Congratulations are in order to the 2008 World Series Champion Philadelphia Phillies. They’ve sure waited long enough for one. A lot of good stories on that team as well. Lidge, Hamels, Moyer. Couldn’t have gone to a better team. Well maybe the Braves. Kiddin!

Kudos.

Check out this mind boggling flash animation of the explosive growth of Wal-Mart across America.

Crazy. Almost as crazy as sausage-wrapped chocolate chip pancakes on a stick. Mmm?

To round out the crazy trifecta, some big deadline moves in baseball this year too. Being a bit of a fair-weather fan, coupled with the braves injury laden bad luck season, I haven’t been following baseball this season. But some of the deadline trades have made major news. Tex to the Angels, Manny to the Dodgers.. and Griffey Jr. to the White Sox?! Man. That’s some star power moving around. Too bad my beloved Braves are 9 games out without a cleanup hitter. The 9 games out is part of the reasoning behind the Tex trade. Rebuild for next year. Get some pitchers that will actually be able to.. pitch. More info here, here, and here. Kotchman might pay bigger dividens at a smaller premium over the long haul for the Braves so we’ll see.

This post really represents everything America is all about: Wal-Mart, gluttony, and baseball. FSM bless America.

Anyway. Tag system is up, cats are gone. Nothing setup to display tags yet. Gonna go with a cloud and a menu system probably. Time will tell. I’ll have more time over the weekend to work on it. Anyway. Shalom.