Twice yesterday I tried to post about the Sox-Braves game, as Sarah and I were in attendance for the extra innings fiasco. Twice the computer or human error led to no post. So, suffice it to say, it was a good comeback wasted.

I'm still not sure why Grady Little tried to pinch hit with Tony Clark (who as a hitter is in more of a funk than Bootsy Collins) or why he left Ugie out to pitch a second inning. Most folks will remember Willie Banks dropping the ball while trying to make the force out a first, but the game was well out of reach by then.

I suppose a five game set against the Blue Jays just may be what the doctor ordered to break the interleague play-induced slump, but there's a definite crash and burn into the All Star break option, too.

Speaking of the All Star game, nice to see that Joe Torre and Bob Brenley didn't load up on marginally deserving players from their own teams.

Oh, wait. Never mind.

Did a few things over the weekend of marginal interest:

Joined a health club Sarah and I are now members of the BSC in Wellesley, which is located about 500 feet from where we live. Unfortunately, it's at the bottom of a hill, so if we walk it means we're hiking up the hill after whatever workout we do, which kind of sucks.

The club's pretty nice, lots of machines in good order, tennis, lap pool, whirlpool, steam, and sauna. Went Sunday morning and did some treadmill and bike while watching Brazil win one for the thumb.

If I can keep going when the place is empty, I think I'll be OK with it. Working out at peak times probably not so much, but I'll just have to suck it up.

Saw The Bourne Identity Didn't plan to go to the movies on Friday night, but a two hour campus-wide power outage to improve something in the electrical system led us to leave campus to find entertainment. Wound up seeing this as (a) tickets for Minority Report aren't available on-line, and (b) it started the latest of movies we were interested in, giving us the most time to eat (dined at Bennigan's, which was OK).

The movie was loud. I suppose that's something you can say about any movie nowadays; I imagine there were parts of Lilo & Stitch that would make your fillings rattle. Both Sarah and I are of the opinion that Matt Damon is a better actor than Ben Affleck, which is also probably not that surprising a statement. Not that either of them are blowing people away with their craft. It could be that Damon's failings (All the Pretty Horses, The Legend of Bagger Vance for example) are less noticable than Affleck's (Pearl Harbor, Reindeer Games and so on). Or that Damon occasionally plays an interesting character (Bourne, Tom Ripley), while Affleck plays guys with big teeth.

All things being equal, we probably should have scouted around for a place showing Monsoon Wedding.

Played some NTN For those of you who aren't aware of what NTN is, it's an interactive multiple choice trivia game you play at bars and restaurants. You get a little keyboard-type thing (officially called a "Playmaker") and punch in answers.

It's not always the easiest game to find (most bars around here seem to keep it in the corner, to isolate the geeks from the rest of the customers), but the aforementioned Bennigan's in Framingham has it, and as Sarah had reached soul-sucking levels of boredom (I was content watching Apollo 13, even if it was edited for TV) we trooped over.

I suppose it wasn't a bad night out, as we both had fun, and I got to beat Sarah in every game we played (even the music game, which was surprising, as it's not my strength). The one downside was the ripping off as far as beer prices go. Paid $5 a pint for a good local beer. Lots of locals (or a mix of Framingham State students and locals home from wherever they go), no real problems though (occasionally you'll get the drunk person who will ask you what you're doing while a game's going, and try to apply drunken idiot logic as to why NTN may be preferable to pounding Bud Light).

Kind of an up and down weekend, but fairly restful. Which I'll need going into the holiday and the crush of family that comes with it.

Speaking of holiday, happy Canada Day!