Playoff Hopes

I happen to believe that baseball is the greatest sport ever invented. I realize there are many people who disagree with me and that's just fine. This time of year is always both good and bad. It's playoff time. As most know, my favorite team since I've actually consciously watched baseball has been the Braves. For the last 15 years, the Atlanta Braves have been the most consistently good team in baseball. They haven't missed the playoffs since 1990. This gives me a lot of satisfaction and happiness. However, right around this time of year is when the Braves lose in the first round of the playoffs. It happens more years than not. This has been a source of utter consternation for the last several years. This year, I got on espn.com and saw that 11 out of their 12 analysts had picked the Braves to lose once again in the first round to the Astros, who beat the Braves last year in the first round. Well, this year I think is going to be different. My predictions are:

First Round
Braves in 5
Cardinals in 4
Yankees in 4
White Sox in 5

Second Round
Cardinals in 6
Yankees in 7

World Series
Cardinals in 5

I realize that I didn't pick the Braves to get past the Cards, but I just don't think the Braves have it in them this year. It's a bit of a "rebuilding year" if that's possible for a team that just won a difficult division. The Braves have a lot of young talent which will take a little more time before I believe they are World Series ready.

Posthumous popularity

Vincent van Gogh, Emily Dickenson, Ronnie Steelman.

You may wonder what in the world I have in common with any of those other two people. Do I act mildly to moderately psychotic while engaging in artistic endeavors? No...well at least I hope not. Actually, the main characteristic that those three names have in common is that they all became posthumously popular...and in my case, by posthumous, I mean postleavingprovo-ous.
I have never considered myself a popular guy. At law school, on the popularity scale from 1-10, I'd seriously give myself a -3. I'm sure people make fun of me behind my back. Anyway, I had some good friends in Provo, but all of a sudden, I leave and my gmail inbox is constantly full all the time. Not that I'm complaining. Since I have no friends, I consider reading and writing emails as my main social activity. Sometimes I'll spend a couple hours a day just with email. I don't think it's a waste of time because I'm just doing it during the times when anyone else would be actually talking to a roommate or visiting a friend. Well, my point is...actually I don't know what my point is. I guess I'm just happy to have such great friends to email and now to G-talk to.

Relativity is bunk

I am now a disciple of Superstring Theory.