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11Oct/090

Two Things

by wganter

I do actually have a long post with an official review of Terry's book but first I would like to detail the up and downs of my day:

UP - Boston getting swept. Not just swept but completely destroyed. All things Red Sox Nation suck today and that makes me happy. I know, I know, enjoying other's sadness is not a good thing and karma and all that but hey, it is Red Sox Nation and they deserve it. Of course I feel the pain of Benji (my good friend from college who I cheered with sitting next to on his sofa while Boston won the first World Series), but for the rest of those not from Boston, not from Massachusetts, not even from New England fans that consider themselves part of the Nation, I laugh and enjoy it. Also, to not just lose but lose the way they did, it couldn't have been written better. Ninth inning, 2 outs, 2 strikes, and one of the best closers in baseball on the mound. What followed: a single, walk, double, walk to load the bases, and Vladi singling to center to take the lead, that is pure playoff baseball brilliance, beauty, and any other similar word starting with b. Of course the fans might try and utter "curse, curse of the Babe is back." But really, honestly you just lost it happens. MLB.com articles to follow, including Teammate's Don't Pin Loss on Papelbon are amazing. Of course the fickle Boston fans booed Papelbon in the ninth, they blamed him. Of course, they are fickle, greedy, obnoxious, and just plain annoying. Thank you Los Angeles. Not only for beating the Boston Red Sox but for allowing me to stop cheering on the Yank's. I was cheering them on because Jeter (DON'T HATE) is not just a gentleman but an example of a modern day baseball legend and also because I felt they had the best chance to destroy the Sox. Thank you again Angels of LA. I am not trying to steal Mike's Boston hatred either, I hate the Nation. I have never been to Boston but hear it is a cool place, maybe I will hit it up sometime. Of course I will rock my 2008 World Series Champion Phillies hat.

DOWN - Trying for the last hour to upgrade my iPhone. I know, Apple is the greatest and can do no wrong but it has for some reason frozen my iTunes twice, had to be restored three times, and downloaded the 306 Mb software 3 times and still no luck. This is annoying and of course the damn thing is stuck in a black hole until the upgrade occurs. Oh and why is this upgrade happening. Because somehow the last software release had a bug that caused, among other thing, the cell phone to not search for new service if it loses service. In other words, I am driving to Manayunk, I lose service on Bells Mill Road, I get to the top of the hill and it says full service but until I turn my phone off and back on (an annoying process on an iPhone) it will only say it has service, it won't actual have service. Really annoying. If this was a Motorola product Dewitt would have found this issue before it was released and Agnew would have fixed it.

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11Mar/090

Agnew’s Mind = Watered Down?

by Matt

Posted By: Matt The Actor -- Yes, shocking that this blog software didn't display my name.

Agnew's Mind has gone downhill.

Yes, it's true. What once was a prominent website has now been turned into a pile of rubbish. He should be updating this ... with invisible tables and anchors. Ever since he changed to this new blog software to host his site, Agnew's Mind has jumped the shark. From its impossible-to-use Log In GUI to its awful console page to compose new posts, Agnew's Mind has jumped the shark.

And you know we should all take take some ownership here and do a better job posting, updating, and checking the site.

And another thing: when Agnew made the transition from the old service to this awful new one, it didn't pull through my previous log-in info. But when I tried to create a new one, it already "had" my email on file. So Agnew creates some log-in for me, with a name I don't like - it's boring, and now I can't get the password. After 4 emails back and forth with Word Press, I now have a password....in Hebrew mixed with Hex.

That was easy.

And this editing tool sucks. I'm typing this now trying to avoid sub-menus and little pop ups getting in the way of this dialog box. Weird.

Face it. Agnew's Mind has sold out and gone corporate, mark, watered down, mainstream, corporate, EUROPE, whatever you want to insert here. Like the Fonz, Agnew's Mind has jumped the shark...