- Kirby Puckett was only 44. From the website (linked to in the pic): Kirby Puckett, the roly-poly center fielder whose exuberant love of the game made him one of the best-loved players in baseball history, batted .318 over his 12-year career and led the Minnesota Twins to two unlikely World Championships.
- The stock market looked horrible today, but I'm going to stick to my pre-options week them for now. It seems that if the week before options is weak, the market makes some sort of turnaround mid-week (lets say wed-thurs) and rallies into expiration. I'm sure there are real worries out there with Texas Instruments weighing on semis and tech, and long term rates breaking resistance. Another thing on the radar (that everyone is aware of) is the election year cycle. More on that later.
- I still haven't watched The Apprentice, but the recorder has been going... One of these nights. Oh, and The Amazing Race starts tonight! (Against American Idol...). Too many things to watch, and only one DVR....
- On 24 last night, it was the end of Edgar Stiles. CTU (Jack and his merry band of counter terrorists) stopped a gas attack at a hospital. But then CTU itself was attacked, leaving Jack and costars trapped in sealed rooms! The show closed with the tech slueth Edgar meeting the end of his series run.
- Viewership for The Oscars was down 8% from last year. I didn't watch it. I did see Crash on DVD, but none of the other films. I'd like to see Walk the Line. Oh, I saw Wallace and Grommit. CHEEEEEESE.
- Verizon says it's going to let folks control their Tivo from their Verizon phone. Is that a big draw? It'd be convenient sometimes, but don't most folks set up their DVDs to record a series of shows? I think a Slingbox client for Windows Mobile would be more cool...
