Basile posted evidence of how bad my karaoke skills are.



Notice the singer in the video game looking depressed because I'm singing so badly. Of course, it didn't help that I couldn't stop laughing at myself either...

I'm betting that Justin Verlander won't win more than 15 games this year.

Here's why:
1) He will probably not pitch as well as he did last year.
His mediocre strikeout rate doesn't bode well for continued success.

2) The Tigers will not give him the same run support as they did last year.
The Tigers scored 6.77 runs per game when he pitched, 2nd most in the league.

3) The defense behind him will probably not be as good as last year's.
The Tigers were the most efficient defense in the AL last year, and will probably regress to the mean.

4) He will probably get injured.
He had over 200 IP last year (including playoffs), which is well above his previous high of 130 IP. The large jump in IP is extremely dangerous for a young pitcher.

I'm not saying that all of these things will happen, but I'm pretty sure that at least 2 of them will...

Allen and I cleaned out our refrigerator today, for the first time since we moved in (which was October 2005).

Here are some of the things we found:
-Korean pancakes with multiple mold spots
-A thick layer of syrup at the bottom of the fridge
-3 expired milk cartons, one from 2005
-Unwrapped frozen chicken breasts caked with ice
-Frozen hot dog buns
-Drinks from November 2005

Yum...

MyHeritage.com lets you match faces with celebrity faces.

When I used Basile's face, here's one of the matches I got:



So now there's no denying it...

My company has a new CEO, Dr. Mark Greene.



OK, so he's not really one of the doctors in ER.

He's actually been the VP of Financial Services at IBM. He also co-founded IBM WebSphere and worked as an economist for the Federal Reserve Board.

The date of my company's annual party:

2002: Early December
2004: Early January
2005: Mid January
2006: Late January
2007: Yesterday, February 10

I think they stopped calling it a "Holiday Party" in 2005. In a few years, they probably won't be able to call it a "Winter Party"...

And no, I didn't attend since I was in Tahoe for a snowboarding trip.

Back in high school, I used to play Minesweeper, one of the free Windows games. A LOT.

I got so good at it that I had some pretty crazy records:
Beginner: 6 seconds
Intermediate: 45 seconds
Expert: 230 seconds

But I'm nothing compared to this guy... who set the world record on the expert level by finishing in 38 seconds!

The streak is over.

I had gone my entire life without getting pulled over, but that ended today. As I was driving the carpool to work I got pulled over for driving 78 in a 55 zone. There's not much for the cops to do in Marin, so speeding tickets happen more often here than in more urban areas. At least the cop cited me in a 65 zone instead of a 55 zone.

Online traffic school, here I come!