Ryan Faces the World

Now the word is the talks between MLB and cable are “serious”. What were they before? A lighthearted romp through the dandelions? MLB says the chance of deal happening is 50-50. Of course, I don’t believe anything they say at this point. Cable is more “pessimistic”. Honestly, I don’t believe […]

Now reality is starting to set in.  First Dodger game of the season is Monday.  It starts at 2pm.  I work till 5pm.  I asked to come in early, work from 5am-1pm, so I could get home in time.  My request was denied.  So, I’m forced with the choice of leaving early and losing money […]

Surprisingly, MLB didn’t just bow down before congress and John Kerry and just throw away this whole exclusive directv deal.  So I’m guessing its still going to happen.  The whole hang up appears to be the MLB channel which will not exist until 2009.  So cable said:
“Even now, we would enter into a deal for […]

Its Monday and I’m back to work for the first time since my surgery.  I’m feeling okay.  A little worn out.  I ran for the bus this morning which in hindsight might not have been the best choice.  I’ve been really thirsty all day and pretty tired even though I got close to 8 hours […]

Had my surgery on Thursday so its been just about 48 hours.  It was an experience that wasn’t really all that bad.  It was scary, especially going into the operating room pretty much naked, without glasses and having nine or ten doctors all dressed the same with masks on waiting for me.  But I had […]

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weird al sash, originally uploaded by Ryan Hecht.

Max, Myra, Rob, Abby, The Wife, and I are going to see Weird Al on June 2nd. It will be my 5th or 6th time seeing Al […]

Oy.  I got really sick.  It was either the flu or the plague or something like that.  I took a day off from work for the first time in longer than I can remember.  Sun night/Mon morning I’d wake up every 2 hours sneezing like crazy, I was full of snot and sweating like crazy.  […]

Lots of stuff to report on today from Ryanland.  The debt is now $7,038.  Wow!  Three more months.  Then we’re off to Napa, debt free.
The MLB-Directv deal went through, sort of.  Its an exclusive deal unless cable decides to put the nonexistent MLB channel on their basic tier, which they probably won’t.  They have until the […]

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BBBS recognition event, originally uploaded by Ryan Hecht.

Ok, the camera on my phone is not great. But here is the wife at the Big Brothers Big Sisters recognition event. She’s been a big […]

Just got my first Dodger score of the year.  March 1, 2:17pm.
Dodgers 2, Braves 2 in the 4th inning
Bring it on!