Game 119: Orioles 4, Athletics 3

Watched the game with Datman Tuesday night and it was one great game. 3 runs in the 7th all but finished it off and we left early. Maybe we shouldn't have with B.J. Ryan loading the bases and allowing a run, but it all worked out.

Busy busy week at work highlighted by the $62 million contract sent out by my department, the largest contract ever in company history. Never again do I want to see 350 pages of work orders again.

One of the hinges holding up the display on my laptop broke, so I called technical support to check out my options. Apparently, warranty doesn't cover it but they did give me the name of the nearest support center. Here's the funny part. The name of the place is CPU Computer Repair. But the operator insisted on spelling it out and adding names for each letter. C is for Chris. P is for Paul. U is for ... 5 minutes later, she still wasn't done. She wanted to use different names for each one so once she used Chris, she just had to use a different name and sometimes she just couldn't think of one that quickly. After all, how many names off the top of your head start with the letter U? How tedious.

Have you seen what the combination of work and bad movies have produced? Only 19 movies watched this year with no more in the foreseeable future except possibly The 40-Year-Old Virgin.