http://www.vafrous.com/ One man wanted vafrous to have an rss feed. That man was Yaniv. Sun, 11 May 2008 06:18:38 GMT en-us \nhttp://vafrous.comhttp://vafrous.comSun, 11 May 2008 06:18:38GMT I forgot to post this guy's image in the last update - he can have his own... \nhttp://vafrous.comhttp://vafrous.comSun, 11 May 2008 06:17:27GMT A married Roman Catholic priest married Adam and Ella at St. John's yesterday. I can't get an accurate number on the internets (finding different numbers) for how rare it is to find married Catholic priests, but it seems quiet so. Here's an about.com page about it. I think you can reach first base without getting a hit through a dead ball caused by a runner or umpire being struck by a batted ball in fair territory before it reaches a fielder. There's a page about some rules stuff here. More rules/quirks are listed on this site - including an arguable method of a perfect game where runners do reach base. I'm moving to Chicago tomorrow. So long.\nhttp://vafrous.comhttp://vafrous.comWed, 07 May 2008 12:29:15GMT There are six ways a batter can reach first safely without getting a hit. Admittedly I could only come up with five "on the spot". If you would care to play along, don't look at the list below... Listed in order of "duh": Base on balls Hit by pitch Reaching on an error Dropped third strike / steal Fielder's choice Catcher's interference Jeremy, Kara and I saw The Visitor (92% on Rotten Tomatoes). It's slow paced with some very linear story developments; good acting and nice scenery. Certainly not something if you're looking for action and a three Vafrous V's of five film overall.\nhttp://vafrous.comhttp://vafrous.comMon, 05 May 2008 08:46:47GMT Even with Matsuzaka's career high 6 pitches (and 70 thrown through 3 innings), the Tigers have a big 0 runs to show for it. And a big 0 hits so far, to be sure. More fun facts: Pudge hasn't batted 9th in the order since 1992 (rookie year 1991). It's 4-0 in the fourth. As we didn't have the strength to make it out Saturday night, Tina, Doug and I ventured around Lincoln Park and found a live jazz spot. No other bar had a good crowd. We learned Mike Dangeroux likes to play his guitar with teeth and tongue. We trekked back to Michigan this afternoon.\nhttp://vafrous.comhttp://vafrous.comSun, 04 May 2008 10:32:31GMT Various notes from Chicago: We learned the hard way that a "garage" style door on a Uhaul is prone to getting stuck on items shifting within. After a two hour quagmire of trying various tricks to open the trailer, we finally succeeded. The first evening we painted Tina's room - lots of grey with a purple accent wall. The second we completed mine - lots of blue. Doug brought his "former professional painter" skills. Duffy's had some flat rate all you can drink for three hours deal on Friday night. After we cleaned up there we met Joel, Jake and Adam at a bar in Lakeview. We've taken advantage of parental subsidies. Ma/Pa Grossi/Sklut came to town to swap vehicles with us and took us to Aladdin's Eatery (where they do a nice job) and breakfast at The Grove. Tina's mother et al. will be in town today - we'll probably have another Grove experience. Hulu works well - we had a showing of Planet of the Apes last night (we have no TV yet) and some episodes of the office on the Thinkpad. Today we'll check out the park, zoo, and beach.