I haven't really had much to say lately, mainly because I haven't really done anything terribly interesting. I finally had a good series bowling Monday night (173, 182, 187 for a 542 series). I still don't like the way the lanes are in that league. I guess I'll have to adjust to it.

I have gone back to absolutely hating UPS again. I placed an order at officemax.com and left their driver release form on my door. The UPS guy circled a paragraph on the form: "Under certain circumstances the driver may be unable to comply with this request. In these instances instructions will be left on how to obtain your order." and left a UPS infonotice. I called up the 800 number, and requested that they hold it for me, since I would never be home to get it when they delivered. They said it would be available starting 8am the next day. I go out there at lunch, and of course, it's out on the truck, and I had to go back that night to pick it up.

Then, the next day, they leave two huge boxes for me from Amazon outside my door, no signature necessary (which is good, but there was no reason for them not to leave the Officemax ones).

I had recently been having some problems with my iPod (headset jack became flaky) and got a warranty replacement from Apple fairly quickly. Unfortunately, this time they charged me $30 (total) for shipping it back and forth. Beats buying a new one, although that would be an excuse to get the newer, smaller model.

I want a Treo 600, badly. Looks like a great device. I will have one, probably in November or December when I can do the number portability thing (my T-Mobile contract is up in July). I'll probably switch to Sprint, as their data service is cheaper and faster than T-Mobile's. I'll have to see how the coverage is though...

Go sign up for the Federal Do-Not-Call list. Actually, don't do it yet. The site is swamped.

You should all go support the Eldred Act (now officially called the Public Domain Enhancement Act) and reclaim the public domain.

I guess that's about it for now. I'll try to do more interesting stuff so I have more stuff to write about.

Yanks win the first game of this year's Subway Series, 5-0.

I'm going to the Dodgers/Angels tomorrow, my first game at Dodger stadium, even though it's the closest stadium to me, I've been living out here for almost two years now, and I've been to all four other stadiums in California.

It's been 11 days since my last entry. I've really been meaning to write stuff here, but just haven't found the time (or the motivation, really). Quite a bit has happened since we made the playoffs...

First off, we lost both of our playoffs games, but they were pretty close (by one run, don't remember the exact score, and 22-18). Not bad, overall, and we should hopefully get better for next season. I do have to hit the batting cages more often though, as it seems I have completely forgotten how to hit. All I can do now is pop it up to third.

I've bowled pretty badly the past two weeks. The league I'm in isn't quite as competitive as the one I was in the rest of the year, and I don't think they prepare the lanes for them terribly well, because no one really cares. Yes, I'm blaming the lanes. My ball gets virtually no hook, to the point where I have to use my old one in this league. I got my new one (a year and a half ago) because my old one was hooking for me waaaay too much, and I needed something with a little less. I guess it paid to keep it around, though, because there are times when I can't do a thing with the new one.

The Mets were involved in three one-hitters in a row, possibly the first time any team's ever done that. Sunday, Steve Trachsel one-hit the Angels (of course, I had to go to Saturday's game to see the Mets get blown out, and not Sunday's). Monday, a Marlins rookie one-hit the Mets. And Tuesday, three Met pitchers combined for a one-hitter against the Marlins, and faced the minimum 27 batters. They still suck.

Saturday night, after the Mets/Angels game, I went gambling. There's a casino about 15 minutes from Andrew's. Not good. I have to make sure to not go there too often. I don't consider it lost money, because I enjoy it, but I still don't want to do it too much. I do love Caribbean Stud, though.

I do have more to say, but I can't remember any of it right now. I'll leave you with a link to ING Direct where you can open a savings account and get a 2% interest rate, much better than most places around now. By going through that link, you get $50 for signing up, too. (And it's not a referral link... I get nothing for you signing up through there.) A pretty good deal, if you're looking to open a savings account.

I've either been too busy to write, or not had anything to say. You can try to figure that out.

The Green Hills softball team has, for the first time, made the playoffs, with our stellar record of 2-5-1. I guess I probably shouldn't mention that four teams out of the five in the league are in the playoffs. Too late, I already did. Guess which team we beat twice.

I started my summer bowling league last week, threw a 210, and averaged 175 over the first three games. A reasonable start, I suppose.

What a crappy post. I don't really have anything else to say, unfortunately. Except that the Mets still suck.