records, old and new

-congrats to the sox for winning their first world series since 1917. and they did it with a sweep. the celebrating mobs on TV afterwards looked odd to me. everyone was carrying brooms...i wasn't sure if it was a janitors' strike or people just really adamant about cleaning up the city.

-continuing our record year, tropical storm beta has formed in the caribbean, setting the bar higher for F#$%ed up storm seasons. we've seriously screwed up this planet.

-and on a side-topic, i would like to bring your attention to season one of the family guy on dvd. here's an exchange between Chris and Meg during a major heatwave:

Meg: Chris, you're hogging all of the fans!
Chris: Yeah, well...you're hogging all of the ugly!