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LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL – Hello, Everbudy!
Writing beets is not easy. I work all day and then somebody asks me to blog. I blog and then somebody asks me to write game stories. I write game stories and then somebody says something about me calling Manny Hernandez, Manny Fernandez. Well, I don’t have to take this! yOU LOOSERS!
Just kidding. 😆 Beet writing is growing on me – like a fungus, but there is plenty of ointment down hear at camp and I have made friends with some of the clubhouse attendants (wink, wink). Can get all the ointment I want.
Now, let’s talk some baseball.
I am very impressed with the direction the Braves appear to be traveling. There are some good young players in camp and one, Gorkys Hernandez, reminds me of a young jimmy smith. Gorkys is very good looking and highly intelligent but speaks almost no English. He has a major league arm and pretty good speed. Alas, Gorkys is only 20 years old so we won’t see him in Atlanta for awhile.
You can’t necessarily sit down and have a conversation with Gorkys, but he understands baseball talk and being around Chino he now understands donuts and milk shakes.
I am very happy to be hear at Dizney World. Mickey Mouse is very nice but not at all talkative. Donald Duck is also very nice. Goofy appears slow-witted – could be a beet writer in waiting.
When I got hear I asked for directions to Cracker Jack Stadium and the cab driver pointed at me and laughed. I thought it was because I am a beet writer but that was not it. There is no Cracker Jack Stadium anymore, it’s Champion Stadium – formerly known as Disney Field, Disney’s Wide World of Sports, Cracker Jack Stadium and The Ballpark at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex. I think if they would pay their bills on time they would not need to change the name so much.
I am starting to like Bobby Cox. He is so forgetful. I think he puts things in places and then can’t find them later. Up close you can see that he’s put a lot of things on his cap – yuck!
Well, I leeve you with a beet writer story:
“Pardon me, lady”, said the beet writer trying to get back to his seat in the darkened movie theater, “but did I step on your toes a few minutes ago?”
“You certainly did!!”, said the woman in the aisle seat.
“Good, then I’m in the right row!” the beet writer said as he went back to his seat.
Pleeze, Carulina Lady, make me a collumist soon!
Bye, Everbudy! Go Braves!
~Chop Seal~
Braves & Stuff 
Way to go, Chop Seal!! You’ll be a collumist before you know it! 😆
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A fifth collumist? Make that a 5th of…
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cs, phone home.
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Writing with beets? It is extemely difficult. They are messy. I personally prefer to write with carrots. See other blog: Nite Nite.
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Writing beets is not easy??? Surely it’s easier than writing wrongs!!!
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Nice job Chop Seal. I see that you’ve been working on spelling and capitalization of letters in the right places. Has Chipper been giving you lessons?
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yes, chrisklob, we hunG out togEther toDay by thE pOOl. I aM a bABe maGNet aNd ChiPPer liKed haVing mE aRouNd. He boUght all the roOt bEEr.
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Nice work, Chop Seal. Have you finished all the triple-chocolate chip cookies yet?
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Great lead Chopper… You sound mighty chipper tonight…
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Nice turtle, Gil.
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I just received this from someone wanting to post to the site … “I wanted to post to Braves and Stuff, but cannot figure out how to do so. Is it restricted or do I just need some instructions?”
Since this isn’t the first or even the second time the question has been asked … (a) what are the formal instructions? and (b) should they be part Home Plate?
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Do they know to click on the monthly archives to get to the current blog? That’s something that could cause some confusion. Other than that, I think they just need to register with WordPress.
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Hi Bob, are you feeling better? Haven’t seen you around much lately.
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FBG … do the have to drive down to the City Hall to register?
Seriously, what is the procedure for so doing?
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Thanks Chris! Still a bit woozy … definitely better!
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Bob, here’s the link for the sign-up page.
http://wordpress.com/signup/
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FBG … upon reading my response, it didn’t come accross as intended … sincere thanks for your help … what’s the url for the registration form?
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Thanks Chris!! I wonder how many others have not known what to do?
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Actually, it was Little Walter’s Dad who couldn’t post.
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Good to hear that he may be joining us soon.
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Thanks, Chris, I didn’t know where to find that.
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He sent the email early in the afternoon … but I didn’t receive it until a few minutes ago … may be tomorrow or the next day … but, he’ll be here.
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Does he like Monty Python? (just kidding)
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Woo boy…. The full Monty 🙂
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Don’t go there, Gil. That’s more than I need to know about you guys.
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🙂
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Time to go read. Y’all try to behave overnight & keep the content fit for Matthew’s viewing.
Good night!
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I don’t know if this has been mentioned before( I recall CL talking about the “feed” but can’t remember in what context) but…I use this link to quickly get to the latest blog…anyone else do this???
https://bravesandstuff.wordpress.com/feed/
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There were four drops of rain so comcast went out for five hours.
The more I hear from and about Tex the more disgusted I get. Apparently the guy (who’s already FILTHY rich from playing a child’s sport) doesn’t give a crap about anything but how many gold bricks he can pile up. He doesn’t even try to hide it. He DID try to paint a picture about how Boras cares about his family, so there’s always the possibility that he’s a bit slow. Regardless, he’s made it pretty clear he’ll go anywhere that’ll pay him 170 mil instead of 160, which sounds even worse than Tommy G (who at least had the excuse of being a union rep).
I say we trade him for a few prospects who want to play baseball and who have a basic sense of respect for the fans who are responsible for their job existing in the first place.
No soup for you, Mark. Beat it.
G’night.
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Like I said before, Ride him (Tex) like a cheap mule and be prepared to move on. Just the way things are. I have no attachment for Texieria as he was a fully developed player picked up via trade. There is not the same attachment one gets after watching a kid develop through your system.
Boras is only worried about his own family, if he happens to help his client along the way, well for Scott that is a plus. Tex has no emotional attachment to the Braves either. They are just the team he is playing for right now. Same thing was true with Sheffield and J.D. Drew.
I can understand the frustration, been there and done that. It should really give fans an appreciation for Chipper Jones and John Smoltz, both of whom could have signed somewhere else for a lot more money. Not that they have done badly, just they could have made twice as much. Sometimes however, one does find peace and contentment with what they already have.
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Grinch, I am glad to know that Comcast is consistent across their entire network… 🙂
My wish is for fiber optic service to be run out here in Mechanicsville but I have been told to be happy with what I have and shut up. I have comcast for the internet but use DirecTV for my television service. It is cheaper and the choices are better. Of course there is the rain thingee but into each one’s life a little rain must fall. 🙂
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Dangit, I missed folks in the early am! 😦 Grinch, I didn’t see anything new on Tex on AJC…did you see something new, or just a buildup of previous comments by him(And Chipper)?
I still think our only shot for us signing him, is winning the WS, and him not wanting to leave after that great feeling….perhaps he’s just setting the table telling the braves no “hometown” discount(I know, he wasn’t born here)
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Anyone here much about Tyler Flowers before??? We may not cry too much over losing Tex, after all!!!!
Tape-measure shots: Typical of a pitcher, McDowell pointed out that the wind was blowing out during Monday’s batting practice. But nevertheless, Braves Minor League catcher Tyler Flowers still put on a show with a couple of tape-measure shots, including one that hit approximately 25 feet up an adjoining field’s fence that was located 460 feet from the plate.
MLB.com’s Marty Noble has been covering the Mets at this complex for 21 years, and he said he doesn’t remember a ball being hit that far.
“He hits the ball probably as hard as anybody we’ve got,” said Cox, who was including the likes of Chipper Jones and Jeff Francoeur.
Flowers, who is 6-foot-4 and approximately 230 pounds, has been the camp’s most surprising offensive player. While battling a sore knee and playing first base at Class A Rome last year, he hit .298 with 12 homers and a .488 slugging percentage.
While growing up in suburban Atlanta, Flowers was a fan of the Braves and Francoeur, who was a high school legend in the area. When Francoeur hit three homers and showed a 96 mph fastball while saving two games in the 2003 best-of-three state championship series, Flowers was in attendance.
At the time Flowers, who was two years younger and three grades behind in school, was marveling at Francoeur’s power. But after a few weeks in big league camp, he’s starting to realize that he’s now got similar power.
“I’m getting there,” Flowers said. “I can at least hang with [Francoeur] in [batting practice] right now.”
http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080303&content_id=2403265&vkey=spt2008news&fext=.jsp&c_id=atl
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Anyone here much??? I blame JJS for making me type here, instead of hear…. 😡
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JJS,
Your silence speaks volumes!!!!
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You remember the other day when I told you about the front page picture in out local “newspaper” showing the guy “exercising” his burmese python? Well, there was another story(slow news millennium). Turns out the reptile’s name is (drum roll) Monty. I’ll bet he eats impressionable young meese.
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berigan, jimmy smith is not silent, jimmy smith is under jimmy smith’s desk waiting for this bad weather to pass. every fire truck in town must be on the way to I-75 right now. something bad is going on.
and chop seal is indeed becoming a journalist rather than a mere beet writer. and tyler flowers is wished best of luck by this journalist. won’t make the team, though. not under bobby cox. thorman is the wood chopper who will be chopping wood this year.
and jimmy smith is anxious to here news of young walter! glad to welcome matthew, dad to walter, to braves and stuff blog. much nicer blog and very little name calling by these and idiots.
and flbravesgirl, chop seal likes those triple chocoalte chip cookeys! just got a text message from chop seal who was mysteriously unavailable by phone yesterday.
and, grinch, tex is no “you know”, “you know” kind of player. tex will follow the money much like, you know, j.d. drew. if only tyler flowers could step in and be formidable – like james jurries in another camp. 😆
and chop seal is a modest seal but may be up for a best of cox. stay tuned. does lew draw best of cox now? $1,000 to the winner and chop seal will share chop seal’s award with the bloggers. tee shirts? bobble heads? probably not bobble heads for best of cox – mrs. cox is pretty old and could be sensitive to head bobble issues.
now, this is a pretty long post from jimmy smith . . . will finish with song lyrics.
if you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands. clap-clap
if you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands. clap-clap
if you’re happy and you know it, then your face should really show it,
if you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands. clap-clap
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rumor that baseball hall of fame has asked for a bobby cox — . . . story developing.
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while celebrating jimmy smith’s birthday with jimmy smith over a delicious plate of barbecue, grinch apparently threw a shoe. not, tossed a shoe – threw a shoe much like a horse would throw a shoe. a long, narrow yellow shoe was found last night in this journalist’s den. grinch should stop by again to retrieve this long, narrow, yellow shoe. shoe will be kept inside to avoid blue werm damage.
and does thorman have clown feet? or are these merely happy feet? and how important is foot work at first base? ask brian jordan.
and lots of rain today in atlanta. more song lyrics:
Just singin´ in the rain,
What a glorious feeling,
And I´m happy again.
I´m laughing at clouds
So dark, up above,
The sun´s in my heart
And I´m ready for cheese.
Let the stormy clouds chase.
Everyone from the place,
Come on with the rain
I have a smile on my face.
I´ll walk down the lane
With a happy refrain
Just singin’, singin’ in the rain.
Dancing in the rain.
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journalist blogging with journalist. sad, much like stinky. journalist out.
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Good morning JJS… Jurries’ juicing led to his being jettisoned by the Braves.
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Bad storms in Atlanta predicted for today, we might get a smattering of it late tonight. Looks like Paladin and Bob got their’s yesterday.
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Gil; What do you mean, I got mine. I’ve got yours right here, buddy. 🙂
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Actually, we dodged the bad weather, thank goodness. It went south in Alabama where there are more trailer parks. Anyway, we are now enjoying a cloudy but warm day with the temp. expected to plummet later.
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Gil, you scared me for a sec!!!! You said Jurries was off the braves for using juice…and my brain filled in Jair Jurrjens name!!!! 😯
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Just a good soaking rain for us in the ATL area….no doubt they will lie and say we had 2/10s of an inch of rain….even though we have small lakes with tiny fish in them, in our front yard right now…
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I’m about ready to add a certain word to the Spam filter – which will divert the message to the Spam trap instead of posting it.
taptaptaptaptaptaptaptaptaptaptap
🙂
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Braking stuff news!!! Reports are saying that Brett Favre is retiring!!!
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Oh… and g’morning all!
Still catching up on the overnights. 😀
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More on braking stuff news:
According to ESPN (the same ESPN who employs stupid announcers), Brett Favre informed the Packers yesterday that he is retiring after a sure-fire first-ballot HOF career.
Apparently, Favre was in contact with Randy Moss last week and was willing to commit to more than just 1 more season if Moss could come to an agreement with Green Bay, but Green Bay did not pursue Moss, who resigned with the Patriots yesterday. This apparently prompted Favre’s retirement.
😯
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“Tap” is now banned? CL is running a tight ship. 😀
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Good morning, Paladin! Got to run an errand shortly – just wanted to say Howdy! 🙂
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Raisins; Favre(one of my favorite players)has threatened to retire almost as much as someone has left this, and the other, blog. Wait until camp time nears and his competitive juices get flowing. I hope he comes back. FB needs him.
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Lots of rain in J-town… My backyard is slowly, bit by bit, relocating to another yard down the street. Not good. My dog has to pee, but won’t go out in the rain, and is afraid of umbrellas. I think I’ll have another bowl of Corn Pops…
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Morning Ma’am. And I’ll behave while you are away…I promise. 😀
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paladin: It appears as though this is more than Favre telling friends he’s done. He has officially notified the Packers so that they can conduct their free agency period and their draft accordingly. Too bad, but he really has nothing left to prove. He is one of the best to ever play the game, and never was even remotely embarrasing off the field. I admire him for leaving before becoming one of those sad over-the-hill guys trying to hang on for another paycheck, ala Namath.
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I know I can count on you! (I think…..) 😀
😆
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Morning folks. Found this interesting article about Cole Hamels and how the Phillies are a bunch of and idiots. Enjoy!
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20080304_Bob_Ford__Bob_Ford__Phillies_blew_it_with_Hamels.html
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GRINCH, you’re up next in the Line UP! Start typing! 🙂
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what word will soon be banned? is it, stomach-lining? or perhaps, stinky? or could it be, monty? or maybe, it is nostril. cannot tell from carolina lady’s cryptic post. 😆 now, let’s see . . . what word would carolina lady be most likely to ban? hmmm…. let’s hope it is not boogie-woogie, piano-based blues enjoyed by many like paladin and bob. and where is matthew? password protected? and what would the password be? hmmm….. try it and see if it works.
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I would just like to note that I posted the Favre news here on B&S about a half-hour before AJC managed to post it. And where was their NFL beet writer? Eating cheese, maybe? And I am not even a aspiring beet writer – too much stress. Collumist is a better job. Less cheese, less stress.
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BrAkIng NeWs at ChUCk E CheeZE
NATICK, Mass. — A child’s birthday party at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant was cut short after a fight broke out between two mothers. Natick police said the mom of the 9-year-old birthday boy apparently became enraged because the other woman’s son was “hogging” an arcade game.
Sgt. Paul Thompson said Catherine Aliaga, 38, and Tarsha Williams, 33, both of Boston, would be summoned into court to answer charges of simple assault and battery stemming from the scuffle.
OnE oF my FaVoRiTe ReStauRantS. ThIS is ScAry!
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LOts oF BeeT wrItErs eaT at ChuCK E. CheeZE.
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I tried eating in that restaurant once, with my Grand nephew, and chucked the cheese. My stomach lining hasn’t been well, since.
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Now, Braves.
Alot of chatter about Tyler Flowers and his power. My question is, what happened to Kala Ka’aihue? Has he hit the proverbial wall in Pearl and become a bust after showing much promise early?
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well, judging from paladin’s post the banned word is not stomach-lining. must be something really bad.
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jjs; I’m slowly pushing the envelope. 🙂 How about: Some of that chuck went out my nostril(s)?
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While looking for some news on Ka’aihue, I stumbled upon this page where I found some interesting info on many of the Braves prospects. For what it’s worth…
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Raisins; I grant that this time seems more cirus, but only time will tell. Also, your example of Namath is flawed. Namath was in his 40s and could barely walk. Favre is 38 and still very mobile. If he wants to play, he still can.
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paladin: If you will go back and read my post a bit more slowly and carefully, you will see that is exactly my unflawed point. Favre is leaving when he can still play at a high level. Namath should have just left and gotten high…
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… and very mobile might be exaggerating just a little…
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I guess “very” mobile depends on which side of the fence you are observing him from. And I apologize for ruffling your feathers(I didn’t realize that you were so fragile)with the use of the word “flawed”. Perhaps “slewed” would be more to your liking?
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Now, final Favre stuff note:
As much as I admire Brett Favre, as much as I think he is one of the NFL’s all-time greats, and as much a I believe he deserves all of the accolades that will now be rushing forth like an Indian Ocean tsunami, I have a feeling that I am gonna be sick of hearing about Brett Favre after a couple of days. The media has a way of taking a news story and hitting from more angles than a Paris Hilton video.
Luv ya, Brett, but I am now done…
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How ’bout “slawed”? Except that I don’t care for cabbage, cooked or non-cooked…
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A beautiful day in the neighborhood. 🙂
Yes Chris, good article. Ford is right in his assessment of human nature. I have worked with people who carried a grudge for a lot less. It is really about respect. The accolades are nice but we all know it is all about the Benjamins when it comes down to how a company really feels about you.
Sorry Berigan, I have the same problem sometimes when it comes to names.
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And, paladin, you should know by now that I don’t have any feathers to ruffle. I do enjoy being the puddin’-stick every now and then, though… 😀
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BTW Raisins, your site you referenced above was quite interesting. Thanks. ‘Course I have always said that you were at your best when you let others do the talking for you. 😀
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The media has a way of taking a news story and hitting from more angles than a Paris Hilton video.
Let’s just hope that they don’t show “all the angles” that they showed us with Favre!
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I’m going to take a break for a while. At this rate jjs or Raisins, or both, will have me on the carpet in CL’s office when she gets back from her errands. C’yah.
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Snowing in South Arkansas in March? Un-believable. And before I could get the post typed out it has stopped.
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Waiting for Matthew to join us. Fellow Arkansan. We’ll be calling the Hogs when he gets here.
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I’m going to take a break for a while. At this rate jjs or Raisins, or both, will have me on the carpet in CL’s office when she gets back from her errands.
OK, I didn’t need that visual… 😯
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If anyone is interested, the Dodgers and Nats will be playing today at 1 pm. You can watch the game at http://www.channelsurfing.net/. You’ll have to use Internet Explorer for this game.
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I don’t know; Deanna’s angles might be nice. But really, though; I’ve been sick of Brett Favre for three or four years now. Every single off-season he hijacks the media by holding his teammates and fans hostage with his “I’m not sure if I’m gonna retire yet” spiel. Yes, he was one of the greatest. Yes, his arm is still great and he could still play at a high level IF…IF he could avoid doing what the rawest rookies do that so frustrates everyone until they learn the game. Stop heaving desperation passes up for grabs in non-desperate situations and quit trying to show everyone how strong you are by squeezing tight passes into triple coverage. If your primary receiver’s triple covered, what does that tell you about your other receivers, Brett? The guy never learned how to play the position of Quarterback, and last year was a microcosm of his whole career (save one year). He played great until it counted, then heave hoed ill-advised passes during crucial times single-handedly knocking his team out of the playoffs. The Pack was every bit as good as the Giants, perhaps a tick better. The loss was squarely on Favre and anyone who thinks different can come over here and watch it on my DVR. The man’s the NFL’s version of Andruw Jones. He’s made a HOF career out of a strong arm and never bothered to learn the basic mental skills to run his position.
Loved watching him; won’t miss him.
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So how do you really feel about Favre? You’ve really got to stop beating around the bush so much Grinch. Come on, tell us how you really feel! 😆
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I’m kind of on the fence. 🙂
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Methinks (I can say that, right?) we won’t be finding any hairy lip prints on Brett’s booty…
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Confucius says: “Fence sitter has ball in both courts.” taptaptap. I’m out of here!
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Now, wierd stuff.
Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger escaped an assassination plot hatched in 1969 by the Hells Angels, a new British Broadcasting Corp. documentary has claimed.
A program to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Monday says the rock star was the target of the plot following a purported dispute with the motorcycle gang over concert security.
Jagger had vowed not to use Hells Angel members as bouncers following the death in December 1969 of an 18-year-old fan at a notorious free performance at Altamont Speedway in Northern California.
In return, gang members hatched a plan to kill Jagger at his holiday home in Long Island, New York, the BBC claimed.
“The Hells Angels were so angered by Jagger’s treatment of them that they decided to kill him,” Tom Mangold, the presenter of the program, was quoted as telling Britain’s Sunday Telegraph newspaper.
He said the plan was disclosed during an interview with Mark Young, a former FBI officer, for the BBC’s “The FBI at 100” documentary.
Mangold said the men tried to reach Jagger by sea. “The boat was hit by a storm and all of the men were thrown overboard,” he was quoted as saying. They all survived but made no other attempt on his life, Mangold said.
So, does this mean God is a Stones fan?
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That’s what it sounds like to me!
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Raisins; Did the confucius saying bring “Stones” to mind? 😀
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Now, sad stuff.
One of my favorite guitarists, Jeff Healey, died Sunday. I just read about it. He died at age 41 from a very rare form of cancer known as retinoblastoma. This is the same cancer that cost him his eyes (yes, those that you saw were artificial replacements) at age 1 and which he suffered from his entire life. In the last year alone, he had cancerous tissue removed from both lungs and from both legs. He was a talented guy. I remember the first time I heard him. I heard him playing See The Light on a New Years Eve live concert broadcast on 96rock in 1989. It absolutely blew me away and I bought the album 2 days later. (Turtles wasn’t open on New Years Day.) In fact, I’ve got some of his music on my iPod right now. I think I’ll give it a listen…
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Ironically, Healey’s new CD, Mess of Blues, which is his first new offering in 8 years, is scheduled to be released next month.
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Oh, no; it’s not Confucius time, is it?
Confucius say…”He who fall into lens-grinding machine make spectacle of self.”
“He who run in front of moving vehicle get tired.”
“He who run behind moving vehicle get exhausted.”
“He who lose key to girlfriend’s apartment get no new-key.”
“Wife who puts man in dog house may find him in cat house.”
And for Lew: Confucius say…”Man who stand up on toilet high on pot.”
🙂
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Hate to hear that about Healey; I remember him well. I just assumed he’d retired with his money (he was pretty big in the 80’s) into some obscure place. Well, we must all come to it sooner or later.
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😆
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Wow… I sent the laughing dud in response to “Confucious”, but it landed after a Healey response. Talk about bad timing! 😐
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Uh, that would be laughing dude.
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It was posted the same minute, raisins…I think we understood. You’re safe. Now, time for a snooze. I must rest my brain for a new lead-in. Does it still have to be about baseball?
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Hi, finally. My computer is being annoying today.
Sorry to hear that, VOR. I recall being very impressed by his talent.
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Rollins groundout to 2nd
Victorino single up the middle, score
Utley 3-1 Walk,
Howard RBI single up the middle, Utley to 2nd, Victorino Scores
Jenkins 1-2 strikeout
Werth 3-2 infield out to third
Phils 1-0
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Hey, Grinch, did you get my email with the link in it?
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Bob steps up again.
Bravo, Sir Bob! 😀
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So , Lillibridge playing 3B today and batting lead-off… interesting…
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Lillibridge (1-12) single to left
Kotsay strikeout, Lillibridge to 2nd, on throwing error to first
Frenchy out pitcher to 1st, Lillibridge to 3rd
Tex, RBI single to right
McCann 2-2 3rd to 1st
1-1
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Bob, are you watching or listening to the game? Following on Game Day?
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You were right all along, FBG; she desperately needs me. Chipper could use a few tips from her on how not to pull a hammy.
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Helms… short to first, late … infield hit
Ruiz 3-1 … 6-4-3 DP
Kendrick 0-2 … flair single to right
Rollins 4-6 force
1-1
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Radio MLB.com
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I’m afraid to ask what you mean by that.
Thanks for the play-by-play, Bob!
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Jones 0-1 infield hit to third
Prado infield hit off shoulder of Kendrick, Jones to 3rd
Guzman 1-0 infield fly rule out
Hudson 1-2 showing bunt on 1st 2 pitches, bunt foul strikeout (wasted AB)
Lillibridge 1-2 RBI single up middle, Prado to 2nd
Kotsay 1-0 RBI single. Lillibridge to 3nd, Kotsey
Frenchy 2 RBI double
Tex 2-0
5-1 Braves
Lunch
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Jones 0-1 infield hit to third
Prado infield hit off shoulder of Kendrick, Jones to 3rd
Guzman 1-0 infield fly rule out
Hudson 1-2 showing bunt on 1st 2 pitches, bunt foul strikeout (wasted AB)
Lillibridge 1-2 RBI single up middle, Prado to 2nd
Kotsay 1-0 RBI single. Lillibridge to 3nd, Kotsey
Frenchy 2 RBI double
Tex 2-1, RBI single
McCann 2-1 pop fly to left
6-1 Braves
Lunch
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Three up, three down for Huddy in the top of the third from Lake Buena Vista.
6-1 Bravos, middle of the third.
–30–
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By the way, great to see Lillibridge and Tex producing. Both were hitless this spring coming into the game. Both are 2-for-2 so far this afternoon.
Narrow line of severe storms about to smack the southern rim of the capital city. May see snow flurries tonight.
Sigh … glad I’m moved in.
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Thanks for pinch-hitting, Scribe. How’s the new place?
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While Bob is at lunch and I have a couple of minutes before the rain starts falling again:
Brandon Jones walk
Prado double into the gap, Jones to third
Guzman tapper to short, Guzman out at first, Jones scores. Prado holds at second. 1 out. BRAVES 7, PHILS 1
Hudson grounder to pitcher, Prado hung up, tagged out at third. Hudson reaches first. 2 outs.
Lillibridge up. Pitching change. Kyle Kendrick out (nine hits allowed, seven runs to this point, all earned, one walk, two Ks). He’s their third starter, by the way.
Gotta run. It’s really dark now and ye ol wind is blowing like crazy. Somebody update on what Lillibridge does.
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FBG: Awesome. Really nice. We’re very blessed, indeed. Still working on getting my Braves/sports garage all set up. Will send pics when it’s done.
Speaking of which, I’m done. Inside for shelter … the outdoor office officially is closed. Later!
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flbravesgirl has sent grinch the missing link! some other blogger must take it from hear . . . 😆
now, who is this jones? jones? advancing on the bases . . .
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Lillibridge pops out on first pitch.
7-1 Braves after three.
The Scribe abides.
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Four hits, one earned run, one walk, two strikeouts in three innings for Huddy. Good outing all in all.
Buddy C. toeing the slab at Disney, and the Scribe’s gotta go.
Back to you, Bob 🙂
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Congratulations, scribe!! That’s just super!! May your family and your new home be blessed! 🙂
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frying fish in the rain? big storm in marietta now.
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It’s raining here too. Good afternoon for a nap.
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Yep, Jimmy, looks like it’s coming here really soon. But the sun is out, which isn’t good … gets that atmosphere all unstable, which ain’t good when storms are rolling your way.
CL, thanks very much. Greatly appreciate your well wishes!
Buddy C, three up, three down in the fourth. The boys are rolling through three and a half, 7-1 Bravos.
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Weird weather here on the southside … dark clouds, then bright sunshine, and strong wind. Maybe the storms are darting north and/or south of us.
ANOTHER 1-2-3 inning for Buddy C. I think we all know he’s got a long, long way to go to make this team, but he’s doing everything he can through the first week.
7-1 Bravos, halfway home.
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Braves go down 1-2-3 in the home half of the fifth.
7-1 Atlanta, after five.
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All The Goodies I shipped from Florida arrived at the Melting Glacier today. I weill send Bob’s Boby Dews signed baseball, and CL’s Smoltz award and Kelly’s signed Javy print sometime in the next week or so. As soon as I can truck across the tundra to do so.
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Will Ohman, the left-handed specialist, now pitching for the Bravos to start the top of the sixth. Facing the heart of the Phillies order:
Victorino doubles over Brandon Jones’ head in left.
Utley grounds out to short. Victorino to third. 1 out.
Howard strikes out on four pitches. 2 outs.
Jenkins grounds out to third. 3 outs.
Great inning by Ohman against the lefties in the heart of the Phillies order. Good stuff.
By the way, Buddy C. struck out three in his two innings. Very impressive work for the journeyman righty who helped keep the Braves in the race last summer.
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Bottom of the sixth, as the winds blow and the sun ducks in and out here at the house:
Guzman pops out to second baseman in short right field.
Schafer pinch hitting for Ohman. He strikes out on five pitches.
Lillibridge doubles down the line in left. Three-hit day for Lillibridge.
Josh Anderson hitting for the first time. Liner off the umpire. Dead ball since it him the ump in the air. Lillibridge has to stay at second. Anderson at first. That ball must’ve been smoked. He’s now 5-for-11 in spring action.
(Anderson … that’s our boy, Lew!)
Borchard up for the first time. Slices one foul down the line that would’ve been a homer if fair (Pete says foul by 15-to-20 feet). Borchard pops out to the catcher in front of the Phils’ dugout.
7-1 Braves after six. And I gotta jet again. Later.
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Well. told you folks that Lillibridge can hit. 🙂
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Also I am encouraged by Buddy Carlyle, The guy knows how to pitch, after all, he spent a lifetime in the minors honing his craft. He may not throw 96mph but he knows how to get people out.
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VOR, just read your post on Jeff Healey dying. Damn, how sad! 😦 He was a huge early jazz fan, 20’s and 30’s stuff, and he had an incredible ear for picking out who was soloing on records that there was no information on(Discographies didn’t exist back then!) He also had a small jazz Label in Canada that released a few early jazz cds…they were chronological…but he must have run out of money to finish them up. He put out volumes, 5, 6, and 7 on an unknown (To most people today) singer named Annette Hanshaw….
He left behind a 13 year old, and a 3 year old….
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Scribe-I keep telling everyone that Josh is going to surprise many people. Not too many adherents to that point of view, quite yet, but they will be made aware. The Braves are surely believers. Brandon Jones will either be traded or go back to Richmond.
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And VOR, ESPN has been all Favre all the time, in the middle of the day! One of the more showboating guys on 1st and 10, or whatever the show’s name is(Not Tony Rome, but almost as bad) says it’s all a ploy…doesn’t believe mental fatigue is the issue, or that he is really retiring…If they had signed Moss, would he be saying have a nice time in Green Bay Randy, I am tired mentally, and am retiring??? Even showboaters can make a good point, now and then…
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I just returned to find the Braves up, Grinch down and a guitarist(who I don’t know but who gets my sincerest sympathies, his family actually)no longer with us. That with s. scribe and b. journalist’s active participation; Bret Favre’s retirement, and Raisin’s chatter( 🙂 )makes for a busy and interesting day here on B & S blog. AND no one has said the secret word, yet. When they do: The duck will fly down and slap their jaws and then they have to answer to CL. I’ll take the duck!
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Now to lower the level, as I frequently do: Have y’all wondered why when a woman wears a leather dress, a man’s heart beats quicker, and his throat gets dry; he gets weak in the knees, and he begins to think irrationally? Because, she smells like a new truck.
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Just me and stinky. See what you mean, jjs.
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lew… Only thing about Brandon Jones is he is the only African-Ameican with a shot to make the team this year. hey, I will be happy to have him in Richmond for one more year but Terrence Moore is going to have a hissy fit.
Personally, I want the best players available but some folks have another agenda.
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Dave? Dave! Please don’t disconnect me. Dave, please! Mary had a little lamb…
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Gil-Last I checked no one pays any attention to Terence Moore-for good reason. I can’t see the Braves keeping Brandon with the big club just because TM has another overreaction.
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Hi, Paladin! I’m still your buddy; have no fear. You’re not alone.
I have about as much use for Terrence Moore as I do hen %$#@ on a pump handle; he’s a self-absorbed, racist, pot-stirring, cowardly hack who could benefit from a couple of years shining shoes at the airport to teach him some character and humility.
If Brandon Jones makes the club over Schaeffer or Anderson (or Lillibrige, for that matter) then we’ll know something’s up. That guy makes Willie Harris look like an all-star.
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Grinch, my friend, how goes? While you are hear I won’t to check something with you like a good beet righter does. Is it true that you said “you are not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on”? Let me know as soon as possible ’cause press time approaches.
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will brandon jones be asked to catch the ball if brandon jones makes the team? if not, no problem. if brandon jones must catch, too, then brandon may not be the best choice for left field.
and, how many baseball players named “cookie” can bloggers name? prize to the winner from carolina lady birdhouse company, llc.
and no one has said the magic word. wish journalist knew what word carolina lady has selected as the banned word. hope it is not queasy.
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nope, not queasy.
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Floors are for sissies. You gotta stumble out into the bushes and get some cool, moist earth in your hair. Guys who pass out on the floor are the same guys who are drinking outside and purposefully go inside to pee. I don’t think so.
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well, not pee, either.
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cadahia?
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nope, not cadahia. hmmm . . .
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😆
Under tornado warning…..may have to follow jimmy smith’s example and get under the desk! Gonna be crowded under there with Kelly, Mother, Littlejohn and me…..
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be glad chino cadahia doesn’t have to get under there, too.
bee glad chino cadahia doesn’t have to get under their to.
where is matthew? need news of walter.
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bobblehead?
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LINEUP: BobJ and william wallace are up after Grinch!
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baby seal – adolescent seal – chop seal, beet writer. how fast they grow up! chop seal is growing a little goatee in honor of grinch. it is not quite a van dyke. can say that? how about the delightful little titmouse songbird? can say that? both are banned at the ajc but pass easily hear. what can the banned word bee? and is jimmy smith the culprit hear? or is it paladin? one or the other. well, if the word is pie or toes jimmy smith will know what is going on.
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I watched Brandon make some pretty spectacular plays in Richmond last year. I don’t think one game clinches it one way or the other for anybody. Actually, the more significant fact is he has options left to be sent down and I don’t think it would hurt him to spend a full year in AAA. I will take the word of our esteemed scouts as to Anderson’s and Schafer’s abilities. I just know that a lot can happen between now and March 30th.
And you two don’t find it strange the correlation between Jessie’s and Al’s visit to the homeboy and the call up of Willie Harris who was not the best outfielder on the Richmond club at the time? I liked Willie and thought he over achieved a bit but it was just plain obvious to me.
When you have a metro area as large as Atlanta which has a large African American population, you would be a fool not to tap into that possible fan base. I look at Washington and I see the marketing strategies already. It is just plain economics. Sorry but only and idiot would say there is no racial bias. As much as we would all like to say there isn’t, there just is. I don’t think it is right, it is what it is….
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Well, fortunately for jimmy smith, it is not toes…. 🙂
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And now, it may be time for me to take shelter. Looks like the storms are going to sweep through the state. I am glad I do not live near the trailer park.
Does anyone else remember the cartoon, The Wizard of Id? Great satire, not as great as Pogo or Lil Abner but pretty funny…
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Still get it in my local paper, Gil. (Yes, I read the ‘toons everyday.)
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I remember wizard of id. Good stuff. I’ll take your word on Jones, Gil; but he didn’t look so great at the UGA game either. Maybe he’s out of shape or hurt, but the distinct impression I got was average at best speed, range, and throwing arm. Plus a bad decision or two. Maybe he just looked like that ’cause he was playing next to Schaefer and Anderson; who knows? But the out of shape thing is most likely since he didn’t practice once in the two weeks Lew was down there. He must have been in a heated game of Old Maid. 🙂
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I’ll see y’all in a couple of hours. Behave.
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Bye, FBG.
Lovely. Falcons only decent DT re-injures his surgically repaired knee falling down the stairs. Now we almost HAVE to pass on Matt Ryan or Jake Long and draft a DT instead. This is not good.
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Grinch; Follow up: Did you say, “Red meat is not bad for you. Fuzzy green meat is bad for you.” Quickly! The presses are already rolling.
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can keep warrick dunn and play warrick dunn at d.t.
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“DT tackle Lewis injures knee in freak accident”, which is turning the wrong way exiting stairs. Reminds me of one of my favorite fitness report entries. “This officer incessantly tries to enter doors plainly marked “out”.
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I’m going to bed. I’ll see some of you tomorrow, some in my dreams, and some infrequently…I hope!
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journalist bob should resume play-by-play in a few minutes and paladin is going to miss it. let’s see, what were bloggers thinking when bob abandoned us to go tubbing? can tubbing be the word? nope, not tubbing. wonder what word is banned? must call bobby cox.
and a celebrity blogger has been approached by chop seal and chop seal reports that celebrity blogger may post hear soon. much bigger than mr clean. this is a baseball blogger. more later.
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Paladin… One of my favorite was “some village is in search of an idiot… 🙂
Grinch, I am not going to question your observations because I am sure you know what you are talking about. I would suspect he will come down to the farm if he is not close. Who knows what corporate is thinking, I am just saying, don’t be surprised if Brandon sticks with the big club. Sometimes it is not about talent.
I am ecstatic over the prospects of Richmond’s pitching staff this year….
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I think Brandon will either be sent down or traded and Josh Anderson will be the fourth outfielder. However, I checked Brandon’s fielding stats in the minors and he was near flawless. He only made two errors his entire time in the minors. All that was proved was that everyone occasionally makes a mistake.
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Grinch-It wasn’t that he didn’t practice-he did. It was just not on the main field-which is unusual for someone who is expected to make the team and to be a part time starter. Anderson got all those reps on the main field. That tells me something and it isn’t good for Jones.
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I’m with you regarding Jones, Lew, with the exception of the possibility of him being traded. Unless BC and FW know something about him that no one has caught on to yet, there’d be no need to trade him. It does strike me as odd that he did most of his work on those back fields.
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BRakinG NeWs: TragIc bRaKinG NEwS!!! FeLiX Pie! FeLiX Pie!!
“The Cubs have had a variety of injuries this spring. So far, infielder Mark DeRosa was hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat, pitcher Jose Ascanio had a bruised face after getting punched in a robbery attempt, and outfielder Felix Pie missed a couple of days early because of a twisted testicle.
Third baseman Aramis Ramirez remains sidelined with a sore right shoulder.”
No eXpLanAtion So fAr. WOrSt baSeball InJuRY eVER!
I aM gEttinG QueaSy . . .
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Chris-When I went down to Orlando, you could not have convinced me he would not be platooning with Matt Diaz. But he got ZERO time on the main field-No BP, No Outfield and noting at all until the last couple days and then only for the running drills-which everyone took part in.
Anderson worked his butt off and really impressed everyone there. The guy can flat out go get em in the field. I saw him make several catches during BP that were nothing short of incredible, including one where he was playing almost to the wall in center and ran full out for 100 feet to catch one off his shoe tops.
During the UGA game, there was a runner on first and a ground ball hit to Thorman at first (Anderson was playing deep in right). Thorman threw wide to second, allowing both runners to reach. The ball never left the infield. Grinch and I just looked over and said “Damn, where did he come from?” almost in unison. Anderson was standing behind Thorman on first base, covering the bag.
Also during that game, he hit a bouncer to the pitcher and beat it out for a clean single. No one else on the team could have beat out that play. I still don’t know how Anderson did, but he got a single out of it. Funny thing is-Jordan Schafer is even faster.
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LEt’S hoPe thIS neVer haPpens tO ChiPPer. WOndeR hoW thIS haPPenED? I aM geTTing qUEasy aGain. CaNNot thinK of a Way foR thiS to haPPen on a bAsebAll fiEld. MaY slOw FeLix PiE dowN a biT.
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Lew, I saw Anderson play once about four years ago at Myrtle Beach. He was playing for Salem and a friend of mine and I went up to get some autographs. We both particularly wanted him and Jason Hirsh as they were both in a set we were working on at the time. We got into the park just as the players were coming out of the clubhouse onto the field for their pre-game warm ups (stretching, running, pepper, etc.) Anderson had this look on his face like he was a man possessed. Very intense. Everyone and I mean EVERYONE else on the team made their way over to the dugout after they warmed up except for him. He kept going. Finally, with just a few minutes to spare he came over to sign for us. With the expression that he’d had on his face, we were a little anxious about how he would be. Didn’t come off as a super nice guy, say like Frenchy. But we were both surprised by him. He couldn’t have been any nicer. You’re right, he is very fast. I hope he fills that 4th OF spot this year. I always like to root for the nice guys.
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ChRisKloB, remEmbeR to rooT foR FElix Pie, to – a nICe guY wiTh a TWiSted TeSticLE. MuSt hURt somE.
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That does sound painful and quite frankly, not something to be trifled with.
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Speaking of the Cubs, can one say Fukudome here? How about Fukumori? Are either of these words allowed?
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Relax, y’all; it could just mean his testicle is real into horror movies or something.
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My sympathy to Felix Pie. I imagine that injury makes you boys cringe a bit. Like when Eddie Perez ruptured his, poor guy.
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Now, Grinch, you know you winced when you read that.
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Every man would wince hearing that kind of report. Even if it happened to someone you don’t like.
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Hmmmm-There are a few Mets’ fans…….But do they actually have the requisite equipment for that type of injury?
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Not me, FBG; I had mine surgically removed the first time I had to baby-sit. I just stuff a pair of socks down there now. 🙂
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Confucius say: “Baseball is wrong…man with four balls cannot walk.”
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Painful topic here… testicles are not to be trifled with… (can say that? ) 🙂
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😆 You two are terrible.
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Grinch, you do have a point. For a young person that has no desire for children (at least not in the immediate future), a baby sitting gig will quickly quell the desire for companionship with the opposite sex.
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And is anyone else alarmed at the thought of Grinch babysitting?
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Definitely could cause a fellow to alter his delivery…
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I don’t know about the desire-quelling part, but it can certainly increase the awareness of taking precautions. Like not revealing your real name. 🙂
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Gotta run do a few things, then write this danged lead-in. I’ll be back shortly.
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^&*%^&$^&*()^!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m fed up with Arkansas’ basketball team. Getting our #@%$ handed to us on ESPN by Ole Mrs for Pete’s sake. I’m living in a world of mediocrity. Fran Fraschilla said it best: The reason we have 7 seniors is because none of them have been good enough to make it to the NBA. No heart…..No %&*%&$ heart.
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😯 Sorry to hear that, Hillbilly. Uh, Chris, better open the saloon for him… quick.
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Abso-freaking-lutely disgusting…Klobber I hope you have plastic bottles because I’m throwing $%$^ all over the place.
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Should I make it a double?
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Ahh….Hillary won Ohio, is ahead in Texas….Dem race not over!
Or should I use this one??? 😈
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So, would you rather have a twisted testy, or to have to watch all of this 1986 Dodger video???
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Oh. The Humanity.
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B-III, I made it through about 50 seconds of that before my eyes quit functioning correctly and I had to shut it off. 1986…fresh off the heels of the Bears Superbowl shuffle.
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How goes it, Lew? Getting settled back into a routine, yet? Snow and More Snow?
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Snow and Trolls. Life is full of them.
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It’s waaaaay past my bedtime, but I’m so full of ?!$$ and vinegar after that display of gutlessness, I could never go to sleep, now. Some Floyd on YouTube might do the trick.
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Berigan, that was incredibly awful. Hillbilly, the Super Bowl Shuffle is what I thought of too!
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Hillbilly-Go become comfortably numb.
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Goodbye all you people.
There’s nothing you can say
to make me change my mind….
Goodbye…..
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So I should avoid the video?
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Like the plague!
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Alright, I know why I am still up at 12:30 am… What is all of y’all’s excuse?
Just finished scanning the other blog that shall remain nameless…. Lew, I don’t know why you put up with the grief….
Hillbilly… Watch out for VCU in this year’s tourny… 4 freshman that can play killer D. Va Commonwealth picked up a gem in Anthony Grant as a coach. I don’t expect him to be here another year. He is just too good.
Told you fellows that you were going to like Lillibridge. Looks like the Braves picked the Buc’s pocket when they got him as a throw in for Roachie…
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Okay guys, I am going to try and get some sleep… Yeah.. Right… 😦
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That bad, huh?
Watched the pilot of a very intriguing show on Fox, “New Amsterdam”. I liked it… so therefore it will soon disappear. The lead character has spent about 400 years in NYC, don’t know how he’s not completely insane.
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Guess y’all followed Gil’s lead & headed for bed. Time to curl up with a book. ‘Night, y’all.
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Back momentarily.
CL, Grinch just texted, asking me to inform you that his internet is down & he will be away from home early in the am. So it may be afternoon before you receive his lead. ( And I am apparently now his personal assistant. We’ll have to discuss salary. 😉 )
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“Twisted Testicle” could be the name for one of these new-age “rock” groups. Hey, there are worse.
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MrGil, I don’t think we’ll have to watch out for anybody in the NCAA Tourney. After this roller coaster ride, the Hogs should be NIT bound. 😡 The selection committee should have learned a lesson last season when they took so much heat from putting us in as the last at-large team only to watch us stink it up in the first round.
But you’re right. Anthony Grant will fill the next vacant SEC coaching position. I remember watching their pressure defense last March and longing for the days of Nolan Richardson in Fayetteville.
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toe injury is preferred to twisted testicle. and jimmy smith no longer wants to trade for felix pie. damaged goods. can never be the same. probably will walk funny. oh, the humanity!
and, trolls? there are no trolls. only braves fans – and a braves/nationals fan. and discussion of felix pie’s injury is appropriate even though felix pie is a cub because of the nature of the injury. oh, the humanity!
wonder how that happened?
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Uh…Hi, all!
Berigan…that video was a stomach churner…50 seconds is about the limit for anyone with a soul! Yikes!
Jimmy…very nice job dancing around the one word that will hit the spam filter. You ‘nose’ well enough what it is! 😆
Ok, back under my rock!
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Yes, it’s tough being a tweener…. Especially in the same division. However, I shall not be boorish about it. 🙂
I actually slept for 7 hours straight last night. I must have been really tired for that to happen. I can remember sleeping 14 hours straight one day a week and the rest of the time going on power naps.
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chop seal tells jimmy smith that chop seal is making friends with peter moylan. chop seal spotted peter moylan’s new fish tattoo and chop seal decided peter moylan must like seafood. chop seal offered to share some cheese dipped popcorn shrimp with peter moylan. now, chop seal and peter moylan are friends. peter moylan calls chop seal “bloke” and now chop seal is thinking of getting a tattoo. peter moylan and chop seal are going to hang out together later. some players won’t hang out with beet writers.
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Good mourning, uh… moaning, um… mornin’. Would’ve been here a bit earlier but, well, something came up.
Before chiming in I usually like to start from the top to catch up and see what kind of subject matter is being discussed so as to not repeat or be too far behind in the banter and all. As you know, it can seem pretty cryptic if you start from the bottom.
Winced through the testicle discussion alright I suppose. Not a pleasant subject, so I’ll avoid twisting that topic into the ground any further. It’s already been about as twisted into the ground as a Marcus Giles home run swing… or was that a Rafael Furcal swing?
Anyhoo, speaking of dodging and Dodgers, my reading was going along just swimmingly until a certain Berigan disco video showed up….and… I… watched… part… of… urp… it! Oh, the horrors!
Still queasy. Like I said… something, uh… came up.
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Honestly JJS, can you blame players for that? You are ,after all, you are often judged by the company you keep.
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leisure suits. some blame it on leisure suits worn by beet writers. and razor-thin gold chains around the neck. cheap cologne. and cheese. lots of cheese. gas. bad teeth. poor hygiene. bad manners. not much a beet writer has going for a beet writer. still, chop seal is a beet writer like no other. but doesn’t want to be a beet writer for long. seals have standards.
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It’s already been about as twisted into the ground as a Marcus Giles home run swing… or was that a Rafael Furcal swing?
Kind of made me think of AJ’s swing from last year. You remember the one where he’d wind up on one knee. 😡
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Grinch just texted, asking me to inform you that his internet is down & he will be away from home early in the am. So it may be afternoon before you receive his lead.
Uh, huh. Yea, right. Tell Grinch that he’s gotta come up with a better excuse than that one. “The internet is down” is the 21st century version of “my dog at my homework”. 🙂
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We have learned that seals have standards, but considering the focus of our discussion lately, do seals have…OK, I won’t go there.
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Paladin, only about half of them do.
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yes, as evidenced by chop seal’s queasiness (first use on blog) discussing the twisted testicle. running play? maybe a slide? in the batting cage? oh, the humanity! wait ’til chipper learns about this one . . .
“uh, skip, i think i just twisted a testicle in my arm.”
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Men’s locker room? Sorry, I must be in the wrong blog!
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G’morning, all.
I have been catching up on the overnights… ow!
I don’t exactly know how one acquires a twisted testy, and I don’t want to know. I hurt thinking about it. 😯
Now, stuff. Wierd storms yesterday. Alot of rain, alot of wind, alot of sun. After leaving the gym (working on BSMOL), I made a quick stop at Target to run an errand for my daughter. They stopped me at the door telling me that we were under a tornado warning and that I couldn’t enter. First, I looked up and there was literally not a cloud in the sky. Second, wouldn’t I have been safer inside the store than out in a parking lot? Nobody wants to be standing outside when a twister comes along (especially Felix Pie).
B III: I read yesterday about Jeff Healey’s love of jazz. Aside from being a phenomenal guitarist, he also played the trumpet and trombone. Another example of a tortured artist (of the non-Lew type) whose life is ended too early. The music world lost a jewel.
Grinch & FBG. Nothing wrong with having kids IF you’re ready for them. As long as you embrace parenthood, it is the greatest earthly blessing you can have.
-30-: Congrats on the new place. Along with CL, I pray for blessings upon your new home.
Now, more stuff. I heard this morning that the guy who invented the Dungeons and Dragons game has died. Pocket protectors are being lowered across the nation.
Now, Favre. Props to paladin. He was initially sceptical about Favre’s retirement. He is not alone. More to come later on that one, to be sure…
Now, Braves. (How about these transitions, huh?) What do you do with Buddy Carlyle? All he does is step up and get batters out. IMHO, the Braves current logjam of talented young outfielders will be used to fill some minor league needs. Look for a trade or two before March 30.
Now, conversation. Here is an interesting question for the B&S faithful. At what position(s) is the current projected roster the weakest?
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NEWS FLASH: “Xerox and Wurlitzer have merged to produce reproductive organs.”
OK CL, I’ll quit…promise. 😈
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Klobber, AJ screwed himself into the ground better than an oil rig on those swings. Maybe they’ll tamp down the dirt a little better for him over in La La land. He could be very helpful in Anwar. Oops… oil. Black crude… Texas tea.
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“Xerox and Wurlitzer have merged to produce reproductive organs.”
😆
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Ugh… mental pictures of AJ’s ugly swing. 🙄 He opened up early worse than Britney on prom night!
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Good morning…. 😕 <—-my emoticon feels the way I do right about now…
Gil for one night at least, I envy you! This was my 3rd straight night sleeping 3-4 hours tops, then being up for 8 hours or so before falling asleep again..for 3-4 hours….sigh…and thank God I don’t have your terrible pain, so it makes it all the more confusing!
I blame most of my sleep issues from working at Borders books for 4 years….once I got into management, had to drive 35 miles to be at the store at 7 am…then a few days later, leaving the store at 12 midnight! Home by 1 am, asleep no sooner than 4 am…then a few days later, up at 5:30 am to get to work! 😡 Then, after blowing a disc out in my back, I quit that job(before I was fired for having back problems!) and started selling online, ebay, amazon, etc…. no more need to go to bed at 8 pm, no more need to go to bed at all!!!
A friend of mine says one should go to bed when you are tired, and wake up when you have had enough rest. In theory, a good idea…in practice, not so much….when I get in a rut like this, I usually stay up til dawn, then have trouble sleeping, and wake up too soon, and stay groggy all day. Then my body says, I give, I give…and I fall asleep really early for a few nights, and slowly straighten it out to a more reasonable sleep pattern…not so this time….just sleeping 3 hours and waking up like it was a nice power nap, and ready to take on the world….at 3 am…..whine, whine, whine….that’s what you do after sleeping only 3 hours…did I mention that fact??? 3 hours of sleep??? 😉
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Raisins… First and third base. Not because of everyday players. It is just their is no real depth at those positions. First base in particular because you have to get pretty deep in the minors before you find anyone projected to start in the major leagues at that position.
The other would be a reliable pinch hitter. Is that considered to be a position? It was a real shame the Braves were not able to keep Ward a couple of years ago.
The sore elbow of Soriento is troubling to me. It is just not what I want to read about. Gonzalas will be able to fill that role possibly about mid summer but right now, I don’t see anyone. Moyland and Acosta were used in the closer spot in the minors but I am not sure about how they would fare in the role at the major league level. I don’t think Tyler Yates can do it. Too many hits given up.
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VOR, that was some mighty weird weather yesterday for sure! I was still up for the first rain, and heard how we had hit the high for the day, it was about 67 at the time….slept for 3 hours…woke up to 76 degrees and windy….then another heavy rain….then like you said, not a cloud in the sky!!! And in the 60’s and windy. at sunset, there wasn’t a clould in the sky above, but big fat ones on the horizon…. Cumulus, perhaps???
Man, all it has been this year is windy!!! March winds rolled in in January it seems…
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Berigan, sorry for your troubles. I should count my blessings because just about every night of the year with maybe a handful of exceptions, I fall asleep when my head hits the pillow.
Maybe your insomnia last night was caused by that, uh… video clip.
Try this: next time you have trouble sleeping, just go back through the previous blogs and read one of mine. Paladin says they work like a charm. But then, he’d fall asleep in the aisle of a Borders store.
Holistic medicine, that’s the ticket.
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I had a thought…Happens every once in awhile. I wonder if there is any chance the braves might consider trading Matt Diaz???? I know, he’s cheap, and we all know he should have been starting every day after about August 1st last year….and I like him…but, we do seem to have too many outfielders right now….though it’s early. Think he could bring a decent reliever??? So many teams seemed to be desperate for a left fielder, and signed, and or traded for some real junk…..perhaps something will develop once the season starts…
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Holistic medicine, that’s the ticket.
SG, funny you should mention that…back in the day, I used to take way too much tylenol pm, up to 4 a night…and I still couldn’t fall asleep!!! So I gave that stuff up for the most part. Perhaps a benadryl or 2 (Why waste money on Tylenol pm? Why do you need a lame pain medicine?) but not too often. Dries me out. So, I have been taking melatonin…. doesn’t seem to do much…since I only slept 3 hours last night…did I mention that before????
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a doily (or doilie) is a small ornamental mat usually made of cotton or linen placed underneath a dish or bowl. openwork allows the table surface to show through. in addition to their decorative function, doilies have a utilitarian role, protecting fine wood furniture from scratches from crockery.
in more recent times, paper doilies have become common, and are often used to decorate a plate of food, underlying the food for ornamentation.
there. no more locker room talk from this journalist – though it was baseball related talk and published on mlb.com. felix pie is a major league ballplayer with what can now be described as a major league hurt. but, jimmy smith is now talking doilies and encourages other bloggers to do so, as well. 😆
may have two banned words now. not sure. 😆
twisted is okay, though, right? twist. twisted. twister. twisting in the wind.
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….huh! Sorry, must have dozed off.
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Berigan… My internal clock was screwed up by rotating shifts for 35 years. My spare time was taken up by (pick one) the rescue squad, the union, my family.. Who had time for sleep? Once, my first wife and I went away for a weekend, she said she wanted to get away to relax. I said sure, packed the kids off to grandma’s and away we went. I slept for 20 hours straight… She was POed at me for sleeping. I said I thought she said she wanted to get away to relax? I was relaxing…. Told her she needed to be more specific when setting agendas if rest wasn’t what she had in mind.
I use to keep a planner and I would project out days when I had time to rest. Sometimes it would be weeks between “rest” days and I had to guard them tenaciously least someone come up with a reason to plan something for me to do. I guess I have not gotten over that. Of course, if the pain would stop waking me up in the middle of the night, perhaps I would be a nicer person. Sleep deprivation has a way of making one edgy…
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A twisted testy is most definitely a major league hurt… and not to be trifled with.
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Berigan, I’m sorry to hear about your sleep woes. Have you been to see a sleep specialist? They might be able to help you get back to a more “normal” sleep pattern. Lack of sleep is very dangerous both short-term and long-term.
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Better young man. Doilies should not be trifled with either.
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A twisted testy can cause sleep deprivation. Talk about edgy… 😯
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Lack of sleep has been proven to be a possible cause for diabetes. It IS a serious condition. Maybe Berigan should go watch the original Reefer Madness. It certainly puts ME to sleep. Yawn.
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jjs; Are you sure that a doily isn’t a dolly who had an…accident?
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A twisted doilie could cause one’s woodgrain to become scratched from crockery.
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Chris, thanks…no, I haven’t seen a sleep specialist….I think theres a decent chance I have sleep apnea (Thank God for Google, wasn’t spellin’ that one right at all!) but, my insurance deductible is around a million dollars, and my Dad has a friend that had the test where they hook you all up with all those sensors, and wires….he failed the test, as he was not able to sleep tied and tethered as he was…and that sounds SOOO much like what would happen to me.
Just give me an oxygen mask(and Oxygen as well) and let me see if it works, dangit! 😉
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B III: On a serious note, the melatonin isn’t helping? I have known several people that have realized very good results from melatonin. I echo Lew’s concern that there could be an underlying more serious cause. Get checked out. Your health is not to be trifled with!
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The Braves are not “concerned” that Soriano is having elbow problems this early into ST!? If not, they make Pollyanna look like a pessimist.
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Got it… holistic treatment of insomnia tip of the day: wrap the head of a large mallet with a nice frilly doily and keep it on your bedside table.
Then, if you wake up in the middle of the night, whack! Should work…
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BRAKING NOOS!!!!! I just noticed that http://www.channelsurfing.net will be showing the Braves v. Indians game at 1 pm!
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Dog’s gotta pee. Be right back…
(Is pee the magic word?)
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Nope…
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Lew, and I was diagnosed with Diabetes last summer! Lack of sleep, my Mom and both her sisters were diabetics….and I am 6 ft, 240 pounds…honestly, I haven’t a clue as to why I am one! 😕
Gil, bet your bladder wouldn’t let you sleep 20 hours now!!!
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3rd base. hurting at third base. marte was heir apparent. gone. betemit was heir apparent. gone. old, fragile third baseman should be playing for an american league team (what? last several injuries from the cages? or while running the bases?). just kidding, but needs to do some stretching and some, uh, conditioning with repertoire, though. prado? escobar eventually? escobar is a shortstop. lillibridge? shortstop, too. this may open the door for a return of peterson orr. 3rd base.
catcher. sammons? salty is gone. pena isn’t catching. corky is corky. javy is not long-term. gotta keep mccann healthy.
1st base? tex will go and this team will convert somebody to 1st. all the big first basemen have been busts. how about a little guy first baseman? nimble. quick. somebody named jack.
twisted logic, journalist knows.
manager? doilie alexander? american league.
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It may not be the magic word, Raisins, but we do not need a pee-by-pee account of your dog’s day.
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Berigan, if you suspect that you have sleep apnea, you need to suck it up and go see that specialist. Apnea can be DEADLY, just ask Reggie White’s widow.
I also have apnea. It was diagnosed about 15 months ago when I spent the night at a sleep clinic. They determined that I was waking up 78 times an hour (approximately every 45-50 seconds)! I’ve been using a cpap machine since then and I am able to get a restful 7-8 hours a night now. My wife sleeps better too since she’s not constantly being woken up by all the noise that I make! Suffice to say that things are a lot more peaceful in our house now, on more than one level!
Untreated sleep apnea can:
* Increase the risk for high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, obesity, and diabetes
* Increase the risk for or worsen heart failure
* Make irregular heartbeats more likely
* Increase the chance of having work-related or driving accidents
As Raisins said, your health is not to be trifled with. Please see a doctor.
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VOR, nope…Melatonin hasn’t done the trick. Well, it seemed like it worked about a month ago…but not this time…
Chris, I tried that site yesterday…I didn’t see a link to click on! It looks pretty much like it does now with baseball headlines down the page….or is it not on the baseball page??
http://www.channelsurfing.net/watch-baseball-channel-tv.html
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jjs; Before you discount some of these ss(s) as possible replacements at 3b, remember that Chipper-brittle was a ss when he came up.
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yes, and a good shortstop can make a third baseman look good. probably all can play third only why not be a ss somewhere else? like having mccann and salty. why not be somewhere else? even at first base. but now back at catcher. soon, will be a manager. and what is the correct spelling of doily? doilie? parton? two? and why did journalist think of the number two? and this sophomoric blog is turning into that other sophomoric blog only can spell sophomoric.
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Berigan-That is decidedly not good. How are you being treated? I can offer some effective alternative treatments to use in conjunction with your medical regimen and give you some dietary info that should help if you’re interested. Just supplementation and things to avoid that have helped me considerably.
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Well, Chris…you make a compelling argument for getting it checked out. I just have issues you know…..can you sleep on your side with the cpap machine??? My back won’t let me sleep flat anymore. Is it a pain to unhook??? I get up several times a night to go to the bathroom….and what about the test itself??? My Dad’s friend is the kind of person that falls asleep the second his head hits the pillow…and failed the test…I just can’t imagine falling asleep hooked up like you see people on tv hooked up for that test…I don’t sleep well in my comfortable bed, with a fan on(Gotta have a fan on!)yep…I am a regular baby! 🙂
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Sure Lew, fire away! Thanks!
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I’m feeling quite fortunate when the bladder lets me sleep for five hours uninterupted. Even four is a good night.
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Berigan-email me lewhartman@comcast.net If I go through it all here, the blog will stop dead in it’s tracks.
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JJS, the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company does a wonderful version of the Mikado…
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Is sophomoric a oxymoric?
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MULLIGAN!!! Is sophomoric and oxymoric? Whew! Glad I got that right.
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jjs: You are correct in that there are no apparent heirs to 3B. Maybe Van Pope, but he’s still not close. As to catcher, there is a 19 year old kid in Rookie League named Daniel Elorriaga-Matra that is supposedly the real deal. But at 19, who can tell? And don’t be surprised if Jason Heyward is converted to 1B. This guy has real power and is currently a corner outfielder. He’s also 6’4″/220 and only 18. He is the real deal. He’ll grow out of OF and into 1B.
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Getting sleepy now folks..thanks for the concern!!! Perhaps a straw up each nostril would keep the airways open….
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Berigan, when you click on the channelsurfing.net page, scroll down and you’ll see the schedule for the day. The link for the Braves game is about half way down the page. Looks like you’ll have to use IE to watch it though for some reason.
Berigan, I also sleep on my side. Got into the habit years ago as my snoring worsened. Sleeping on my side seemed to lessen the noise and now I can’t seem to be able to fall asleep in any other position. The machine is very easy to use and it is very quiet too. There are several types of masks. I use the one that covers my entire nose but there are several types. It’s easy to take on and off and is comfortable. The key to having success with a cpap is a properly fitting mask.
Here’s a website that sells masks to give you an idea of what they look like:
http://www.cpap-supply.com/CPAP-Masks-s/13.htm
As for the test itself, it took place at a sleep clinic. The room looked very much like a hotel room complete with tv. At the time, because of my apnea, I could fall asleep basically on command, so I didn’t have any issues falling asleep there. Might be different for you of course, but they still be able to determine if you have apnea from all their fancy machines.
Berigan, do you live in Atlanta?
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wait!!! Before I close this sucker down, an interesting story on all the CF’s we have….Sure sounds like Bobby knows some should be playing somewheres if not Atlanta….
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080302&content_id=2401283&vkey=spt2008news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
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Note to any modern-day Ponce de Leons: We have plenty of youth. Please discover a fountain of smart.
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and what of gorkys hernandez? where will gorkys play?
and doilies in the dugout. can keep the dugout neater.
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Chris, that doesn’t sound too bad…I am a picky sleeper….south of Atlanta, Jonesboro….
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18 means at least 5 years away…. 4 at best….
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Sleep well, b2eb! Sleep well…
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You guys aren’t letting me sleep! Chris, ahh….bet it’s because I am using Mozilla that I don’t see any linkydinks…
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Gil; What in Sam Hill’s straw hat is your avatar, now!?
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“linkydinks” is obviously not the secret word. But, with a change of a letter or two, here and there……..
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The insomniacs club? I fit right in.
Berigan, get that checked out. Sleep apnea is nothing to fool with. If you could hear yourself quit breathing all the time, you’d be horrified.
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Agreed, Gil, that Heyward isn’t close yet. But when he already draws comparisons to Derrick Lee, Fred McGriff and Cliff Lee, he is an exciting prospect to look forward to.
Also, on a side note regarding 3B and 1B, from MLB.com: “The club attempted to improve its corner infield depth by selecting third baseman Jonathan Gilmore and first baseman Freddie Freeman with two of its top four Draft picks last year. Freeman, a 6-foot-5, 220-pound first baseman, hit six homers and tallied 30 RBIs in 224 at-bats with the Gulf Coast League team.“
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If you could hear yourself quit breathing all the time, you’d be horrified.
Of course, if you could hear yourself quit breathing, you could just restart… 😀
(Just pokin’ fun, FBG…)
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Berigan, here are three sleep centers in ATL. The second and third are located south of the city.
http://www.trittbreatheandsleep.com/
Lung Care Specialist –
Ste 615, 1136 Cleveland Ave, Atlanta, GA
(404) 530-7447
http://www.southfultonmedicalcenter.com/CWSContent/sfmed
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Agreed, Gil, that Heyward isn’t close yet. But when he already draws comparisons to Derrick Lee, Fred McGriff and Cliff Lee, he is an exciting prospect to look forward to.
Cliff Lee? Who’s Cliff Lee? How about Cliff Floyd? Dang, VOR, what a knucklehead… 😀
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You know what I mean, VOR.
Now, re: your 9:40… how did my name get involved in that message to Grinch?
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Ya know y’all are keepin’ me from workin’, don’t ya?
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CLiff Lee is a pitcher in the Indians organization. At least you got the sport right!
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Let me weigh in on the sleep apnea thing. I (I am told) have the worse kind. It is a hold-over from one of my strokes. Basically, I stop breathing and my brain is slow to “remind” my lungs to get busy. They worry that one time it may be too lazy. After having several of those tests(that I flunked miserably ’cause I couldn’t sleep a wink hooked up to all that crap) I was issued a cpap. It didn’t work for me. I know a number of people that swear by them but the majority are “back” sleepers. I hug my pillow like a long-lost girlfriend and it causes the “airlock” on the mask to break. Consequently, the damn machine wakes me up. So, the machine sits in my closet and I’m going it au natural.
One of the reasons I go to bed so early is to try and squeeze 6 hours or so sleep out of the night. Now the secret is out.
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FBG: Now, re: your 9:40… how did my name get involved in that message to Grinch? Uh, I don’t know…:oops: I thought I remembered reading something while catching up on the overnights, but now I can’t seem to find it… can’t find the Grinch one either… My head hurts. I think I tweaked something… 😦
It’s gonna be one of those days…
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Is this the wrong time to say that I sleep great? 😎
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It’s OK, VOR. I just didn’t know how I got brought into that conversation. Was wondering if I somehow missed something.
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Paladin, there are different types of masks. One that I’ve heard of has something that sticks into each nostril so you don’t need the “airlock”. It is also less claustrophobic, if that is also an issue. I also sleep on my side and as long as I have the mask situated on my face properly I don’t have a problem.
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Voice of Guitar; Who asked you? 😀
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Klobber; We do not talk about sticking things into(or, God forbid, the opposite) our nostrils on this blog!
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I can sleep through anything. I sleep through storms, through kids yelling, through my dog raisin’ (nice use of raisin, wasn’t it?) cane, through conversations, through bloggin…………………………………..
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I think we have given Berigan entirely too much negativity so I want to “leave” him with this: “If at first you don’t succeed, your skydiving is over”.
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paladin: Like the guitar avatar?
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I do, in fact, like the guitar, Raisins. It is easily identifiable even by these old eyes. Now, if we could do something with Gil. 😀
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Berigan-You should shortly have mail. Hope it helps.
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It is not one of mine. I don’t really have any pics of any of mine.
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The knight is not mine, or even a good likeness, either.
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That one is one of mine…
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The bottle of Knob Creek is mine, but I drank it already. 🙂
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And an excellent likeness, too, Knobber. 😀
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I have to go pick up my “new”(for me)ride. They have it re-shod and freshly curried, and it’s raring to go. Hi Ho!
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Now, gross stuff from the ajc: A Gwinnett County Mexican restaurant has scored 13 out of a possible 100 points on its health inspection, the lowest ever posted.
Gwinnett health officials closed Mary Tierra Family Mexican Restaurant, at 521 Indian Trail Road in Lilburn, on Tuesday after finding numerous violations of health standards, including holding foods at temperatures that would allow rapid bacteria growth.
Ugh…
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Congrats on the “new” ride, paladin! 😀
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Yes, avatars do not always translate well do they 008? Watch this space for something new soon….
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“rapid bacteria growth” is definitely not to be trifled with. And sounds like they got the “13” for spelling the sign correctly.
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Perhaps “rapid bacteria growth” can lead to a twisted testy? Just wonderin’…
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OK Raisins, you done it now. taptaptaptaptap!
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Ooops… 😳
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and a twisted diviticulum is more likely, anyway.
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I prefer all of my anatomy to remain untwisted, thanks…
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taptaptaptaptap is right. jimmy smith would not want to be raisins when carolina lady gets hear. contrast this with the nice jimmy smith doily post made earlier. carolina lady knows who the troublemakers are on hear. 😆
game should be about to start. where is journalist bob with the play-by-play?
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Ssssh jjs, he is likely to start up where he left off yesterday. 🙂
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“One good thing about alzheimers is you get to meet new friends every day.” I can’t remember who said that. It was me!? Go on!!
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One good thing about ADD is… oh, look at that butterfly…
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Seems to me that Humanity suffers more from Twisted Minds than any other twisted body part.
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felix pie might have a different perspective.
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Yes, Lew, you are absolutely cor- Hey… wait a minute… 😯
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Falcons release Harrington. Duh. That boy might make it in arena football but he don’t pack the heavy-duty gear for NFL chores.
Anther Falcon note: Terence Moorehouse comes out in favor of the Turner/Dunn deal. Makes you wonder what his position might have been were Turner white.
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“Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity”
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Chris… A big thank you for the link to the TV streaming site, works great with some minor installation. Able to watch now while visiting the B&S site… Is this a great country or what ? 🙂
Score still 0-0 going into the bottom of the third
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JJ is pitching 3 innings today..
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Falcons release Harrington… hmmm… That gives them only 2 QBs under contract, and one of those is coming off major knee surgery.
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Gil; Are you the boat, or the “trailer”? 😀
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end of three, still no score. Only one hit so far for the Braves, no hits for the Indians…
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jair from zaire? thrilla from manilla? 1,000# gorilla. must not allow jair to twist anything. how could that happen, anyway? torque? oh, the humanity! a doc is needed on this blog and doc will never leave over their. maybe an engineer could explain. will have to ask mr clean.
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Gil, glad it’s working for you. It’s not working for me unfortunately. 😦 At least the Twins and Yankees are on ESPN.
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Raisins; As was noted on here recently(by you?)Ryan will be available in the 3rd slot. Does that give you an idea about the Falcons intentions?
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I had a photo of me in the boat but I cannot find it…
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Joe Bowroskie now pitching for Indians, Escobar singles to center then takes second on a throwing error by the centerfielder.
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Kotsay draws a walk
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I’m not so sure Dimitroff will pick Ryan at 3. Any QB, even Ryan, is gonna take time to develop. They need impact right away, and could get it with either Ellis or Dorsey, both DTs, which the Falcons need as bad as QB. Or if Jake Long is there, you almost have to grab him. Either of those would pay immediate dividends, whilest Henne or Booty or Woodson or Flakko could develop. I could also see them trade the 3 for more picks, under the right circumstance. With both Miami and St. Louis set at RB, McFadden will still be there at 3 and could garner some serious trade interest. And the Falcons need alot of help.
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Wow, got sidetracked by the Falcons… My ADD kicked in again…
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Yea! I got channelsurfing.net to work! Not a great picture, but better than nothing.
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Raisins; We’ll continue the Falcon talk later. I’ve got a few things I would like to touch on.
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joey harrington will have to go back to dancing and entertaining the troops. arthur blank can take a few snaps until somebody else is ready. and is chipper still out of the lineup? that must have been a twinge rather than a tweak. or could it have been a TWIST????
oh, the humanity! if chipper ever learns about twist injuries . . .
and who will kick for the falcons? should give it some thought before the season starts. how about felix pie?
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Let’s twist again, like we did last summer….
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If we are going to draft a pie let’s make it a lemon meringe.
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“meringue”
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What happened to everybody and particularly the play-by-play types? I know it was 4-0 going into the 7th but how’d they get ’em, who’s pitching and whot’s happening now?
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paladin, did you go to channelsurfing.net? We’re all enjoying watching the game over the computer!
Top of the seventh, two out, Braves up 4-0. I believe that the Indians are still hitless.
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sorry, my neighbor dropped by just as the Braves started scoring…
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No, it is not high def but it beats radio…
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Bueno had a good 7th inning. Three up, three down. 4-0 Braves.
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end of 7, 4-0 Braves… still a no-no for the braves pitchers…
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Single for Brayan Pena with one out. Gregor Blanco at bat.
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Pena continues to exhibit a nice stroke with a clean single to right center
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I tried to find you guys but all I got were some talking heads. As usual, they thought they were too cool and cute for words. Well, that’s not right. There were many words.
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Blanco ground out to short. There were two outs so that ends the inning.
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Pre season between Buffalo and Richmond now… 🙂
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That’s pretty much right on the money Gil.
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The AJC scoreboard shows Cleveland with 3 hits. Did they get ’em all in the 8th?
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End of eight… Still a no-no
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Paladin, you can’t believe everything you read. ajc is wrong. Still no hits for the Tribe.
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nice solid hit through the box for Anderson to lead off the ninth for the braves
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That figures. The other day they showed Braves and Mets playing in the 11th and I came back here and reported that to Hillbilly. Then, when I went back they showed Mets winning in the 10th. It must be manned by an aspiring beet righter.
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nice play by the Indians SS.. bad call by the ump
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an aspiring beet right that can’t report simple facts.
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Flowers robbed of an infield hit by a poor call…
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You’re right Gil, Flowers was safe.
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Keep it coming guys. I’m on pens and nickles.
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Okay, bottom of the ninth.. last chance for the WaHoos…
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Rich Bauer allowed a single to Anderson but got out of the inning with three grounders. We’re headed to the bottom of the ninth. 4-0 Braves. Still no hits for the Injuns.
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Who’s pitching the 9th for the Bravos?
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Gil, who’s on the mound for the Braves. I walked out of the room for a minute and missed it.
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Bean??? gives up a lead off walk…
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Looks like Boyer with a Peter Moylan delivery
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Coulter Bean allows a lead-off walk to Beau Mills. Josh Barfield strikes out.
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Pinto, green, northern, orson?
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Strikes out Barfield
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Another walk
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Bean has walked another. Grrrrrr. Hafner at the plate.
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Spring training or no.. I have seen this movie before and I don’t like it
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Hafner flies to deep left center. Mills advances to third. Two out. Men on the corners. Danny Sandoval at bat.
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Okay, long fly to center… two outs
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I’m with you Gil. Put ’em down already.
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Sandoval gets a hit off the right field wall. Mills scores. Dammit.
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Double off the wall… one run in, runners on 2nd and 3rd
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Wow… I go to pick up the kids and miss all the action… 😐
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Hunker down, Bravos.
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Okay… pop up to short left… Braves win 4-1
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String ended by Ben?
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String ended by Bean?
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Game over. Braves win. Don’t like the way this one ended though.
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Crap! 😡 One typo ruins a perfectly good joke!
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Yeah, don’t think Bean did anything to curry favor with Bobby..
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That Bean might get sent back to the pea-patch.
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That Bean is definitely not ripe for picking.
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Or pee-patch, as it is called at Raisin’s.
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Jair looked good today… Too bad I missed all the scoring except for the first run..
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Okay, I am going outside to enjoy the weather… later guys
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Klobber; You showed flashes of brillance as a p-by-p guy. Gil; Don’t give up your day job. 😀
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Got to take my ride back for some adjustments to the saddle. C’yah in a while.
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Hmmm… notable sound of crickets on the blog… 😐
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The crickets are just an aid to help Berigan sleep better.
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Are the Crickets singing “Let’s do the Twist”?
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Hey, y’all; I’m back. Thankfully the blog isn’t running over; I’ll get something to CL in a little bit. I’m exhausted.
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This is like hitting against a backboard…with nerf balls.
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Actually, I think they are singing “Wake Up Little Suzy.”
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Speaking of a nerf ball. 😀
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The B-side is “Night, Night, Little Berigan.” 😀
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They just haven’t been the same since Buddy and the Big Bopper went to the jam in the sky.
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Well it appears that spring is here. I just looked in my backyard and saw about a dozen robins!
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Actually, they may be singing Peggy Sue. I think Chubby Checker sang the Twist.
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Well, I just saw one blue bird, but I wouldn’t trade him for a dozen robins. So there!
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Well, I’m sorry Lew, but Raisins didn’t say that there were Chubbies in here and we didn’t spend the last 24 hours talking about pizza pie twisting his checker(s). You just have to go with the flow. Jeez, what a party pooper.
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Gotta go…
C-ya –>
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Bye Raisins.
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paladin, I see bluebirds every single day! So there! 🙄
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Swami sez: May one of them fly up your nostril and propagate. 🙄
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I thought we weren’t talking about nostrils and the like on this blog any longer!
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I was thinking about giving up my legal studies and studying to be a beet righter instead. But, I find that the only schools offering the course are in Alabama. And you know what the signs at the Alabama line say…”At least we’re not Mississippi.”
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What goes in must not come out. On this blog, anyway.
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That last comment will not sit well with one of the denizens, I suspect.
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The only thing that scares me, Klobber, is those folks that just come in on the end, make no effort to go back and pick up the thread, and have at it. I’ve been burned by that, a time or two.
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OK, I’m off to have dinner and get lubricated. C ya
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Chubby Checkers… Peppermint Twist. Beatles and Felix Pie… Twist and Shout.
Now, Paladin is going to get, ahem… “corrected” for that Alabama comment. It may get uh, testy. You can bet your sweet bippy on that.
I’ve seen robins but no bluebirds yet. Are you guys serious about seeing them?
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Seeing you guys rally around one of our own earlier today was, well… just plain cool. I’m touched. Good folks here on Braves and Stuff and even amongst the silly stuff are there when it really counts. Berigan, count your blessings and heed the good advice you received here (not my mallet on the night stand advice, mind you… meant to bring levity… although it might beat the alternatives).
Very cool indeed.
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Paladin… lubricated? Tin man?
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Going for four posts in a row:
A good day all around. Braves win. They flirted with a combined no-no, which is big yes yes!!!. Jair pitched three perfect. Tip of the cap to Byrd too. He just keeps on ticking. All the boys box scores looked good on the mound, save a hiccup or two in the 9th until Bean got baked.
The games don’t count but a win is always a good thing.
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Five:
Xerox and Wurlitzer… funny.
FBG: some folks at my office were talking about the new show you mentioned, “New Amsterdam” and said it was good. I’ll have to check it out… hope they replay the premier.
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and what manner of bean is a colter bean? pea family? worst performance by a bean in an atlanta uniform since bubba bean left town. and who are some more famous beans? string bean, famous banjo player, comes to mind. jimmy smith recommends to frank wren a bottle of beano.
and now, berigan . . . jimmy smith has been reluctant to offer advice on sleeping because jimmy smith does not sleep. that’s right, journalist requires no sleep. but, jimmy smith can say that berigan should address the medical issues with a qualified physician. braves and stuff must recruit a doctor and jimmy smith will go to work on this.
and carolina lady is missing again. must be searching the archives for some archi. small bird, looks like a robin, but not a robin. a terrorist.
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at least it was not twisted toe.
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😀 CL is combing through the 1850 census of Forsyth Co, NC looking for a certain family. May have found them; not sure. Could be. Might. Maybe. Sorta. Hope?
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doctor wanted to blog with bloggers on braves and stuff blog – can offer medical advice to old and infirm bloggers. no salary, no perks. good braves talk. good stuff talk. nice lady runs the blog.
p.s. only doctor hear before was witch doctor. have lew for that. 😆
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Was going for six and fortunately (for you and me) I didn’t make it. The crickets were beginning to chirp so loud I got up and answered the door three times.
What’s the record of consecutive posts… and is that a good thing? Hmmm…
Awww, what the hey.
Klobber, the “new dog ate my homework” Internet excuse… good’un. Trouble is, Grinch’s dog may actually be able to eat the computer. Sounds like a stretch though. Not nearly as good as: Bob can always say that his slipped into the hot tub. Scribe could use the old, “the fish frying fried my keyboard” and Lew could say his cable froze or the wild turkeys pecked a hole in his monitor thinking that trolls were little worms. Turkeys eat worms too, not just millet.
So many good potential excuses for missing work and Braves and Stuff lead posts. Klobber could slosh Knob all over his, Gil could have his ripped away from Richmond and sent to Georgia (that was not intended to be mean…sorry), Chopper could just disappear for days at a time and say that Shamu ate the laptop, Salty could say it rained and poured, flbravesgirl could miss her turn in the lineup by forgetting which batter to work on, Berigan could say that hair got caught in the hard drive, CL could always say that her little feathered friends thought her PC was one of her bird houses, Jimmy Smith could sneeze on the keyboard and blow a circuit (or use that word and have his post vanish in thin air), Raisins could plug his amp into a wall socket and melt the electric panel, WW could blow a circuit in his brain trying to watch 6 sports at once and that’s not even counting college hoops, Flange could forget to show up and miss his turn with the bat… and last but certainly not least, Paladin could mistakenly wrap his computer in bacon on a Saturday night and melt the old computer… or those gerbils that power his PC could go on strike.
So many things can happen to computers and make folks miss their deadline on writing lead posts. So many excuses… feel free to file these in case you come up short. They are all perfectly plausible, interchangeable and free to use at your discretion. These should work in most situations.
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hmmm…. uh, jones family? g’g’grandfather uh oh jones. married a bear. see what happens?
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what word? what word? cannot figure this out.
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FBG, sorry I forgot to mention earlier – thanks for relaying the msg from Grinch! 🙂
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grinch relaying food additives to carolina lady?
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Not Jones. In 3,000 years you would never guess! 😆
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Smith??? 🙂
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Smyth???
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(jimmy smith is writing down all the names of everyone listed in the 1850 census of Forsyth Co, NC……….) 😆
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Gil – nope! 🙂
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I’m researching for someone else. Not my relatives.
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“Time’s fun when you are having flies”. Kermit. And my dog loves children. He says they taste like chicken.
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John Forsyth? Charlie’s Angel boss? Maybe the inventor of BBQ?
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Paladin, 😆
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SG, the show New Amsterdam looks as if it could be a good one. Lots of potential! Kelly & I enjoyed it last night. Feels weird to be watching TV! 🙂
BTW, LOVE that channelsurfing.net! Had no idea it existed – so my thanks to Berigan(?) for letting us know about it! Now, if I can just get 27 or so hours in a day, I’ll actually have time to watch it! 😆
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Krzyzewski?
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Later!
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Ummmm, no. (He’s a nice guy!)
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Gesundheit.
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what hoppened to SG? Everytime I come on, when he is hear, he ducks out. It’s giving me a complexion.
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Be back after a while –
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If you promise, and you are not too late, I’ll wait up. :-0
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Meanwhile, I will work on my emoicons, or whatever.
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Marco!
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No Duck Soup. Paladin, you’ve just been zigging when I’m zagging.
Not to be confused with Lew’s Zig-Zag’s. Different thing altogether.
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Krzyzewski? Ted Kluzuski? Kandinsky? Rooskie? Sure, why not.
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See… now Paladin is pouting and won’t come back. Ok then, I’ll play along… POLO!
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SG, I prefer Jokers or J&B’s, myself. And the Grinch pup has recently been caught eating part of the left side of my new gas logs in the dining room; the ember bed now spills out onto the floor. One of these days…
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Maybe the gerbals got bacon wrapped.
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Dr., I think we have signs of life here! My God, these aliens are ugly. Don’t offend him, just try to talk to him using the univeral language. OK. Excuse me dude, where does a guy get laid around here?
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Grinch, at least he didn’t eat the left side of the computer. Hey, gas logs would qualify as roughage. Aids in digestion and tooth sharpening. Be careful. Don’t light any matches around Grinchpup.
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Moises Alou to have groin surgery and miss most of April. Try again, Steve Phillips.
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Paladin have either missed your medication or quadrupled it?
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If I worried about everything around here that might burn this house down I’d lose my mind.
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Do Grinches have groins? For alliteration purposes, I hope so.
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That leaves very few uninjured Mets to start. According to NY fans, Wright can cover the infield alone. Who’s got the outfield?
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“Reality is only an illusion caused by a deficiency of alcohol.” Carie Nation.
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Hey, everybody…
My computer is kinda in and out, I plugged my amp into a wall socket and melted the electric panel!
I’ll be back soon…
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Maybe Wright can pitch the 2-5 rotation spots after Jo’tana. Then they wouldn’t need fielders, right? 😆
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Gotta go feed the kids…
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When I was a child I peed on a socket and it burned my amp too.
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… and the dog…
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… and me…
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You are going to feed the dog to the kids? Very cruel, on both counts.
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Raisins… excellent use of the ROMPE list (reliable ol’ missing post excuse).
Then again, feeding the kids dog food could work too. No, uh…
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So, s’pose Favre decides to give Atlanta another spin for old times sake before heading back to cajun country at the ripe old age of 40?
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If he does we could at least learn to properly pronounce his name. as Furman Bisher pointed out, in cajun speak it is “Fav”.
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Whoever is at QB better have on Superman’s cape this season because Atlanta’s O-line has more holes than… oh, barely caught myself. I almost put myself in CL’s doghouse again… 😳
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chow now… so ciao for now.
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SG, we have bluebirds here year round. The robins only visit with us in the spring when they are headed back to their northern homes.
And look at CL. She just went “third person” on us!
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I’m enjoying the channelsurfing thing to. It’s not a great picture, but it’s better than the picture that I had before.
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Raisins; As I wanted to say earlier: I hope they don’t use the 3rd pick for Ryan. They MUST rebuild the line. So draft that big dude from Michigan and use a later pick for a QB. Better still, sign a FA QB, make do with what they have, and build build build both lines. And, don’t count D J Shockey out of the mix.
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“Shockley” What’s a “l” between friends, right?
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Paladin, you have no idea. Unfortunately, I still can’t see it over my gut.
VOR, I assure you the o-line won’t look like this once the season starts. McClure’s undersized but not that bad; Foster and Clabo are big, serviceable backups and Blaylock is a good young guard. They’ll get a free-agent right tackle as a stop-gap and draft the left tackle of the future. It’ll take ’em a while to jell (and another high pick on a lineman next year), but this staff knows what it’s doing. Nobody’s expecting them to win this year, just build a good foundation. I like what I see so far.
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Remember, we’ve got that new power-blocking TE and Mughelli to help out, as well.
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I think Grinch and I are back on the same page even though we disagree on “Fav”.
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And Grinch, remember it was this time last year that we were BOTH saying that “this staff knows what it is doing”. Hope we are righter this time.
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I said the COACH knew what he was doing, and he did. Unfortunately, he didn’t mesh with anyone else. These people have all been hired at the same time and have the same philosophy; I have high hopes. I actually doubt Smith is as smart a coach as Petrino, but I’d be willing to bet he’ll be a lot more successful.
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Now, beer…
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OK, tell CL and SG that I tried(for entirely different reasons)to wait up for them, but my keyboard is looking, and handling, like an abacus so it is time for bunny slippers, pjs with flaps and beddybye time. Did I tell you that I have a mobile of bosoms over my bed? Hey, to each his own. So, if I’m lucky and y’all are cursed, I’ll see you tomorrow. Nite nite.
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Sweet dreams, you old poot. 🙂
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Most important position on the offensive line is the left tackle if you have a right handed QB. Tough spot to be a rookie but if you have a throw away QB, well, no big deal…. Redskins proved that you don’t have to have a great quarterback if you have a great O line…
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Good night Paladin. Say hi to Nurse Cratchett for us!
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Lions showed everyone that no matter how many points you score, if you cannot stop the other team you are going to lose a lot more game than you win.
Patriots showed that crime does pay….
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Ravens proved that even if you hold the other team to 7 points a game is you can only score 6, you still lose….
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And finally, if your owner is and idiot, you must be in Oakland….
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Of course his illegitimate son is in Washington…
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What a perfect village for and idiot… 🙂
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I grew up loving the Silver and Black; I can honestly say I don’t know what in the %$#@ is going on in Oakland right now.
Y’all, the whole purpose of re-signing Redman (and word is we may shop for another FA QB as well) was so that our new franchise QB wouldn’t have to play for a year or two until we build a decent o-line. Trust me; they know what they’re doing. The three main guys involved are from New England, Pittsburgh and Jacksonville, with Arthur Blank’s checkbook. This will work.
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My wife was born in Oakland and has always been a Raider fan. Needless to say, I’ve had a lot of fun at her expense the past few years. Al Davis needs to go away.
Y’all, the whole purpose of re-signing Redman. Holy Hell Grinch, don’t do that to me! I thought you were talking about Mark Redman.
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Man, every time I show up, this place empties out like someone just pulled the fire alarm. I’m starting to take this personally.
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from the LA Times on Andruw:
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-plaschke6mar06,0,2171899.column
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They do that to me too, Chris.
How cool would it have been for the boys to pitch the no-no today?
CL & SG, next episode of New Amsterdam is tomorrow. Think I heard its regular night will be Mon.
Eating gas logs?!? Buy her a chew toy, Grinch!
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fbg, I got to see the second half of the game. I missed Jurrjens pitching though.
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Andruw thinks he was too light last year? Okaayy. Musta just been my TV then.
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You see? I get here…everyone else goes Poof!!! Cue up the violins… “All by myself, don’t wanna be all by myself anymooore”
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Boras should have warned Andruw that he was moving to California where anorexia is worshiped… Obesity is a scourge that must the wiped out and he is setting a bad example for the kiddies…. What he does know is nose candy is a favorite on the left coast because of it’s magical properties of weight loss…
Being bad aren’t I? 🙂
Just reinforces the notion that it was time to part ways with Andruw as far as the Braves went. Don’t get me wrong, I thought he was a great player while he was here but the last couple of years have made it much easier for the Braves to move on.
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FBG and Klobber are here? Oh well, I’m leaving…
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I’m still here! Blog with me baby!
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Just kidding!!!!! Love y’all too!!!!!
Just that old zig zag thing. I was about to watch a little TV (about 3″ diameter) and chill but, since you guys were here I said, aww, what the heck, what’s another few minutes between denizens and all.
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Klobber, I didn’t know you cared so much baby. 😀
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Cute Savannah.
Gil, I’m with you. I miss the “old” Andruw, not the one that sucked the life out of rallies for the past couple seasons. How many times did we see him drop to one knee last year because of his awful swing? He proved to be completely uncoachable. Good riddance.
At the same time, AJ will always be a Brave in my book. When/if he makes the HOF, it should be as a Brave. I’ll always keep a soft spot in my heart for that smiling kid from Curacao who looked like he was just having a good time playing a kid’s game.
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Those waning track fly ball outs were not because he was too light… It was because he was always off balance.
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🙂 🙂
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I wonder if Joe Torre will take him to task when he sees that award swing… I bet the “beet” writers in LA are not very forgiving… In Atlanta, it was always.,”well he tried his best , bless his heart” … 🙂
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awkward… duh….
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AJ may be big but he ain’t no big Pappi.
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need to get another “k” from Andruw… I am sure there will be plenty. I bet Andruw misses Bobby Cox already…
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His awards will also be waning. 😀
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Gee Gil, you really think he has an “award” swing. Maybe the dodo bird award! 🙂
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Yes, but he is are not playing centerfield either
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I type with a lisp…
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You mean a “lithp”?
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Awww, Chris, thanks.
Gil, I think Andruw will regret leaving too. He was very comfortable (too much so?) in Atlanta.
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Guys like Big Papi and Manny and Mo Vaughn get away with being large because they are not expect to be great fielders. The real answer lies at being balanced. Those guys may be large but they are not falling down while swinging the bat.
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FBG: I found and earmarked the next New Amsterdam show but then I looked all over and couldn’t find where FOX was repeating the first episode. Hate to miss the premier. You would think they would give another time or two.
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yeptp…
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FBG, I think you may have hit on something there. Too comfortable. I don’t see Joe Torre putting up with the crap that AJ was pulling last year. He’s dealt with much, much bigger egos than Andruw’s and I can see him telling him how things are gonna be.
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He was too light to hit it out at 220 yet he was about 195 when he hit those two homers in the WS at age 19…I’d put my money on the off-balance explanation.
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It was a pretty decent show. Not great but it has potential. You might catch it on line. FX might also carry it. They aired a lot of the House programs on Friday nights during the season.
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Maybe they have it online, SG?
Gil, I don’t know that Manny’s that hefty. He just wears his uni 14 sizes too big. It is interesting watching him play LF though.
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mrgil Says:
March 5, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Yes, but he is are not playing centerfield either
oh, the humanity! gil has been reading that other blog. journalist can tell. confess, gil. 😆
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Thanks Gil. I was beginning to think my posts were invisible. G’nite… I’ll be gettin’ back to whatever I was gettin’ to.
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I think it’s the kind of show that the story has to build over time. Good potential as you say. Cool concept, though.
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Yeah, Manny could lose 5 or 10 pounds, but he’s not in the category of those others. He’s just an awkward fielder. He can damn sure hit the ball, though. FBG, please send me a red velvet cake. I have a cream cheese icing deficiency.
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Manny is a big boy…. he just stands besides Big Papi a lot so he appears smaller. the thing about Manny that irks me is his habit of brushing his hat off with his right hand while he is running. An old Willie Mays trick…
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I would if it would survive shipping, Grinch. You earned it chauffering me around Orlando.
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FBL… My mom has a saying… She says you can tame just about anything if you feed it long enough… 🙂
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go ahead and send it flbravesgirl . . . grinch’s kitchen scored a 13 so a little shipping deterioration won’t mean a thing.
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Shucks… I would settle for a Krispy Kream donut right now….
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Nice avatar Gil.
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It only got to a 13 ’cause my mom came down last weekend. 🙂
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Okay… everybody has flown the coop so I guess I will watch the Simpsons… Later folks.
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jimmy, I have standards.
Gil, so far I’ve fed him one cake & he was very sweet to me. Must be working. (Honestly, Grinch is one of my best friends. I don’t know that he’s tame-able.)
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yes, grinch is a good one. journalist knows that. is journalist to understand grinch ate an entire cake?
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Not in one sitting, jimmy.
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I should have said “only got UP TO a 13 ’cause she came down.”
Awww, FBG; you’re gonna make me blush.
Jimmy, I only acted delicate until she left. Then that cake was like a chunk of horsemeat to a Great White shark.
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yes, but an entire cake? red velvet? creamy icing? coconut? nougat center? what? nougat center? that is an old ugandan red velvet cake ingredient not often seen around hear. probably no nougat, right?
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performance enhancing nougat. run faster. jump higher. heal faster.
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jjs, he’s just rubbing it in now. 🙂
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Cream cheese pound cake, jimmy. I think he snagged a couple of Lew’s mini cheesecakes too.
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rubbing in the nougat? hmmm…. isn’t that how barry bonds started? 😆
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Actually, it was a cream cheese pound cake. Chris, I’m not aware of its properties as a liniment. Therefore, I’m not rubbing it in. I assure you, it was eaten, and eaten so quickly it never knew what hit it.
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Nougat is a gateway drug.
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jimmy smith has just fallen in love with a cnn anchor – lovely young lady. never seen this particular anchor before . . . must do some research and send a valentine.
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Does this little blossom have a name jjs?
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a name did not appear on the screen. jimmy smith will just call her blossom. for love blossoms. and now, jimmy smith will write some poetry.
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Hmmm, what rhymes with “blossom”?
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Third person poetry?
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Awesome? POSSUM? Oh the humanity!
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Awesome.
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Buxom?
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😆 Chris! Possum 😆
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George Jones should not enter the equation.
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Boredom, bedlam, dumdum, threesome, gruesome, handsome, loathsome, nauseum, outcome, wholesome, winsome, yum-yum.
Come on journalist jimmy smith, don’t let us down!
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“I only acted delicate…” Can anyone visualize that??? 😯 😆
jimmy smith didn’t send this lady a valentine. FBG, did you get a valentine from jjs? Hmmm.
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Here’s for threesome and yum-yum! Yes!
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I forgot the whole valentine thing, but I HAVE recently told you you were beautiful, CL. 🙂
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Nope, CL. I didn’t get any valentines.
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Grinch, you’re forgiven.
As for the other one, hmmmm, what do you think, FBG?
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What did you expect, CL? jimmy is very fickle. He goes through ladyfriends like Grinch goes through beer.
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You’re right with that, FBG! Though it does seem that 2 little valentines shouldn’t have been that much trouble, does it?
I did get valentines from 2 others, though – both hysterically funny ecards and I still laugh over them!
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I’m still waiting for some original journalist jimmy smith poetry about the “blossom” he discovered at CNN. taptaptaptaptaptap. Come on jjs, don’t disappoint us!
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I need more hours in my day! Can’t get everything done and still get enough sleep before the dratted clock goes off again.
Y’all have fun – See you tomorrow! 🙂
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‘Night, CL!
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We seem to have slowed to a snail’s pace here. Everyone’s waiting on jimmy.
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and we’re waiting…………and waiting………..and waiting. Come on jimmy, do I have to do this myself?
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Your mission, Agent Klob, should you choose to accept it, is to write a love poem for an unidentified woman on behalf of jimmy smith.
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Or maybe someone else will accept the mission. Could be entertaining.
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jimmy found a new blossom,
thought she was really awesome,
found out she was really a possum!
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😆 😆
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I guess no one else feels inspired, Chris. Or maybe they’re all asleep. We’ll see if there’s any more romantic gems in the morning.
Good night!
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The Grinch sent no Valentine’s
He said he had no time
And with CL, he’s in a great bind.
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My dearest blossom
You remind me of a possum
With you whiskers of gray
won’t you come out to play
Methinks it would be just awesome….
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Yes, waste is a terrible thing to mind…..
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carolina lady and flbravesgirl, please forgive jimmy smith! this journalist had the very best intentions of sending valentines this year but, unfortunately, jimmy smith was out on the curb awaiting a valentine delivery from carolina lady and could not send the appropriate valentine greetings from there. jimmy smith was told to wait there by the curb. so, journalist is sorry but wishes both carolina lady and flbravesgirl a happy valentines day. sorta late but can still ap-pre-ci-ate.
rather than a poem, a song . . .
blossom, clutch this journalist to your busom,
know that this journalist is handsome,
and blossom you are awesome,
journalist’s thoughts are purely wholesome,
’cause jimmy smith is from cor-dele.
sung to the tune of “ugandan blue-throated roller roundup.”
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Better late than never jimmy.
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FBG: Darlin’, now look what you’ve started 🙂
The boys came close in their no-no bid,
But it wasn’t as exciting as when Sid slid.
I just can’t wait for this season to start,
The potential of this team warms my heart.
But nothing can make the JJS grin,
Then at day’s end, when he walks in his den.
Flips on the TV and what does appear,
But the glorious sight of eight tiny reindeer.
(Eight tiny reindeer? Damn, wrong poem.)
Your eyes sparkle and your sweet lips move,
As you give us the news of gloom and doom.
(Hey, she does work for CNN, right?)
Might the two of your run for Uganda’s border,
Or will she do as Diane (remember? restraining order)?
The blog waits to see what will transpire,
when Blossom is enveloped by love’s true fire.
And if CNN security turns Jimmy away,
At least we’re getting close to opening day.
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Nice one scribe!
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journalist jimmy smith’s soliloquy:
But soft! what light through yonder TV breaks?
It is CNN, and Blossom is the sun!–
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious blue worm,
Who is already sick and pale with grief,
That Fox News art far more fair than CNN:
Be not her maid, since she is fair and balanced;
Her possum is but sick and green,
And none but and idiots do wear it; cast it off.–
It is my Blossum; O, it is my love!
O, that she knew she were!–
She speaks, yet she says nothing: wattup with that?
Her eye discourses, I will answer it.–
I am too bold, ’tis not to me she speaks:
Two of the fairest stars in all Cordele,
Having some pie, do entreat her stomach
To twinkle in its lining till they return.
What if her toes were there, they on her foot?
The brightness of her toes would shame those stars,
As daylight doth a TV; her eyes in CNN
Would through the airy network stream so bright
That seals would sing and think it were not night.–
See how she leans her nose upon her hand!
O that she wore a glove upon that hand,
That I might not be queasy!
😉
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yes, very nice. very nice indeed. but can’t dance to it.
jimmy smith may send blossom a canned ham. journalist thing.
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G’morning, all… 😎
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oh, the humanity! journalist will surely win blossom over with all this help.
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Poetry day on the blog, huh? Well, my poetic talents are even worse than my essayist’s skills, but I’ll try.
What inspired this amorous rhyme?
Two parts vodka, one part lime.
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journalist must go to a meeting now. poems are all good. savannah is in 5th place right now until something else comes in. 😆 😆
cnn . . . could be a liberal, huh? pretty, though.
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Two parts vodka, one part lime.
You say that like it’s a bad thing, Mr. Chianti head. 🙂
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jjs; I sent a girlfriend a ham one time with less than stellar results. ‘Course the card “Was just thinking of you” could have been better thought out.
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Two parts vodka, one part lime.
You say that like it’s a bad thing
Too much lime…
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And jjs, here is one Klobbers wife sent to him:
Kind, intelligent, loving and hot.
This describes everything you are not. 😀
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jjs: Hear is a bit of friendly advice…
Check out this link to see what NOT to do…
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This one didn’t do well, either.
Your love was beautiful and it brought me peace
But I only slept with you because I was peesed.
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jjs, how about this:
Blossom, oh Blossom, on CNN,
How I love the clothes you’re in.
I would love them even more
If they were on my bedroom floor.
Waddaya think?
Sure to be removed by CL…
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The question is-Could you dance to anything? Or is it just that one song you have trouble with? Since I have all the grace of a wounded Water Buffalo or a hippo with an arthritic condition, the song is immaterial. I got no rhythm, but plenty of blues.
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“Sure to be removed by CL…” Raisins; I think I would re-phrase that considering just where you went in the lines above. 🙄
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The Water Buffalo song courtesy of VeggieTales
Everybody’s got a water buffalo
Yours is fast but mine is slow
Oh, where do you get them I don’t know
But everyone’s got a water buffaloooooo…
I took my buffalo to the store
Got his head stuck in the door
Spilled some lima beans on the floor
Oh everybody’s got a water buffaloooooo…
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Quick! Someone call 911. A chimpanzee has broken in to Raisin’s place and is banging on his ‘puter keys.
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Y’all have come up with some great lines! 🙂
Sure to be removed by CL…
Don’t think you quite meant this the way it ended up! 😆
Will get Grinch’s lead up later this afternoon – kinda busy here this morning.
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VOR: Wow! That’s classic, man!! Love it.
The poetry is not complete until Ye ol Grinch gives it a shot. Come on dude, put down the school books and the Falcons’ depth chart for a minute and write Jimmy something he can score with …
Huh-huh-huh. I said score … (Soon to be removed by CL as well … oh, the humanity!).
In other news, I’m nearly done setting up my garage. Got more Braves stuff than even I remembered having. Looks cool. Found some really neat stuff, coffee mugs and coasters and the like. Also found a bunch of old newspaper stories I wrote way back in the day (first interleague game vs. the O’s in 97; some Series stuff from 99; Big Cat’s homer on opening day in 2000; Rocker’s demotion that summer, etc.). Kinda cool to look back at that stuff, though I must confess I greatly enjoy the role I play now as a fan and a blogger.
Fish need a-fryin. Somebody wake up Bob in time for Glavine and D-Train from Lakeland this afternoon.
The Scribe abides.
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Warning: political comment – read or don’t:
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=29149_Society_of_Professional_Journalists_Advocates_Whitewashing_Islam&only
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And of course, I meant merely the post’s reference to clothes hitting the floor to be removed, not anything else being removed
Git ur minds outta da gutter 🙂
Later, denizens.
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CL… that article, which of course only spells out what we all knew anyway, has caused a pain in my stomach lining. I think I am becoming queasy.
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I knew you boys had it in ya! Scribe, just the idea of Grinch writing love poems is funny.
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That link was forwarded to me by one of our friends here – and I’m glad he did. (Pepto may be helpful.) 🙂
OK – morning break (2nd cup of coffee) over. Back to stuff. 😦
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That is sickening CL.
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CL; Nothing wrong with those folks that a diet of mushroom clouds wouldn’t cure.
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Grinches love poems might have the potential to remsemble Andrew Dice Clay’s Nursery Rhymes……..Not to be trifled with.
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Surrogate Love Poems? Oh!!The Cyrano-ness of it all.
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As a matter of fact, that wouldn’t be a bad way to go out. Taking a Slim Pickens-type ride(Dr Strangelove)into Tehran. Wah hoo!
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One more poem and then I’m leaving(promise)for a while.
I’d love to feel your warm embrace,
but don’t take that sack off your face.
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It just occurred to me that we haven’t heard from Berigan since yesterday when he got all the advice about his sleep problems. I wonder if we bored him so badly that he’s been sleeping since then?
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Well, then we helped him.
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Or is that Cyrano-ity?
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Surrogate for Berigan:
I see your face when I am dreaming,
that’s why I always wake up screaming.
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Jimmy has a new crush on a cute CNN newsgirl
Now he writes songs and pines to give her a whirl.
Mr. Fly has advice for a journalist stuck in Cordele
Just attract her attention with a beet writing seal.
She may be a little blossom and good TV anchor
but if Ms Lane hears she’ll surely wanna spank’er.
So take it from Fly on pretty blossoms and such,
multiple peaches and oranges takes a soft touch.
If you move too fast and don’t follow her cues
You might become just a story on Headline News.
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Mr. Fly is good at this. Must be how he charms all his ladyfriends.
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There once was a man from Nantucket,
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Paladin must have hacked into my account!!! 😡
Fortunately for me, I have bad word remover 2008!
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Jimmy… you are not referring to Campbell Brown are you?
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My back deck (which was supposed to come down this summer and should have been dismantled two years ago) caved in under the weight of all the snow. It has been so bad, my landlord has spent all his time shoveling rooves to keep THEM from collapsing.
They are now having to truck snow away from houses and have it dumped in empty fields-there is so much that they can no longer plow driveways because there is no more room to push the snow.
There are Vermont natives who claim they have not seen snow in these amounts their entire fifty year lives. Much more is scheduled for March and could continue through much of June. This has approached insane levels. I’d wish for it all to melt, but that will just cause flooding. Oh!!!The Humanity.
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JJS can have any anchor he wants, ‘cept Kiran Chetry! Even preggers, she is beeyoutiful!
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Must be global warming.
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I think Andy Rooney is kinda cute, myself.
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Say, Lew, can you send some of that snow down here and dump it in Lake Lanier?
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Wow Lew!!! Glad no one was on or under it!!!! Florida must look like a swell place to live right about now…
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Speaking of wintry mix: Raisins is your new avatar a fancy snow shovel?
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It’s called an Axe, Paladin! 😛
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In all seriousness, urgent prayers are needed.
News partially taken from today’s Beaufort Gazette: just found out my friend and associate, Liz Calvert and her husband John Calvert were reported missing earlier this week. The Calverts were last seen at a meeting on Monday night at Harbour Town in Hilton Head, SC.
Late Wednesday night, more than a half-dozen detectives were still working the case, chasing down “anyone and everyone” who might have information on the couple, said Beaufort County Sheriff P.J. Tanner, who led the late-night effort. Officers interviewed family members, friends and business associates.
The couple’s disappearance, Tanner said, is “raising eyebrows.” “This is suspicious because no one has had any contact with them in the past couple of days, which is in unlike the Calverts because they’re active in the community,” Tanner said. “Right now the only thing we can say are there are definitely suspicions here.” “We’re trying to find a reason for all of this,” Tanner said. “Right now, there’s no explanation for it.”
Please pray for the safe return of Liz and John Calvert and also keep their families in your thoughts and prayers.
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Eeeek, paladin! Hush your mouth! That is my numero uno guitar. It is a 1990 Fender Stratocaster with custom wiring and electronics including a genuine 1968 Gibson PAF.
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SG: Your friends and their families are in my prayers…
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SG, that is a terrible story. Certainly my prayers go out to them and their families as well.
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SG-That is absolutely terrible. I’ll float some positve energy out there. Hope it helps.
Berigan-I re-sent the email. Hope it went through this time. I could have written two drafts for a book on those posts. Let me know if you receive it or not. If not, I’ll just give you my phone number and you can write it down while I dictate the info.
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SG. I saw that story on TV earlier today, very sorry to hear about this! Thoughts and prayers for them and their family…..
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Lew, got it this time!!! Thanks again! Just wrote a long winded response back…and since I am surprise, surprise….sleep deprived….it won’t make a whole lot of sense.
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Thanks guys. Didn’t mean to rain on the parade or cause a downer but this is urgent and I know first hand that prayer works. Positive energy is helpful too. The situation is extremely strange. The Calverts are pretty well off, so I have a suspicion they were kidnapped. Some sort of foul play is at hand.
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Berigan- I just emailed a couple more tips that might help. I understand about the shoe sizes-I wear a 13 EEEE in Asics and a 12 EEEE in New Balance. Not everyone carries the wider ones. Keene and Merrill are also gereat shoes that do not trifle with toes, but do not make EEEE widths, unfortunately.
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Grinch… calling Grinch… 😀
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Journalist Jimmy,
I’m beginning to wonder about you:
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Now, now HB, blossom has since…blossomed since the 90’s….checked out some of the comments…oh to hear people talk about the 90’s as simpler times…how they miss them and all that….makes me feel really old…
Of course I feel really old since I have been up since midnight! I did sleep most of yesterday away(I know people were waiting with baited breath for the sleep 411 😉 ) was up for 4 hours, then slept one more hour. Man, even at half speed, you can get a lot done when you don’t sleep the morning away! I went to the bank, target, pet smart, the Gym, big lots…all before noon….
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SG; Prayers and positive energy at your disposal and for your dispersal.
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Why is it when I am still up, everyone goes away??? I will sleep, and see 100 new posts like I saw last night…. 😦
Lew, my feet measure 12 1/2….and you will know better than most that they don’t make 12 1/2, or 13 1/2 size shoes! Plus, my feet are so wide I end up getting 14’s!!!!! And they don’t wiggle….
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I’m on the outside lookin’ in today, fellas… Got alot of work that I’m trying to plow through… 😐
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Berigan; A nap of 1 hour is allowed but if you sleep longer than that you can’t expect to sleep soundly at night. Remember: A nap is an adjunct, not a substitute.
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Berigan, it’s even hard to find 14’s a lot of the time. Whenever I go to get new shoes I generally ask or look to see what shoe they have in 14 rather than look at the selection of styles first. Much faster that way.
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journalist has not been right since reading about diane lane spanking blossom. that is too much for jimmy smith to process right now. journalist must take a long walk.
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Is this a bad time to say I wear a 10 and can find them anywhere?
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Klobber; you and Berigan need to go to a blacksmith to get shoed in those sizes. 😀
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but Paladin, I have slept one hour in the last….let me think…ow…..19 hours! That hour of sleep was my nap! It’s time to sleep for 7 hours like I did yesterday…creepy to wake up after the sun has set….such a nice day, I hate to go to bed….
Lew, would it be cruel to mention there are buds on several trees, and we have the windows open???? Around 70….not a cloud in the sky…..Of course it will be only in the upper 40’s tomorrow with a low in the 20’s Friday night(Or is that Saturday night they said that?) goodbye buds!!!…but that’s March in the ATL!
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jjs; I read in the US Today fishwrap the other day that spankings affect sexuality in later life. I don’t believe it. I love to be spanked.
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SG, that is scary. Sending hope & good vibes your way.
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What are y’all, a bunch of sasquatches?
Sir Knight, that was a little too much information for me.
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Chris, you too??? Gee, when I was younger, and could get by with 13’s I had trouble finding them! Now everyone and their brother seems to be 6’4 and you see a few 15’s…but still few of the big shoes in stores. I got REALLY lucky with the Asics I wear now(Need to replace them) They were in the bargain section!!! There are never large shoes in the bargain section, but there were that day…$29.99! Shoulda bought a lottery ticket that day….
VOR, 10’s eh??? No problem finding them you say??? Aren’t you the guy who says he sleeps great all the time as well??? 😕
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Berigan; I’m not a Doctor and didn’t even play one on TV so I probably should shut up, but I’ve been there. It’s very tough but you have to discipline your body and mind. Your body, right now, doesn’t know when it is nap time and when it is nighty night time. Here is what I did:
I set myself a time to go to bed and a time to get up. And I set a nap time. At first, no exceptions. Yes, I lay there for more nights than I like to count, but I finally got on schedule. Mine, obviously, would not work for you. But, when this first started, I was probably about your age and still working. But, pills are not the answer. I tried them all, including melatonin. Nothing. Good luck fella, it ain’t going to be easy, but it can be done.
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Berigan…. One of the problems you will discover is that most shoes are now made in Asia. They tend to be narrow even if they are marked as wides. I wear a 12 EEE just so it will compensate even though my foot is a 10 1/2.. If I buy too narrow a shoe, my feet will cramp and no one is happy then…
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Just joshing, FBG. Sorry if I offended. 😳
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yep, raisins is rubbing in the nougat, berigan. with a ugandan diet berigan could improve berigan’s health. hartebeest steak and eggs from the shoebill. much like a shrimp sandwich only not alike. jimmy smith would take sleeping lessons on this blog only from journalist bob who naps in and out of the tub.
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Thanks Paladin….I think I am on the road to straightening it out….usually not this hard though….I usually have to stay up one day on little sleep, have a few 10 pm to 3-4 am days, and then a “Normal” sleep pattern emerges….I will likely sleep in even later today…just don’t like the days to getting there….then I will screw things up in a few weeks staying up too late, and will have to make sure I go to bed at a reasonable hour the next night….sorta like falling off the wagon I guess….but, I don’t drink or do heroin, so it’s not the worst thing I could do to myself…
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Headline on the Roadrunner home page: “Men who share housework may get more sex”. Gentlemen, start your vacuums/ washing machines/ dishwashers.
See y’all later.
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Sounds kinky to me. 🙂
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Uh Paladin-That’s a bit too much information, Dude.
Berigan-No blooming trees are a good thing (not so sure about blooming onions, but that’s something else altogether). Unfortunately there will be no blooming trees here for a couple more months-That whole thing about April showers and May flowers is not applicable to northern New England.
I have trouble finding 13 Wide shoes. I don not want to contemplate size 14 availability. Luckily, there’s a store across the river in New Hampshire that if they do not have them in stock will get them. Also, being in New Hampshire, there is no sales tax on anything.
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Yes FBG… but I don’t like sex with men…. Not that there is anything wrong with that….. 🙂
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It seems that my Freudian “humor” has offended the Lewster, too. My apologies, sir.
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FBG-I do all the cooking, cleaning and dish washing. Nuff said.
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Morning, all! Diane Lane being spanked by any reasonably good looking woman sounds like fun to me. Is it just me, or did I have several posts deleted last night? I got pretty trashed after 1 or so; if I offended anyone I apologize.
VOR, that sounds like a sweet setup. A PAF in a strat, huh? How do you keep that from sounding muddy? Interesting idea if it works (which I assume it does). My only axe at the moment is a Jeff Hanneman sig. series ESP, with EMG pickups and a Kahler Flyer tremolo. Crunch, crunch, crunch. 🙂
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Paladin-You did not offend me, I assure you. It’s just that I’m an impressionable artist with too vivid an imagination that leads to bizarre visuals. It was just more than I needed to know. However, what you do behind closed doors, etc. It just ain’t none of my business.
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Yowch, Lew; with all the accompanying sex when do you have time to blog?
SG, my thoughts are with them.
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Today, this is the braves and sex blog!!! 😯 Even sweet and innocent Fbg put gas on the fire! 😛
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Lew; I’ll remember: Don’t ask. Don’t tell. 🙂
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But, peek every chance you get.
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I’ve heard of dropping names but grinch and raisins are dropping letters, numbers and symbols on us. For y’all’s sake, I hope SOMEBODY knows what all of that means. BTW, do either of you play an instrument? 😀
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Sorry, Paladin; we’re both priests of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and those are secret greetings. Either that, or we’re talking about electric guitars.
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Grinch: A quick hit before I make my Thursday hike back to civilization for rehearsal. The PAF sounds really sweet because my evil genius brother, who has custom wired every guitar I own, has placed some thingie in line with another thingie to roll some of the mids off. It’s pure PAF with a mid scoop. Interestingly, though, I play the DiMarzio Fat Strat in the neck position most often. My current lineup is as follows:
Fender Stratocaster w/ Gibson PAF, DiMarzio HS2, DiMarzio FS1
Fender Telecaster with 2 Duncan Quarter Pounders
Kramer Pacer (from 1980) with a GFS PAF and original Floyd Rose
Ibanez JS100 upgraded to JS1000 specs
Ibanez Jet King 1
Univox ES-335
Washburn DC-10 acoustic/electric
1932 National tri-cone Resonator (under restoration)
Gotta go,
C-ya –>
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Sweet. Most of my collection disappeared back when I had a drug problem. The one I just mentioned and a Takamine accoustic are the only ones left.
I’ll trade you a hamburger Tuesday for that Resonator today…:-)
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Oh, yeah; and my trusty 1951 Martin ukulele, that needs a good luthier.
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That resonator was a gift from a very dear and close friend. It is very valuable… I didn’t realize it when he gave it to me. He said he wanted it to “stay in the family and be played.” So, it will. I really can’t wait to get it finished so I can play it.
OK, gone until after midnight.
Later 😀
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Okay, then; TWO hamburgers. With cheese.
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sum gud uke
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Yeah, I’d already seen that…amazing, no? Never was a big George Harrison fan, but some great remakes have been made of that one.
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GRINCH’S NEW LEAD IS UP
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Klobber; you and Berigan need to go to a blacksmith to get shoed in those sizes.
I wish it were that easy!
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