full of controversy until i retire my jersey

You just can't imagine the joy it gave me seeing basically the only two Cardinals I like - Jeff Suppan and Adam Wainwright - shut down the goddamned Mets. And watching ol' Carlos "Nine Figures" Beltran strike out looking to lose the game... just truly brilliant.

Now, go Tigers.

During the game, there was this commercial for some Herbal Essences color-enhancing product. Having already set back the women's movement a couple decades with that "truly organic experience" commercial a couple years ago, they seem to have decided to take a more race-oriented tack this time around. It starts off with a shot of the back of some blonde's head, so you just see her hair. And the voiceover says something like "Not a natural blonde? Really?" Then, the girl turns around, and - shock! - she's Asian, and as you realize this, a fricking gong sounds. So then the voiceover says something to the effect of "Everyone will believe your parents are Swedish!" and the Asian says "Ja!"

Ooooooooookay.

I was listening to "The Eminem Show" on the way home from work, and as the verse about the FCC not letting poor Shady be came on, I was on Swamp Pike behind a car whose license plate began with FCC. True story.