I Blame Paul

Some of us went with Paul and JaNae to a Twins game on Saturday. It was raining and we got drenched going to the park. The game was uneventful and the eventual shutout loss was hardly ever in doubt. But then, the very next day, Johan Santana strikes out 17, makes the national news, and enters into the Twins record book with the most strikeouts in a single game. He could have even gone on to pitch a shutout but both Johan and Gardy thought it best to bring in Nathan to close it out. If Johan had struck out the last three batters he would have tied the MLB record of 20 in a game!

I blame it all on Paul! Why did he insist we go on Saturday? Why not Sunday? In spite of the loss on Saturday we all had a great time. Dean even bought a large popcorn and shared it with everybody (except Jonathan). But now all I can think about is how much MORE fun we would have had if Paul hadn't insisted on the Saturday game.

Weather news...

Hurricane Dean strengthened to a Category 2 storm in the Atlantic as it neared islands in the eastern Caribbean. Hurricane warnings were issued for some islands, and a tropical storm watch was issued for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

Book Report

Here's another book I would recommend -- Life of Pi by Yann Martel.

It's about a boy who grows up the son of a zookeeper in India. When he's sixteen, their family moves to North America with some of their zoo animals, but the boat sinks and Pi finds himself in a lifeboat with a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and a 450-pound Bengal tiger!

Sound interesting? Martel is an imaginative writer. This book was the winner of the Man Booker Prize for fiction in 2002.

Baseball

I tried to get ahold of many of you by email. For some reason my email was blocked by some of your ISPs...

Anyway, I'll be down in the Twin Cities on August 18th. 'Anybody wanna go to a Twins game? (I'm sure they'll start winning again soon...)

I'm on my way home

A week from tomorrow I'll be back in the beloved state of Minnesota!!! If you can't already tell I'm getting excited. I packed up my whole room into two suitcases and a carry on bag. Not an easy thing to do. When I get home I'm going to be buying some basic medical equipment like a stethoscope, an otoscope and a blood pressure cusp. It's so weird. I'm going to be a nurse.