today is 17 december 2005.

point your browser here to see exciting turkey frying video . . . notice the snow. notice the fire extinguisher. notice the extra protection . . . needless to say, this shouldn't be attempted at home unless you really feel comfortable doing it. this scares the living daylights out of me . . .

colorado Christmas last night was pretty hip . . . point your browser here if you want to catch a glimpse.

did the dumb thing to the charisian presence's computer--pulled a usb cable out i guess at the wrong time. mendellsohn didn't like it--now i'm playing e-mail tag with tech support in india while the guys in texas are telling me something else . . . we'll see what happens . . .

the dodgers are trying to nomar garciapara . . . great. after we get him we gotta figure out where to put him . . .

remember a few years ago the dodgers needed a bat so tried dante bichette. the dodgers put him at first, and the dodgers found out what colorado fans already knew--he can hit, but he can't catch. but part of the lesson was learned, bichette was never put out in the outfield. regardless, bichette retired.

anyway, the plan is to have bill mueller at third, furcal at ss, kent and then izturis (when he gets back) at second, and garciapara/saenze/choi and then kent (when izturis takes second) at first . . . the outfield is perilous . . . werth is somewhere, so is ledee. but milton bradley is gone to oakland and grabowski to japan . . . who knows what will happen next . . .