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miles of unpaved streets

Last December I pointed to an article talking about Minneapolis’ miles of unpaved streets. Well, in the Northeaster this month, there’s a story about how the city is thinking of paving the unpaved alleys. Sheesh. Maybe we could get to the streets first?

Nagasaki Saints

I forget to mention last time that I also met the guy behind the Nagasaki Saints last Tuesday. He’s the one who put together the Saints’ 2006 tour of Japan.

Microsoft says proxy battle not worth it

It looks like the Microsoft / Yahoo! merger is off: Microsoft says proxy battle not worth it. That relieves me a bit — I’ve been worried about what that might do to Flickr since the first talks of the merger. Yahoo ain’t perfect, but I just couldn’t imagine anything Microsoft would do that would make any of the Yahoo! websites more useful. jr, of course, has some commentary About that Whole Microsoft Thing, too.

35W bridge on pace to open in Sept.

Wow. Someone asked me yesterday if it was true that the 35W bridge on pace to open in Sept. and because I hadn’t heard any such thing, we decided together that he must have mis-heard “December” instead of “September,” but no, it’s really true. September. Wow.

Mike Marshall

At the first Saints game on Tuesday, I saw Joe Williams using the Mike Marshall delivery. Weird, and the guy didn’t have control until his third inning, when he settled down a little. I kinda hope he makes the team, since it’ll be interesting to watch. Plus Marshall worked with the Saints last Saturday, so maybe we’ll see more of that goofy delivery.

53-year-old knuckleballer impresses in 3-2 loss

I also got to watch Jon Secrist pitch again in the second game: 53-year-old knuckleballer impresses in 3-2 loss. He played with the Saints back in 1999, and didn’t impress then, but this time around he looks better. His only run was given up to Ayumi Kataoka from the Golds, who’s a 4′7″ gal (who can play at the level the Saints and the Golds are at). A knuckleballer facing that small of a strike-zone is entitled to have a little trouble, I figure. Heck, most catchers mitts used when knuckleballers pitch are bigger than her strike zone was.