Because the Phillies are in the motherfrakking NLCS baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I was dead wrong about starting Cole on short rest. My reverse jinx powers in the NLDS were unreal. Click me for the rest!

I mope around like there's nothing to do, another day and I'm looking for something new...

Not a whole lot to discuss over the last few days, but I'll do my best anyway...

• I thoroughly enjoyed the Weeds premiere, most notably the introduction of Albert Brooks' character. While there certainly could have been a modicum of effort to explain how Nancy came to decide he was her best option (or, for that matter, how Andy didn't manage to come to the idea of his own father first) but for the most part I think he's going to make for a highly amusing frienemy to the Botwin clan in their new digs. I'm glad to see they haven't completely abandoned the rest of the population of Agrestic, though I fear the line about Conrad and Heylia being long gone may well be indicative of the fact that while the rest of the support cast was downgraded from series regular to recurring, the fighting Jamseses may well just be gone.
• Even more fraktacular than Weeds, in my humble opinion, was the midseason finale of Battlestar Galactica. I'm of the belief that the statute of limitations on posting spoilers is 72 hours, so I will not hesitate to discuss the goings-on of said episode of BSG. I can't say I'm terribly surprised at the discovery of a post-apocalyptic nuclEarth, as it was the resolution to the search least likely to spark riots among fans...it's hard for anyone to be too upset about the discovery of absolutely nothing. I'm curious if the Manhattan skyline whose remnants were revealed to us at episode's end were particularly meaningful or, more likely, a joint attempt to establish this as having once been an Earth which would be recognizable to the actual citizens of earth and a reference, of course, to Planet of the Apes. Regardless, I could not be any more supportive of the decision to give us Earth with an ample amount of time left in the series' run, as especially given our newly formed tentative alliance, the discovery of Earth is only as meaningful and as entertaining as what it means for the characters who form the foundation of BSG.
• The Phils are 3-6 since leaving Atlanta last week, and while I would be kidding myself if I said I wasn't the slightest bit concerned, I don't yet see any reason panic. They lost 2/3 games each in Florida and St. Louis, at least 2 of which they had within their grasp and gave away in extraordinary fashion, in addition to 2/3 at home to the best team on earth, the defending World Series champion Red Sox. Despite their less than stellar results during this, their hardest stretch of schedule this season by a longshot, they hold a 2-game over Florida in the division, with another 3.5 games of cushion between Florida and the Mets and Braves, teams which still possess losing records and more injuries than the 2006 Eagles could shake a stick at. What this week will amount to, in the long term remains to be seen, but if it teaches the Phillies a lesson in plate discipline, it would've been worth getting swept by the Sox. If it ever decided to uniformly work counts, this offense could become a hell of a lot scarier than it already is.
• My boredom should subside, to say the least, over the next 10 days or so, with a midnight Get Smart tonight and, much more excitingly, Virginia Beach with the original NYU crowd for a week beginning Saturday. It's unfathomable for me to think that we'll top the time I had as a member of the Air Jamaica Six, but I'll be damned if we're not gonna try. Until next time, someone PLEASE derelick my balls...I'm fuckin bored.

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