Jilli, great skirt.

I have met in my life exactly one person who looked good with blue hair, and that's Jess. Most people should avoid it.

Beth, your yard is perfect for a wedding! It looked lovely, particularly the wood chips.

I love all the gold cranes.

I clipped one streak of bright-blue hair into mine last week; got a lot of compliments. And then I unclipped it, and all was non-committy.

Stunningly enough, a consensus seems to be forming around the copper-red. Which I was leaning towards, as it's easier to get that color to actually happen, and actually stay.

I really like the blue as well, but I don't know if I can pull it off.

Photos from my guests' trip start here: [link]

Gratuitous cat photo not included in the link above: [link] (pelicans are the mascot of Mykonos).

It's interesting that so far only a set-up guy and a #5 starter have been busted for 'roids, though the diminishing performances of a number of pitchers there's a lot of whispering about who was using and who wasn't. It actually makes more sense for pitchers to use performance-enhancers, especially chemicals that reduce inflammation and speed recovery time. Sadly, the media just focuses on hitters.

I definitely think that steroids were very common amongst relief pitchers.

You're right that pitching styles have changed quite a bit. It seems like only a few of the older power pitchers (Pedro, Schilling, Clemens) can do that cruising thing where they'll reach back for an extra couple mph in the 7th or 8th inning. You don't see Clemens going up the ladder like he used to in his youth. Huston Street was awesome in a showdown with Vlad in their last series, repeatedly power pitching right on his hands until he sawed off Vlad's bat. Brass balls, babyeee.

Hey, erika - guess what's in the mail?

Also, issues of Serenity are winging their way to Cash and DXM.

Cash, #3 isn't out so I just sent the first two.

DXM, you got an extra CD of Jangley Guitar Pop.

Yay!A little(or a lot of )soul for my soulless town...that's kind of our cliche. A local artist made a lot of money making "Phoenix is Boring" t-shirts a few years back...I have a lot to learn about self-loathing apparently.

Aidan’s first day of school and Kenny is 18. Our babies are growing up. I most certainly didn’t think of this place as a Mom’s support group when I joined Spike’s Bitches 4 years ago. And yet I can’t count the number of times I have been inspired by the parents here. Where else can one find porn and potty humor in the same place?

Speaking of parents, Hi Dylan!! Good to see you here.

I like the blue Raq.

Off to look at beth’s pics now.

Where else can one find porn and potty humor in the same place?

Laura, are the ducttape pictures still up anywhere?

I have to get through some stuff at work before I go look at beth and Raq's pictures and I don't waaaaaanna. I fear that between happy wedding pictures and Mykonos, I would never start working again if I peeked.

Great pictures beth. Mmmm wood chips. The yard looked splendid. And the cake so stunning. Yay for pictures of joy.

I'll have to check Cass.