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ESPN wrote this story about true sportsmanship. This is the kind of touching underdog sports story that would bring a tear to your eye, that is if softball was actually a sport. I’ll save my tears for Rudy. Still, it is a great example of sportsmanship. It’s not all about winning, especially in women’s sports.

I’ve been making a point to delete any paperwork related to finances as soon as I am done looking at them. I don’t need to leave stuff lying around. I took a look at my direct deposit slip today to make sure things were in order and realized, I have no idea what my salary is currently. I must have received a raise or two without my knowledge. That’s not too bad a problem to have at all.

Recently I have come into possession of the DuckTales series. This has to be one of the greatest cartoon series ever produced as far as character and plot development go. Disney was really on a roll when The Disney Afternoon came out with DuckTales, followed by TaleSpin, and finally Darkwing Duck.

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This weekend I was handed a brilliant gift, an almost full Heineken Keg. Knowing that gifts like these only come once in a while, I invited some friends over to share in this gift from the heavens. Let me tell you something about these mini kegs. They suck. You have to hold the nozzle down just right or you get tons of foam. Even if you hold down the nozzle just right, you can’t dole out cup after cup of beer, because the damn thing apparently needs a rest period or it gives you more foam.

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I have been on time to work the past three days. That means the number of times I’ve been on time to work in the past two and a half years has gone up almost 63%. Hard work is rough. I need a break.

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I have two cousins graduating from MIT this June and one more going in this fall. Yeah, they’re all pretty much going to eclipse me in the business world within six months out of school. That’s okay. I’m the funny cousin. Anyway, one thing I learned recently about MIT is that all of the students have to pass a swim test in order to graduate. They require two full laps around the perimeter of an Olympic-sized swimming pool without touching the bottom or the sides. I can think of a few of my friend that would not have degrees if they had to pass a swim test.

Still, I think it’s odd that a school that prides itself on its brain power would require a swim test to graduate. Pasty nerds don’t even like to get near the water whether it’s the beach or neighborhood pool. Computers don’t survive wet conditions. This makes me wonder how many MIT alumni are involved in drowning deaths each year.

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Man evolved certain characteristics in order to survive. There isn’t too much life and death survival going on these days in the modern world, so where will man get its next push to evolve? One could argue athletes are pushing themselves to new physical limits, and we know they father plenty of children. *Cough*Shawn Kemp*Cough* Still I don’t think this is where the next step in human evolution is going to come from, because athletes make up too small a percentage of the population.

Our next generation of evolved human beings will come from gamers. The new survival ground is the Internet. The eye hand coordination and finger dexterity on these kids is incredible. Have you ever gone online to play a game of Halo 3 and been killed as soon as you’ve signed online? This is the future of mankind. Now if we could only get these nerds some action so they could spread their superior genetics.

Take that, you doubters! First I sang my way to a 99% score on Radiohead’s Creep. Then I played drums and sang to the same song without getting booed off the stage. Finally, Michelle and I accomplished what everyone told us would be impossible. We beat a song on medium level in Rock Band. Despite overwhelming odds against us (Michelle hurt her hand drumming), we triumphed in the rock star arena. I feel like I could play an actual instrument on stage in front of thousands of people, but then I remember this is just a video game. Believing that I am a true rock star is as much of a twisted dream as people that play World of Warcraft thinking they can be part of an army of mythical creatures, roaming virtual worlds.

Still, I have a new found love for Rock Band. Despite the awkwardness of not being like the real instruments, it’s a game that pumps you up so much that it’s really recommended that you don’t play within thirty minutes of your bed time. Showers are also recommended after intense rock sessions. With some practice my skills will increase, and I will say to all those people who doubt me, “Whatever, man. I’ll kick your ass…online.”