Missing Home

Maybe it is the fact that Shareena really misses our home or perhaps I never really had a home before, but although the weather is getting warmer in Chicago, I am ready to go back to Berkeley.

I guess a lot of it has to do with the house and the fact that the garden is probably looking like a complete mess right now and all the little things that need to be fixed (hopefully, I will have to go back to Berkeley before the end of June to do some spring cleaning). Otherwise, I guess I really miss the weather, the culture, and all the things that you can do in California that you cannot get in just one place.

It will also be nice to have a big kitchen with those nice slate floor panels and the granite/marble counter top. Also, the nice wood finish of the house sure beats the crummy white and purple walls that we have at our apartment (not to mention to pink/purple hallway decor on each floor of the building). The cats will be glad that they have lots of room to run around again.

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April 2004 Advisory – Fantasy Baseball

1. Do attend the draft if it is an online draft. If you cannot make it, at least make sure you have a good pre-draft list to avoid having Yahoo! draft Eric Gagne for you in the first round because their wacked out system thinks closers can somehow be the second best fantasy player.
2. Do not pick your hometown players much higher than normal. I really think you can win with hometown talent, especially if your team has some great stars (like Boston in Nomar, Manny and Pedro or Oakland in Chavez, Hudson, Zito and Mulder), but you should never go into a draft saying you MUST get anyone in particular.
3. Strike a balance between offense and pitching. Yes, it’s easier to find a diamond in the rough for pitching, but you do not want your number one starter to be Russ Ortiz.
4. Understand the rules of the league. If your league doesn’t have stolen base as a category, Alex Sanchez and Dave Roberts are useless.

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