today is thursday 27 july 2006.

in the la times, the writers reports that the dodgers were in first place 20 days ago. some of the dodgers feel like they could still be in first place 20 days from now.

are you kidding me--the way the dodgers are playing . . . they'll never ever win a game again!

but it could be worse . . . the dodgers could be in the al central. the white sox and twins are tied for second in that division 12 games above .500 . . . yet 8.5 games behind detroit. rough.

in a bizarre twist of animals . . . in greeley a dog, a cat, and a llama got into a fight. news4colorado.com has sketchy details. the cat died, the llama was put to sleep, and the dogs (unfortunately pit bulls) are the "bad dogs" in this encounter.

in hawaii. bad news abounds. a tropical storm is coming. and yes, it is that time of year--for many it's the first day back to school.

today is friday 21 july 2006.

nothing wild going on. a week until i head to san francisco. went to some chinese place yesterday that the charisian presence would have hated--i forgot how boney duck can get. fake cows are populating the streets of denver. it's also hot here like the rest of the country. the taco bell grilled spiced whatever is good to go. and the dodgers stink so bad i wouldn't even want hadj to be associated with them right now.

today is 15 july 2006.

today's game of the week had one of my favourite teams as the giants faced the phillies. no the giants are not my favorites--but anyone who mercilessly beats the orange and black men is! the game dragged, and fortunately for giants fans the beating was just a tad short of four hours.

the dodgers lost in extra innings again today (the second time this week in bonus time this week). so now the dodgers and giants are tied for second three games back. the d-backs and rockies tie for last at four games back. that leaves the padres on top.

in the summer heat, i've dabbled with new recipes. cool ones at that . . . my salad dressing of choice is mixing two parts olive oil, one part of balsamic vinegar, spicy mustard, honey, and minced garlic.

then there's the old stanby--the starbucks like frapuccino. two cups ice; three-fourth cups milk and double strength coffee; and about two table spoons of sugar, chocalate syrup and/or caramel. blend together and save handing the barista about $4.

in the computer world, for some strange reason computers inside of wifimelvinism can now share files . . . don't ask what happened--i just know i can move stuff betwen meatloaf and electron (which runs suse) . . . all this without hamachi. hamachi is hip, and i can still share files with my school computer . . . with hamachi, i can even send print jobs while here in the apartment.

in case you ever went to silverstate-mrc.blogspot.com (my school assignment site), yesterday's posting was correct. passed out semester exams and pizza . . . now on to my vacation.

which i guess i might have to add 29 july as the third day of melvinism. busy last year with wedding stuff. not as busy this year. but me and the charisian presence are headed back to san francisco. too bad the giants are out of town. 8-b . . . but when we do go to fisherman's warf, i will look a crab in the eye right before he becomes my lunch.

today is 14 july 2006.

last day of summer school . . . so exciting this takes a line in my blog . . . now to summer vacation.

it's hot out here in denver . . . triple digits for the next few days . . .

i was watching the commercials for a show next season on cbs. jericho is about a nuclear attack--finally a show where new york or los angeles is being destroyed. but bye-bye denver and atlanta.

aside from that, nothing really going on . . .

today is tuesday 11 july 2006.

the mlb all-star game is tonight. haven't seen one of those in a while it seems. it's not like baseball went away--it's just that baseball isn't the hip dating thing usually. i was telling the charisian presence it's actually nice being married--i get baseball back. 8-b . . .

brad penny of the dodgers starts for the national league. wild he follows a long line of other dodger greats who started the all-star game like koufax, drysdale, sutton, venezuela, and nomo.

project (irration) that i'm working on . . . hamachi and samba shares. goal in life is to get get p2p file sharing across the internet using meatloaf and electron. i can transfer files from electron, but i have no control from meatloaf . . . keep working on it.

today is saturday 08 july 2006.

the national league wild west comes to the middle of the season with every team at some point of the season sitting at the top and bottom. a stat on mlb game of the week showed how each team spent anywhere from 2 weeks to about a month in first. that's wild. the consensus is whoever gets a good winning streak will win the division. anyone slumping badly is doomed.

the dodgers, though they were on last week and this week, have been killed in these saturday games.

so we got our home phone line cut the other day. so exciting this takes a line in my blog.

after we cut our phone line, i decided to cut netscape.com . . . who needs dial-up now? netscape being part of aol, i figured they would fight to keep me subscribed. i didn't want to end up like that guy who spent half-an-hour trying to cancel his account. with cell phone in hand, and limited time--i went to battle the customer service representative. well, i think the guy couldn't argue with my reason for giving up netscape. it was too easy . . .

well, the day i've dreaded had come--since high school i've had a set of kenwood earbuds that had unparalleled clarity . . . so hip, i bought at least three sets. one set i remember losing while changing planes at the dallas airport. one set had the wires chewed by a friend's cat (i am forgiving, and me and the owner of the cat are still friends). and the last set stopped working yesterday. at least one side stopped working.

throughout the years, i've tried various types of headphones. and i've not liked a set as much as my kenwood earbuds. i even have a sennheiser hd497, but i still liked the kenwoods more. after some research, i settled on a set of sennheiser mx550s . . . and after playing around all day with equalizer settings, i think they almost like the kenwoods. almost . . .