This is like deja vu all over again.

For the second year in a row, the New York Mets were eliminated from the playoffs at the last game of the regular season at Shea Stadium by the same team. At least they don't have to worry about a three-peat. Shea Stadium will be torn down soon. I wonder what's worst, that or not making the playoffs after being in the post-season for 13 seasons in a row. Yes, I am talking about the Mets' cross town rival Yankees. Before the just-ended playoffs run, the Yankees didn't make it into the post seasons for 13 years in a row. I wonder how many seasons the Yankees will miss the playoffs this time around. And yes, I don't wonder the same thing about the Mets since I have given up on them.

Saturday Night Live

I liked the season premier of Saturday Night Live so much that I stayed up the next week to catch the show. I was disappointed that the show wasn't that good. So I didn't bother to stay up this past weekend. I figured I can always catch anything worth seeing afterward either on YouTube or nbc.com. Well here it is:

Amy Poehler will be leaving the show after this season. I wonder if this means the beginning of the end of SNL.

Deal Or No Deal

First we have a deal, then we didn't. What's going on? While we wait for the government to come up with a bail out plan, yet another financial institution has gone under. This time it is Washington Mutual, the largest savings and loans in the US. As usual, the law makers are busy pointing fingers at each other rather than coming up with a solution. I wasn't too thrill about the government bailing the financial firms with the people's hard earned money. I think people need to learn from their mistakes. You reap what you sow. But the current crisis is affecting not just the people who sow the bad seeds. I know someone who used to work for Lehman who is now unemployed. I wonder how many financial firms have to failed before the law makers will get their act together.

Goooooal! x 82

It is old news by now but I just can't get it out of my head. Slovakia defeated Bulgaria in the women's ice hockey European Olympic pre-qualifying tournament by the score of 82 to 0. The Bulgaria men's ice hockey team did much better and only lost to the Slovakian by a score of 20 to 0. I wonder why the Slovakia women team had to run up the score like that. What were they trying to prove? That they are just that much better than the Bulgarian?

Welcome back, SNL

I stayed up Saturday night to catch Saturday Night Live because Michael Phelps was hosting the show. I got a very present surprise from the opening segment:

It reminds me of SNL during its golden age when I watched every week. The show is nothing like what it used to be so I don't really watch it now. I wonder if we are witnessing the rebirth of SNL.

Same Old, Same Old

I was wondering if the presidential election would really be difference since both candidates claim to be the candidate of change. Judging by the campaign ads, it is politics as usually. So far all the ads that I have seen are negative attack ads. Why can't candidates tell us why we should vote for him/her instead of telling us why not to vote for the other person? I really would like to see a law banning negative campaign ads.

Bursting Bubbles

I am sure at least some, if not most, of you remember the dot-com bubble. And everyone I know has been affected, in one way or another, by the bursting real estate bubble. It looks the the oil bubble may be about to burst as crude oil price is down to just over $100 a barrel. I wonder if the bursting of this particular bubble is good or not. Sure we can all use a break in the rising gasoline price. But I sure don't want this to stop the much needed energy conservation and environment protection that people are finally starting to pay attention to.

I wonder where will the next bubble be?