• Yankees got Pudge? Wait a sec… don’t they realize they’re in third? (Oh, wait, we need to make a move, too) §
• The iPhone has a serious design flaw- calendar label colors are not the same in iCal/iPhone. Minor annoyance. Not very Apple-like. §
• Apparently Al Gore is a “great bullshitter”. Science and shit can’t hold a candle to Jesus-logic. §
• Anyone else heading down to Obama HQ on Olive tonight? §
• Today feels an awful lot like a Friday. §
• Q: will manny be more overrated or less overrated now that he’s in a bigger media market? Discuss. §
• Also, where will Manny pee during late-inning pitcher changes? §

• I think my MacBook Pro’s video card is b0rked. My 1 year of Apple support ends on 10/7/08. Problem is, I can’t go long without my laptop… §
• Oh, and suck it, Braves. It’s called “Baseball.” You can read about it on Wikipedia. §
• @_ mine didn’t take that long, but I’ll be damned if it didn’t give me enough time to run errands, cut grass, do dishes, take a nap, etc… §
• @billstreeter in my sync prefs, I unchecked the sync applications option and now I’m back to reasonable times. §
• @billstreeter Damn. I really wish Apple would hurry up and release new firmware. My 3G came loaded with an outdated 2.0 build & I lost apps §
• I’m getting my Aeron Chair on Monday! Kick-ass! http://tinyurl.com/fi5l §
• @superbadgirl I hope so. I’m in a glorified metal cafeteria chair now… and I’ve been at the new job for almost 2 months. §
• @superbadgirl I at least won the big desk lottery, so it’s not half bad. The chair will help a lot, I’m sure! §
• Downtown Restaurant Week is right around the corner: http://www.downtownrestaurantweek.net/ §
• Pat Buchanan makes my head hurt. Why is he on MSNBC? Couldn’t they find some other garden variety racist that at least knows something? §

• Busch beer gets a bum rap. 80% of the time, it works _every time._ §
• Is quadruple-digit humidity possible? Ladies & gentlemen of the metro area, I present exhibit A: Tuesday, July 29, 2008. §
• Listening to Einstein On The Beach while tweaking CSS make for one nerdy - but awesome- morning. §
• 2 things: 1) I’m shocked Twitter is still running after the quake; 2) my friend Jill is ok (she lives/works real close to the epicenter) §
• MO State Rep Brian Nieves (R) is on KSDK right now, saying that “People are attracted to a circus” discussing Obama’s visit to Union, MO. §
• Nieves looks like a ginormous douchebag, btw. §
• MAVERICK MAVERICK MAVERICK OFFSHORE DRILLING MAVERICK OBAMA SUCKS MAVERICK HOPE SUCKS MAVERICK MAVERICK!!!!111ONE I hate swing states. §
• Anyone want to buy me this totally sweet 9-11 Twenty? http://www.911twenty.com/ §

• @lovesmyanimals wait, what? A movie?! §
• Damn, this storm came on quick… §
• Cloud to ground lightning is so cool. Please, storm, keep bringin’ the shit -I’d like a new roof. §
• @oohelisabeth hope you feel better soon! §
• $482 billion defecit: FUCK YEAH! §
• @ the young dems meeting at laclede street. §

• @_ tied down to a keg of schlafly 15, but I’m wearing a woot shirt and representin’! §
• Penzys spices is so awesome. Just sayin’. §
• Getting the house in order for a dinner party tonight with the Manks. We have prime rib, potatoes and green beans on the menu & lotsa vino! §
• Want. Badly: http://tinyurl.com/5m8q76 §

• @acafourek good luck! I waited close to 4 on launch day and was really glad I did. §
• Trying out the Highlander Pub tonight - it’s where the old Kreigers used to be on Hampton & Oakland (facing 40). Mmmm…. scotch. §
• Every time I hear “pop-up thunderstorms”, I think of VH1’s music video show. §
• @chriswallace I’m not a fan of the redesign. It’s not as bad as the stltoday redesign, but it’s still a step back. §
• I just spent $50 on some beautiful prime fucking rib for dinner tomorrow night. Thanks, LeGrand’s! §
• Food porn. http://snipurl.com/35m36 §

I’m experiencing something strange with the iPhone App Store and thought I’d throw out a post to see if others have the same problem.

The vitals:

1. I’m running version 5A345 of the iPhone 2.0 software.
2. I’m running it on a 16GB iPhone 3G that I purchased on launch day.
3. I’ve downloaded every application from the App Store on my iPhone, not through iTunes.
4. The problem persists ONLY with non-native (as in downloaded from the App Store) applications.  All the applications that shipped with the iPhone 2.0 software are unaffected.

Here’s what’s happening:

1. I sync the iPhone 3G to add songs, movies, whatever.
2. When the sync/charge is complete, I’ll disconnect the phone and go about my day.
3. So I’ll be out and about, and all of a sudden need to do something with an Application I downloaded from the App Store.
4. I’ll tap what I want to use and then the App will launch…
5. … but then promptly quit, returning me to the home screen.
6. I say “f*ck it” and find the closest bar and have a beer.

There are a few steps that I’ve taken to remedy this unfortunate situation:

1. I plugged my iPhone 3G in to my Mac and launched iTunes.
2. I clicked the big, ugly “Restore” button and downloaded the latest and greatest iPhone 2.0 build.
3. I prayed to the Flying Spaghetti Monster that this would work.
4. I started a sync of my music, Safari bookmarks and videos.

So here I am… tapped out from praying to his noodly greatness waiting to sync all of my music to the phone.  I’ll edit the post if this works with the good news!

• Whipping ass at Tenacious Trivia @ tower pub. §
• Eric Gagne has two hairy French-Canadian balls on his chin. §
• Just sayin’ §
• Man, fuck the Brewers. Seriously. As in I’m not working with my Milwaukee branch tomorrow. And I’m their primary support. Assholes. §
• I hate that I’ve shortened “good morning” to “morning” when greeting coworkers. If I really feel lame, I can always say “mornin’”. §
• I’m not usually the kind of person who tweets out trivial shit about my day (yeah, right) but I just had a phenomenal banana nut muffin. §
• Les Savy Fav is making the work day go by kind of quick. Gotta §
• Dammit. I fat fingered the delete key and hit send. §
• I really hate the Post-Dispatch website. I told myself I’d give it time before offering a critique, but holy cats, it sucks. §

• I called the no hitter earlier. It’s on like Donkey Kong. We can’t hit Sabathia… §
• 82 degrees for the high today? Sign me up! §
• @kopper I figured spam tweets were on the horizon. I also hate people who add everyone they find trying to get thousands of followers,,, §
• Wow, Ford took a beating in Q2. $8.7Bn loss. When will U.S. automakers design a line of scooters at 3 price points and start cashing in? §
• They could style the scooters similar to European models and add a uniquely American twist. Sell at $1.5k/$3k/$5k and profit like hell. §
• Pet peeve - the office is NOT a bathroom, so why do people think it’s ok to cut fingernails? §
• Apparently John Edwards is Bat Boy’s biological father. Crack reporting, National Enquirer! §
• So it feels like autumn with the cold raindrops. Unfortunately it will get really oppressively hot again soon. §
• Obama yard signs are hard to find. Why not buy one from the Young Dems? (Order details to follow) — http://is.gd/136L §

• I’ll kill the first broadcaster who mentions Lohse’s current pitching situation. §
• @erikmanning It’s that magic time of year… I wonder what we could get for Ludwick if we tank the next 8 games? §
• Okay, so there goes the no-no. Holy crap, though, Lohse is hitting those locations. And it’s a Joe West strike zone! §
• Ravens training camp started today. Troy Smith had a rough go @ QB. Honestly, I think it’s Flacco’s team by week 4. §
• @kopper they should give out medals of valor for that kind of stuff! §
• Can someone please explain to me the correlation between South County Hoosiers and either Tweety Bird or the Tazmanian Devil? Or both? §
• My dad got a mention in the Post-Dispatch review of Miss Saigon at the Muny: http://tinyurl.com/5pu6w8 §
• For the record, I can’t code faster while listening to Rocket to Russia. But I’m trying… §
• @billstreeter they should just hold a bassmasters fishing tournament there and be done with it. §
• @billstreeter I wasn’t a huge fan of Twinkle … I had a hard time getting everything configured w/o signing up for a Tapalicious acct. §
• I hate meetings. §