Wow....it has taken me a full week to gain back my bearings after the jaunt to Vegas. After arriving home I came down with a Flu-like cold, tried to get back in the swing of things at work and then suffered from "Sleepover Syndrome". For those of you unaware of sleepover syndrome I liken it to when you were a young kid and had a sleepover with a bunch of friends and the next day when you have to go to bed by yourself it is sooooo boring and lonely and you long for the time when you were surrounded by friends and fun. I realize I just set up Richard or Koko for a zinger....but it was worth it.


This Guy went on vacation a bit earlier than usual.


Anyways, I wasn't able to participate on the Dojo and am just trying to catch back up on the great finds of the "Thriller" performance and our old friend ChadVader.

On this grand election day I thought I would spur some output on the site by taking notice of a recent article detailing the top fielding players in MLB. The article is interesting but I will spare you the time by telling you whom they noted as the best and worst defensive fielders in MLB.

Best shortstop at making outs? The World Champions' Jimmy Rollins. The worst? Jeter, of course. And the Yankee captain was not only ranked 22nd on the shortstop list, one grouchy voter actually called him "the least effective defensive player in the major leagues at any position." Harsh. Johnny Blaze was somehow not included on the list and the league is looking into the reason for his omission.


Warning...The following is just a rant I needed to do Blaze is Burning Style. Feel free to ignore and simply focus on the Fielding Article.

A few observations to I needed to put out there. Was anybody voting experience as brutal as mine? No wonder Florida was such a joke in 2000? I had to wait in line for over 2 hours this morning before work. Yes, I arrived at my polling site (which is on the other side of town) at 7 AM and did not get out until about 9 making me almost late for work. Next, I had to explain to the elderly (barely English Speaking) volunteer (at least I think they are volunteers cause if they get paid I will be irate for how incompetent they were)that my last name starts with a G. Now I do realize my last name is long but come on......a 3rd grader would be able to find my name on an alphabetical list. This lady was searching under "D" for over 5 minutes as I calmly told her my name and that she would not find it under D but she would need to look under "G"! Oh your last name isn't Dinger? No, for the 10th and final time it starts with a G....Please just look at my license.

After that, when I was pressed for time, the "Indian" dude standing in front of me for the last two hours had a clown car pull up and empty his entire family to jump in front of me. Mind you I would not have minded as much if they were not all over the age of 70 and were completely unaware of anything around them. They just walked in front of everybody (all 6 of them) and just started grabbing ballots and marking them up and not realizing there was a formal line. Then they kept on getting it wrong by either circling or checking the ballot. This all delayed the entire line by about 30 minutes as they kept redoing their ballot and then just walking in front of everybody that was in line to put their ballots thru the machine. Plus, they could not put their ballots thru the machine in a proper sequence........Think of somebody trying to buy a candy bar with a crumbled dollar while you are starving but they just can't understand why the machine won't take the dollar. It was brutal!

Anyways, I admire our democratic system but I think there should simply be a competency test to vote or work at the voting booth. Have a great Super Tuesday and by this time tomorrow we will have a New Commander in Chief.