After the blown call heard round the world, I realized that the "perfection" we witnessed the other night had nothing to do with 27 outs.  It had everything to do with perfect sportsmanship. There was no tantrum from Armando Galarraga.  There were no boos from the crowd.  No need for a police escort for this official who made a mistake and owned up to it minutes later.  Sometimes professional athletes are just... well... professional.  It makes me proud to be a baseball fan.  Proud to be a Tigers fan.  And proud to be from Detroit.  A free press article summed up Jim Joyce's story very well here...

The FCC is looking for a few good testers.  They want to measure the actual connection speeds people are getting on their home broadband.  Sign up at testmyisp.com.  I signed up right away.  We have been with Comcast since they gobbled up MediaOne some years ago.   The service is up close to 100% of the time but the unfortunate thing is Comcast cable absolutely reeks and is very expensive.  We would love to switch providers but can't in our area. I signed up right away because I'm hoping the FCC does something to eliminate these CATV and ISP monopolies so we can have some real choices and lower rates.

I took my daughter to a ball game last year.  It's something we don't get to do very often.  At that game, they gave a tribute to Ernie Harwell.  It was the last time we would hear his voice at the ball park.  He let everyone know he had incurable cancer.  A world war II bomber flew overhead in his honor.  He had begun his broadcasting career that long ago.  He passed away yesterday evening and we will miss him.  Mitch Albom wrote a fitting tribute here...

Senator Carl Levin offered a tribue to Ernie as well...

I have posted my iPad review here.

I will be adding to it in the weeks to come.  Enjoy, and please comment!