So I hate baseball and I hate all of you. First the Yankees and Cubs lose and all is right in the world. The Rockies win the NLCS and my life gets better. Then the Indians go up 3-1 and It looks like the WS of my dreams is about to happen. Then the stupid Indians blow it all a Willie Mays Hays to Jake Taylor. Come on. All of America except those stupid annoying Boston fans were rooting for you and you lay three goose eggs in a row. “Wild thing you walk everything” Way to make Bob Uecker proud. “one hit, we got one damn hit” “you cant say that on the air” “christ no one is listening”. Now i cannot go into a sports bar for the next week and a half because of those annoying Boston fans. Thanks a lot Indians. I hope you are happy. Cleveland does not rock. Maybe they should have put some vagisil on the ball.

So i have no rants about Bush today, so I have decided to create a list because they are fun. My list surrounds creating your favorite cd that reminds you have great period of your life. Could be the songs you listened to in 8th grade while making out with your arm or songs you listened to with your drunk idiot friends while going throught the taco johns drive thru (swear I have never done that). My list centers around the greatest basement in Duluth, MN. Of course that would be Mr. Corey Kemp’s basement. Oh the times we had down there. Nothing like playing beer pong, playing horse race, golf, poker for keg stands, dancing with the gorilla, throwing td passes to Joe Joe, Joe Joe breaking glasses and then blaming it on my (was not me Brett), three guys passing out on a twin bed with a pink blanket, People Under the Stairs etc etc. Man what times. Well here are a list of songs that remind of that time and would be a great cd if you wanted to burn one

1. Less than Jake “plastic cup politics”
2. Rufio “rRoad to Recovery”
3. New Found Glory “Hit or miss”
4. Mxpx “Rock and Roll Girl”
5. The MovieLife “Jamestown”
6. Fenix Tx “Song for everyone”
7. Fall out Boy “The Patron Saint of Liars and Fakes” (Side note did not want to put this on here because they are gay now, but they weren’t at that time)(this also makes my list for greatest drive to Grandmas with Brett)
8. Count the Stars “Better of Alone”
9. Blink 182 “Dammit”
10. Midtwon “Just Rock and Roll”
11. Rx Bandits “Analog Boy”
12. The Starting Line “The Best of Me”

I could probably go on for a while, but these are the ones that came to my mind the quickest. If any of you have been to CK’s basement, don’t be afraid to tell a tale. I know we all have them. Just remember the Gorilla went to AlBrook and fits into my lettermans jacket very nicely.

So our fearless leader has vetoed a bill that would fund insurance coverage for an additional 4 million children. This plans covers families that make too much for medicaid, but make too little to pay for private insurance. His reasoning, it is getting to close to government funded health insurance and that families will drop private coverage in order to get the free coverage. Well duh senior rich guy, never had to scrape together five bucks to feed your family guy. Does anyone in Washington know how hard it is to make ends meet in middle america? Oh wait, they are too busy filling their fat wallets with lobbist perks from the private drug companies and health insurance companies. If you are going to veto this bill, then pass legislation that will make private insurance affordable for everyday individuals like me. Universal coverage is not the solution I feel. I support it more than I support our current system however. If I had a kid right now, I would have to pay 600 a month in health insurance. Does that sound reasonable to anyone? Except maybe Olbermann.

So i am taking a macroeconomics course right now. One of the main points of economics is cost v. beneift. What you give up to obtain something else is the opportunity cost of that item. If you want to go to the movies, you have to give up either spending time with your family or the money it costs. When determining this, you must decide if the benefit you receive is worth the cost of the things you are giving up.

This has made me think about playing baseball. On the outside, signing a contract, getting paid to play baseball, do something you love etc is all benefit and no cost. I will disagree with this statement everytime. Now I understand I was lucky, got to do something I love etc, but the cost of acheiving this dream well surpassed the benefit. When I started I was 23 and when I stopped I was 27. During this time I was making anywhere from 800-1000 a month and when the season was over, I had a hard time trying to find a job and workout at the same time.

So there I was, a college grad with 40,000 in student loans and living below poverty level. Whereas my friends were able to get jobs right away, start paying off their debt and start down the road to financial freedom. I am 30 and have only had a real job for 2 years, whereas my friends have had real jobs for 7 years. Not hard to figure out who wins financially and long term with that one.

Second, playing baseball totally affected by credit history. Imagine making 800 a month, paying 300 in rent and trying to eat and having 300 a month payments in student loans. Now I was able to defer most of my loans, but one would not work with me any longer and I was forced to do the worst thing you can possibly do. So Wells Fargo can go to hell. Notwithstanding that, the loans i deferred accrued interest and now instead of being 5000 are 8000. Totally worth playing baseball for?

So here I set, ready to start a family and if I had been not good at baseball, probably would be a better situation. The cost of playing baseball far outweighed any benefit I received from it.

So things are pretty poopsville around Tampa, Minnesota and the world for that matter, so I have decided to review a cd. If you don’t like it, I don’t care. I will get back to my far left wing rants someday, I promise. I know how much everyone enjoys listening to my totally onesided posts.

Check out this column that I found on ESPN. I couldn’t agree more with number 40 on the list. Minnesota does have a great tradition and excitement that follows the amateur baseball scene. I think they forgot beer-pong tournaments at 5D though.

101 things all sports fans must experience before they die

So our valiant leader has vetoed a bill to lift the federal ban on stem cell research. i.e. new stem cells from new embryos. I am so tired of theology playing a part in politics. I don’t care if our nation was found on christian principles. We do not live up to them so why do we pick and choose what ones to abide by. Bush should care less about embryos that technically not really living and more about the millions of people in the world that are really struggling because of his policies. Oh and if you see a Pro Life license plate, pleae rear end the car for

So apparently, in the State of Florida, if you are a developer and you run across some turtles in their burrows, by law, you are allowed to bury them alive, if you donate money to the turtle wildlife refuge fund. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME. What makes this worse is that turtles have a slow metabolic rate, so they suffocate very slowly. If you need any proof that man kind needs a good ass raping, this is your proof.