Easter Weekend

Happy Easter Freeks and Geeks! To the non-religious like myself, Happy Random Long Weekend!

I have some duties to attend to so I will keep this short. Just some random thoughts on random things...

The Masters is underway and Mike Weir is in good shape. I have him in our office pool so if he makes a run it will be nice to cheer for my favorite golfer without having to pull for some other schmuck for monetary reasons. We eliminated Tiger and drew names to select the draft order. 23 people @ $10 each. I was luck to be able to select 23/23. Yep, dead last. The guy who picked first went with Mickelson and wanted to make a side bet with me, but he wouldn't lay any odds. So I told him to get bent. I have a straight-up bet with the VP, Weir vs Luke Donald for $20 and I swapped 25% of Weir for 25% of Paul Casey. The prize structure is $150, $70, $20 so I figured it was best to not put all my eggs in one basket. If Donald hadn't went birdie, birdie, eagle on 13, 14, and 15 I'd already be looking at a guaranteed profit. As it stands I have a 5 stroke advantage in that little side bet so tough to complain.

The Tragically Hip's new album We Are the Same gets better with every listen. These guys never rest on their laurels and I love that about them. HMV just reported that it hit #1 in Canada. Congrats.

The Tigers were in town to open the season against the Jays and left with a 1-3 record. Unfortunately I did not make it down to any of the games due to the Tragically Hip movie on Monday and work obligations after that. It's looks like we'll be in Detroit for Father's Day weekend to see the Tigers vs the Brewers. I'll where my old Fielder shirt for that one. As for the Jays, they look like they're going to put a lot of runs on the board this year. Travis Snyder is going to be right there for Rookie of the Year. The injuries to Marcum and McGowan really suck because, but they have a lot of other young arms that need to grab their chance and run with it.

We leave next Friday for Albany, NY and Worcester, MA to see The Dead. I'm going with Sameer and Andy. Should be a blast. I will have more on this and of course all the ensuing shenanigans.

Here's the link of the day.