random thursday thoughts (wikipedia enhanced)

Some random babbling for a Thursday night:

• It was fun to see the New York Mets win the second game of their NLCS matchup with the Brooklyn Los Angeles Dodgers. The Mets seem to be playing as a cohesive unit this season, and it’s paying off: they out-played the Dodgers tonight, and looked at ease doing it. Baseball in October is fun to watch.
• There’s a long weekend coming up, thanks to Columbus Day. As such, it’s a good opportunity to squeeze in a long bike ride – another century, perhaps. Guess I’ll need to consult the ride listings for the area to see if anybody is planning anything longer than the typical 50 to 60 mile rides of early October.
• Tomorrow afternoon I get to attend a taping of Hardball with Chris Matthews. The guest is Robin Williams, so it should be a lot of fun.
• I need to plant some herbs and pansies tomorrow after work – it’ll be nice to get some new plants out on the “step garden.”
• Tonight’s rain is really, really beautiful sounding. I love the sound of cars splashing through the water, and the sound of the drops in the window wells.
• Mom let us know earlier this week that she’ll need hip replacement surgery on both hips. She saw her doctors on Monday and got the diagnosis, which is good and bad. It’s good that she found out what was causing her such excruciating pain during my recent visit to Utah. It’s bad that she may schedule the surgery in such a way that it will preclude her from going to Europe in February.