Future Poltergeist

Years ago I blogged about the next great solar eclipse in the United States.  It will happen on August 21st, 2017, just a couple of days before Relia turns ten.  I told her we would go to see it and I intend to keep that promise.  Some enterprising folks have mapped out the path of the eclipse here .  The very best spot to see it will be somewhere near the border between Illinois and Kentucky but really, there are tons of good places, literally from coast to coast.  Who's up for a little road trip?

(Note: I'm going to try and revive this blog again.  No promises.) We've got a little more than a month to go in the baseball season and the playoff picture is starting to become clearer.  In some past years I've waited until it's all set and then ranked the teams in order of which ones I would cheer for.  Last year there were some fun teams in but they were all knocked out early and I found myself disappointed in my rooting options.  I thought it might be fun to look at the last part of this season and see who I'll cheer for to get in.  The more teams that I want to see win that make it into the playoffs, the greater the odds that I'll still be cheering the last couple weeks of October!  Ground rules: There will be ten teams that make it, five from each league.  That makes three division winners and two wildcard teams from the AL and the NL.   I'm only going to list teams that have a realistic shot at making the postseason.  If th...