Semantics and pragmatics

Sorry for the silence, but with the Milwaukee Brewers crashing and burning — after we got our hopes up so high — it's hard enough to get out of bed, let alone blog. But leave it to the Onion's horoscopes, a real miracle drug. No, I don't mean this one:

Virgo August 23 - September 22
You're no music expert, but the shadow growing around your feet looks like that of a concert grand piano.

I mean THIS one:

Sagittarius November 22 - December 21
A passionate and intelligent debate over semantics this week will unfortunately get bogged down by pragmatics.

Ha. Like that would ever happen.

But the Brew Crew is supposed to be getting their ace back tonight, Ben Sheets, and maybe they'll best the Cubbies.