calling in sick today, due to sleeplessness and general purpose nausea, does have the bright side of i get to watch the ballgame as it’s happening, rather than watch the gameday app and listen to the radio. (nothing against gameday; as i’ve said repeatedly to anyone who cares to listen, i really love it and think it’s a really snazzy bit of software.) actually, after i had to go and find the part where they subbed pods for pablo in the first, i learned that it’s really, really entertaining to watch baseball on 2x fast-forward on the tivo. runrunrunrun, funny little men! tee hee!

actually, in general, a DVR makes watching sports much more awesome. back up and watch something in slow-mo, back up because you missed something, fast forward and watch people run around like dazed chipmunks… pretty awesome. of course, tivo in general is pretty awesome. yay tivo! oh, konerko’s second career stolen base! that’s so cute! i love paulie and it’s his number on my fancy-pants official jersey, but my cat tiger runs faster than him. way to go, juan uribe! you’re certainly on fire lately. yay you! also, dusty baker… is clearly a ZOMBIE based on all the energy and liveliness he displays both on and off the field. with a ZOMBIE BASEBALL MANAGER, no wonder the cubs can’t win games. actually, i feel kinda sorry for cubs fans. (like, actual baseball fans, not people who go to the games to drink lots of shitty warm beer.) it’s gotta be painful to watch your team chalk up its fiftieth loss. also, i still hate you, detroit. pittsburgh, you can win some of my fickle favor by beating the pants off the ligers in this series. also, it might put you in front of the cubs in your division if you swept detroit! think of the glory of having someone else be in the basement instead of you! … please?