Blazers 105 Warriors 95- See what happens when everyone gets all giddy after beating the Spurs? They lose to the Trail Blazers. If you want to feel better, for those of you who haven't read this yet, check out J.A. Adande's story on the Warriors on ESPN.com. Money quote:

Think about what life would be like if the world operated under the same principles as the Golden State Warriors. Hot fudge sundaes would be nutritious and help you lose weight. Whale-sized sport-utility vehicles would get 50 miles per gallon. "I Love New York" would be up for an Emmy... The thing about the Warriors is they make no sense

-Hey, the Giants signed somebody, Aaron Rowand, who was signed for five years and $60 million bucks. This after being named as possible suitors of every possible free agent and signing absolutely none of them. Rowand's not bad-- he's a pretty decent hitter-- but is known mainly for running into a fence and breaking his nose trying to catch a ball. We're guessing Sabes is thinking the old axiom that you need strong defense up the middle and Rowand is some strong defense up the middle. He is also known as "Gamer," for what’s that worth. The good thing is that with six outfielders on the roster already, they have another one. Who doesn't like an an entire team of outfielders? Still, we're holding our fire on this signing as we don't think it's the only move they'll make, just the first in a long series of moves to make the team halfway decent. They will make those moves, right? Right?

Anyways, if you want to read to really good articles about the mess the Giants have made for themselves, check out Ann Killion and Tim Kawakami's articles in the Merc.

If you may remember, Google first got in trouble when they didn't do one of those cute logo cartoons to Support the Troops. Now they're in some more trouble with conservatives for celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Sputnik by putting a sputnik looking thing on their front page. This is bad because Sputnik was the creation of those Godless commie pink bastards, the Bay Guardian the Soviet Union. Of course, the Soviet Union collapsed due to Ronald Reagan's imploring of them to tear down the wall and is now an ally run by a democratically elected dictator with a habit of poisoning political enemies.

Next up is that conservatives caught them deleting Google ads run by an aide to Maine Senator Susan Collins that were posted on the site to protest bad puns, mainly the General Betray Us thing. The ads suddenly disappeared and conservatives are in full umbrage mood in protesting. For Google's part, they just said there was some problems with that type of ad being run as policy has it that they don't run ads with trademarks and it was nothing personal. As for conservatives, they decided to strike back the only way they know how-- have Sean Hannity go on the attack.

We're sure Sergey and Larry are quaking in their boots as they take money baths in their gold plated bath tubs.

-- Emmy-winner Al Gore might also win the Nobel Peace Prize. Weren't Bono and Princess Diana supposed to win that at some point, too? (You know, before she...vroom.) [Wired News]

-- Bay Area Reporter endorses Newsom. Shocking. [BAR]

-- Double shooting in East Oakland. [CBS5]

-- 16-year-old Angel Carrion busted out of juvenile detention center. Because he's bad. Real bad. And probably dating your daughter. [Examiner]

-- Infant cold sniffle medicine yanked off store shelves. [ABC7]

-- Goodman on how to get your friends to watch the sublime 30 Rock. [Bastard Machine]

-- Body dismembered by hit-and-run traffic on I-880. [NBC11]

-- "Mom, Dad meet my boyfriend, Geoffrey." [SFBG]

-- Zombie attack! [eatbrains]

No longer just for cute Aryan stoners, Albert Fert of the Scientific Research National Center in Paris -- who just received the Nobel Prize for physics alongside Peter Gruenberg for their massive brainpower to help shrink hard drives so that they fit into your iPods, or whatever -- is a Dell user. We'll go one step further by suggesting that Fert has dabbled in Linux use when he was young, too.

Shame on you, Apple, for having us believe that only the smartest and most iconic among us use Macs, when Emmy winners and rhetoric students make up the majority of your market.

For a fanbase with a team that is 2-0 and in first place of the NFC West, Niners fans sure aren't enjoying things. Well, Niners fans can be placed into two groups, the "we're just happy to be here" group and the "my eyes...they burn!" group. Criticism seems to be over their offensive performance which has in a word, kinda sucked. Is Nolan too conservative? Is Alex Smith ready? Is Smith really all that good to begin with? Was last year's offensive improvement just due to Norv Turner? Did James Spader really beat James Gandolfini for "Best Actor in a Dramatic Series?" And what's the over/under on the 49ers getting over 100 yards against the Steely McBeans? We dunno. All we know is that the implosion of the New Orleans Saints is killing us fantasy football and we are NOT happy.

Anyways, in honor of the passing of Brett Somers to the Great Gameshow Panel in the sky, we present the baseball scores all Match Game style.

Giants 8 DBacks 5- The Giants rallied to win despite the fact their bullpen once again ____________ a lead.

Mariners 4 A's 0- Dan Haren lost his fourth straight game because the A's offense was unable to ____________ any runs.

Seriously, did Spader really win an Emmy over Gandolfini?

Also: really? Why? Aside from having sweet Mission Bay offices -- with self-consciously placed arcade games in their front windows -- Current TV takes itself way too seriously to be important. They have a ton of information (it's nearly all user-generated), none of it interesting. Or at least, so overwhelmingly varied and uncategorized, it's impossible to match users to the content they want. And the homepage scares us.

Have any of you had success with Current TV as being either informative or pleasantly time-wasting? Because we haven't.

Wait, what? The San Francisco cast of Jersey Boys is performing at the Emmys? Whoop-dee-do. How are we supposed to get excited about that?

Sorry to be a tease, but we do have one thing to look forward to – the newest cast member. Dominic Bogart, brother of the ever-hot, ever-delicious Matt Bogart of Miss Saigon, Aida, and (cough, cough) Civil War fame, will be performing with the San Francisco cast on Emmy night (Sept. 16). We’re wondering if Dominic has the same pants-dropping (second from left), awe-inducing powers as his older brother. Guess we shall find out. Welcome to town, Dominic!

Looking forward to it, we guess? Go, San Francisco Jersey Boys? It just doesn’t sound right.

Read Playbill's story here.

-- PSA of the day: never forget your BDSM safeword, kids. [Chron]

-- Alt-Weekly Death Watch returns. Yikes is right! [AWDW]

-- Matthew S. Bajko says the gays and their bills are drawing more GOP votes. We're shocked. Seriously. [BAR]

-- Awful landlord hit with awfully big fine. [Examiner]

-- Dead body found inside airplane's wheel at SFO. [Chron, KPIX, KGO]

-- Wyatt Buchanan’s blow-by-blow recount of Daly/Dufty's near slap-fest. (Our money is on Daly.) [Chron]

-- Giants do not win. Again. [KRON]

-- Emmy nominations! For the handful of you that care! (No love shown for Lauren Graham. Sigh.) [KGO]