Sounds like a good plan, Laura, the pills and the not-working and the catching up.

Shit, I'm trying to remember his home run call during SportsCenter. I don't know if he had one, or he just riffed on other announcer's famous calls. I think he was fond of "backbackback" (referring to the outfielder going back on a fly ball) followed by a "...he's not gonna get it." I do remember his favorite hockey call which was a very old fashioned "he puts the biscuit in the basket" for a goal.

My stepdad and brother are fond of "flight of the enchanted tater" for home runs. t edit As am I.

"Kiss that one goodbye" is probably my favorite homerun call.

My favorite baseball announcing patter, though, i ssome random color commentary, I think during a Giants game, on the radio. I don't even know who the announcers were, because I don't pay that close attention, but I guess there were a lot of fly balls. After saying "and this one has a chance to drop" several times, one of the guys says "They all have a chance to drop, if you think about it, it's just a question of where they land." I don't know why, exactly but I love that - it's stuck with me for years.

one of the guys says "They all have a chance to drop, if you think about it, it's just a question of where they land."

Heh. That sounds like Giants announcer Jon Miller.

From the Hollywood Reporter:

Anyone hoping for a straight answer from a cast member of NBC's "The Office" was sorely disappointed. The cast, which won for best ensemble in a comedy series, had jokes for most questions posed. When asked about their impression of the SAG Award statuette, Rainn Wilson (who plays Dwight Schrute) said: "There's a nub where the genitals should be. I actually posed for this several years ago. I was buttocks model for this." When asked what to expect from future episodes of the NBC comedy, Paul Lieberstein (Toby) answered, "Someone will die." When it appeared that the press corps took it seriously, he quickly added: "I'm kidding about someone will die. But an animal will attack. Nobody is safe." One of the few serious utterances came from Jenna Fischer (Pam Beesly), who revealed what she was thinking when the cast of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was presenting the award. "I was daydreaming and wondered if one day in many years we'll be getting back together to present an award. We truly like each other."

Tep, did you know that the NY Times has an online feature called "The Lede: Notes on the News"?

Whenever I see "lede" I think of you and your old-school journalism schooling.

EARTHQUAKE!

A little teeny one. But still.

IN SENSAROUND!

I didn't feel it.

eta: but those who did should go here.

No earthquake here, but we are having major lake effect snow. It's still daylight, and you can't see a car coming on the road out front until you see the headlights. Total whiteout. The kids got let out early, thank god, because apparently we're getting between 3-5 inches an hour, and it's already been snowing like this for two hours.

We already had a good sixteen inches on the ground, too.

::sobs::