Well...I suppose since Pat has now flown the preverbial coop for Texas, I'm responsible for maintaining the blog somewhat. Although I myself leave for the beautiful town of Grinnell this coming Saturday, so don't expect too much. But to keep you entertained for the time being, let me recount a conversation I had with Peter Tutanes yesterday as we were watching the Little League Girls' Softball World Series on ESPN2:

Peter: Softball, huh?
Alex: yeah. It's actually the Phillipines playing.
Peter: Really?
Alex: yep.
Peter: Hope they win, or else they'll have to go back to the army
Alex: hahahahahahaha
Peter: What?