Well, the weather has cooled off quite a bit. Last week at this time, we were near 90 degrees each day. Now, if we get to 60, it is quite the warm spell. On the plus side, the cooler weather (plus rain) has helped fight the wild fires. Now the debate is, do we turn on the heat?
Funny thing about the cooler weather is our driving conditions. Actually, in the morning we often have the heat on (not quite full blast), and on some days (like yesterday), we will have to put the A/C on for our return trip home.
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The MN Vikings have won their first two games. This weekend they will play the Chicago Bears. Personally, I think the first two games were a fluke. (In fact, we should have lost the game against Carolina, except they made a bonehead move, and we had to use trickery to get the ball in the end zone. Personally, I don't think that bodes well for upcoming games.) But despite the two wins, I'm still a Vikings Fan. Although I'm seriously thinking of becoming a Colts fan instead. They have my favorite head coach (Dungy) and favorite player (Peyton Manning.)
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Well, as of right now, the Twins are 1/2 game out of the Division Lead. And with the Tigers slumping (or at least the Tigers and White Sox beating each other up), we may be able to take the division lead. I've read somewhere that the Twins magic number is 8. I'm actually hoping that we do get the division, that way we don't have to play the Yankees first thing. (Plus, the A's are a much better team, and why not get the hard team out of the way first!)
The weird thing about last week's games is that our only starting pitcher not to get a win was Johan Santana. Of course, he did get a no decision. I must say that our rookie pitchers are definitely taking up the slack for the injured Liriano and Radke. Also, Silva has finally started pitching like he did last year. Last game we saw, his sinker ball was finally sinking, and he was getting ground ball outs. If, in his next start, I start seeing fly ball outs, I know he is going to get the loss.
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I haven't talked about books recently. Well, I'm in the last book of a trilogy written by Robin Hobb. If you are into well thought-out characters, fantasy, intrigue, deception, you would definitely like the Farseer Trilogy. The books are Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, and Assassin's Quest. But be warned, the first book starts our really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really slow. In fact, almost all the action takes place in the final 100 pages (of a 500 page book.) If you get through the book, it is really worth it for the final two. Hopefully, I'll be able to finish the book before the baby is born. There are two more trilogies after this one, The Liveship Traders, and the Tawny Man Trilogy. Both of which I want to read.
After the baby is born, The next books on my agenda are Dan Simmons Ilium and Olympos. I really loved his Hyperion and Endymion series, and am hoping for another well thought out and written book.
Also on my list (and already in the my library as well) is L.E. Modesitt Jr's Ordermaster, the sequel to Wellspring of Chaos.
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