Congratulations to Tim Lincecum! The second San Francisco Giants pitcher in history to take home a Cy Young. I knew he had a chance to win this based on the amazing year he had, but thought that because of the final standings, and the Giants overall subpar year, he would be penalized. There were some rather strong competitors for the prize, so the actual vote totals are impressive and confirm what a special year he did have. The more 'official' MLB article on this is here, but the humorously titled "San Francisco hobo accepts Cy Young award for Tim Lincecum" was worth linking to as well. I hope he has many more good years of pitching and that they are for the Giants.

Someone sent me a link to a game (which I could not get to work - maybe that is for the best while I'm at work, hmmmm), but the site had another game which did work and I liked. The tantalizingly named HDOS Databank Request is extremely simple in premise (horizontally switching positions between two adjacent cells to create consecutive strings of 3 or more similar blocks), but quite challenging due to the very limited number of switches you are permitted. I have only ventured through the first 17 levels (about halfway) and will continue through the rest as time permits.

Another game that was sent to me that I think some of you (Lisa) would like is essentially an anti Tetris, called 99-Bricks. Take 99 randomly ordered Tetris blocks and create the tallest tower you can. The trick comes from a slightly jelly-like, sponginess to the blocks that introduces all kinds of vibration and sway to your tower. Fun and addicting.

It is articles like this about a leading candidate for Attorney General in the new Obama presidential power structure that confirm my hesitancy to believe real change will ever come through a political environment where corruption and obfuscation seem to rule the day. It is not about parties, it is about rampant, unchecked, wholesale failures of the system in which the more things "change" the more they remain the same. It is endemic of politics and power. And it makes me sad for the future. Nice way to end this post, right? So, go play some 99-Bricks or HDOS...