Things that are horrifying.

"At one point, it was funny, perhaps even cute. Now it's just horrifying. You all know what I'm talking about:"

Hurricane Katrina?

Rush Limbaugh?

The price of oil?

The Real World on MTV?

Keith Richards?

Those Dr. Scholl's commercials where they come up with rhymes like "gellin' like Magellan"?

Michael Jackson's plastic surgery?

Those bronze statues of Princess Diana and Dodi?

Furbies?

The NL West "race"?


" ... the NL West 'race.' Despite being below .500, the Padres (64-66 through Monday's games) have a healthy 4 1/2-game lead over the second-place Dodgers and D'backs."

Yeah, I totally knew you were talking about the NL West race.


"If the Padres take so much as a series, let alone a pennant or a World Series, then all of the statheads who have called the current playoff format a crapshoot will have been proven correct."

Yes, Jacob. Baseball statheads are geeks. They're total losers. They probably even have baseball blogs and everything.

L7; Square; What-E-Ver.


"MLB will have to at least consider a new rule that would disqualify a losing division champion from postseason play and allow the top four records to advance. Hopefully, it won't come to that. The Padres will have every chance to reach the .500 mark and surpass it in September/October, when they play 23 of their remaining 30 games within their own division."

I understand his point. If the Padres win 80 games and the World Series in the same season, it might signify the end of civilization. But as long as they win 81 games, everything's cool.