Gaslamp Ball has only walked this razor's edge once before. We asked you all to vote for Pad Squad Carrie when she wanted to be a model for Deal or No Deal. Amazingly she finished as runner up. Then we became drunk with power and asked you all to focus on Carrie walking around in a bikini in the Miss USA competition. You were easily convinced. Again she finished as runner up. I think some of us have Attention Deficit Disorder because it seems we're only good for 2nd place.

In any case we learned our lesson. We had tried to bring fortune and glory upon the Padres and Carrie and yet it led to greed, pain, suffering and a touch of fortune and glory. Our intentions were noble, but we knew not what we were doing.

We swore that we would never again be convinced to open Pandora's box. Never again! It's too risky!

So on an unrelated topic, I got an email from Pad Squad Amanda. You're not going to believe this, she's in a competition for a chance to represent San Diego and the Chargers at the Super Bowl. The contest started with 200,000 contestants and now miraculously Amanda is in the final 8! I don't think I'm allowed to take credit for that, but I'm considering it anyway. They flew her out to New York and had her and the others shoot commercials and do other promotional stuff.

If she wins she gets a monetary reward, to call a play at the Pro Bowl, attend the coin flip at the Super Bowl and announce a Chargers draft pick.