Now SOME violence is just fun...

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(The white guy is my instructor. Frankly, his being so ferocious in his matches and so absolutely patient and careful with his students is what got me started thinking about the whole gentleman/athlete thing.)

Did I mention here that I'm planning on taking Salsa-aerobics at my fitness center this fall? The first class (on 9/11) is free, and the rest will be around $45 or so for the fall session. Since my future BIL is doing the music for their wedding in October, and he's Cuban, a lot of the music is going to be salsa, so learning it beforehand will be great!

Also, Kory, Koby, Kacy and Kody Clemens. If their father had been a ground-ball pitcher, I shudder to wonder what numbers their names might have begun with.

For the non-baseball fun, it's funnier when you know that "K" is used to signify strikeouts, of which Clemen has many. If he was a groundball pitcher I expect his children would be named Squib, Bleeder, HasEyes and ShotUpTheMiddle.

Michael Vick is a depraved fuck, should be banned from the NFL for life (which he will be, but for gambling), and his apologists should go fuck themselves. Or possibly go take classes on logic and ethics.

A local sportswriter once noted that hockey players were routinely the nicest, baseball players the biggest egotistical jerks and 80% of all football players were not people you'd feel comfortable leaving your daughter in the same room with.

As to DJ's question, yes Cal Ripken is one of the all-time good guys in baseball, as is Tony Gwynn. Which is why they had such record turnouts at Cooperstown this year, particularly when all the majors sports look tainted and creepy.

Yes, quite frankly, clearly indicating that white font or links go to animal abuse-related matters would be a great help for me, too. I get all out of proportion upset by animal abuse that I don't for human abuse, I think because at least with the human-hurting I have at least some hope that the perpetrator will be sufficiently punished.

Yes, what Theodosia said. Please.

I once met a family with daughters named April, May, June, July, and January.

Anime fans? It's the crew of the Sol Bianca.

I didn't see the one with the chicks napping on his back -- I saw one where they were two months old and "feeding" in the driveway and another where there were young chicks and older ducklings following him around.

And my credit card account has been flagged again, and yet again I can't login and view my statement online because knowing what the possibly fraudulent activity is would be far too helpful.

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PSA for anyone who cares about the PR streaming thing: Placebo just took the stage, and are playing "Pure Morning". [link]