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I got a new plugin. I just realized that we’re just about two weeks out from June and I have yet to plan one vacation for summer. A few things I absolutely have to do: Go swimming in the Arboretum, go bike camping, leave town for more than a weekend, ride to the bar several times, catch some minor league baseball games, eat more watermelon. What else is fun to do in the summer?

There was even a commuter stop on the way in, but I didn’t stop, because I was late for work.

Uh, I’m gonna leave now and see if they are still there and see if I can’t score me any free goodies on the way home. 826 tonight, and then the weekend holds many possibilities. What they are, I don’t know.

Aside: Francisco Liriano starts tonight, and I’m just considering getting myself a brand new Twins cap this weekend, even though they are well out of first place. It’s not like the M’s are doing any better, right?

While I’m just ranting: Why does everyone insist that Cole Hamels is such a great prospect? TINSTAAP, right? Anyways, I wonder sometimes if people think I’m such an idiot for saying similar praises about KF. I mean, 5 ERs and a walk per inning since he’s come up? Please. But yeah, I know there’s reasons for it, I’m just saying the Phillies fans (and yes, the early outings of KF) have left me jumping up and down for Liriano.

as of today:

1. Screenwriter (with the talent to match; thanks for sending that Sorkin script, J)
2. Record store owner
3. Baseball writer
4. Novel writer
5. Hip Hop Legend

Long overdue: there’s a ton of new pictures up from the past few weeks, including Port Townsend, Shane’s birthday, the April Immigration Rally and our Sunday bike ride.

I’ve been thinking a lot about the immigration stuff but haven’t gotten around to formulating something more solid in terms of opinion on policy and my impression of the political impact and influence that the immigration issue will have on the parties. The real issue, though, is pretty simple, it’s probable that I shouldn’t even be spending so much time trying to separate the issue into political versus practical, because they should be one and the same.