So this post was supposed to go through last night, but unfortunately Blogger was down. One of these days I will switch to MoveableType so these things don't happen and so that you guys can leave comments. Although I'm a little wary of the latter...

As you undoubtedly know by now, the Giants defeated the hometown Cardinals in the NLCS, which unfortunately means another couple of weeks hearing about how Barry Bonds is some sort of baseball Jesus. He hit a home run the other night, in a game the Giants ended up losing, and Fox decided to show the highlight of it repeatedly during the subsequent two games. One could only imagine what they would've done if he had a meaningful hit in any of the games. Barry also offered this pearl of wisdom about why the Giants beat the Cards, in reference to Matt Morris throwing a high pitch in game 1 that Kenny Lofton dove out of the way of: "God doesn't like ugly". This ranks right up there with Randy Moss' quote about a trip to "Planet Clown". Sometimes sports figures just need to keep their mouths shut.

Good news for all Iraqi readers of the Festival: Saddam won the popular vote in Iraq's latest election. I say good news because he was apparently the people's resounding choice, since every eligible voter voted for Saddam, who of course was the only candidate on the ballot. Citizens celebrated in typical fashion by firing guns up in the air and declaring the day a national holiday...before the election even occurred. Iraqi officials defended the 100% voter turnout despite the fact that citizens were witnessed stuffing boxes with multiple ballots and the fact that it would have been physically impossible for them to gather and count all of the ballots in the time it took them to announce the results. What a country.

Those wacky religious folks are at it again. While most haunted houses feature teenagers caked in makeup and scary outfits trying to frighten other teens, this one has teens engaging in "immoral behavior" such as abortion or homosexuality and falling into hell. Someday they'll catch on to the ultimate in halloween scares: teens dressed as Jerry Falwell.

And finally, we may be spared forever from Dell's "Dude" ads, where "Steven" urges parents and students to purchase Dell Computers while maintaining his stoner image. Will Subway Jared be next?