Random Notes on the Week

[dlgood]

1. Expect my new computer to be shipped in, any day now. My current PC has served me very well over the last 6 years, when it went from Super-Awesome to Mostly Adequate, before eventually becoming Old Weak and Feeble. Am very excited to have a machine that does not seize up when playing anything newer than three years old.



2. This week marks the 20th Anniversary of the release of GNR's Appetite for Destruction - which was just about my favorite album during my teenage years. I think enough of it holds up. This makes me old.



3. Courtesy of Perez Hilton, I see Eliza Dusku is dating Dodgers pitcher Brad Penny. Which, is swell for her because he's an awesome pitcher who makes a lot of money.
   
   That said... if you're going to date an Alyssa Milano cast-off, I'd have recommended Barry Zito who is way cooler, much better looking, and has the most obscenely ridiculous pitching contract (7 years $126 million in San Francisco) in baseball history. Even if he's one of those archetypal weirdo left-handers.

Comments

[ladystarlightsj.livejournal.com]

Okay, Brad Penny reminds me of Larry the Cable Guy -- I'd go for Barry Zito, me.

And I can so deal with left-handed weirdos, honest!

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Zito is more of the harmless weirdo, and $18 Million a year goes a long way toward making that dealable.

Brad Penny reminds me of Larry the Cable Guy

Just because Penny's got the missing link thing, and never appears to shower...

[ladystarlightsj.livejournal.com]

Harmless weirdos with $18 million a year is very dealable. Since I deal with the other kind a lot, heh.

And the resemblance is startling -- maybe something around the face or the ball cap? I dunno.

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

What if I want to date Alyssa Milano?

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

I suggest you get a sex change and learn how to throw a curveball.

[theantijoss.livejournal.com]

20th Anniversary of the release of GNR's Appetite for Destruction

OMG. TWENTY YEARS? But... but... I'm STILL 17! How is that possible?

God, I loved that album. *sigh* Paradise City is now rolling around in my head.

[moire2.livejournal.com]

Your teen self had very good taste in music. And, thanks for the heads up on Barry Zito. :: makes note to self ::

[bastardsnow.livejournal.com]

That may be true, but Brad Penny is a legit NL Cy Young contender, and Barry Zito seems to be just... imploding. If you're interested in dating a winner, Penny's the way to go. That said, he is kind of oafish looking.

Although, Zito was part of the best trio of young pitchers, kind of... ever assembled.

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Oakland's Big 3 were a special group - they didn't have the longevity of Glavine/Smoltz/Avery then Maddux but are up there. (Barring injury, Detroit's trio of Verlander/Bonderman/Miller will be the Big Three of the next decade.)

Yeah - if you want the better pitcher on a better team... Penny's already got the World Series ring, the Dodgers are trending up, is certainly a CY Young contender and should be for the forseeable future, is a good hitter for a pitcher, and he's beefy if you're into that.

Zito already has a CY Young, he's never been injured and he's got that pretty curveball, but he was always a little overrated. And now he's getting exposed playing for that awful, awful SF team. And given his contract, he's going to be on lousy baseball teams for a while.

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

Brad Penny? He started out pitching here for the D'backs. They traded him for Matt Mantei, I think, who gave them a number of decent years as a closer. Over all not the best trade ever, though.

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Not a great trade, given that starters are worth far more than relievers, and that they won the World Series with Matt Mantei on the DL and Byung Hyung Kim closing. Sort of.

[keith5by5.livejournal.com]

"Courtesy of Perez Hilton, I see Eliza Dusku is dating Dodgers pitcher Brad Penny. Which, is swell for her because he's an awesome pitcher who makes a lot of money."

And the way her career's downturning, she's going to need the money.

Sigh.