, Tie a yellow ribbon, Afternoon Delight, Muskrat Love, etc.
11. All of the above:  Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody, Meatloaf

random

Saw Iron Man 2 today with the wifey.  Cool flick, but did not rock as much as the first one.

The little league team is now 0-15.

Had a slightly better week at work.

Josh finished Phantom Tollbooth.  He got into it a little bit.  That's cool.  Now he's reading H. Potter, #5.

Jillian was on TV show about a lady with 15 personalities.  That's cool.

Parents coming by tomorrow.  That's cool.

Final coolness:  off to an exciting, romantic mother's day weekend with the mother of my children.  Yay.

There's a conspiracy out there...

Some say it was a keyboard error.  Some say it was the European contagion.  Others, the Chinese hacking our systems.  Still others, it was the Dukes.  I say:  more sellers than buyers.  The Tea Party.  Zambrano in the bullpen.  (A personal keyboard error of my own - that actually went in my favor, for a change.)  Plus, the quotation systems went haywire.  We'll see....

List Monday - Top TV Shows of all time (in my lifetime)

1. Soap - way ahead of it's time...launched Billy Crystal....Chuck & Bob, need I say more...
2. Seinfeld - yada, yada, yada
3. M*A*S*H - brilliantly hilarious or hilariously brilliant
4. Sopranos - best drama
5. Cheers - like an old friend
6. Rescue Me (Hill St. Blues) - only dvd i ever bought to watch missed episodes, firemen edge out cops
7. Entourage - too hip
8. Arrested Development (Taxi) - too dufus....slightly beat out Taxi, also greatly written
9. Happy Days - like my imaginary friend of youth
10. Dick Van Dyke Show - without this, none of the other comedies above would be possible...

Smellivision

We were at the pizza joint by the movie theatre. There was a dad and daughter eating with their 3D glasses on. It was like the pizza was coming right at them.