Something caught my eye today when I was reading an article about the Madrid bombings from a few years ago.

The three lead suspects convicted of murder and attempted murder each received sentences ranging from 34,000 to 43,000 years in prison, although under Spanish law the most time they can spend in jail is 40 years. Spain has no death penalty or life imprisonment.

They were sentenced to 34,000!!!!! years in jail, but the most they will serve is 40 years. What exactly is the point of sentencing anyone to more than 40 years then?

Thirty four thousand years in jail. That's a really long time.

Forty years. Still long, but not long enough in my opinion.

Basically what Spain has said is that if you murdered ten million people, you would spend 40 years in jail. Yay Spain. Cue sarcasm.

Deviating from the norm for a moment, allow me to comment on this stupid Seinfeld controversy.

First came "The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids' Favorite Meals"

Then came "Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food"

Hmmm. Interesting. Certainly seems suspicious at the very least. Sneaky / deceptive. Simple strategies / simple secrets. Same recipes. Something smells rotten in this deal and it isn't the big salad.

Verdict: guilty.

Sentence: forfeit your money to me.

Two of my three group members didn't bother to show up for class tonight. Hooray! It's not like our project is due on Tuesday and we haven't really started or anything...

Went to Cedar Point on Saturday with Lindsay and my brother and sister. I rode the new ride, Maverick, for the first time. It's MUCH more wild than it looks. I had no clue where I was at any given time and no idea what to expect next. After the first ride I'd have to say that I didn't like it. I need to give it a few more shots though before I confirm that.

Reason number 1 why I'm upset that the Indians lost game 7.

If they had won that game, they would've had about an 85% chance of winning the World Series.

Instead, they got my hopes up, then walked up behind me and pushed me down the stairs and started throwing knives at me.

Totally random thoughts:

We saw Little Miss Sunshine a week or so ago. Hilarious! Starts slow, but definitely worth it.

I didn't even realize that the World Series started yesterday. I'm still in a sports-induced daze.

Bye weeks in the NFL are stupid, if only because they screw up my fantasy team.

I'm not ready for the NBA season to start in less than a week. It seems like it should be 2 or 3 months off still.

School work is starting to hit high gear now and is thus constantly reminding me of how much I hate it.

I would like to have $500K of disposable income right about now.

Why don't I ever get bags of crap when there is a Woot-off?

Purdue has 4 games left. 3-1 would be a great step. It's possible that they could go 0-4 though... or even 4-0. It would be nice to see a consistent product from week to week.

Someone should start a company that just writes wedding thank you cards. Pay them $2 per card or something and it's all taken care of for you.

We had an earthquake here last week. It was only a 2.9, but it was Lindsay's first earthquake, and for some reason she was excited about that. Apparently it shook the house for about 4 seconds. I was on our street coming home right when it happened and she thought that either a tree had fallen onto the house or that I had driven into the living room. When I was in the condo I actually did see someone drive into their living room. They were just a tad bit intoxicated.

A woman who stabbed her tied-up lover so she could drink his blood has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. She said that she was sorry for the incident and that she never meant to hurt anyone.

Interesting. She never meant to hurt anyone? Okay, I can see her point. I mean, I know tons of people that love to get stabbed. Perhaps my favorite part of this non-violent tale was when the guy escaped and she lovingly chased him with a pick ax.

The news of the day started ominously with Paul Byrd and HGH the talk of the day. My first thoughts were in conspiracy theory mode. Why wait until the morning of game 7 to bring these out? Did MLB prefer Boston the World Series (of course) and did someone want to distract the Indians? We'll probably never know, but the timing is certaily coincidental. It would be the same thing if David Ortiz was found to be using steroids and the media held onto that information until the most important game of the season.

Anyway, that ultimately had nothing to do with the Indians losing - distraction or not.

Game 7 of the ALCS ended when Joel Skinner stopped Kenny Lofton at third base. While replays clearly showed that Lofton would've scored easily, the brakes were put on not just Kenny, but any momentum the Indians would've gained.

Had Lofton scored, the game would've at least been tied at 3-3 and the Indians would've had the momentum from scoring the last 3 runs of the game. Who knows how the next half-inning would've went. Maybe the Red Sox still would've homered and taken a 2 run lead. I suspect the entire Indians team would've been energized though, and it really would've been a good game.

Instead, Lofton was stopped at third, Blake hit into an inning ending double play, I was really really really not happy, and the game was essentially over. The Indians were completely deflated. It really sucked. A lot.

You can argue that the terrible pitching of Sabathia and Carmona doomed the Indians, but I don't think so. I think a bad call by a usually aggressive third base coach doomed them last night. Granted, CC and Fausto sucked and sucked bad, but even after their horrible performances, the Indians still could've won.

Such is life as a fan of Cleveland sports. They will occasionally take you to the brink of something really spectacular before deciding to stab you in the eye.

This just in. In case you haven't heard, the Indians sucked last night. I wasn't terribly confident before the game and tried to cover that with bluster. Well, that just doesn't work. I wanted them to clinch a World Series berth at home as they haven't done that in my lifetime. Well, enough about that crap job last night.


In other news, I bring you the worlds most ridiculous car chase. Click on the picture to watch it.

It's Tribe Time Now!

Yeah, it's a stupid slogan, but whatever. Suck it Boston!

The Indians will win tonight. C.C. Sabathia will pitch like he is capable of. It will be a hard fought close game, but the Indians will prevail.

On to the lowest rated World Series in history! I'll be loving every minute of it. Maybe we can get a few games snowed out and end up playing into December. Not to take for granted that the Indians have to win one more game, but I'm taking that for granted.

People around here have finally stopped talking about the Browns, but I'm fairly certain that's only because they have a bye this week. In the mean time, the Indians have certainly succeeded in capturing the town. They are hitting ridiculously well in the clutch. The bullpen is pitching great. The Eddie Harris' of the team (Westbrook and Byrd) and handling the Red Sox lineup. ESPN has finally recognized that it just might be possible that neither the Red Sox nor the Yankees will make the World Series. What could be better?