Philadelphia Phillies Champions of Baseball 2008

I'm at a loss right now.

I'll let it sink in and then I'll have something to say.

100 seasons

It has been 25 years since any of the 4 big teams have won the championship in Philadelphia.
that is 100 seasons of sports.
100 full seasons without winning it all.

The Phils are up 3 games to 1 on the Tampa Rays.

There will be those that say they Phils didn't play a real team, an established team.

I don't care.
It wouldn't matter to me if they played a team that stunk
and won a trip to the series in a raffle.

As I'm writing this it is the fifth inning in game 4 and Joe Blanton
just hit a Home run to give the Phils 6-2 lead.

The last time a pitcher homered in a Series game was 1974.

They still have to win this game and then 1 more so I'll stop here and
keep waiting for season One Hundred and One to be the Big One.

World Series 2008 Phillies vs. Rays

Well the Sox almost did perform another miracle.
they are one of 2 teams to come back from a 3-1 deficit.

The Sox have done it 3 times before and almost did it again.

So, here we go.
Phils vs. Rays.

Phils in 6.

Phillies are National league Champs 2008

I'm still not sure if it has sunk in yet.
The Phils are in the World Series.
The Fall Classic.

They have made it to the Series only 5 other times and were able to win it only one time in 1980.

Barring a miracle by the Red Sox it looks like they will be playing the
Tampa Bay Rays.

It's been 25 years since the last title
by Philadelphia team, so I'm always reluctant to give in to the excitement.

During my lifetime I've been witness to
The Phils, 76ers and the Flyers win it all.

The best one was when I watched the Phils win the Series
on the front porch of Charlie Mannings house on a little black and white tv with
a bunch of friends in our old neighborhood Kensington.

The first thing I did was jump off the porch and run up the street to were my best friend was and he came running down and he jumped right up into my arms.

I was 17 years old and this was the first time I was old enough to
understand the feeling of watching your favorite team win the big game.

The Sixers won it 3 years later and that has been it ever since.

I am not going to say that this going to be the Phils turn because
there have been too, too many disappointments.

So I'll just watch and if they lose then it's business as usual.

If they manage to beat the Rays then let the celebration begin.

BEST BUY saved my butt

It really is true, Best Buy saved me.

I had another iPhone situation this week.

At work my iphone was sitting on the counter
and it suddenly lost the signal
for making and placing calls.
No bars.

So a played around with it for a while, turned it on and off a bunch of times, still no service.

When I got home I used the restore option in iTunes but still no service.

Off to the apple store to speak with an apple "genius"

Just like my previous iphone they looked into
the connector with a microscope and told me
there has been water in the iphone and that's
why i'm having the trouble with the iphone.

Well guess what, there has never been any
water near my iphone at any time
in the 3 weeks I've had the iphone.

My insistence of this fact didn't matter to the "genius" or his boss the manager of the store.
She refused to budge and as before was kind enough to allowme to buy another iphone.

"No thanks" I told her that we need to elevate this to the next level.
All she would come up with was a phone number to Apple's "s.o.s." service line.

Ok so since i did buy the phone at Best Buy I thought i would give that a shot.
Lucky for me they either don't know aout the red dot indicator
or just overlooked it.
They said i could exchange my iPhone for a new one since it was under 30 days.

One half hour later and I had a new 16 gig Iphone.
Thank you Best Buy.

Say what you will about them and their
maligned customer service, it worked today for me.

REVIEW: The Sixth Sense

There is a spoiler in this review so only read if you have seen the movie.

The Sixth sense was just released on Blu-Ray so this has given me a perfect reason to
finally go and watch it again.
I've only been able to watch the 6th Sense fully through once since the day I saw it at the movies.

This is a compliment to the film.
I think the 6the Sense might be a more emotional film while watching it after having already seen it.

Once you have seen the movie and know what the out come is,
re-watching is a very satisfying and interesting experience.

Every single thing that shows you what has happened to Bruce Willis is right on the screen.
You can watch and see every single clue because they are all right there.
There is no cheat in this movie, everything works and it all adds up.
Right there in the movie Osmet tells you what is happening when he says right to Willis,
“I see dead people” and “they don't know there're dead”.
The 6th Sense is so casual in it's pacing that you just don't notice what is happening until the very end.

I feel sad for anybody who figured out the reveal before the end or anyone who claims they did
because it ruins the shock and the feeling of excitement
when you realize it out for the first time.

Also amazing is the performance of Haley Osmet.
It is rare that someone that young can pull off a great performance,
as this one, without looking silly.

Bruce Willis is subdued and almost whispers his entire role,
but it helps everything else around him become even more pronounced.

6th Sense is classified as horror, but there really isn't much in the film that's scary
as much as it is chilling. It's much more then a simple horror flick.

It's hard to say this isn't a perfect movie, I'll give this is 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Plus it is just as good if not better on successive viewings.


The 6th Sense is truly a modern classic.
Watch it once and carefully pay attention, then watch it again and see how it all plays out perfectly.

4.5 out of 5 stars.