My mother-in-law is visiting us from out of town. During a conversation regarding the food we will be serving at our baby shower and talking about what things we need to buy at the grocery store came this question…

“Do you have condoms”

Amid the burst of laughter I managed to assure my mother-in-law that there would be no twin repeat in our household. But it’s nice to know she’s concerned.

I love the internet.

I have used the internet to buy groceries, to pay bills and to chat with friends. I have won a thousand dollars playing fantasy football and wasted many an hour just surfing around. I have found lost friends, learned more about my family history and kept in touch with current family.

I love that through this laptop, I have instant information at my fingertips. Want to know the origin of Daylight Saving Time It’s just a click away. Want to find out what Barry Bonds hit in his first year in San Francisco It’s just another click away.

Furthering my love for cyberspace is the fact that I met my beautiful, pregnant wife on the internet (she’s currently pregnant, not when we met on the internet). And not through design, but by chance. Pure happenstance. Out of the millions of strands of web, she found me. Now doesn’t that just blow your mind

But today, TODAY, I have found a reason to worship the internet forever.

I can now watch every televised game of the San Francisco Giants, courtesy of mlb.com.

No longer will I have to watch a Padres game when I would rather watch my beloved Giants. Thank you internet - you complete me.

This week has been a busy one. Here are some random thoughts about events that happened this week.

Extreme Makeover Home Edition
This is the best show EVER! You gotta love a show that makes you cry. (And I cry every show) I just pray that I’ll never need to be in a situation that makes me a candidate for that show.

Daylight Savings Time
Whoever invented this concept of PLAYING GOD was an absolute genius. I know that it has something to do with farming but anything that makes it so that when I leave work, I actually feel like I have time to do great things, is awesome. (Not that I ever DO great things, but still, the opportunity is there)

Baseball Season Begins
The beginning of the baseball season is here and I’m excited for another great season. This year, baseball has got me thinking about how it will play a role in raising my children. I’m very much looking forward to taking them to their first game. Luckily, the San Diego Padres’ new ballpark is very child friendly with a grassy knoll in center field. I can’t wait to teach them about all the nuances of a baseball game. (What the infield fly rule is, the importance of advancing a runner to third with less than two outs, and why OPS is a better statistic than Batting Average to determine a player’s worth.) Of course, I’ll do my best to make sure our kids root for the San Francisco Giants, but it’s probably inevitable they’ll be Padres fans. What’s a guy to do

Laying a Patio
A tip: count on not having enough pavers, enough sand, or enough of something that will force you to revist Home Depot at least 2 or 3 times before the project is done. Cool tool of the day: A wet-saw to cut the last pavers. I inadvertently clogged the pump with sediment from the water basin but I did it the way the guy at Home Depot told me to. So, hey it’s not my fault. Result: An awesome looking terra cotta-style paver patio. Not bad, if I do say so myself.