I would like the remind the entirety of Baltimore that the answer to being bitter over your team being stolen is not to steal another town's team. Ahem.

Wait, where did the Ravens come from? (I really have no idea. Except that the name the ravens is perfect for this town. Poe and all.)

Cleveland. At least we got to keep our name.

It was comforting during the dark years we suffered without a team, just hating Pittsburgh and not having anyone to cheer for.

HA. This is why I can't be a regular football watcher, because I get ashamed of myself when I say things like "SUCK IT, PHILADELPHIA!"

Really? Huh.

I like the sound of that rug, sarameg. I always like sisal.

Meanwhile, I'm watching the Beastie Boys concert movie, whose title just makes me love them more: "Awesome; I Fucking Shot That!" They gave 50 audience members cameras. But seriously, people: 80s slang, a semicolon AND profanity???

This is the rug: [link] (egeby from IKEA)

The color is pale on my screen. It's much warmer. And more defined.

Now why flipflops and bathing suits are appearing in the usually-coldest month, after disappearing way back in early early fall, well, I'll blame someone as soon as I can find them.

Jesse already answered this but yeah; the last two years I was freaking dying with the weather and went to Jamaica and Cancun, respectively, and couldn't find swimwear in winter.

msbelle, I have hopes for tonight. At least you were in your own bed.

sarameg, your rug sounds lovely. In fact, all your decorating sounds gorgeous. You should take photos. We just got our Hercules hooks (which rock!) so we were finally able to hang our artwork. It looks much more homey now, though we still have some work to do.

Dana, saying "SUCK IT, PHILLY" is not the bit that makes you not able to be a full-time sports fan. It's the part where saying that is embarrassing to you. Our standard sports vocabulary is quite, erm, colorful.

Montreal has at least two different chains of swimsuit stores, and I can think of at least one (underground to shelter from the cold) mall that had one of each.

Open all year. Which made swimsuit shopping in LA look like way too much of a task.