Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

I'm no fan of Kevin Millar and that's all I'm going to say about the Orioles wasting their $2.1 million... Q: What did the fish say when it bumped its head on a cement wall? A: Dam!... Allan Embree is a good gamble for the Padres. Every year you see two or three older relievers reclaim their control and become valuable members of a pitching staff (see Bob Howry, Todd Jones and Rudy Seanez last year)... I watched Miller's Crossing again last night. Man - that s one great movie! IMDB has it rated as # 238 in the top 250 and that is much too low... I haven't written anything on the Alito hearings because like much of America, I'm bored with it. The plot is worn out by now. Lets see - qualified candidate gets grilled by leftist Senators who are more concerned with grandstanding to special interests groups like MoveOn.org and NARAL than with asking actual questions, candidate wonders if process is worth the hassle, candidate gets confirmed, people write about how Ted Kennedy made an ass out of himself. How many times do we have to see this same plot play out? It's gotten boring. It would only be exciting if it had a deus ex machina moment like Bush bursting into the hearings, point his finger at the committee, yell "stop being such a bunch of damn jackasses and confirm this good man" and storm out. Now that would be good TV...