Line from tonight's episode of "The Wire" where a kid is watching TV: "Hey, dude! You gotta see this. There's this serial killer who only kills other serial killers...". Thanks, HBO, for the tip of the hat to "Dexter". Hey, that's on Showtime, but who cares.

Meanwhile, back in the real world.

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The "Knights of Prosperity" only wanted to rob Mick Jagger, not kill him. The Hells Angels wanted to do that themselves. Get a copy of "Gimme Shelter" if you can, still fascinating after all these years.

Is the hat making a comeback? They list a bunch of hats I've never worn, although I think I wore a porkpie once. Maybe if I drove a taxi for a living...

Mainstream media finally figures out that Cuyahoga County is trying a new voting system for the Ohio Primary. Get prepared for a long night of election viewing. We may take New Mexico off the hook when it comes to tabulating votes.

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The Top 10 names in hockey. This is the current version. I really hope Bear Trapp makes the NHL. No Miroslav Satan, is he still active? I always favored Bart Crashley in the old days myself.

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None, it's the last Sunday before the time change.

Before this play, the Indians season still looked good. After Curtis Granderson made this unbelievable catch, I am not sure:




















I was in attendance at the Indians-Tigers game tonight. My Dad sent the call to the bullpen yesterday and I accepted the challenge. We were in Section 102, out in right field. It was Dollar Hot Dog Night, as well, and he sprung for dinner. We had some Tigers fans around us. Of course, our Mensa fans would yell, "Detroit sucks", when we are tied with them. I never figure that one out. We also had Cleveland fan taking the "What have you won lately?" approach to Tiger fan, completely oblivious to the Pistons winning two years ago, the Red Wings recent titles, and the Tigers in last year, while it's now 10 years since we have been in the World Series. So you know what Cleveland fan does when he has no argument? You got it. Out comes Ohio State and Jimmy Tressel, baby! Ugh.

As for the game, story line should be C.C. pitched well, we can't hit, Curtis Granderson with an awesome catch to kill the Tribe in the 8th, Ordonez with a massive clout for the Olde English D's in the 10th and Wedge made mistakes. However, the mistakes ended up being covered up by the fact they worked, which really pisses me off.

Mistake 1: Pinch-running Garko in the 7th. Lemme get this right. You remove your best average hitter in a tie game from second base. If Ryan Garko can't score from second on a base hit, well, by God, he should. But his sub, Chris Gomez, did double to lead off the ninth.

Mistake 2: Pinch-hitting J-Mike for Lofton. Why is Lofton even here? Michaels, of course, did single in his second at bat.

Mistake 3: Not bunting Peralta in the ninth, after the Gomez double, with no one out. We are not hitting, so you must get that runner to third. Wedge says no bunt. Rodney proceeds to whiff three in a row and Gomez is stranded on second. In the words of Homer Tom, "Ballgame!".

Good stats from STO after the game. Since Cliff Lee hit Sammy Sosa in the head (on Sammy Sosa Night, mind you), the Tribe has won 8 and lost 15 games. Victor Martinez, since that incident, has hit one homer and knocked in 9. Thank you, smart, objective caller.

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This US-Roman Empire analogy is getting used more often these days. Now our Comptroller General is getting into the act.

Hey, the US Department of State has cashed my check for my passport. So, I know the envelope has at least made it to Philly. So, why did I have to read another passport horror story.

The "Knights of Prosperity" didn't even make it through its burnoff run. That hurts. Again.

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Gregg Easterbrook is back with words about the AFC. The Browns are still not good.

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I can't help it. Jim Cramer makes me laugh. Out loud. "Third time, long time." Ha!

OK, I did my duty last night and set the DVR to watch "The Knights of Prosperity". After watching "The Natural" once more ("Pick me out a winner, Bobby.") and that ugly Sugar Bowl, it made for a late night, but I got to view it. Two words about the Sugar Bowl and JaMarcus Russell's performance...Rohan Davey.

Back to the "Knights", I liked it. And Mick Jagger was actually in it and he made me laugh. Especially his "Hat Room" which stays at 62 degrees. And when he was kicking soccer balls at his houseman. I liked that he also had a pool in his apartment, but doesn't like to get wet, so he lets his dogs swim around. I've been a Donal Logue fan for a while, from the old MTV "Jimmy the Cab Driver" through "The Tao of Steve", and this may be the breakthrough he deserves.

Here's Donal:



The "Kenickie" joke was a classic. And Sofia carries her Vergaras around nicely, so it's got that going, as well. It hooked me...for now. Let's see where they take it.

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How to travel cheap. Aggregators and traditional booking engines and airline websites. Oh, my.

Griss leaves "CSI" for a while. Channels Jim Thome by calling an underling "...his rock."

The Police may stage a reunion. This intrigues me and bring back Gang of Four or some other band of that era to open.

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Note to self: The Golf Channel is showing the first two rounds of each PGA event this year. Must have passport to re-enter the country, even from Mexico or Canada, in three weeks. Today is "World Hypnotism Day". Z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z...

I'm back now.

Jimi Hendrix. USC fan.



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