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by FLBravesGirl
Bradenton, FL. – I never liked baseball as a kid. It was just that game my dad watched incessantly every summer. I think he got cable just so he could see the Braves, terrible as they were, on TBS. The game would start and I would stick my nose in a book. More often than not, he would start yelling and cussing at the TV and I would take my book and myself off to my room. Why did he watch this if it made him so mad?!
Then in ‘91… something happened. He stopped yelling at the TV and started cheering. I had to see what had brought about this miraculous change. And just when I started paying attention those sneaky Braves grabbed hold of my heart. Suddenly I was watching every game with him while he explained what was going on. I was staying up for West Coast games and taking notes so he would know what had happened before he went to work in the morning. I nearly died of nerves during the ‘91 Series. I was a FAN now.
Now came the first test of my fanhood: the offseason. Would this last or was it just a summer fling? But there I was, checking out spring training reports and counting down to Opening Day. This was the real thing. This was love. And they repaid that love in October with the single most exciting moment I have ever seen in a ballgame. I think I achieved human flight leaping off the couch when Sid slid.
Since then there have been times when the Braves have frustrated me, ticked me off and broken my heart. But it’s all been worth it for all the times they’ve made me so happy. They’ve given me something special to share with my dad and brought me many friends I would never have known otherwise. I’m so grateful I looked up from my book that day in ‘91 and started this love affair that I hope lasts the rest of my life.
~flbravesgirl~
FBG, I am so proud of you!!! Ya done good, girl!! Many thanks for taking this huge leap; we all appreciate it!
Good morning y’all. Thanks, CL.
Another blog talent has been revealed. Great lead FBG and a great story to boot.
Sorry, I didn’t know MLB had caused that video to be removed. What. A. Shame!
To all who have no idea what I’m talking about (
), I had originally posted a link to the Glory Days video which ties directly into what FBG wrote about. No longer available, per MLB. booooo hisssss
FBG, excellent lead! I knew you could do it!
CL, I hope you’ll put FBG in the lineup. No more sitting on the bench for her!
Shhh, Chris! It may take another 6 months for me to come up with something to write about. This is not easy for me.
Wow…FBG! From baker to scribe…well done! Sheesh…one man wasn’t enough…you gave your heart to the whole 40-man roster!
We’re proud of ya…keep it up!!!!
Wow… I return from some early morning work/travel, catch up on the overnights, see that a new blog is posted…
…and BANG! There’s FBG bringing the goods. Way to go girl. Awesome story. Thanks for the “feelgood”.
Oh, and good morning everybody!
Niece, I’m so proud of you I could bust! Now, about that cake and milk…
Thanks, everybody. (imagine “squirming in my chair” emoticon here)
Well, I asked how far you were from NE Georgia yesterday, uncle.
When I “squirm in my chair”, thank goodness the Chief knows what to do.
Unfortunately niece, it is too far for a 3-wheel “bicycle”.
I read the very sad account of what happened to Grinch’s friend. I’m afraid, however, in the times that are acomin’ that more of this type of thing will happen. People with families unable to put bread on the table, turning to unthinkable(in normal times)”solutions”. God help us.
Isn’t it sad, uncle? Too often we don’t know about people’s troubles ’til they do something out of desperation.
Niece; That is one of the reasons that I have posted things like the frozen infants, etc., to try and show what a scary world we now live in. Now, closer to home, a honor high school student hired a hit man to kill her mother so she could collect the 2mil insurance on her. And I’ll bet that if she had been successful that the 2mil would not have lasted long. Further, since she was not successful she will probably get a legal slap-on-the-wrist and probation as her mother pleads that she is really a “good” girl. Jeez!
Re: The above. I wonder if she will send her mother a Mother’s Day card?
Yeah 008… With a request that she up her insurance coverage…
Oh what a warped and twisted world we have created…
Speaking of warped….. A little speculation on Tex from Jersey…
http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2008/05/mark_teixeira_seen_him_in_hobo.html
I truly wonder if there are really more “awful” things happening in the world today or if perhaps we just aren’t more informed due to the internet and 24 hour news stations.
Watson: Clemons not welcome on US team
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8114824/Watson:-Clemens-not-welcome-on-U.S.-team?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=49
Actually I know what’s wrong with them. So many people have the “it’s all about me” attitude that other people mean nothing to them. You see it on a small scale everyday. Inconsiderate drivers, no customer service anywhere, people who ignore you & block the aisle with their cart no matter how many times you say “excuse me”, general rudeness.
That’s one of the reasons I’m looking forward to living in a small Southern town where people are still friendly & polite.
Chris, the Bible says that there is nothing new under the sun. It’s all been done before. But there are billions more people to do it and more news outlets to report it. Other factors, as well, but it still shocks me that there are ‘humans’ who readily engage in this stuff. Horrendous.
That too, Chris. Bad things have always happened. We just hear about all of them now.
I gotta get some work done!
Some moron is posting derogatory comments under my “Voice of Reason” moniker across the street at CC’s blog.
Good for Bob Watson!
I don’t think it matters that Tex grew up in Baltimore, went to school in Atlanta, has a sister in Jersey or has a buddy in Timbuktu. He’s going to the highest bidder.
Omar Infante has been recalled and should be in uni for today’s game. BPena has a “mild back strain” and is expected to be put on the 15-day DL. How convenient…
“That’s one of the reasons I’m looking forward to living in a small Southern town where people are still friendly & polite.”
Niece; That is one of the major reasons that I live in a small Southern town. And it is infinitely better than Atlanta, but not totally without flaws. The kids are the main problem and why? You guessed it…the internet. They get the same crap here that they get in LA, Chicago and NY. And, they want to be like their “contemporaries”. And their parents–worshiping youth–are not setting an example, they are right in there with them. I hope you find what you are looking for, but Opie don’t live here anymore.
Tex will be a Yankee. Bank on it. They have already stated that they want him, and that they will not allow him to end up with their sisters to the east, the Muts. It’ll happen…
We might as well hope he heats up and gives us 5 months of productivity. I get really rankled at the apologists who constantly point to his career numbers and say, “He’s always a slow starter. He’ll progress as the season does.” So what?!? I would like my players to give me the whole season, not just the latter portion. It woulda been nice for him to produce a little in April. It might have made a difference in a few of those 9 one-run losses…
With 1 out in the top of the 9th, and Acosta coming in from the pen, my satellite started flickering (small bit of rain) and eventually went black. All three receivers quit working and this morning they’re still not right. One in the bedroom was working, but the one in the living room was not. I switched the receivers and now neither of them work. Anybody got any tips on how to reset these things(DirecTV)?
Uncle, we have taken extended vacations in Rabun County for more than a decade. We know the area well. Yes, people are still nice there.
Hooray!! I found a great copy of Glory Days at fandom.com and have reposted the link at the end of FBG’s terrific lead.
And, FBG, there are really nice folks not far away in Jefferson, Woodstock, Jonesboro and the ATL!!!
And…where Paladin lives, it could be nicer, too, but…well, Paladin has to live somewhere!!!
BTW, Pal…looks like nasty weather near you…yes? Keep yer head down!!!
Re: Southern politeness. I’ll never forget my first trip to NY and after purchasing something in a store saying to the salesman(anglo-saxon in those days)when he gave me my change, “Thank you”. He looked at me like I had just called him a SOB!
Hillbilly, the easiest way to reset those things is to get cable if it is available in your area. Best thing we ever did.
FBG, I agree that Tex will go to the highest bidder (probably NYY). While I’ll root for him this year I have absolutely zero faith that he’ll be back next year. He’s nothing more than a soldier of fortune or a mercenary. If he got the biggest offer from the Nippon Ham Fighters he’d take it. Sayonara!
I wonder if Pittsburgh could be enticed to trade Nady to the Braves for some spare parts??? I think the Braves have another left handed first baseman they would like to be rid of… He would be cheap and could hit at least as well as the Buc’s current first sacker.
The solution to smartasses regardless of where you live is to pour salt(y)on their tail. Thanks for the heads up friend, got the root cellar well-stocked with chianti.
…and Savannah & Charleston & somewhere in NC & Palmetto (is “nice” the word for Grinch? maybe not but he’s my buddy & he’s good to me) & Mechanicsville…
Home for a Tex:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TerFIzQ85Mc
I would love to hear a player say, “Since I was a little boy, I’ve always wanted to be a Ham Fighter”…so I could puke on his shoe.
Hillbilly… Unplug the cable box to cut power and let it restart….
These folks have some nice Braves videos:
http://braves.fandome.com/videos/
Now, I’ve really gotta get to work!
It’s almost game time so I need to get prepared, catch up with you folks later…
OK, I’m off to lunch, nap and to let a new supply of bile build up in me. When it does, I’ll be baaaack!
You’ll miss the game, uncle!
I’m still ticked that someone hijacked my moniker on CC’s blog. Not only did he take my name, he is using it in a very disparaging manner.
Omar is playing 2b and leading off today. Corky is catching. Am I the only one that has a really hard time calling a professional athlete “Corky”? Also, Kotsay is batting 8th again. Why? He’s really hot! Why not lead off Yunel and bat Kotsay 2nd, and Omar 8th? Whatever… I’m ill and in a really bad mood…
According to a “report”, Smoltz’ pain has subsided significantly. He still has soreness and stiffness in the trapezius muscle area, but he’s feeling much improved. He may start playing catch by Sunday or so.
Raisins, I’d be ticked too. My guess is that this individual is not intentionally ripping your name off, but that is just a guess. I don’t ever read CC but I did today after your earlier post. Man, is she taking a beating! It’s too bad the ajc doesn’t require/allow specific user names. It would eliminate a lot of problems.
Corky’s given name is Abraham Philip Miller. I like Corky better than Abe or Abraham, although I agree calling a grown man (athlete or not) is kind of funny sounding. I wonder where he got the nickname. You think he uses cork in his bats? If so, it hasn’t helped!
Raisins, I’d be ticked too. My guess is that this individual is not intentionally ripping your name off, but that is just a guess. I don’t ever read CC but I did today after your earlier post. Man, is she taking a beating! It’s too bad the ajc doesn’t require/allow specific user names. It would eliminate a lot of problems.
Corky’s given name is Abraham Philip Miller. I like Corky better than Abe or Abraham, although I agree calling a grown man (athlete or not) is kind of funny sounding. I wonder where he got the nickname. You think he uses cork in his bats? If so, it hasn’t helped!
Couldn’t he have gone with Phil?
VOR, I don’t blame you for being upset. I never liked that about the AJC. Anybody could use any name. Here & on my skating board you have to be a member & sign in. Much better.
How about “Milly”? Nevermind…
Go Corky!
Y’all see the Reds’ mascot lose his head? Small children are now traumatized.
I guess I shouldn’t really be mad since I abandoned that blog a while back, but this guy sounds anything but reasonable, you know?
FBG: I saw the Reds thing. Funny…
A bad video, but here it is:
Perhaps I should clarify. Not funny that the guy in the suit kinda got shook up. Funny that the mascot’s head goes rolling away.
Oh, my! Weird play for Kotsay. 2-0 bad guys early!
And sorry, but I cannot give play-by-play today. My daughter’s home sick, and I’m backed up with work…
So, apparently Tex opens with an error, and the 1B ump misses a check swing call on the next guy that woulda been strike 3. Next thing you know, it’s 2-0.
That stinks. Terrible luck for Jo-Jo. He should have had 2 out, nobody on. Nice DP start by Omar though.
And my blog domination ends here. Going back to work…
C-ya!
OK… Corky is better than Callix.
He’s named after a part of a flower & a crustacean & they’re both spelled funny.
Statler & Waldorf reference from Boog. Does he read our blog?
What the h-
I stepped away for a few to check on my daughter. Did we just lose another pitcher? What happened?
I would love to hear a player say, “Since I was a little boy, I’ve always wanted to be a Ham Fighter”
No doubt, there are plenty of players that have said just that; however, you don’t speak Japanese, do you?
Blister, VOR, a blister!
FBG…I wasn’t leaving the ‘out of staters’ off the list for a bad reason. I was just goin’ with the ones that can reach Rabun on a tricycle, if willing to endure the hills!
It’s a good thing Frank’s hair is already white…
I don’t know if a trike would make it up my driveway. I live on top of a hill. It’s a good cardio workout walking up.
Poor Jo-Jo. It just wasn’t his day, felled by a blister.
I think making it up the driveway would be the least of the worries!
http://www.ajc.com/braves/content/sports/braves/stories/2008/05/05/braves_0506.html
Carroll Rodgers has some good lines in her article on the Big Three at the same park:
“Usually the last couple years when we’ve played against each other, I’ve seen [Maddux] in the weight room and we’ll talk a little bit,” said Glavine, who, like Maddux, keeps up more with Smoltz.
Wait, Maddux, in a weight room?
“I think he goes in there just to see what’s in there,” Glavine said.
Maddux’s offseason workouts, or supposed lack thereof, have always been good for a chuckle, even though he has apparently been taking it more seriously lately, adding yoga to the mix.
“That’s what I heard,” Glavine said. “Yoga and a personal trainer this winter. What’s with the personal trainer? He or she went to Burger King and got the Whopper for him?”
What kind of work are you doing today, CL?
Maddux in a weight room…that’s a vision!
OK, Chipper…time for a 3-run ‘tater’!
Frenchy goin’ for the 5 run homer…
You gotta love the ajc headline writers:
Jo-Jo Reyes left the mound in the third with an injury Thursday afternoon as the Braves were attempting to reach their sixth-straight win at home.
Abraham, Joe, Abraham!
I laughed at that too, CL.
…sigh… Jeff, just get a hit there. Don’t flail away trying to make the ball explode.
Larry Dierker?
Corky, uh, uncorks a great throw!
Couldn’t resist, VOR?
You go FBG!
Yeeaahh! I got it & Joe & Boog didn’t. Usually I don’t have a chance to think about it. My dad is the king of baseball facts.
Well when I got home for lunch, all 3 DirecTV receivers were working, so there you go. I guess it just needed me to leave it the hell alone.
Anyway, if anybody’s watching on SportSouth, the clips of Smoltz mic’ed up and messing with McCann were priceless. Have they showed anymore of the dugout conversations since Jo Jo left? I’m back at work now, so I’ll here be looking for game updates.
What was the question, FBG? I’ll see if I know it. Boog usually nails them.
Nevermind, I see your answer already.
He’s ragging on Joe again.
Yeah, Tex ain’t exactly tearing the cover off the ball right now, but at least he plays a great defense.
DOH!
Yaaaiiiieeeee!
Another pitcher goes down! Unbelievable!
What a wonderful lead story, FBG … yet to see one better … I’ve often commented that something is lost in translation when converting feelings into words … but not in your case, sweetheart … delightful, simply delightful!!
You could quit you day job, methinks!
On a sad note, the great Eddy Arnold died early this morning … owned ’bout half of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, methinks … a neighbor of some old friends, I used to seem him occasionally … drove an old Buick.
Sounds like Buddy C may be hurt.
Look out Jorge! It’s dangerous out there!
Howdy Bob. Eddy Arnold was my Mom’s favorite.
It’s ugly today…
Thank you, Sir Bob!
Bob J, Isn’t that “Make the World Go Away” –Eddy Arnold? Great voice.
What happened to Buddy? Don’t leave me hanging.
Buddy put his head into the path of one of Kouzmanoff’s very large thighs. Guess who lost that battle…
More specifically, the ball was dribbled up the 1B line, Buddy makes the play on it as Kouz runs through the space where Buddy’s head was. Kinda rough lookin’, actually. I could see a concussion resulting the way his head snapped.
It looked similar to Giles and Prior’s trainwreck a few seasons back.
http://www.last.fm/music/Eddy+Arnold/_/Make+the+World+Go+Away
Rest in peace, Eddy.
Official word on Buddy is a muscle strain to the left side of his neck.
Trainer: “Buddy… You OK? What day is it?”
Buddy: “Atlanta…”
Uh…Gil or CL…I’ve been dumped in the filter….AGAIN!
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[CL: Ransom has been paid, Salty. You're a free man!
Norton’s a pretty big dude himself…
(If y’all could see the result of my horrible typing before I proof it…
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I think I like Norton!
C’mon, Tex. It ain’t April anymore!
Tying run on 2nd, nobody out with Chipper and Tex comin’ up. CAn’t get him in. Now we got 2 out and Frenchy up. Crap…
Ow! Frenchy nailed in the arm…
Wow, hit batsman and wild pitch. Tie game. Weird…
Hello… hello…,hello…
Echo… echo…,echo…
So, VOR, how’s it goin’?
Well, it’s been one of those days, but really I can’t compain, I don’t guess…
Yeah, what good would it do anyway?
You’re boring!
Oh, yeah? Same to ya!
Wow, now I’m not conversing with me either. Perhaps I should consider switching deoderants…
Quit whinin’!
I’m outta here…
Me too…
Aww…you’re just warmin’ up, VOR! Jes wanta see how long you’ll ’self-dominate’!
Kotsay’s working the pitcher over…eleven pitches. Made him struggle for that out.
Un-cork one, Miller!
FLB!!!!!!!!!!! You faker!
You just didn’t want to write, I get it! 
Seriously, we are most often the ones that tell ourselves we can’t do something… never forget that fact.
Yunel bunts for a hit!!! He came up from the braves organization??
Chipper has a single!!!
Paladin is sleeping so he can stay up for the game later!
At least Tex didn’t hit into a double play!
Perhaps he shouldn’t listen to Andruw and try to pull every single pitch….
Matty!!!! Braves win, braves win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Details?
Braves win! Braves win!
Yunel bunts for a single, Chipper singles to left,(Wait, a double, since it was 2nd and 3rd???) they walk Frenchy to have a double play in order….and Matt swung at darn near everything, but got a pitch and singled to left….
5-4 Braves…came back from 4-1 down. Matty delivered a bases loaded single in the 9th. Norton came through with a big 2-run pinch single to get it to one…I think in the 7th. Braves tied the game in the 8th on a wild pitch. Escobar was in the middle of everything offensively today. I think he scored three times. Pitching was by committee…everyone used ‘cept Resop (why’s he on the roster?). Reyes developed a blister in less than three innings; Carlyle got knocked loopy in a collision with Gonzales, but got the out. Weird game…but a W. How’s that for a synopsis?
It sure peeves the ump when he tries to throw a new ball to the pitcher and Matt swings at it.
I actually meant “details on the last play” but thanks for the valiant effort guys. Beautifully done.
Oh, TMI! Sorry!
No, it was appreciated Salty.
And, lost in the hoopla…a one-run victory!
And, lost in the hoopla…a one-run victory!
They DO exist!
There can never be too much info on the braves! Besides, I was asleep till the 8th….well, that’s when I found out a day game was on!
Hey, you’re right! We won a one run game!!!
Oh, quit trying to look like your embarrassed. When have you ever been able to give too much information? Healed!
Hillbilly, they are showing some of Smoltz’s in game chatter, asking McCann if he and “Boog” could reach their arms around each other, McCann walks away and Smoltz said he didn’t mean that in a bad way. Was that what you heard earlier?
Two really precious and exciting gifts: To see Disney World through the eyes of a child. To see afternoon through the eyes of Berigan. I’m so humbled.
Yeah, B-6, that was the portion that I saw. They should mic him up more often. You could tell he was laying it on thick, knowing that Boog and Joe were listening. Good stuff.
Having won a bottom-of-the-ninth-one-run-game could we now hope for a victory to which Tex contributes? Surely Boras will let him do one or two of those during a rental period, don’t you think
P-Din, he did contribute! I forgot what I wrote above, he grounded out so slowly the runners were able to go from 1st and 2nd to 2nd and 3rd. He’s better than Andruw, he didn’t ground into a double play or strike out! That’s worth 25 Mill a year!
By DAVID PORTER
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – A rare international alert seeking a man shown in dozens of raw child porn images quickly led to the arrest of a small-time actor, who painted faces at children’s parties and performed as “the best Santa Claus anyone has ever seen.”
Wayne Nelson Corliss told authorities he had sex with three boys in Thailand six years ago, an experience he described as “euphoria,” a prosecutor said Thursday at Corliss’ first court appearance.
Ho Ho Ho! Come and sit in Santa’s lap and tell him what you want for Xmas. Then, he’ll let you know what HE wants. Sick. Sick. Sick!
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest – dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down the drain.
The process is called alkaline hydrolysis and was developed in this country 16 years ago to get rid of animal carcasses. It uses lye, 300-degree heat and 60 pounds of pressure per square inch to destroy bodies in big stainless-steel cylinders that are similar to pressure cookers.
And now we commit the soul of ____ to God and his remains to the “deep”. Flush!
And now having read the news during which I have developed a severe case of depression, I’m going and eat and drink. Probably more of the latter than the former.
Paladin, you need to read the more cheerful crap, than this stuff!!
Good game today, very entertaining. Rough on the pitching staff though.
Morning, all! Great lead, FBG.
I just made the mistake of getting on a steak blog on the AJC. Now I’ve got to go get one. Was that you over there VOR, or an imposter?
Grinch; There is a 7 o’clockl in the morning, too.
If there is someone across the street posting ugly things as “VOR”, it ain’t Raisins. He is the most g-rated(and I mean that as a compliment)person I know. If you need someone to go over there and kick ass and take names, call on me.
Uncle Bob beat me to the recognition of the passing of Eddy Arnold. Many of you youngsters probably don’t even know who we are talking about. But he paved the way for Kenny Rogers, Jimmy Buffet and many others to go across the street and appear on pops charts. He had a comfortable voi8ce and he was a gentleman. That is the highest compliment I can give someone. RIP, Mr. Arnold.
I’m fading. Any of yhou gutless wonders that want to take me on Mano-e-mano better bring it on.
yhou? I don’t understand that language, either.
RIP indeed.
It was a g-rated post; perhaps it was the original (plus stinky was posting as someone else right alongside).
I know there’s a 7 am; it’s my bedtime! Silly man.
I just picked up some t-bone’s for 5.99/lb at the local grocery. Yummy yum.
Off to the grill.
Grinch; Can I come over? I’ll bring a 6-pack of choice.
Tasters choice? Man, you are indeed an early bird.
You’re always more than welcome, and as always (at least of late) there is plenty. I’ve actually taken a break from alcohol; trying to lose some weight. I can always make an exception, however.
Now, back to grill.
Ah, you ain’t no fun no more. I’ll go over to my rowdy friends house.
Did anyone notice that I am Schlitz-faced? Well duh?! The fortunate thing is there is no offense for B-W-I(blogging while intoxicated). And, when necesaary, you just go to bed. Soon!
I just SAID I’d make an exception, @#$-%$#$.
It left off the smiley for some reason.
Grinch; You are not a smiley person, and neither am I. We understand each other better than that. Have a nice dinner.
Almost there!
You’re right; I suppose it was mainly for the benefit of others who might wrongly view my comments as snappish. It’s easy to confuse tone when you can’t hear it.
Where is SG? Probably grubbin’ worms. I’ll answer to him(and his insults) tomorrow morning. I’m going to ged in 5 minutes. Last chance.
Good night, 008!
Good morning, Grinch!
ged?! I am drunk!!
CL…why am I being kidnapped so often? I’m really not worth the ransom! Really, I’m not!
Salty; Who was your benefactor that lifted the rock?
CL…she likes me!
Go to ged…you’re drunk, remember!
You’re right, for once. G’night
Hey, Salty! Of course you’re worth it!!! Important to us and we’re all that count, right?
Lord, I don’t know what’s with that filter. It seems to randomly pick an IP address and do it’s best to be aggravating. FBG wasn’t able to blog at all for several days until it finally released her. And there’s nothing either Gil or I can do except keep as close a check on it as possible and pay the ransom.
Have finally made a major breakthrough in the genealogy research project! One thread solved. 216 to go.
Paladin finally getting his ged? I guess it’s never too late after all. Never graduated myself.
Howdy, Salty!
Man, am I full. I keep eating like that I might as well drink.
And don’t worry about the ransom money. We’re rolling in money what with all the Lotteries (all over the world) and stuff that we get in our BravesAnd Stuff mailbox every day. I lost exact count, but there should be somewhere around 2 or 3 hundred billion there now. Which league shall we buy?
The Justice League, of course! I want superpowers.
Justice League? David has his own league?
Good evening y’all.
Hmmm… Ok, Grinch, pick one superpower.
Will we all have to wear funny-looking spandex outfits?
Spandex outfits? Uh…I’ll pass…thankyaverymuch!
Grinch thinks he is a superpower…why pick one?
Oh…and ged…quite obvious, actually. It’s that ‘teach an old dog new tricks’ thingie!
That oughta get 008 rollin’ in the AM.
I don’t know what everybody looks like but that couldn’t be a good look. I’d have to stay wrapped in my cape.
Salty, you bad!
FBG, I’m with you! Wouldn’t leave the house!
Can you imagine? Spandex, boots & a cape.
would you be cape woman FLB??? What superpowers would you have, since you have a cape and all….
Invisibility.
That would be a cloak, not a cape FLB!
Shocked, shocked I am….you LIKE being shy!
Spandex. I think we better find another league. All in favor?
Spandex…American League, right?
Y’all I just came back to say g’night. I’m exhausted. Everyone behave.
Grinch started it.
Maybe buy a Sally League team so we can raise’em right. Teach’em to bunt, play small ball, stay in shape in the off season, stay off steroids and such.
Grinch=Old
B, it would keep anyone from actually seeing me in the purple spandex.
Just got back after a long, long, lon… oh, I don’t even want to think about this day anymore. Then, just read the whole nine yards of posts and gracious… it took quite a while. Must be a record day for posts.
Yours was such a nice lead FBG. Heartfelt and chill bump raisin’ good stuff. 1991 was a great year to come on board with baseball and Braves.
I could just picture FBG and her dad jumping up off the couch and screaming at a play at the same time. Hope mom’s a fan too… or has and ipod.
Missed the game too… didn’t even know who won until I checked the Braves site. Winning a one run squeaker is a nice “monkey” off the back, like Diaz said. Lost another two pitchers… one with blister and one with neck strain. Hope Buddy is OK. Sounds like it was a bad hit to the noggin.
Trainer: “Buddy… You OK? What day is it?”
Buddy: “Atlanta…”
Raisins, that cracked me up.
SG, Mom had given up & gone to bed, Dad checked the door lock & was patting my shoulder saying”They had a great year, it’s OK” & I was sitting there feeling down. Next thing I knew Dad & I were jumping up & down in the living room & Mom ran down the hall saying “what?! what?!”
That last line was not coded for italics… ghost in the machine.
Either that or Paladin is operating the behind the scenes blog operations.
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain?
SG, if you get SportsSouth, the game is being rebroadcast. Just started, in fact.
Thanks Klobber but I am bushed. Well, maybe an inning or two. If I had some Chianti I’d just have a pop and go to bed.
Where is SG? Probably grubbin’ worms. I’ll answer to him (and his insults) tomorrow morning.
Sometimes it’s best for Paladin to just go to “ged” and not go all Foster Brooks on us.
Could not resist.
Uh, sorry SG. I’m holding the chianti for someone else. Private stock, you know. Hope you understand.
Whiskey?
Got any chocolate milk, Chris?
Does it go with Red Velvet Cake?
On the rocks at least FLB, !
Or a Coke.
chocolate milk is better….watching 13 Hours by Air, Fred MacMurray film from 1936….
Let’s see… Berigan likes old cars, old music, old movies…
Do you like anything new, B?
20 year olds!!!!
Wait, still not that new…..
Um, how old did you just turn?
I like Megadeth! Still old…not as old….
I’m Jack Benny’s age…
As if I would know what that means.
Puddle of Mudd, like some of their music….that’s about as new as I get, I guess…they have a song, Psycho…..it’s getting some play…I have my finger on the pulse of the youth, by gum…
Ask you pop FLB!
If he’s too young, ask your Grandfather…or Pallyboy tomorrow…sigh…
My grandfathers have passed on. My dad just turned 55.
My Grandfathers have passed on too, FLB.
One in 1943, the other in 1950….old parents, and they had old parents as well. My Great-grandmother, on my Father’s side??? Born during the Civil War!!! 
Berry, you’re Jack Benny’s age? Is that chronological age or emotional age?
It’s strange to say that in plural. Never met my paternal grandfather, even though he lived less than 10 miles away my whole life. (Very long story)
I’m actually Benny +2! Emotionally….hmmm, not quite there yet….
I have younger parents but had old grandparents. My dad was a mid-life surprise & my mom was #5 of 6 kids.
Well, need to scoot for a bit, if anyone is still conscious in an hour or so, I’ll check back…I’ll check back regardless!
Night all! FLB, did you see the praise I gave your blog this afternoon???
Chris, will we be able to get her to put away her inviability cloak???
One good thing about both sides of my family is that we tend to be long-lived. 90s are very common. Great-Grandma Waldron made it to 105.
Yes, thank you, B. But what do you mean by inviable?
FLB, you can kind of relate then…..My Dad was born in 1931, and his parents had been married since 1922! My Father’s father??? Don’t even know when he was born, in the old country! My Grandfather was one of 16. and the baby to boot!!! My Great Grandfather was probably born in the 1840’s…no joke. Had 2 wives, eventually.
Invisibility cloak….mozilla chose the most likely word, and I chose that one!
Berigan =lousy speeler…
Night!
I think my dad will want to do the genealogy thing once he’s retired. Cool thing about his mom’s family is that they were among the founders of her hometown in NC so we’ll be able to find a lot of info there at the church.
A cousin of my mom’s traced their paternal side back to Holland & England. Please don’t blame me but the Waldrons were some of the original settlers of New Amsterdam.
Did I bore y’all with the family history talk? Sorry. I’ll have to ask CL for research tips sometime.
Time to shut down. Good night y’all!
Great blog lead FBG!!!
BRAVES WIN! MAGIC NUMBER is 131!
Boy, I’m glad I passed out when I did. The “vision” of Grinch in spandex would have been a nightmare. It’s bad enough to imagine him in street clothes.
G’morning everyone…
I’ll be on the road again this morning for a while, but I wanted to catch up on the overnights before I left.
Now I gotta go. Back later. taters!
Give this a shot:
1. Key in the first three digits of your phone number (NOT the Area code…)
2. Multiply by 80
3. Add 1
4. Multiply by 250
5. Add to this the last 4 digits of your phone number
6. Add to this the last 4 digits of your phone number again.
7. Subtract 250
8. Divide number by 2
Are you kidding me, CL? If I could do all of that I’d be working for NASA.
Rocket hits BBC bureau in Baghdad; no injuries
Now that he off the juice, Clemens’ fastball just doesn’t have the zip anymore.
Calculator, ‘Hawk.
he’s
OK, I did it, called it, and got a busy signal.
‘Hawk, you’re funny.
Get this:
No Bonds offers concerns union
Posted: Wednesday May 07, 2008 04:52AM ET
The Major League Baseball Players Association has expressed concern to the commissioner’s office over the lack of offers to Barry Bonds, asking for additional information about the offseason’s free-agent market. The union did not go as far as to file a grievance on behalf of the outfielder, 43, who remains unsigned and hasn’t received any offers since the San Francisco Giants decided not to re-sign him last year and he became a free agent.
Baltimore Sun
A union wants to file a SUIT because nobody wants to hire the rotten guy??
Translation: If you are a major league baseball player and are not signed by a club, then some club HAS to step up and sign you whether anyone wants to or not. WHAT???
Feds may interview Clemens’ women
Posted: Tuesday May 06, 2008 05:47AM ET
Although any extramarital relationships involving Roger Clemens have no direct bearing on his denials of drug use, it is possible that federal authorities will try and question the women cited in the newspaper reports to see what knowledge they may have about Clemens and performance-enhancing drugs. As part of the government’s investigation into whether Barry Bonds committed perjury about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, the authorities questioned Kimberly Bell, who said she was his former girlfriend. It is unclear if Clemens’s acknowledgment of “mistakes” will have any impact on a defamation lawsuit he filed against Brian McNamee.
New York Times
What in the Sam Hill is wrong with these people?
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/09/myanmar/index.html
Top of the morning, good folks. Sorry again for the radio silence … been a long, strange week, and two more to follow. But everything is fine on this end. I’ve been blessed with another promotion, but to take this one, I had to clear out my vacation time and comp time, so … three weeks off, with pay. I have a honey-do list six miles long, I’ve actually started fishing again, I’ve dug my golf clubs out of the back of the Sports Garage (funny, when you take four years off from playing how you can hit the ball SOOOO good on the driving range; may actually hit a course for 18 one day next week).
But anyway, that explains my silence of the past week, as I transition into vacation mode, make sure everything is taken care of on this end and I finally relax … I’ll be around more in the coming days. Just decided to get off of the computer for a few days and break up the old routine.
Now, baseball (noted transition from the Scribe): Went to the game yesterday. Frustrating early, with Jo Jo not hitting his spots and the shaky defense in the first. Infante bailed them out with that great snag and nifty throw to start the double play. I give the Braves a TON of credit for battling back and FINALLY winning a one-run game. Norton looks great so far. Chipper and Yunel are both playing like superstars. Great AB by Diaz with the game on the line. Solid work by the bully. Playing like champions now.
Awesome homestand. Yeah, it was the Reds and Padres, who both stink. BUT, this team has left so many games on the table so far this season, it was good to see them rip off six in a row and get back closer to where they should be. Just need to carry this confidence onto the roadie.
Got the comments bug worked out on http://braves.today.com so now I can leave comments on there. Got a room I need to paint in the coming days, so off to the store for wallpaper-removal stuff. More later.
Enjoy your day. Here’s to a good start to the road swing tonight in Pittsburgh!
The Scribe abides.
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FBG: Great lead, by the way!! Really enjoyed it. Nice work.
I guess it’s my day to get censored.
Scribe, I just tried again, and I still can’t post a comment on your side of the street.
Error: Invalid security code—-every time. I can read the comments now, but just can’t post.
CL, All that calculating is about what it takes to break through Scribe’s security code. I still haven’t hacked it yet.
Hey, Hillbilly! Hope all is going well there with all the big new events imminent! How’s Mama Hillbilly? Keep us posted!!! Have you decided on a name?
Chris, you’re out of the filter. For now. Almost wish I could disable that thing! (But I can’t. No authority.)
Dalai Mama; You are a good sport! And that is a clever “trick”. I’ll have to send it along to this guy who is always sending me puzzles that I can’t work. He is almost as boring as Salty.
I’m sure he will zip it back explaining to me in painful detail the various mathematical formulas that make it possible. ZZZZZ 
Thought for the day: “If we are ever goin’ to have law and order in this territory, we got to take all the lawyers out and shoot ‘em down like dogs.” Judge Roy Bean.
HOUSTON (AP) – Three teenagers were arrested after two of them told police they dug up a secluded grave north of Houston, removed the skull from the coffin and converted it into a marijuana bong.
I don’t know what a “bong” is, but I can think of some excellent applications for bongs to these teenagers…and their parents.
Skyhawk,
I’m no bong expert either, but I think if I were, I think I’d find an easier alternative than digging a 6 foot hole. Don’t know about you, sir, but I’ve never known any experience fun enough to be worth the use of a shovel.
HB; I think they must have been high when they did it. Not ever having been high(on that stuff)I wouldn’t know, but I’m with you. My hands don’t fit no shovel.
HOUSTON (AP) – An illegal immigrant from Mexico was convicted of capital murder Thursday in the 2006 shooting of a police officer during a traffic stop.
Jurors will now consider whether Juan Leonardo Quintero-Perez, 34, should get the death penalty.
Officer Rodney Johnson, 40, was shot four times in the head after arresting Quintero-Perez for driving without a license.
Records show Quintero-Perez was deported in 1999 after being convicted of indecency with a child, but he slipped back into Texas.
I wish I was on that jury. When is the last time we burned someone at the stake?
I wonder if they knew how much arsenic was was used to embalm bodies back in the day if they would be so quick to employ a skull as a bong?
2 lbs per 50 lbs body weight could make someone pretty sick… Oh, that’s right… They are already “sick”…
Glad to hear of your continued success Sscribe… Shoot a good round for me on the links while you are there…
Chris…. It’s called control… It is the same stunt the warlords in Africa use to control their populations. We might not like it but it is the way for many in this world.
I feel sorry for those people but you cannot go to war to get a government to allow people to help them. We are already trying that one out and we are not doing so good….
Reminds me a lot of playing “Bop-a-mole”..
A chuckle:
Nights in England are coal black, making parachute jumps very difficult. We attach small lights called chemlites to make our jumpsuits visible to the rest of the team.
Late one night, lost after a practice jump, we knocked at the door of a small cottage. When a woman answered, she was greeted by the sight of five men festooned in glowing chemlites.
“Excuse me,” I said, “Can you tell us where we are?”
The woman paused before answering and then, in a thick English accent, replied, “Earth.”
008… I am in favor of employing caning as a form of corporal punishment and reducing jail time. Castration works too…. The US will likely fight with Mexico over the Death penalty…
O.K., now y’all are just teasing me. CL, how did you get a post to go through on Scribe’s Blog. Did you not have to type in a security code? I don’t take too well to being defeated by technology. Things usually end up broken.
CL, Please go take Hill Billy by the hand and lead him down the yellow-brick road.
Hillbilly, what security code??
Yellow-bricks bring to mind goldbricks which brings to mind: Where are SG and Salty?
Just messing with you. Hillbilly! After you write your comment, there is a small box near the bottom with random letters/numbers in it. You have to type those letters/numbers in the box below it. Hit submit and it should pop right on through.
In Arkansas the only security code they have is “Occupied”.
A Florida player has been arrested for running up over $3,000 in charges on a dead woman’s gas credit card. And our players that get in some trouble for underage drinking are “hoodlums”? Puhleese!
Skyhawk. I have two security codes. One is named Benji the other is named Browning. I’ll let you figure out which one barks and which one “bites.”
CL, That’s what I’m talking about. I type those numbers and it says “Invalid Security Code.” Oh well, it’s almost quitting time on Friday. I’ll worry about it another day.
Skyhawk. Is it Happy Hour yet?
Come on Hillbilly, I’m buying. Grinch will be here shortly.
I can almost remember saying that I just turned 55 … it’s like driving … seems like it takes forever to get from 0-55 … and then in no time at all, you’re breaking the Interstate speed limit … and the don’t want you to drive no more.
Early prediction … Tommy wins his first tonight!
I do have to leave soon. I’m preparing Crab Etouffee. It takes a while but it is soooo gooood! And it reminds me of my wanderings in N’Awlins where, from time to time, I was a bad boy. But, enough about that. Got to go work on the roux.
Nah, I’ve got a Church League Softball game this evening, Skyhawk. Wouldn’t bode well. Besides that might be considered “Performance Enhancing.”
Bob, J. you still got my e-mail address? I’d like to put in a Link request if possible.
Skyhawk,
I looooove me some cajun food. Them boys will cook ANYthing.
Oldest gorilla in captivity turns 55 at Dallas Zoo
Published: 5/9/08, 7:45 AM EDT
As for what is happening in the former Burma(500,000 likely to die) What the bleep is the UN for, anyway??? If you can’t get the relief aid where it’s needed, if a government keeps it from it’s people, then a united world, through the U.N., should with troops, bring the aid to those that need it!!
But, hey…they are a sovereign nation and all that, better to just let them die, and say tsk, tsk…..
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – It’s a happy Mother’s Day for an Arkansas woman – she’s pregnant with her 18th child. Michelle Duggar, 41, is due on New Year’s Day, and the latest addition will join seven sisters and 10 brothers. There are two sets of twins.
All the children are home-schooled as, apparently, was she. Too bad she didn’t learn to spell p-i-l-l.
Berigan, the news reports I read said that as soon as the first UN flights landed and unloaded the 38 tons of food, medical supplies, boats, etc – the military government of Myanmar seized it and wouldn’t let it be distributed.
Other nations from around the world have been waiting at the Maynmar embassy in Thailand seeking permission to enter the country with food, water, etc – but the embassy was CLOSED today for a holiday.
The world is waiting to bring it in but the gov’t there won’t allow it. They said they can’t “appear” to not be able to handle the situation. Hello???
If the UN is going to show it’s relevance–which I doubt–they have to put together a coalition and go in there and put those “Generals” in shackles. Then, they give the aide the people need and when they leave they leave a civilian government in charge. Yeah, right!
If I don’t watch, the Braves win. If I do, they lose. What am I offered?
To hell with you people. I can get more response(s) out of a cigar store indian. I’m going to bed but I may wake up from time to time to watch and screw things up!
Amazed to hear on ABC that there is some talk of forcing their way in to Burma(Ain’t gonna call it that recently made up name)
Feel kinda crappy, so don’t expect too many posts from me this evening. I know, P-Din, please don’t shed too many tears now!
B-man: I’ll miss you. At least your are willing to talk. Hope you feel better.
Nite nite.
This game is ridiculous. The road monkey is alive and well. Glavine must be scratching his head and wondering what he has to do to get a win this year.
Calling for Norton to bunt. Weird. Asking Kelly to bunt. Not happening. Expecting the ump to have the same strike zone for both teams. Evidently not. Hoping the Braves will finally put more than one or two runs on the board when Tommy pitches. Nope. Winning a game on the road. Seems impossible.
C’mon Braves… hold’em and let’s have some free baseball then maybe, just maybe we’ll get a clutch hit and a run in the top of the 10th…
Kelly Johnson gets a bunt down and Braves win. Didn’t happen. Then we pitch to the hot hitting Sanchez with first base open… it figures.
No clutch hitting for Tommy. The road monkey is alive and well. Shyte.
Why can’t we do it on the road?
Frustrating.
Good evening y’all. I guess we can’t petition to have the Braves play all their games at home, huh?
Back in a bit.
Quote from Tom Glavine after the game:
Everybody’s got something to hide except for me and my monkey.
Thanks to WW & Scribe for the kind words.
Palaskyhawkadin: Old Cherokee word for man who can fly… by seat of loin cloth.
Oh, I got’cher gold brick right here… and your gold finger too.
And good morning.
tsk, tsk, SG.
Now FBG. you know I can’t let yer uncle just show up in the morning without one single jab, er… hello.
But did you have to set up the loincloth visual? I had just gotten rid of the spandex visual.
I have absolutely seen everything now:
http://www.lifegem.com/secondary/whatisLG2006.aspx
On that astonishing note, a good night to all!
I’ve read about that in the paper, CL. I guess it’s not much different than the people who keep Grandma Mabel’s ashes on the living room mantle.
If I can find this link I’ll post it. Just a few days ago I read about a process where a body is dumped into a pit of lye and heated to about 300 degrees. The lye disolves all of the soft tissues and the bones are brittle enough to be pulverized into a dust. The lye and the remaining tissues are then dumped into the sewer system. Yuck!
Uncle beat you to it, Chris. Yuck is the right word. Seems so … disrespectful. At least the diamond thing I can understand is about keeping part of your loved one with you.
Uncle beat you to it, Chris. Yuck is the right word. Seems so … disrespectful. At least the diamond thing I can understand is about keeping part of your loved one with you.
Now what happened? I hit “submit” once, it took forever & now it shows up twice.
Sorry FBG and sorry to Paladin too. NOt trying to steal his thunder!
Does seem disrespectful in a way. Personally, I don’t care what happens to my body once I’m gone. I am an organ donor and hope that any (if any) “good parts” that happen to be left over can be used to extend or enhance someone else’s life but I truly view my body to be just a vessel that my spirit inhabits while I’m on this earth.
That being said (and I realize it’s probably too much information), I still don’t like the idea of being dunked in lye. Much prefer cremation for some reason….. Somehow burning seems preferable to dissolving.
That’s how I feel too, Chris. Cremation seems “cleaner” if that makes any sense. And with Mom being a nurse of course I’m an organ donor.
Hope we’re not creeping anybody out with this conversation.
Good night y’all.
No, not creeping anyone out at all!
Hey, check out this Bill Haley and the Comets clip from 1979!
Good morning all… The Braves had their chances last night but failed to execute the fundamentals again. I just can’t understand this team sometimes…
Anyone want to swap lungs???
Now, breakfast…
BBQ????
Pizza???
Gil; When a team fails to execute fundementals when they are almost 2 months into the season, who do you blame?
I’d blame the coach(s) 008….I really don’t know why you can’t have a team come out early, once, twice a week and have everyone bunt 10-15 times…everyone! Tex , Chipper, they should all be able to lay one down for a suicide squeeze, or moving a runner over.
I’m with you B-man. But, I also think there should be more emphasis on fundementals in spring training and less on golf.
and fundamentals, too.
I agree…isn’t golf what they do during the offseason????
Without jjs around to pick apart my spelling, I have regressed terribly. I are and idiot.
008, do you use IE, or Mozilla??? Mozilla puts a red line under whatever you have misspelled(Forgot an s right there!) and if you right click on the word, it shows several several choices for the correct spelling. I love it…of course, I can butcher a word so badly even it can’t figure out what word I meant to use!
Yeah, B-man, I need one of those automatic gizmos. I have one but I have to remember to use it. Which I forget, half the time. But age before beauty, and all that stuff.
Got to go run some errands. See ya later.
going to try and get some shut eye….not too likely though….if I do sleep, I miss the game, I lose either way!
I have regressed terribly. I are and idiot.
I will not argue with my elders!
Jim Edmonds released by the Padres after hitting .178 and struggling in the field (after starting the season on the DL). Two or three years ago the general consensus among sportswriters (though they were wrong) was that Andruw couldn’t hold his jock defensively. When you drop the juice at 35, 37 comes awful quick. Steroids claim yet another victim.
Not only are I and a idiot some of my bestest blog friends are and idiots, too. Birds of a feather?
Carolina Lady… that LifeGem Diamonds site beats all. Could be perfect for the carbon credit crowd.
I’m just an old chunk of coal, butI’m gonna be a diamond some day.
It’s gettin’ where I can poke Palahawkadin and the old boy just sits there and takes it. Nurse Rached must be in the room.
In the meantime, More John Anderson
Anyone want to swap lungs???
Bear, you been swappin’ spit with some coughing, runny nose girl or have you just turned into an old hack?
Take a slug of decongestant, two aspirin, 500 mg vitamin C, 1000 mg fish oil and cover your mouth when you hack. Oh, and call that girl up and tell her to do the same. Otherwise you have to stop all that spoonin’.
Look out B-man, that “prescription” sounds like something SG got in the Garden of Evil, at midnight.
That’s Garden of Good and Evil Pal. Emphasis on “good” of course.
Funny, I knew most of those in the book. Crazy bunch.
BTW, since you asked, my Crab Etouffee was delicious. And I have crab left over so that I can have a crab meat w/horseradish dressing appetizer before my bacon-wrapped fillet tonight. Tender steaks in tough times. What a dichotomy.
I’m aware of the title of the book and that it is actually the Bonaventure Cemetary. That said, there ain’t no good in you.
cemetery
More likely HGH…. “Better things for better living, thru chemistry”
And steaks…
Well, Richmond won last night 2-0 over Louisville.
Five Braves pitchers combined to blank the Bats as the Braves took the opener of an eight game road trip. (See, it’s corporate policy to use five pitchers per game..)
The Braves snapped a scoreless tie in the seventh inning on an RBI single by Diory Hernandez that plated Brandon Jones. Phil Stockman battled out of a bases loaded Louisville threat in the eighth. Barbaro Canizares added insurance with a ninth inning home run, his club leading fourth of the season.
Francisley Bueno pitched six innings, striking out five without allowing a walk to earn the win. Zach Schreiber worked a perfect ninth to notch a save. Canizares had two hits for the Braves.
crab meat w/horseradish dressing appetizer before my bacon-wrapped fillet tonight.
Mmmm. I’ll be there at 6:00. And I love etouffee, especially crawfish. Like Hillbilly, I love me some cajun and creole cookin’.
Bonaventure is right, Pal. My mom, dad and brother are there. By the way, the photographer of the ‘Bird Girl’ cover of the Midnight book was one of my very best old friends, Jack Leigh. I actually suggested he go out to that cemetery to find an image for the book photo. Jack died a few years ago from colon cancer. Now he resides at Bonaventure. It’s a beautiful place.
All of you should be sure to get a colonoscopy (colo-rectal) exam. Don’t put it off. By the time there are symptoms you could have a fight for life on your hands. If my friend had done that he’d be making more art and hangin’ with me and watching the Braves today. He’d probably be blogging with us. He was as huge a Braves fan as I am. We used to go to West Palm Grapefruit League ST together. I wrote a story about some of those times.
Jack lives on through his work. RIP Jack.
SG; I have had so many coloscopys that I now giggle through the whole thing.
I don’t like mudbugs but either crab or shrimp etouffee is good eatin’.
colonoscopys. Jeez. I quit!
SG; I’m glad your family members and friends rest in such a beautiful place. Mine, on the other hand, are in a cemetery in Atlanta that when they bought the plots was one of the cities’ finest. The streets around it were all named for Confederate Generals. Now, those same streets are named for civil rights leaders and the cemetery itself is a rapidly fading oasis is the midst of Apache Country. I wish I could afford to have them moved, but I will not be joining them.
Things like “is” instead of “in” are not recognized by the speller.
Nap time. Later.
I have had so many coloscopys that I now giggle through the whole thing.
I’ll bet your family and friends that are laid to rest in Atlanta could care less about street names. Oh, it ain’t right to disrespect the Confederate Generals by changing the names and such, but one day the tide will turn, the neighborhood will change, the demographic will shift and who know, we could have street names like Paladin Lane, Shyhawk Avenue and Berigan Boulevard. Maybe even Grinch will have a street named after him when he’s pushin’ up daisies.
Me, I like American Indian names as much as possible. They were here first after all. After that, Presidents, Generals, heroes, civic leaders and such. After that, animals, trees and numbers work just fine.
I have had so many coloscopys that I now giggle through the whole thing.
Speaking of daisies, there’s a whoopsie daisy for me. Started out to comment on your funny line and then read you next post and… well, you know. As far as the ‘exam’ goes, I suppose it’s fine to giggle… just don’t wink. Could be trouble.
Paladin, the doctor’s not supposed to have his hands on your shoulders during the procedure.
SG, any cemeteries where Confederate dead are buried deserve Confederate names. Word is bond.
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers … My Lady, Mrs. Gil … all!
Just don’t forget the other sex … it it weren’t for us daddies, there wouldn’t be no Mother’s Day!
If the land that makes up Stone Mountain Park didn’t have a unbreakable clause in the deed that it will always be a Confederate memorial, they would have had that carving sand-blasted off, years ago.
Whoopsi-daisy!
Grinch, agreed. Thing is, once any street is named… particularly named after living or dead human beings, it should remain forever that name. Would be OK to change numbered or arbitrary street names once in a while, but not once named after a person, whether they be Confederate, Union, Repub, Dem, white, black, yellow, red (or in your case green) or whatever.
Atlanta can’t even settle on an Airport name.
Grinch; I’m no fool. I have a female gastroenterologist. Look at the middle five letters.
This conversation reminds me of the old Chris Rock joke:
If a friend calls you on the telephone and says they’re lost on Martin Luther King Boulevard and they want to know what they should do, it doesn’t matter what city they’re in, you best tell them to start running for their lives
Let me say this and then quit. It is not so much the name change of the streets. It is the total change of not only the neighborhood, but the district. And this is not racist. I assure you that AA folk of our income and education would call the area something much more derogatory than “Apache Country”.
And SG; As for your remark about them not being aware of their surroundings. Seismographs have picked up rapidly spinning sounds from my father’s grave.
That’s a fact, WillyWally…it ain’t just Atlanta. Chris had his moments.
P, did you tell here she’s boldly gone where no man has gone before?
SG, looks like Hulk, Oscar the Grouch and I got the lock on the green streets.
OK, time to go get a few things done. y’all behave.
How ’bout Green Flower Street?
God, I hate it on weekends when Raisins doesn’t have anything to but pester the grownups.
Bob, extend a Happy Mother’s Day to Carol for me; hope y’all are well.
Grinch; Be a good son this Mother’s Day. Don’t give her something you stole at Christmas time.
Pal, I didn’t say your family and friends were not aware of their surroundings… I said that they didn’t care. As for the spinning, that’s just an expression we living use to deal with our own biases.
Regardless, those old, old ancient dudes Mr. Street. Mr. Avenue and Mr. Road have to be very proud. All those signs and markers all over the place and all.
Mothers Day? Tomorrow, right? Happy Mom’s day to Mrs. Carolina, Carol, Mrs. FBGM and a special one to Mrs. Grinch. She’s been through so much…
Raisins, I want one of these.
SG; Sorry. I forgot that you are the resident pontificator now. Do you wear one of those pointy hats when doing do? At any rate, forgive me, I have sinned. I will put my rosary in chain-drive for max Hail Marys. Later, Father.
Pal, what on earth are you talking about?
I forgot that you are the resident pontificator now. Do you wear one of those pointy hats when doing do?
Pal, perhaps you think that or believe I think that but I certainly don’t.
Does Pala-HallSkyHawkMonitor-adin need another nap or just a rap on the noggin? You cranky old cuss, you. Maybe too many crabs. Now, say 50 hail Mary’s and while you’re at it give me 100 pushups. Not keyboard pushups.
Man, I thought for sure we were playing this afternoon, when was the last time we played a Saturday, and weren’t on FOX???
Oh well, saw an amazing play…Cubs either had runners on 1st and 3rd or bases loaded, with Derrick Lee up…hit a fly ball to right, maybe 10-15 feet in front of the track….Justin Upton throws to the plate, and on one bounce, got Reed Johnson out by a mile!!!
Dearly Beloved; We are gathered here to mourn the death of our brother who’s rosary got hung up in the sprocket killing him with shrapnel. May he rest in peace, briefly, before the Debil comes for him. Now join me as we sing “Shall we gather at the river”…for catfish, hushpuppies and beer. Amen.
Paladin, did you miss your meds this morning or was that soft shell crab last night?
SG; Just because you take yourself so seriously, don’t expect us to. Over.
Pal’s been sippin’ out of the wrong jug again?
I agree. You are lucky if you get out of here alive.
OK, now I’m going in and have my crab meat cocktail w/horseradish sauce. My bacon-wrapped fillet, medium rare, a baked potato–baked in a salt crust–tender green salad w/homemade vinaigrette, french baguette, and Chianti. If, after that meal, I want to watch baseball, I will. If not, who cares…certainly not me.
Pal, just because you take your dinner so seriously, don’t expect us to. Over.
Guy; The saliva all over your last post gave you away. Ciao.
Greetings all…. Indian names are great as you can always tell the natives (bad pun) from the tourist as they mispronounce the names.
To the victors go the spoils…. Pretty soon the folks in Atlanta and elsewhere will be living on Santa Anna Blvd and Castro Avenue…
I have renounce my membership in my church this week. I found they were abetting the illegals in our area with all manner of support. Sorry folks “Homie don’t play dat”… Now, if they were taking up a collection to pay for their bus ticket home, I would support that but I think the bleeding hearts are very misguided on this one. The church is an enabler… Let these folks force change in their native country, not force change in ours…
Damn… I get insulted and try to be mean right back and Pal sees right through it. Plus, he’s having his gourmet meal and I’m having pizza. But then, I love pizza… especially from the great little Italian takeout place we’re ordering it from. Homemade style pizza pie comin’ up with extra everything. Yum yum.
So Pal, after we eat and come back to the game blog, we’ll both be full, I’ll still be a self-absorbed pontificator to you and you’ll still be a crotchety old curmudgeon to me. I can live with that but I still don’t get the pointy hat reference. Must mean dunce? I’ve been called worse.
Paladin takes a dinner break.
Gil, hear, hear. I’m with you on that move and yes, ‘Homey don’t play dat’. Sorry your church leadership is making such a misguided move and you feel the need to leave, but I’d leave too in that circumstance.
Buying illegals a ticket home works for me. Or, if they truly want citizenship, I’ll buy them a ticket to Afghanistan or Iraq for a few years and then I’ll welcome them back with open arms when they return.
If I do something ‘illegal’, I face legal action, punitive charges, etc. and have to either pay a fine and/or serve jail time. Why don’t they?
I have to have a government-issued Social Security number for many transactions. Why don’t they?
If I don’t pay income tax to both state and federal governments, I find myself in deep trouble. Why don’t they?
I have to pay taxes on top of taxes on top of taxes. Why don’t they?
As a citizen of this country, I’m entitled to certain privileges, supposedly available only to citizens. Why do they, not being citizens or even here by legal means, get them?
If I go to another country, I have to learn that language. Why don’t they?
If I go to the hospital, I have to show insurance cards, ID, and sometimes put money up front, and pay the remaining bills. Why don’t they?
If I need medicine and can’t pay for it, I do without. Why don’t they?
Why are there some misguided, short-sighted, Americans who think all of this is OK???? Asked rhetorically, of course, but I just don’t understand why they fail to see what they are doing to their own nation. Why don’t they?
Gil, sorry about your church! Amazing how they think they are doing good, when they are doing harm to our country long term.
CL, amen to that!!!!
Pointy hat? Like the one the Pope wears, get it? Anyway, I have had the dinner I advertised and am now having Courvoisier and dark chocolate. Want to pick a fight with me? Check me tomorrow.
Hey Folks,
Sorry I’ve been so sparse lately.
I have to say though, FLB, I love the lead. What a great story! You were able to capture so much in so few words. Great writing!
So as I type, the object of our mutual love-The Braves- are engaged in battle with the Succo Bucco’s and they just cut our lead in half.
Tex hit a home run?! One of you math majors compute what that cost us!
Just a guess but I’d say $2.5 mill, Skyhawk
A very interesting column by a guy I never heard of, talking about folks mocking Josh Hamilton…
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=pearlman/080508&sportCat=mlb
He was out…he being the pirate player on the pick off throw to first….and now a two run homer….
So, who are our starters again??? Hudson, Jurrjens, Glavine …and who??? James??? Reyes??? IF it wouldn’t keep causing the Tendinitis, Smoltz needs to be in the rotation….or trade for one later…that ain’t gonna cut it long term, IMHO.
Something tells me I am going to go to bed before this is over.
Typical Braves of the last couple of seasons. Get your hopes up, then go in the tank. Say they can make me a liar? I hope so.
Another fouled up bunt attempt….Pirates look sharp on defense…
B-man; Are you me and JB the only people that can offer comments during a game? If so, what kind of blog is this?
OK, I’m gone. I can not, nor do I want to, stay up for the after-the-fact midnight mumblings. Bye.
This game… no, make that most road games are maddening. We can’t even win against the worst teams. Usually mediocre fundamental execution becomes poor execution when they’re away. If Braves are staying at Motel 6, put’em in the Ritz. If they’re staying at the Ritz, put’em in Motel 6. If they’re eating seafood, give’em steak. Whatever.
Something has to change before this season gets mired in sub 500 ball.
Can Brian McCann at least make the appearance of trying to beat out a grounder?
Gant calls a good game. Not the typical Braves PR spin on everything and not critical either… just straight stuff. He knows the game and the Braves well. Ron’s also right when he said, “inability to execute bunts have hurt in these games”.
mumble, mumble, mumble! pre-midnight mumbles!
CL, dittos on your 7:16. All true.
Now, baseball… another loss on the road, another offensive game with no offense. Surely another team meeting is in order. This time no cake and ice cream. Candles under butts might work and somebody please get that
road monkey another team to torture.
On the brighter side, Infante looked good with the bat tonight and played second pretty well except for the glove to hand exchange-invisible ball throw. Lots of talent there.
As far as second base goes, I don’t like platoons there. The second baseman and shortstop need to work together almost as one unit so many times in so many different plays that they need to know each others moves. Familiarity is necessary in the middle infield.
Chuck James is just simply not ready for prime time… but he pitched no worse than our batters hit. Seems his mechanics and follow-through changes every few pitches, although the movement on his pitch never changes. Not a good combination there.
Just read the overnights. Fascinating stuff.
Chris, hold onto your seat, maybe even get under it, we’re both about to get klobbered. The sky here has a green glow and the horizon to my west looks like a 5,000 foot black wall approaching. Pretty ominous with huge streaks of lightning about every minute. Love this stuff. Respect it too.
SG, just got up and the weather does not look good. Pretty restless night as the thunder/lightning/rain started around 4 and was pretty relentless. Our cat is presently freaking out and hiding behind the sofa. That doesn’t seem like a good sign to me!
SG and Klobber…let us know how you fare. It was noisy up this way last night, but Berigan, Grinch, sscribe probably had it worse, as they’re south of me. Lots of lightning and thunder (married couple…who wears he pants?), and rain…no wind. I don’t think B, G, and ss will give the same report.
Greenish sky…not good! We’re waiting…be safe!
SG and Klobber…let us know how you fare. It was noisy up this way last night, but Berigan, Grinch, sscribe probably had it worse, as they’re south of me. Lots of lightning and thunder (married couple…who wears he pants?), and rain…no wind. I don’t think B, G, and ss will give the same report.
Greenish sky…not good! We’re waiting…be safe!
I only posted once…must be good acoustics this AM!
Oh, and before I head out with the Mrs., a very Happy Mother’s Day to all the fine mom’s out there!
test test test
The overnights were facinating, weren’t they???
Hope SG and Chris are aok! They may have lost their power, if nothing else…
Salty, if it was bad here, I slept thru it!!! Not a lot of puddles or anything….sure looked like some violent stuff headed in from Alabama….not complaining mind you, just hope the airport and Lake Lanier got tons of rain last night…we are not getting much rain at all lately…
It worked! No, I’m not testy. Lost power there for a few minutes and the net went wacky. Going back and forth between TV constant beeping alerts and NOAA web. Nice storm but the worst seems to be just a few miles south. Pretty bad here so I can just imagine how it must be in the worst of the thing. Looking at the news, coastal Georgia is “red”. Is this a politically conservative storm?
Hey Klobber… maybe you guys should join the cat behind the couch? Our cats are running in and out in the rain just to get wet so that I’ll dry them off when they come back in. They like the attention. I’ve gone through half a roll of paper towels.
Salty, glad you guys made it through without interruption last night. Hopefully Scribe, Grinch, Berigan, JB and our other Atlanta storm-path folks and Hillbilly fared well.
Happy Mother’s Day!
Say, I didn’t know it….Maddux won 350 last night!!!! Congrats to him!!!
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=280510125
Morning, all! I tried to get on last night but the site was down. Had some bad storms here in north ATL about 2:30 in the am (at my Mom’s house). I’m scared to find out what my house looks like. My alarm didn’t go off, so maybe there’s not a tree in the middle of it.
Anyone heard from CL? I e-mailed her last night and haven’t heard back. Not like her.
Chuck James is a AAA pitcher. One cannot get by with an 89 mph fastball and an 82 mph changeup as their only two pitches, unless they’re a lot craftier with movement and selection than he. It doesn’t amaze me that he never gets out of the 6th until it’s too late; it amazes me he gets that far before unravelling. Oh, well.
Wow! All they have been showing on the news is storm damage in and around Georgia! Prayers for these families. I know at least 18 were killed from storms in the south and midwest last night.
You know your luck is bad when a tree falls, and manages to hit all three cars in the driveway!
Maddux just keeps on tickin’. 350… wow! Will he make 375?
A CL watch is underway. Carolina Lady please report in when you can.
Now, storm music.
on a lighter note, saw this on ESPN’s website. Some fun factoids about Julio Franco…did you know that a pitcher that pitched to Ted Williams, pitched to Julio as well???
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=franco/080505
Would be nice to get Julio back in Atlanta before his 50th, as a player on the bench to come in and hit a home run as a 50 year old.
I agree SG, why not??? Manny Mota kept getting chances with the Dodgers..and came thru many a time I recall….
SG, last night, you mentioned how you don’t like platoons at 2nd….you made a good point….but, I saw the ex talk about what Kelly has done since August 28th of last year. .231 BA with 20 RBI’s in 195 ab’s Yikes!
I just looked at his splits. He’s hitting .286 against lefties, but in 42 AB’s 0 HR’s and 3 RBI’s vs .239 BA right handed, but in 71 AB’s 4 HRs and 12 RBI’s
Bear, good info. I did say that I don’t like platooning second or short but I didn’t say that Kelly should keep his job. I know, it’s a tough situation because he’s got talent and he’s a good kid and all, but sumpin’s gotta give. He’s a mediocre second bagger and, well, just look at his numbers… not a consistent hitter and no consistent power.
I’d like to see Kelly included in a package for another SP. Whoever gets him in the trade should use him at first base or left field… not first. A trade would be best for the Braves and I suspect would be best for Kelly as long as he’s not plugged into second base again with his new team.
should use him at first base or left field… not first.
Self edit: should have read… not second.
Kelly is the weakest link in our chain right now. Batting him in the 7, 8 spots would improve his and our chances for now, but that’s not a long-term solution.
SG, do you think his defense (Or lack thereof) has anything to do with his hitting issues????
Shoot, I’d be for trading Tex(can we even do that, or knowing Boras, does he have a full no trade clause in his contract?) for one of Toronto’s many quality pitchers and trying Kelly at 1st, IF he would hit there. Infante and Gotay would do just fine at 2nd….
‘Afternoon, everyone! All is as well as it can be – just exceedingly busy with obligations. Thanks for asking.
Bear, I’d go along with that in a minute but we’d need another cleanup hitter in the trade for this season to be competitive. There is no way Kelly (or anyone else outside of Chipper) would replace Tex’s bat. Even though Tex isn’t hitting now, he will. He’ll probably carry the team through stretches this season.
Trading Tex this year screws our whole lineup. Chipper won’t see nearly as many pitches hitting in front of… who, BMac? Frenchy? Kotsay? Nope. Kelly would be fine defensively at first and may (probably will) even come around offensively but not as a power-hitting cleanup guy. Right now, Tex is all we’ve got that fits cleanup and being a switch hitter, he’s hard if not impossible to replace.
CL, you just made my day. Was getting concerned. Happy Mothers Day!
SG, you are probably right….(Though McCann might be able to bat cleanup)I just don’t like our rotation if there’s no chance of Smoltz coming back as a starter. Right now, we only have 2 starters that would have a chance in the playoffs…how far can you go with 2????
I know, get to the playoffs, worry about how far later!
WOW, what a storm this morning. Started in around 3 am with high winds, thunder and lightning. I don’t know how many times I was woken up by a nearby thunderclap. Things only got worse as the morning progressed. Even had to cancel a mother’s day brunch with my parents as I didn’t want them driving over any bridges much less through downtown Charleston (which is notorious for flooding when we get rain).
Anyway, Happy Mother’s Day to all you mothers out there. Uh, that didn’t quite come out right.
Happy Mother’s Day to our gentle and kind blog hostess, Carolina Lady. I hope your weather is better than SG’s and mine and you have a fabulous day!
Many thanks, Chris!
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Tubby Jones: I don’t care what fans think
Posted: Sunday May 11, 2008 08:08AM ET
Since offering to go on a diet with Andruw Jones and getting nowhere with him, I’ve lost 14 pounds, so I checked in with the Tubbo on Saturday night to see how he was doing on his own. “Have you lost anything?” “I don’t care,” he said. I shook my head in disbelief, and he said, “I don’t care what you think.” “Do you care what anyone thinks?” “I don’t care,” Jones said. Saturday night the fans in Dodger Stadium booed Jones’ name when the starting lineup was announced. “Don’t you care that the fans in Dodger Stadium have turned on you?” “No,” he said. “That’s their problem.”
Los Angeles Times
Smoltz could be back soon
Posted: Sunday May 11, 2008 08:40AM ET
So far, so good,” John Smoltz said of his progress over two weeks. “The inflammation in the shoulder is gone already.” He spent batting practice shagging fly balls in the outfield at PNC Park with teammates. The starter-turned-closer-turned-starter is about to turn closer again, and Smoltz could get clearance to start light throwing as soon as Sunday. “I’m going to see if I can sneak out there and get a head start,” he said.
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Klobber, that’s disturbing about Andruw. He needs help and it ain’t the eyes. As much as he detests Whathsiname LA Times jerk, he has to know that his words go further than the interview. AJ needs time away from the game or it will get worse.
Sounds like you got worse storms than we did here. I slept right through whatever we had last night, but the worst parts today missed where we live. The rain was nice while it lasted. Now the sun’s out.
I do not understand why the L.A. Times allows this jerk to write in the style that he does. It seems very unprofessional to me.
Yes, AJ has problems, but constant name calling is just a very weak attempt at humor, IMO.
Berigan, I read the article that you posted earlier about Josh Hamilton. I “knew” him when he was in Charleston in 00 and part of 01. What a nice kid. Someone you genuinely want to root for.
Being an alcoholic or a drug addict is generally considered to be a disease. If Hamilton had lymphoma or diabetes or cancer or any other disease would these same losers still be taunting him? Of course not!
I hope that he is able to channel all the negative energy and continue to do good things both on and off the field.
Gee, Braves, Pirates rained out, Detroit, Yankees, rained out, and Cleveland game was rained out!
Chris, I agree…as many issues as I have with DOB, he’d never stoop to this level…few writers would….
Berigan, I feel the same way. I guess it is different because this LA hack is a columnist, not a beat writer. He doesn’t have to see these guys on a daily basis.
Still, were I AJ, I’d be tempted to not speak to this idiot. And for the life of me, I don’t understand why the Times allows this type of behavior to be printed in their newspaper.
SOmeone over “there” just mentioned that this pinhead treats Kobe Bryant the same way.
Are these teams required to give access to any/all local media that requests it? If not, why don’t the Dodgers ban this guy from their clubhouse?
Or just have no one talk to him??? That would work. Give him we gave 110% today answers, and nothing else…
SG, it appears DOB doesn’t get your humor, to say the least!
I got it though! 
You guys need to “get out” some, and sample the big city papers like the NY Post, Boston Globe, etc. Yes, that guy in LA is over-the-top, but beat writers in other towns are not music-critic-wannabees and cheer leaders. Also, can you imagine someone from another region reading some of Terence Moore’s “prose” without wondering why the AJC keeps him on. ‘Course they don’t know about those pictures he has of a naked and “compromised” publisher that he keeps in a safety deposit box.
Man, I just feel dirty going over to the “other” place lots of nasty comments, people with no sense talking like they have some….I know, no one forced me to go there….just wanted to find out what was up with the game…
Skyhawk, there was a jerk who wrote for the Jacksonville paper who knew little about sports, but that didn’t keep him from writing about any and all sports…with a in your face attitude….that craps, crap…big or small town.
Look at it this way: We don’t care much for Fox, ESPN and the likes but apparently many do. If he(the guy in LA) gets the readers, they get the ad money, and the beat goes on. On a much smaller scale you can start your own blog and control the content. Otherwise, if it offends–don’t read it. I know that sounds like a simplification, but…it’s life by the golden rule.
B-man; Thanks for the “heads up” about SG’s run in with DOBoogie. I went over and lurked and saw him get it from a couple of the kool-aide drinkers, too. Serves SG right for being over there in the first place.
Bear, the fact that David gave me a serious answer to my nonsensical “query” was humor enough. Actually he handled it pretty well and tried to explain flat ground pitching for rehab, which was in itself funny. Benefit of doubt given… after all, he gets stupid “questions” so much that a comment would have to be completely over the top to be obvious I suppose.
Or maybe I just think something is funny because it makes me chuckle. Could be.
Pal, if that was a “run in” I must be completely jaded or more thick skinned than I thought. Over there is not a problem. Kool-Ade drinkers (in small doses) only add to the humor… unintentional as it may be on their part.
Now, the sun’s out, I’m blogged out and honey do’s are calling…
SG; If you are still around. I was just saving space by calling it a “run in”, but B-man knew what I was talking about, as you did. Only DOB’s “buddies” are given the benefit of the doubt on subtle humor. Everyone else is subject to putdown, major or minor. I don’t need that, and I wonder why you do. But, to each.
from Berigan: http://uk.youtube.com:80/watch?v=iCz3BA-oNlY
Thanks B-man, that is awesome. I, personally, would never jump out of a perfectly good airplane, but I have great respect for those that do. Particularly, someone carrying that much extra weight and drag.
Ex-manager says O.J. Simpson confessed
OJ guilty?! Who would have ever thunk it?
TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. (AP) – A swimmer is recovering after a pelican apparently diving for fish slammed into her face off Florida.
Now, you know your day is off to a bad start when you get slammed in the face with a pelican.
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) – The sheriff of the remote region where Charles Manson hid after a killing spree in the summer of 1969 said Friday that he will allow researchers to begin digging into the sandy soil in search of possible human remains.
And if they find any they will sentence, maybe, Charlie to a couple of more Life sentences without a chance of parole meaning that he can continue to shoot the schlitz with his buddies and watch Judge Waupner on TV. God, what inhumane treatment!
PEARISBURG, Va. (AP) – A convicted murderer is suspected of shooting and wounding two men on the Appalachian Trail a few miles from the spot where he killed two hikers in 1981, authorities said.
Hello! There may be a pattern here. ‘Course he served all of 14 years for the other two MURDERS. Paid his debt, and all of that!
You will be happy to learn that I am going to bed. Gave you something to talk about, but it won’t surprise me if you don’t.
Good evening y’all. I attempted to post several times last night to no avail. Kept getting a message saying the site was being worked on.
Hope everyone had a nice Mothers Day (aside from the nasty weather. My aunt got it in SC too).
Hi FBG. I thought CL might have decided to shut this sucker down last night!
We got nailed TWICE today. Once starting around 3 a.m. and lasting well into the mid morning hours and then again around 6 pm!
Uncle, a girl I know once had a pelican mistake her for a post on the pier & land on her head. She was a little kid then & those are big heavy birds. Just about knocked her over.
Again, Chris? Yow. Hope it’s all clear by morning. My dad wants to leave at…5 am . Now you know I am not a morning person.
So did you call that girl Post Head after that point?
Yes, it was an interesting day. The sun came out around noon and although the wind blew like crazy all day, it was pretty. Until all hell broke loose this evening!
Y’all headed up to Raburn? Have a safe trip.
Of course not! Poor kid was traumatized.
Yep, my longest stay at the house yet, 3 weeks.
Going back to yesterday, thanks for the kind words JB.
Man, sound like you dodged a bullet Chris! It was super windy here all day….just one round of storms in the AM that I slept thru….
Hurricane Berigan?
Here is a link to an astute observation by Paul Woody of the Times Dispatch on the NCAA…
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/opinion/columnists.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-05-11-0115.html
Camille? Camille who?
Camille Paglia? Camille Claudell? Camille Tea? Oh, that’s chamomille tea.
Yep, interesting day. At least we didn’t lose any trees or electricity like so many others did.
FLB,
Nope, think along the lines of Dumas….
Glad to hear all have dodged the storms that have swept thru the south yesterday and today. Tornadoes are not to be trifled with… I think I am going to sell this place and buy a brick home.
Gil, the NCAA is a joke and an embarassment. ON many levels.
Camille Tea?
Good for him, Gil. Too many “student-athletes” are allowed to coast.
Camille Tea?
If you think you are dying of “consumption” it is time to go to the doctor again .
Berigan, we’ve spoken about this before and I don’t want you to think that I’m nagging you because I am NOT. However, you’ve really got to look into a sleep clinic to fix your sleep problems.
I don’t go to the doctor unless I am sick. I’ll bet I haven’t been to the doctor five times in the last five years (knock on wood). But I went to the sleep doctor because I knew that something was wrong. It was the best thing that I could have ever done for myself, my marriage and my kids. If you have sleep apnea, you should know that it can be FATAL. Just ask Reggie White. Oh, that’s right. You can’t because it KILLED him!
Okay, nag session is now over. You may now return to your regular blogging.
OK boys, I need to shut down & try to sleep. I’ll check in tomorrow night from the booming metropolis of Tiger, GA. Good night y’all.
Have fun in Jawja!
Morning, all! My house is ok but man did the wind do some funky stuff in my yard. My super sport was parked in my back yard behind a solid 5-foot fence, and the cover was blown off in the opposite direction some how and up against a tree. I can’t picture it in my mind. Also four heavy, expensive wicker patio chairs were blown about 15 feet across brick up against my fire pit. My neighbor said the gusts got up around 60 mph this afternoon when it was nice and sunny.
Have a safe trip, FBG.
G’night, all.
Grinch, glad to hear that you had no major damage. Heavy winds are not to be trifled with!
Top o’ the mornin’ from the coast on a beautiful, warm February Monday. Oh, that’s right, it’s the middle of May. At 60 degrees and the wind blowing… make that howling, it feels like a late winter/early spring front.
Hope everyone fared well and didn’t get flooded, hit by lightning or blown away by these tropical storm type wind gusts. Hopefully this knocks the rest of the pollen squigglies out of the trees and deposits them in manageable drifts out in the middle of nowhere.
Klobber, you guys had it worse than us. Seems we dodged the worst of it to our south and north. Small tree limbs everywhere and whatever wasn’t nailed down in the yard is tossed around but no damage it appears.
Braves have a double header in Pittsburg today. It’s gonna be miserable baseball weather up there, with a high of 52 and a 70 percent chance of rain. Looks like they should’ve been more patient about calling that one off yesterday.
Wonder if they’ll give the pink bats a rain check and hit with’em today?
Yeah guys and gals, we awoke to the tornado sirens at 5 a.m. Sunday morning. It went north of us; part of my home county and a couple of places a few miles north of here got walloped pretty good. We just had some small branches down in the neighborhood and some frazzled nerves here at the house, but otherwise, we fared well. Thoughts and prayers to those hit by the storms.
Got a lot to do today, even though I’m off for the next two weeks … duty calls.
Need to win both today.
The Scribe abides.
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Our troops in Afghanistan prove they’ve retained their sense of humor with the following:
YOU MAY BE A TALIBAN IF….
1. You refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to beer.
2. You own a $3,000 machine gun and $5,000 rocket launcher, but you can’t afford shoes.
3. You have more wives than teeth.
4. You wipe your butt with your bare left hand, but consider bacon ‘unclean.’
5. You think vests come in two styles: bullet-proof and suicide.
6. You can’t think of anyone you haven’t declared Jihad against.
7. You consider television dangerous, but routinely carry explosives in your clothing.
8. You were amazed to discover that cell phones have uses other than setting off roadside bombs.
9. You’ve ever uttered the phrase, ‘I love what you’ve done with your cave.’
10. You have nothing against women and think every man should own at least one.
11. You bathe at least monthly whether necessary or not.
12. You’ve always had a crush on your neighbor’s goat.
Most excellent post SG….
Chris, no problem with your nagging…in fact, you nagging resembles my nagging, a lot!
Perhaps we are cousins or somethin’ 
Hey, if Cheney and Obama are why not us???
Seriously, if money wasn’t an issue, I’d look into it….don’t want to say how very broke I am these days, but I am…very broke these days.
I had to cough up money for a CT scan I had put off for months, then the b_tch at the hospital(Looking all the world like one of the wives from that Texas cult, even down to her clothes!) made me cough up A LOT of money up front…or not get the test. It was just that simple. If I hadn’t already drank a pint of barium, I probably would have just walked out.
And it turns out I wasted my time and money, only things that showed up were a cyst on my liver, (No big deal) and my many bulging discs. Well, I got some peace of mind that Cancer wasn’t brewing in my guts.
She also told me my next to useless insurance said I had not spent a dollar towards my $2000 deductable(Even with that, I have to come up with $144 a month-man I miss being insured through work!!!) which is really funny considering how many times I have been to my Gastroenterologist this year, and my regular doctor!
So, to recap, no money for tests, and knowing myself as well as I do, I’d never get to sleep all wired up anyway.
I heard something about a different type of test that is cheaper and simpler that shows the likelihood of someone having Sleep apnea…
Since I have lost a few pounds the last several months, I have noticed a lot less night sweats as well….
I’ll be sleeping fine once my stupid lungs react to the new antibiotics I am on…clearly bronchial passageways just about swell shut on me these days…never used to have this problem when I got sick…just one of the many gifts of getting older!
Hey 008… God does settle some scores…
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-05-12-0171.html
I had to cough up money for a CT scan
Could this be the source of lung problems? Bear, you must get a wallet. Much safer for money storage. That, and people won’t gag when you pay them.
Berigan, do you have asthma?? Those symptoms are very familiar. When I was in the hospital last, I had pneumonia, bronchitis and a severe asthma attack at the same time. The pneumonia and bronchitis responded to treatment, but the asthma was the one that nearly took me out. My Uncle Bobby died from it some years back. Until I had to deal with it, I wasn’t aware that around 50,000 people (in the USA) DIE from asthma every year. NOT to be messed with!!
Gil, it looks like the Appalachian Trail is now safe from an evil devil’s minion. I echo the sentiments of the mother of murdered 1981 hiker Laura Ramsay…
“That takes care of that.”
Mr. Smith will now begin his eternal hike.
Those winds last night were vicious. I stayed at my mom’s house last night. My parents live right on the edge of a wooded area – one of the few wooded areas left with all of these developers hellbent on tearing down every tree in Lilburn/Stone Mountain so that cookie cutter subdivisions can be built and every kid can go to the same schools as the Golden Armed Rightfielder.
At least 5 trees fell last night. Thank God none hit the house. But it’s scary hearing those things fall. It’s like fireworks go off and then all you hear is this big swoosh like Andruw Jones striking out yet again. The strange part is that they don’t make alot of noise when they land for whatever reason. But the snap, crackle, pop and then swoosh noise is loud as hell.
At least none fell on the house or property. We chopped down all the ones that were a danger to the house after the house got hit 3 years ago by a big old tree – or at least we hope we have. Rainstorms, icestorms, windy days can make for some pretty scary days at my parent’s house with all of them trees out there.
The trees didn’t use to be this dangerous. Their neighbor however sold his hundred something acre farm earlier this decade and the developers immediately knocked down every tree and put up yet another subdivision. It has totally screwed up the trees and animals. You used to see more rabbits and deer and raccoons and the like but they have all but disappeared now.
I have definitely seen a difference in the trees. They seem to be dying because they are getting less water due to the subdivision. It has also seemed to change the way the trees lean. It’s like these trees have competitions to get sunlight and twist and mangle themselves to get it. If you take away their water and change the way they stretch themselves out to get sunlight because you tore down trees, they start rotting and leaning themselves over too far and start falling all over the place if you breath or lean on them too heavily.
I dunno. That’s my theory on what I’ve seen is the effect on the environment surrounding my parent’s house following the building of that darn subdivision 5 years ago.
I spent the best part of yesterday chain-sawing limbs and crap that fell in my yard Saturday night. But, they didn’t fall on the house, me or my dog so I’m not complaining. I will reinterate however, that I hate spring. Especially when you have March in May. Bah humbug!
reiterate. Starting off where I left off.
SG, those newer bills are harder to cough up, I find!
CL, you are probably on to something there…. the only thing that helps me is a primatene mist type of spray….I am not filled with congestion, but I sure breathe like a guy who smokes 4 packs a day(I don’t smoke)
I was told about a million years ago that I had transient asthma. Must have gotten it from the hobo that lived with us in the 80’s….
by the way, first pitch is at 12:35!!! Second game is at 4 PM….a true double header, not a day/night one….I can’t remember the last time one of those were played!!!
Is it still morning?
WW, glad your parent’s home wasn’t hit and all are safe. You’re right about the crass development, urban sprawl and detrimental effect on trees and wildlife habitat. When a forest becomes a 100-yard wide patch of trees there are many problems that occur with the trees that are left. For one, they’re not used to handling high wind without their own natural buffer and support. Water shortage caused from developments is an even bigger issue.
I’m involved in fighting that in Savannah right now. Developers, city officials and utility/power companies consider trees mere impediments to squeezing another house into a subdivision or a nuisance because an entrance to a business has to make a little curve instead of a nice straight path to the front door. Power companies needlessly destroy trees by pruning them so heavily that the tree becomes diseased and within a few years, dies. City officials consider anyone who proposes a better, more environmentally sound solution to be trouble making tree huggers. It’s the old school, ‘good old boy’ regime.
In fact, leaving most trees not only is good for the critters, they provide shade, oxygen, aesthetic appeal and an INCREASE in property values. But many developers are so busy chopping trees and running from ‘tree huggers’ they miss the point… and the opportunity.
To many dubious and short-sighted developers, ’sustainable community’ means developers sustain big bank accounts and clear-cutting momentum while the innocent folks who buy their homes live in barren wastelands.
We’re seeing this idiocy in my old neighborhood, even with new property owners. They find a nice one acre lot, claim they “fall in love” with the neighborhood and all the beautiful 200 year old Live Oaks, then they proceed to take most of the trees down because they want a McMansion with a separate four-car garage. Then they cut off all water to the remaining tree roots because they want to pave half the lot.
A few years ago a neighbor cut down a 200 year old magnolia because she was tired of raking leaves. Even though I offered to rake the leaves for them, they waited until I was on a business trip and cut it down. Magnolias has been around since the jurassic era, but laziness and twisted priorities are destroying them as well as other old growth. They’re taking paradise and turning it into a concrete and brick box. It’s heartbreaking and frustrating.
Man, I do sound like a tree hugger. OK, I’ll get off my soapbox now. Hug a tree today, while they’re still around.
those newer bills are harder to cough up
It’s not so much the newer bills, it’s those with higher numbers!
Are you rapdily becoming Berigan, Chapter 11?
Rapdily?
Sounds like a hip-hop dj…
Well, a gay one perhaps.
Palskyhawkadin, hate spring?
Here’s some summer.
becoming Berigan, Chapter 11?
Well, a gay one perhaps.
Goodness! Has Bear joined Village People?
Not bloody likely! Just can’t imagine a rap DJ called Rapdilly. Sounds like some none to special, special at Piccadilly….
… or a delicious Dairy Queen treat.
Thanks SG, for “Summertime” by two of my favorite entertainers. Now, could you turn up the heat about 10 degrees?
Is a “Dairy Queen” a milk-lovin’ bull-of-another-persuasion?
VOR, I like yours better than my Piccadilly line!!
Infante is playing 2nd again….
SG, be careful. You almost started sounding like Al Gore in that post.
I had never thought of the point you brought up about the change in the wind currents affecting the trees around my parent’s property. Makes alot of sense. These trees were never used to being directly hit with the full force of the wind. But now, like you’re saying, there is little buffer provided to them and the trees that used to be there are not filtering the wind currents. I’ll have to share your thoughts with my Pops. He’s always ranting about the effects of that subdivision on his property.
Another thing I have noticed as a consquence of less trees and more subdivisions is that it is much louder around my parent’s house. The main road is about a mile away. You used to never hear a car over there but now you can hear every car that revs by up there because the trees are no longer muting the sound of that road.
Making matters worse is that they have built a Super Kroger, a movie theater and a Super Wal-Mart up there in addition to the subdivision in the last 7 years so there is now much more traffic that passes through. 20 years ago, there was nothing at all there. Just two huge farms surrounded by the woods.
And for some reason I feel that more houses means more electrical wiring and all that for all those houses. It sounds silly but I always feel like electricity does create a certain buzz sound, especially when everyone is using it. Most don’t think of it or notice it but I do. It seems quieter at night when less electricty is used. But the end result has been that my parent’s house used to be such a quiet, peaceful place to just sit out on the deck and read, write, nap or listen to a Braves game on the radio. It still is but not anything like it was 5 years ago.
A weird thing too is that only 5 years ago, you could listen to the Stone Mountain fireworks and laser show every night from my parent’s yard. Couldn’t see it but could hear it from 1.5 miles away. You could hear every word Ray Charles sang over there. They’ve got really loud speakers. There was a certain charm about that. But now all the increased traffic and loud cars and electrical currents between my parents and the Mountain has made it harder to hear the show.
In Savannah, you guys should be especially careful about overdevelopment. The great charm of Savannah is the peace, quiet, gorgeous trees and so on. There’s a certain atmosphere about that town that absolutely needs to be maintained or it just gets cheapened and becomes just like any other place.
So, I can definitely see your point. You sound like a tree hugger but it really has nothing to do with trees at all. It’s about Savannah and what makes Savannah special – and prosperous. At least, I think that’s what you’re getting at. More money due to overdevelopment in the short term might mean less money for everyone later on.
Yikes! Baseball is on!!! I forgot!!!
Paladin, Ella and Satchmo are two of my favorites too. They just don’t make’em like that any longer. Thought that ‘Summertime’ might heat you up a little with this unseasonably cool temp.
WW, actually it is about the trees… with my ranting. Sure, property, community and city values are increased with the trees but damn, I just love hav’en’em around and all the critters that live in those big green animal condos. Al Gore? Nope… we would be polar opposites and that has nothing to do with latitude/longitude.
There is absolutely no clever tie in for this song at all other than I just like it…
Infante already looks better and more natural turning a double with Yunel than Kelly. KJ often seems unsure and hesitates a second too long to get both outs.
Morse is a guitar player’s guitar player. Man, he’s fast…
Yes… music.
It’s fun to watch your avatar change, back to an older version, when you didn’t do anything to change it.