Skip Caray, my favorite baseball announcer, has passed away at the age of 68.

http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080803&content_id=3250339&vkey=news_atl&fext=.jsp&c_id=atl

Skip is my Vin Scully and he will definitely be missed.

...but I can't think of a better place to have a giant pimple than directly between my eyes on the bridge of my nose!

I've received a few emails asking if webbpage.org is going away since Webbbaby.org has launched.

The short answer is - "Not right now." It's always possible that they'll get merged though.

WebbBaby was created simply to serve as a pregnancy update for people who may not care to read about the baby stuff. Of course - since it's obviously our single focus at the moment, there will be some bleed over.

What do you think we should do?

Anji: "Dude, it's one-hundred-effin-5 degrees!"
Stephen: Don't you mean one-hundred and 5 effin degrees?
Anji: No, it's the 5 that bothers me. Not the degrees.

In every television show or movie about people expecting a baby there is always the "Daddy Building a Crib" scene. I was a little concerned about that as Anji is our designated furniture builder. I'm typically not very good at that stuff. Fortunately, I decided to give it a go and see what I could do.

It was relatively easily and the crib is built!

Here are a few pics:

Well, we went to see Mamma Mia today with Brooke, her Mom and Alison and we got there at about 1:30 for a 1:55 screening only to find that it was sold out. MAMMA MIA was sold out in Texas! I'm guessing it's pretty effing chilly down in Hell right now. ;)

The amusing thing is that The Dark Knight was still selling tickets for the 1:45 showing at 1:40. Of course, the fact that The Dark Knight was in a 1200 seat theatre and had showing every 15 minutes compared to Mamma Mia being in a 350 seat theatre might have had something to do with it.

Nonetheless, I found it highly amusing!

Given that I've been posting so many movie reviews and not much else I figure I should post a real update.

All is well around here. Anji is feeling better and we've pretty much told everyone about the pregnancy. A special thank you to Deb for the card she sent. It was very sweet!

As far as new baby stuff that we've come across - I highly recommend the Rockabye Baby! CDs where they take popular rock bands like The Beatles, U2, No Doubt etc and make Lullaby style music for babies. The music is really well done and we picked up a couple on iTunes.

We went to pick up the crib today only to find that the packaging was gigantic and we have to go rent a pickup truck to get it home. Anji has a paper due tomorrow night so we decided to wait on that. Our little fetus does have a mattress though! ;)

Description: Set within a year after the events of Batman Begins, Batman, Lieutenant James Gordon, and new district attorney Harvey Dent successfully begin to round up the criminals that plague Gotham City until a mysterious and sadistic criminal mastermind known only as the Joker appears in Gotham, creating a new wave of chaos. Batman's struggle against the Joker becomes deeply personal, forcing him to "confront everything he believes" and improve his technology to stop him. A love triangle develops between Bruce Wayne, Dent and Rachel Dawes.

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What can I say that hasn't been better said by reviewers all over the world. The Dark Knight is even better than Batman Begins, it's the best comic book movie of all time and it's very likely the film to see in order to see the winner for Best Support Actor at the Academy Awards next year. (Ledger as the Joker).

Has the film gotten a lot of hype as a result of Ledger's death? Probably. Does the film live up to it? Absolutely.

I recommend this to teens and adults but caution parents who might be taking their young children to see this. This is NOT Joel Schumacher's Batman.

Product Description: Acclaimed screenwriters including David Goyer (Batman Begins) Josh Olson (A History of Violence) and Alan Burnett (Batman The Animated Series) join forces with revered animation filmmakers on six spellbinding chapters chronicling Batman s transition from novice crimefighter to Dark Knight. These globe-spanning adventures pit Batman against the fearsome Scarecrow the freakish Killer Croc and the unerring marksman Deadshot. Using an arsenal of high-tech gadgetry from Wayne Industries Batman s ethical boundaries exist only where he chooses to place them leaving some fearful of his power. The sharp storytelling complemented by stylish art from some of the world s most visionary animators masterfully depicts the blurred lines of Batman as man myth and legend.Format: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY Rating: PG-13

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I watched Gotham Knight today in anticipation for heading to the theatre tonight to see The Dark Knight (look for a review sometime tomorrow). Gotham Knight was really well done and the stories were extremely faithful to what I consider to be the "real" Batman stories from the 80s. My only complaint is I would have liked a slightly more linear storyline rather than 6 separate mini-movies, but it did stay very faithful and fall within the Christopher Nolan vision of Gotham.

If you're a die hard Batman fan then go ahead and buy this (like you haven't already). If you're a casual fan, I'd probably recommend renting it instead. If you hated Batman Begins because it was neon enough and there were no nipples on the bat-suit...stay far, far away.

I'm not even going to bother linking to Amazon for this one because NO ONE should spend any money on this crap fest. The most unfunny comedy that I can remember in along, long time. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone.

IMDB Description: While on vacation in a resort in Mexico, the Americans Jeff, his girlfriend Amy, her best friend Stacy and her boyfriend Eric befriend the German Mathias in the swimming pool. Mathias invites the group to visit the ruins of a Mayan temple with his Greek friend Dimitri in an archeological field where his brother Henrich and his girlfriend are camped eighteen kilometers far from the resort. They hire an old taxi and when they reach the spot, they are surrounded by Mayan villagers armed of revolver, rifle and bow-and-arrow that kill Dimitri and do not allow the group to leave the place. They climb a construction covered of creepers with red flowers, and remain under siege of the locals. When they hear a cell phone in the bottom of a well, Mathias decides to seek the apparatus using a rope that breaks and he has a serious accident breaking his back. Amy and Stacy go to the bottom of the mine to rescue Mathias and they find many corpses covered by the climbing plants; further, they realize that they had been lured by the plants that are vibrating with the sound of a cell phone. When they are attacked by the carnivorous creeping plants, they understand the reaction of the Mayan villagers.

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To borrow a nice Gene Shalit-esque saying, "This "Ruined" by morning." Honestly, it wasn't a terrible monster movie, but it was just really flat. There was no build up, no twist and no surprises. It was obvious what was going to happen before it did and I wasn't able to feel for the characters at all due to not being able to relate to them at all.

I can't recommend it to anyone except the parents of the actors involved...and even then, it's borderline.

We've actually been renting movies a lot lately and last night we had to return some and because of the deal we get at "Family Video" I was able to rent 7 movies last night for less than $9 bucks.

We'll see how many of them actually get watched given that this weekend is The Dark Knight and Mamma Mia mania, but we did watch one last night.

Synopsis from IMDB: Many years ago, the Wilhern family's maid got pregnant from the son of her master, but he is not allowed to marry her because she would not be "one of their kind". The woman commits suicide and her witch mother curses the daughters of the family that would have the face of a pig until one of them finds true love with one who will love her faithfully. Penelope Wilhern is the first legitimate girl after generations and born with nose of pig. Her mother Jessica hides her from the world in the Wilhern mansion, and Penelope is raised alone, with no friends. When she becomes a young woman, her parents try to find a wealthy bachelor to marry her and break the curse. Meanwhile the tabloid reporter Lemon and the aristocrat Edward Humphrey Vanderman III that have issues against the Wilhern family hire the gambler Max to meet Penelope and take a picture of her. But their scheme does not work as planned.

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I'm not going to blather on and on about a review because I'll never do that consistently. Bottom line for me is that while this movie had some great messages, they often got buried in a film that didn't quite know if it wanted ot be a fairy tale or a social commentary on self worth. The greatest fairy tales have the ability to mix a nice social commentary and "lesson" into it's whimsical world. At times, "Penelope" seemed schizophrenic rather than a cohesive story that could have been very charming.

I enjoyed it, but after it went off I found myself focusing more on what was wrong about it rather than what was right and that isn't typically how I process movies.

I cautiously recommend it.

Thanks everyone for all the warm wishes that you've emailed and sent our way. We're extremely excited about this and looking forward to all the ups and downs of parenthood.

We are aware that there are some problems with the commenting on the site and we're hoping to get that addressed.

Jessica, who has been helping me out with website stuff for the better part of 12 years now, is in the process of putting together a site specifically for the baby news and I'm hoping to have her take a look at the commenting issues here as well.

Keep checking back regularly as I'm hoping to really try updating at least once a day. Yes - I know you've heard this promise before, but we're really going to do it this time. :-P

Okay, I'm in day 5 of absolutely no caffeine and while I am generally feeling absolutely craptastic during the days, I am getting some pretty amazing nights of sleep. I think I'll like this quite a bit once I'm at least a week through the process.

I also got a tetanus shot this week which made me a little ill and coupled with the caffeine detox pretty much made me a zombie Tuesday & Wednesday.

I'm starting to feel a bit better now though and I hope to be able to shift from Caffeine detox to the majority of carb detox very soon.

So I hadn't been on the Wii Fit for several weeks because I'd gained weight and I was afraid of the smart ass remark that it might give me when I finally got back on. If you miss a day it scolds you on the importance of a daily routine...

Anyway, I broke it out this afternoon because I'm determined to lose weight and get in better shape. I slowly signed in and clicked on my profile and this is the message I saw:

EXCELLENT! ;)

Stephen's World of Warcraft character profile.

Anji's World of Warcraft character profile.

We've actually grown to enjoy playing this together quite a bit. Zug Zug!

I just got out of the shower and was about to get ready to go to the doctor's office when I decided to turn around and look at my back in the mirror so I could see where they were going to be slicing and dicing.

I saw what looked like some black marker on my back but I couldn't quite make out what it was. I remembered that when I was at the doctor last week he marked the moles on my back with a ball point pen, but that couldn't be it, right?

So...I reached back there to try and rub the marking off because numerous people are soon to be looking at my bare back and I noticed it was a label.

I peeled the label off and discovered that it must have come from the new polo I wore for the first time yesterday and since I'm a morning showerer it hadn't come off last night.

Now - I couldn't make up what the label said and have anyone believe me. However, I kid you not, my awesome new back label proudly read: "Inspected by No. 69"

Hey now! I wonder if Dr. Looney would have gotten a kick out of that?

...don't fret. It's not a big deal.

I'm heading to the doctor this morning to have a few moles removed and biopsied. Evidently, it's considered surgery because a couple of them are flush with the skin and actually have to be dug out. Good times!

I'm sure I'll be whining on here later. ;)

...hating to have to set it up.

The plus side...I'm neutral on Vista. So far.

We're doing some spring cleaning and have gotten a little less focused on "stuff" lately. As a result we're clearing out our monster DVD collection except for the titles that we care most about.

We have over 200 movies for sale at Half.com and I'm listing more later today. Check it out!

http://shops.half.ebay.com/webb-page

We may very well be listing a lot of Cast Recordings as well, so if you're interested keep checking back.

We're received a few emails asking if we're still alive. Yes, we're alive - barely. We've been spending our free time playing World of Warcraft and hanging out.

We're also trying to get out and exercise a bit more. We are still glued to our iPhones so we're very reachable via email if you ever want to say hi. ;)

No worries though, we're breathing. ;)

Catching Lightning in a Bottle
By: Stephen Webb

We all have our strategies. Some of us go into our draft targeting specific players. Some of us go in planning on going LIMA. Some of us go in with the intention of getting the latest NL Stud to come over to the AL. The best fantasy players develop a strategy and walk the fine line between sticking to their game plan 100% and making the necessary adjustments to not get caught zagging while the other owners weren’t really zigging in the first place. One of my biggest draft day rules is the way that I approach filling my catching spots.

Click here to read the full article at Rotojunkie.com

In addition, there is a new Rotojunkie.com Fixcast up today.

We have a new name for the podcast, but it's the same format for Jason and Stephen on the new server.

In the first episode of the "Re-brand" Jason and Stephen discuss Josh Hamilton, cheap productive catchers, Red Sox preparing for a Papi-Less existence, the White Sox, Smoltz's surgery and the 2008 MLB Players Draft.

Click here to stream the podcast

Those of you who didn't see my facebook update probably don't know that we didn't keep Sadie.

Ultimately, we decided that our dynamic with Anji and I along with Paige & Nolan is pretty great for now. Especially since we're working on the webbbaby. Sadie was a cute dog and we enjoyed our evening with her very much. It wasn't said like the (yet to be discussed) Bailey situation. We'll likely even keep in touch with her/her foster mom.

I'm smack in the middle of one of my "Frosted Mini Funks" that I get from time to time and I'm not sure why. It just clicks on and off for me. It came on suddenly last night, but I'm starting to snap out of it.

I saw the episode of Jon & Kate plus 8 last night where they were stuck on a plane for 12 + hours and I'm now freaking out a bit because we're going to help Clay and Sara move this weekend. Xanax. Xanax. Xanax.

As I type this I have a very adorable, rolled up Mr. Nolan in my arms. I'm pretty sure he's trying to type hello to you guys!

In the mail today I received my info on my 2009 Cowboys season tickets in the new stadium. I'm really excited about it!

That's about it for me.

...the almost certain to be new member of the Webb Family...Sadie Bella Webb.

We volunteered at the Bedford Pet Fair today and the great Homeward Bound Animal Rescue had Sadie there. After playing with her for a couple of hours we decided to bring her home for a "slumber party" to see how she does with the cats.

So far so good and we might be added this beautiful Border Collie to our home. The picture doesn't do her justice - she's beautiful!

I really think tonight could be the night. If he has a strong enough showing in Kentucky to go along with his projected land slide in Oregon, he may very well wrap this up tonight!

We took a trip to the Fort Worth Zoo this past Thursday and thought you might want to see some of the better pictures we snapped.

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...Jail House Rock!

I am getting caught up on the last three weeks of Lost and I am actually enjoying the hell out of it. Texas is doing STRANGE things to me.

...this Final Four audtion:

...or this First Round "Sorry Dawg" Performance from a couple of years ago:

...I was trying to listen to "the playmakers" show on ESPN Radio here in Dallas and my mind started bleeding.

I've got to get up off of my lazy ass and clean the bedroom and the laundry room.

The Brinks security guy is coming out and is going to check the existing security system in the house and determine whether or not it needs upgrades. We really want to get the carbon monoxide detector installed as well so who knows what that is going to cost.

I suppose it's all moot if he can't get to the power box in the bedroom and the keypad in the laundry room though, so rather than typing I should probably be cleaning.

Wish me luck...

Here is some in progress pictures of what we did with our weekend...

Everything is signed, sealed and delivered. We own a house! Weird.

Anji's peeps got us this awesome house warming basket.

Mr. Paige loves the storm door!

You can always tell when it's spring in Texas when you have little peeping Tom's on your window.

As we get closer and closer to closing on Tuesday the pressure continues to build. Obviously, buying a house is a big deal, but we keep getting calls from our lender asking us questions that seem to have nothing to do with buying a house.

What level of education do you have? I realize that is a standard question on applications - but we've going through the paper work. At this point, we've been approved everything is done and now they're asking us that?

Every time that our phone rings my throat lurches a bit.

Not to mention the "credit profile freeze" that we've been in. It's a good thing in the grand scheme of life that we really can't go out and buy anything via credit or do anything that would change our credit profile (like buying Blackberrys), but it's not good when I freak out a little bit every single time I buy a soda.

Now - before I get emails and comments referencing the world's tiniest violin - I fully acknowledge that we're blessed and all of this is a luxury...but it doesn't make the acid reflux any easier. ;)

I hope everyone is having a grand ole Wednesday.

This week is shaping up to be involved and both Anji and I dealing with annoying colds isn't helping.

First of all - the NFL draft is this weekend. I'm actually really looking forward to it since I have a team that I devoted to in the Cowboys. Should be a lot of fun on Saturday.

The doctor wants me to give blood for routine testing so I have to find a time I can fast at 8:00 until the next morning and all of this stress of the closing hasn't accommodated that too well yet.

Next Monday morning they are coming into install our storm door. FINALLY. Lowe's hasn't won over a devoted customer. I'll try and chronicle that a bit later.

Tuesday the 29th is our official closing date. We think it's happening relatively early in the morning and then we'll be home owners.

Lots of stuff going on!

I don't really want to get into the Bailey thing, but I do appreciate all of the checking in that was done. Thanks gang!

Anji and I are creeping closer and closer to our closing date. One more week now as everything is done.

We're both coming down with a big case of the blah's. I suspect it's stress related.

More later.

I'm very emotional as I type this so I can't really get into a lot of details at the moment, but Bailey isn't working out. We had a very nice, but stressful 24 hours with her and have returned her where I'm sure her adorable self will be adopted soon.

We opted not to do the Romeo & Juliet last night. None of us were really feeling like it so we went and had dinner instead.

I spent most of yesterday doing yard work to get the backyard cleaned up after the Tornado and ready for the arrival of Miss Bailey.

Thanks to Brooke's mom we now have a very nice crate for Bailey for training and we were able to secure a perfect bed for her. Not too girly, but feminine nonetheless.

Okay - the shower calls to get ready for the Ren Faire.

Hopefully, I'll have some pictures for you later.