406

That's the latest odometer reading on Ruby. I rode 106 miles this week (two of which were bricks followed up with a 5k on foot). I'm taking the day off today, but hope to be back on tomorrow. It's just too nice not to!

65

Interesting fact: Of all the people in human history who ever reached the age of 65, half are alive now. Given that about 6% of the people who were ever alive are alive today (pdf), that is a pretty big change in the historic demographic mix.

O No

Gonzales strikes again! Now that I've digested my dinner, I can think about that putrid game. I can deal with guys giving up hits, but walks are killers in the last inning. It's still early blah...blah...blah but you've got to win most games you are up a run in the 9th.

O-K

At least the O's won't lose 'em all this year. Last nights game was fun to watch. Atkins showed up, Roberts got a hit and Matusz showed some guts. The Rays got jobbed by the umps a few times (hate that even when it goes your way) and Gonzales almost blew it again but it all worked out in the end. On the TV broadcast, Roch did a decent job of replacing Jim Palmer. Opening day in the Yard today!

Malcolm

Malcolm McLaren is dead. God Save The Queen!

O boy

I watched the first couple of Orioles games this week and I'm worried. I didn't have high expectations, but I was hoping for .500 in a very tough division. If they can't beat the Rays in a series, who are the going to beat in the AL East (besides the Blue Jays, of course)?

The opening game loss was the hardest because the new big bucks closer blew it. The second was all about Longoria having a great night (which he will have many of). But the O's are going to need some luck this year and they just didn't have it in two games that they could have won.

I know we are only 1/80 of the way through the season and there were many positive things about the games (Millwood and Guthrie both pitched reasonably well, Jones looks very comfortable at the plate and Tejada might actually be able to play a competent third base) but a team like this needs to win some close ones to get momentum.

Bags

An airline I'm not familiar with is planning on charging for carry-on bags. I'm OK with this idea. Charging for checked bags has had the predictable consequence of increasing the amount of carry on luggage. When I travel for business, I carry on for efficiencies sake and it is really annoying to not have enough room in the overheads because everyone is trying to save a buck or two. I don't blame the people, I blame the airlines for the pricing structure.

When I travel with my family, we will check bags and it is annoying to have to pay (if not on Delta where I'm a frequent flier). If you had to pay the same in either case, it would encourage people to do what makes the most sense for their travel plans and luggage requirements. If you really don't need any luggage, then you shouldn't have to pay for it.