the A's just lost their centerfielder for three months to back surgery.

PERK?

I just got into my hotel in Boise and logged in to check on stuff and this is what I find? *&@#^#*$#$

Ignoring that - I'm here, safe and sound. Uneventful flight and hotel check in. But too zoomy to sleep.

Kotsay's out with a herniated disk.

Milton goes to CF.

Swish to Right. Shannon Stewart to Left. Probably DJ at first. Means we'll also keep our Rule V pick (for now anyway), Ryan Goleski.

If DJ doesn't hit, they'll keep Ruby (I guess) and play him at first.

Or...time to bring up Buck and Barton!

Probably DJ at first.

Please let this year be better than last. Can Scutaro play first? Probably not, but I'd still take him over DJ.

Before heading to the airport, I just put the family calendar together, meshing K-Bug's softball schedule, CJ's Little League games, and our A's games. What a mess. We have all three games in one day in April...they are staggered just enough that if we were on crack, we could probably get to all of them. I'll have to come up with an alternate plan eventually.

Can Scutaro play first?

They might put Melhuse over there. God knows he's not getting any playing time behind Kendall, and we can always use Piazza as the backup catcher.

Anyone around?

hey ND. Matt just went off to new job. planned up grade.

Sounds like a pretty early day for him, I hope that all things go well.

saunters into thread. skips. reads

Well, she does occasionally remember to say Please. Still usually needs promting. Last night, she became enchanted with the concept of bad/not bad after Paul tried explaining the cats. We still don't think she really gets it, but she was listing many things that were Not Bad for several minutes.

spits water all over keyboard.

Yes. Bad/Not Bad as applied to cats - where does one even begin?

PS, Jilli, she has, in fact, sung Kenya in her effing sleep.

Fan tas tic!

After you introduced me to the ubercatchiness of the Kenya song, I introduced my formerlynonficreadingfriend to said song.

She then went on to win a competition which gave her an all-expenses-paid trip to Kenya!

....where she had a mad hot fling with a bloke called Linus, who was their driver (and who tracks lions for a living).

Thus in the world of me the lyrics now go "If you want to see Linus....Come to Kenya! Come to Kenya, we've got Linus!..." etc.

I love reading here in the morning, catching up. It's always a guaranteed laugh, and I love it. Just needs to be said every once in a while.

I hope ND's ok and sleeping soundly now.

Jilli was looking for a children's book? I saw this Halloween (last year? year before?) and meant to point it out.

Also, Jilli, you were complaining about your machine being possessed - maybe you need to get the Winchesters in to exorcise it. Got the cages in the basement prepared?