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What can I really say about the Eagles. First, their last game ended in a 13-13 TIE (YES TIE) with the 1-8 Bengals. Second, my “beloved” quarterback Donnie McNabb didn’t even know the game COULD end in a tie.

Uh. What? I mean. Uh. Huh? Quoth R-Diddy (Ray Didinger the sportswriter to you non Philly people):

So where do they go from here? They will win a few more games, they may even finish over .500, but it doesn’t mean a whole lot, not if your mission statement is winning championships as Jeff Lurie has always claimed. Right now, the Eagles are moving in the wrong direction. Seeing players celebrate a tie in Cincinnati is all the proof I need.

That’s pretty brutal, and I agree 100%. The words “pissed off” just don’t seem to do this whole situation justice.

One more quick quote:

The Eagles are a clueless, shapeless mess at the moment.

Now THAT sums it up.

I’ve been using a Windows based (ARGHHHHH) program to catalog all of my comic books. I haven’t really been collecting very long, so I only have about 250 or so books. However, the software made it fairly easy to catalog and store in a database. It even downloaded some basic information as well as cover images. This software was free for quite some time, and as usual, all good things must come to an end.

The company will start charging a subscription rate in 30 days. I pretty much refuse to pay for stuff that really should be free. It’s a decent program, but not something worth 45 bucks a year, that’s for sure. Call it the Dutchman in me.

When in doubt, whip some code out. It only took me a few hours to hack together some PHP and MySQL to get a quick and dirty web based comic book database rolling. It’s not all that pretty yet, but the backend is there and I can easily copy and paste information from the web. The most tedious part thus far is scanning all of the images into the system. So far so good though.

Please, do check it out.

53 programs, using 153 GB (2 days 1 hr 59 mins) out of 917 GB (544 GB free).
My MythTV program cache is getting out of control. Just not enough hours in the day to watch TV.

Wow, I can’t believe that I actually forgot to post about something I now love so very much. A few months ago I started to have minor problems with my Motorola Razr. It would turn itself off, wouldn’t turn on, stupid stuff like that. After a bit of research, I decided to pick up an AT&T Palm Centro.

In years past, I used different versions of Palms to keep track of my schedule for work. I always preferred the Palm OS as well as the Palm Apps, and the Centro is no different.

For anyone out there looking to sync a Palm Centro (or just about any USB based Palm these days) with Linux, please do yourself a favor and check out J-Pilot. It has the same look and feel as the Windows/Mac Palm desktop, and it syncs up flawlessly. Also, after a bit of Google work, I found a script that will download all pictures and videos from a microSD card. It’s written in Python and works really well.

To get the Palm working with Linux, make sure your kernel has the visor kernel module loaded, and J-Pilot will do the rest.

I have a feeling I just missed a once in a lifetime opportunity. Such is life. Maybe Philly will have another championship title come back to the city before I die.

That’s right, the Phillies have finally brought a championship back to Philadelphia. I could hardly believe it myself, and I nearly had about 10 heart attacks watching the final inning.

Now, let’s see what the Flyers and Eagles can do…

Let’s all hope tonight’s World Series game will be the last for the series. If you haven’t followed, the last game was basically a nightmare. The weather was horrible and should have been called early on. However, with the Phils up 2-1, the Umps, Commish, and any other moron in charge decided to allow the game to play on. In the top of the 6th, it was so bad that there were puddles all throughout the infield. However, the game was allowed to continue until the Rays tied up the game 2-2. Talk about a bonehead move. Bud Selig, you are a moron!

Hey, look at that, budseligisadouche.com is free. I should register it.

After far too long, I finally broke out my wallet and picked up a 57 Series Performance Intake Kit. It boasts about 10 extra horse power for my Dodge Ram 1500. It was fairly easy to install after ripping out the old Hemi resonator and stock airbox. How can you go wrong? Cheap horsepower and a million mile warranty on the filter itself.

Check out the pictures here.

That’s right. Matt Stairs. My new favorite player. He’s 41 and is listed as a pinch hitter for the Phillies. I can’t honestly remember seeing him hit throughout the season, but is listed as hitting .252. I assume that was when he was a Blue Jay, as he was traded to the Phils at the end of August.

Anyway, he came into tonight’s NLCS game with the game tied at 5. The Phils were winning 2-0 in the first, but were quickly losing control as the score crept up to be 5-3 Dodgers at the top of the 8th. The “Flyin’ Hawaiian” Shane Victorino hit a 2 run home run to tie the game. Mr Stairs came in and knocked one HELL of a home run to deep right field making the game 7-5. That’s how we ended the game with Brad Lidge coming in to save another one. The Phils lead the series 3-1.

My nerves can’t take this.

Just as I thought, the good old fans of Philly didn’t disappoint. Oh well, let’s put politics aside for now.

Flyers got killed in the open period. It was 4-0 by the end of the first, and Stevens had to pull Biron for the backup Niittymaki (whom posted a shutout from that point on). I think the loss had mainly to do with the fact that the Rangers had already played 4 regular season games and this was the first game for the Flyers. That’s what I am hoping anyway. In the end, the orange and black came back and almost tied the game several times in the 3rd period, but just couldn’t get it done. I’ll take the 4-3 loss (for now).

Eagles take the win! Better yet, Dallas quarterback Romo broke his pinkie finger on his throwing hand. Sorry folks, but hahahaha. I am an Eagles fan. I am required by law to hate all that is Dallas.

On a different note, I finally broke down and ordered a cold air intake for the Ram1500. I’ve been reading forums here and there and some people have boasted better gas mileage. I honestly won’t hold my breath, but it will give a chance to tinker around under the hood without breaking anything major. Pictures will follow…