Just throw strikes

Boston lost three straight games to the Yankees in a five-game series, and New York has just tied it up 5-5 in the 9th. It's 1am, Papelbon has already thrown 42 pitches, there's one game tomorrow and then a West Coast series trip the next day, and no bullpen to speak of at this point. This is too depressing to watch.

Swept through the Hirschhorn, Sackler, and Freer galleries yesterday; they're a lot more fun than the National Gallery of Art. In particular, the Hirschhorn has an exhibition on Anselm Kiefer, powerful stuff, and Freer has some beautiful Asian art and calligraphy. Definitely worth checking out.

Recent time-wasters:

• F.E.A.R. Combat
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
• How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove
• Survival Mode in Advance Wars DS
• Tooling around with Photoshop CS2