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If you have a chance, Tivo, record, or watch one of the replays of the September 29th Daily Show if you can. I have to say that it was one of the funniest ones I’ve seen. Not only does Jon refute the claim by O’Reilly that 87% of the Daily Show audience are intoxicated stoned slackers. (Yes, I know O’Reilly was joking, but I don’t know if I’d argue with Stewart’s counter that most O’Reilly viewers are hopped up on crystal meth).

In other news, Comedy Central busts out a survey from the University of Pennsylvania showing who are the smartest late night viewers. You can take the quiz yourself and see where you fall. My results are below :)

You got 6 out of 6 correct on your first attempt. Excellent work! But when do you sleep? Check your score against these averages:

• “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart viewers - 3.59 correct
• “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno viewers - 2.95 correct
• “Late Show” with David Letterman viewers - 2.91 correct
• No late-night comedy viewing - 2.62 correct

Last weekend I was going to go home to Pittsburgh to visit family and friends, but a little hurricane got in my way. Ivan dumped 6 inches of rain on the Burgh in a matter of 24 hours, and this a week after over 3 and a half inches in another 24 hour span. I think I’ve finally convinced my mom that all it does in Pittsburgh is rain. Bushy had his chance for a pre-emptive nuclear (or nucular if you’re into metathesis) strike to take out Ivan while it was in the Atlantic. Maybe he was hoping that nuke they found off the coast of Georgia might spontaneously explode and save Florida, Louisiana, and the rest of the East coast.

Via Mark, some amazing pictures of the flooding and damage in Pittsburgh.

One thing I’ve noticed down here in Virginia is the abundance of vanity plates, you know, Cosmo Kramer the ASSMAN from Seinfeld. I see a new one almost every day driving to and from work or in the garage. I don’t know if Virginia is more conceited or just more expressive that so many shy away from the usual [A-Z]{3}-[0-9]{4}. I still have to think of a creative but not arrogant saying to stick on a nice PSU plate. Might have to go with D4V1D

A few of the recent ones that I have seen and managed to stick in my mind:

WE R PSU

not original, but nice plate

CRE8IV 1

probably an artisté

USR SBIN

obviously a unix system admin

1 9ERFAN

San Fran fan

MATRIX

on a sweet black Infinit G35 coupe at work

TNYRKIT

deathtrap Miata speedster around the apartment

MMM PIE

Mazda 6 pie lover?

After last week’s so-so batting performance, I decided to hit the batting cages this past weekend, and boy did it pay off. Our first game last night was a little disappointing, an 8-7 loss in which we couldn’t quite come back and win. I managed to go 2 for 4 with a triple and single. After that close defeat, we decided it was time for a little payback, to the tune of a 40 to 4 demolishing in four innings. After switching around our lineup, everything fell into place while we were bombing their pitchers left and right. We batted around in every inning, turning the scorebook into a mountain of black diamonds. Everyone on our team stepped it up, and we were playing well as a team on offense and defense. If we keep this up, we could be in first place after next week. I still have to work on my hitting, even after going 5 for 5 with a single, double and three triples. Two of those bounced off of the fence, so there is still room for improvement. Time to hit the weights again.

Tonight was the first night of our fall softball league. Seeing as how I haven’t played baseball since the summer after high school, I’m about 4 years out of practice. I think tonight was also the first time I’ve ever really thrown or caught a softball. After years of getting used to the weight and size of a baseball, it takes a little getting used to the giant softball. Our team (EB3 Motorsports) won the first game and lost the second game of our double header. Most of the people on our team are current or former AMSers, which is cool.

I was 1 for 3 with a triple and RBI. I should have done better, I flew out two times. I need to be a little more patient and wait for the right pitch, its hard passing up a lobbing arch. I also have to work on keeping my shoulder up and getting line drives. All in all, it was a good time and a nice escape from the daily grind. I can’t wait til next week for another doubleheader. Time to go hit the shower…