Don't the A's have a huge walkup biz because everyone knows that the park never sells out? That's sort of a chicken-egg situation.

Yeah, but it's a supply and demand issue. The supply of seats is over abundant since it's really a football stadium, and the local baseball market is smaller. The new owner is a sharp businessman and has done a lot of developments and I think the condo element is what makes it financially feasible for him.

The one place it will really cost him is in post-season ticket sales which is a fat juicy golden goose.

The new park looks pretty cool, even though it's symmetrical.

Not bad looking. I presume those green shades in the outfield are basically a retractable batter's blind? I know there is a hotel attached to the park in Toronto, so that you can watch the game from your hotel room window (if you pay enough).

Don't think the Red Sox org. wasn't crying into their enormous piles of money that the World Series didn't go two more games. They lost out on a huge take from a potential game 6. Nobody would have complained if the hotdogs had been $20 apiece.

so that you can watch the game from your hotel room window

Or be watched having sex. It's very versatile.

A must share from a friend-of-a-friend's blog:

I'm at the laundromat, doing my laundry, minding my own business when I hear the single most memorable howl of frustration from this twentysomething woman around the corner. She clearly didn't know I was there, if she did, perhaps the following conversation with herself wouldn't have happened.

"I counted - goddammit, I fucking COUNTED every single one before I came here. I fucking counted AGAIN - before they went in. 18 go in - 18 should come out. How can this shit KEEP happening to ME?"

Then at the top of her lungs:

"DAMN YOU TO HELL SOCK MONSTER!!!!!!!!"

"DAMN YOU TO HELL SOCK MONSTER!!!!!!!!"

Hee! That made me laugh outloud. Once again I am glad my office is away from my bosses' offices.

18 go in - 18 should come out.

Except: two enter, one leaves.

"DAMN YOU TO HELL SOCK MONSTER!!!!!!!!"

I think I'll yell this when I do my last load of laundry here in this building. They already think I'm weird.

Turn two, the rest are food.

Turn two, the rest are food.

Only if there's enough toejam.

bon bon has no magic in her heart.

Dude, no amount of magic in the heart will make Alias make sense all the time. Not possible.

I actually used to have nightmares about being pursued by a sock monster. One was a giant green argyle sock and the other, an orange argyle sock. I blame The Electric Company. It also gave me the brick wall man nightmare.

Lestat the musical is about the funniest thing ever.

Also they synthesized the storyline of the WHOLE SERIES!?! That's a lot of story for one musical. Perhaps it should be a musical cycle.

I am wondering if this is successful, will we then get iLasher!, the musical ?