My MLB All-Star Game Voting

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American League
First Base: Hafner, T., CLE
Second Base: Polanco, P., DET
Third Base: Inge, B., DET
Shortstop: Guillen, C., DET
Catcher: Rodriguez, I., DET
Outfielder: Ordonez, M., DET
Outfielder: Sizemore, G., CLE
Outfielder:
Write-in: Curtis Granderson


National League
First Base: Fielder, P., MIL
Second Base: Weeks, R., MIL
Third Base: Jones, C., ATL
Shortstop: Vizquel, O., SF
Catcher: Molina, Y., STL
Outfielder: Freel, R., CIN
Outfielder: Griffey Jr., K., CIN
Outfielder: Soriano, A., CHC

And a prediction. The Kansas City Royals will finish ahead of the Chicago White Sox.

Current AL Central standings:
CENTRAL W L PCT GB
Detroit 46 31 .597 -
Cleveland 46 32 .590 .5
Minnesota 40 37 .519 6
Chicago Sox 33 42 .440 12
Kansas City 33 46 .418 14

Pinedale BLM Office Gets 100,000 Letters

But Wyoming has a state population of just over 500,000. Someone got a letter writing campaign going.

Casper Star Tribune - Most favor conservation for Pinedale management area

Immaculate Wine

From the Record-Eagle - Take home a bottle of Material Girl: Ciccone vineyards names varieties after daughter Madonna

The money quote: "I should've done this 20 years ago,” he said. " cha-ching...

Ford Ascension

Ford is doing many things that will lead to North American success.

Via MSNBC: Ford beats Toyota in quality rankings

Via Autoblog: Ford, Honda score high on safety test

And Ford makes AWD optional on most vehicles. Once they can retool factories to become a true world brand and hence have more fuel efficient vehicles for sale in the U.S. I would not be surprised to see Ford reverse its market-share slide. The question I have is how will they respond to BlueTec diesels and clean diesels from Honda and Subaru?

Who Knew? Or, You Never Know Who May Be A Liz Phair Fan

MSNBC reports superproducer Jerry Bruckheimer quotes Liz Phair in daily conversation.

When Dark Horizons asked Jerry Bruckheimer his feelings about not being a critics’ darling, the “Pirates of the Caribbean” producer quoted the Liz Phair song: “It’s nice to be liked, but it’s better by far to get paid.”

The song is actually called Shitloads Of Money and although first available commercially on the whitechocolatespaceegg album it first appeared on Liz's mythical Girly Sound demo tape, aka Phairities.

CNN Money On The Pinedale Boom

Wyoming's natural gas boom sees growing pains

It may all be in decline in 2009.

Family Updates

The whole family is featured at MLUI.org - Young People Speak Up for Granny Flats

And Eleanor currently has her picture on the front page of the Michigan Land Use Institute as a link to the above story.



Megan received a nice send-off from Jim Lively - Good Regional Planners Are Hard to Find

And Brandon got the "Hooray For Everything" award - G&F recognizes Brandon Scurlock with 'Peer Recognition Award'

FCC's Kevin Martin - "Holy F'ing Shiznitch! What a backassward decision"

Not really, but almost.

Via Multichannel News - Court Stops FCC’s F-Word Crackdown:

“I find it hard to believe that the New York court would tell American families that ‘shit’ and ‘fuck’ are fine to say on broadcast television during the hours when children are most likely to be in the audience,” Martin said. “If we can’t [restrict] the use of the words ‘fuck’ and ‘shit’ during primetime, Hollywood will be able to say anything they want, whenever they want.”

And as noted at the Huff Post The First Amendment Wins One, if Bush and Cheney can speak these words why can't the peasantry?

End Of The New West Boom?

Via The Oil Drum - Is U.S. Natural Gas Headed Toward Excess Supply?

The likely transition of the U.S. gas industry from an era of a very tight supply and demand balance to an era of excess supply also relies on a surge in imports of LNG, beginning toward the end of 2008

Ba-Bye BSG

Fourth Season’s Last for Sci Fi’s Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar, You Will Be Missed

Moore and Eick speak up about Battlestar Galactica's future and more