Rants and Randomness - Sunday evening edition

• The Astros are 1-14-2 in spring training games this year. I'm sorry but one win in 17 games is just plain bad. I don't care if these are irrelevant games, it's freaking 1-14-2! Feels like a bad vibe before the regular season even gets started;
• Go do a search on Twitter for #batterylife. Lots of interesting discussion going on around notebook battery life as a result of this blog and now this article;
• Digging all the rain here in Austin these past few days although I am bummed that my daughter's softball games were canceled this weekend. I had a great time coaching first base at her tourney last weekend.
  
• Favorite new band - We Are Scientists. I really like bands that make songs that all don't sound the same. These guys are all over the place. Check out "Lethal Enforcer." Who does it sound like? I think blend of Roxy Music and Talk Talk.
• Will post a blog on ASU hoops in a day or two. Many thoughts on last night's Pac-10 tourney championship loss to USC, you can see some of them here on PFN. From a bigger picture standpoint, I hate that not having a Pac-10 hoops title is one more thing U of Tucson fans can hold over us. Much like how we hold it over them that they have never been to a Rose Bowl;
• Devils are sixth seed against eleventh seeded Temple. They are in the tourney with probably their best team since 1995 when they made the sweet 16. More on that later;
• It's not even worth ranting about the fact that Tucson made tourney with their 63 RPI and mediocre record;
  
• Rest in TV drama peace Bill Buchanan, it was nice knowing you. Given that we saw Jack crying over his dead body, I'm sure he won't come back to life like Tony Almeda did .... I think;
• Still the best season of '24' since season 3;
• About a quarter of the way through season 2 of Battlestar Galactica. Loving it more and more each episode;
• Another couple of signs my 8-year old daughter is quickly growing up too fast - rode her bike to school by herself last week and doesn't like when I ask her if she has to go "potty." Apparently I'm supposed to only say "bathroom" from now on.
  
• If you like Dr. Beardface' on Scrubs, then you'll love this well done montage;
• Trying to get into the World Baseball Classic but I just don't care yet.
  
• Happy 40th Anniversary mom and dad