and here I thought the A's won becuase the morning after we learned the A's would be facing the Twins and not the Tigers, my Family Guy Quote Generator produced the following quote:

Chris (looking at the Twinkie in his hand): I'm going to turn you into poo

It's nice to see the crack addicts can get high while enjoying over 155 channels for only $39.99/mo

I'm guessing that long-suffering, multi-generational, attack dog owning and presumably heavily armed (yet invariably friendly) family who has lived next door all these years really feels that a curse has been lifted.  The JSFH house was a magnet for a lot of wretched despair.  

Interestingly, despite parking within an Eckstein throw of this place hundreds of times over the years, my truck was never once broken into (no such assurances for those who park on the nearby street rather than in the BART lot proper).

And a note to the reztipsy-types:  with or without the A's, this area is redeveloping.  Yet another new housing development of 150 mostly market-rate units is going up just the other side of 68th Ave., developers are salivating over other industrial parcels along San Leandro St., and a Coliseum BART transit village is happening in the next 5 or so years.

JSFH

JRBH

Coincidence?

I have now 2 diaries recommended in one day (this and floyd's Onion-esque satire, which I thought was genuine through about three paragraphs...or maybe five...); this is rare for me.  I'm not one of the recommend-the-daily-link-dump-daily types; I try to keep my recommendations scarce if not valuable, heh.  As for something to consider for the offseason, I actually wish we could keep tabs of diaries that we've recommended throughout our time on AN, to make it easier to go back and read some of the personal favorites.  Or something along those lines.

As for this diary, it appears that A's fans are razing hell.  Channeled Nico for that one.  But seriously, is there any greater irony than having a "Jesus saves from hell" sign on a crack house?  I bet the Christian members of the Oakland police dept shied away from making any raids there.  All I know is, if I was a frequenter of bad houses (there's an Atomizer reference for you, Aphid), you'd find me at the one with the satellite dish, ironic sign, and prime location across the street from A's baseball.

In that same lot, with a little propane grill on the tailgate of my old Bronco 2, playing catch, listening to Bill call the first inning or so...
Then we'd buy $5 scalper tickets on the skyway, go inside and poach $35 seats behind the dugout. Ah, the mid-90's A's games. So many memories, but I can't seem to remember them all...

Once you get the dishes installed, and then cancel, they don't take down the dish, they just have you remove and send back the transponder, plus the control boxes and remotes. That way they don't have to re-install it if you ever start up again, and it appears that everyone is still using a dish.

Smoke crack, apparently. Who knew?

I would see that house from the BART on the way by and always thought it was some sort of church.  I guess it was, only they were putting their faith in more than one Rock.