K-Bug texted me about the trade, but said Street was going to the Yankees! Goofy girl. Should be interesting...

There's some thinking the Rox will flip Street to the Indians or Mets who both need a closer.

With Devine and Ziegler and a ton of strong arms in the minors, the A's can afford to lose Huston. Though it will be tough to lose his smile and courtly southern manners.

I like Smith, but he's not great loss. They can plug in somebody like (the aptly named) Outman and get a similar performance. That's not even talking about their top prospect pitchers: Gio, Cahill, Anderson, Mazzaro, Simmons.

Carlos Gonzalez has the most upside of the A's outfield prospects, but they've got a glut there anyway: Sweeney, Cunningham, Murton, Buck, Patterson...

They can afford to make this move.

I like the deal for the A's. The AL West is a two team division basically. They're trying to get Furcal at short. If that happened and with the prospects they've got - they could make a run at the Angels who (a) outperformed their pythag last year (and hence should regress), and (b) are getting older.

Speaking of cover songs, somewhere, John Lennon is buying a beer for Johnny Cash: [link]

Beverly, it's so lovely to see you. I think of you often.

OMG this is one of the awesomest things I've ever seen done with a cover song.

I love that cover, and it is only slightly less awesome than Richard Thompson doing Oops, I Did It Again. Which is the most awesome cover ever.

(Okay, so Cobra Starship doing I Kissed a Boy is up there, too. But I'm not rational about that one.)

{{Beverly}}

Peace and joy to you and your family~ma.

Yes, my guy...totally en Fuego More verklempt than usual, though. What was that about?

{{{{Beverly}}}}

Much peace to you and yours

Something cute from yesterday - just before it was time for me to leave for work, Harvey decided he needed to snuggle. He slung himself over my shoulder, where I held him with one hand and petted him with the other. He purred, a lot. When I tried to set him on the desk so I could get my jacket and leave, he clung to me. And purred harder. So I stood up, with him still clinging, and got my jacket. Then I was able to detach him. But when I got to work and noticed all the cat hairs all over my shirt, I mentioned to bosslady that I almost had to bring the cat to work, she said, "Well, why not? He'd be welcome. Someone else used to bring her dog in, and the dog didn't even like the residents."

We already know Harvey is very tolerant and patient with these folks, as I sometimes bring them here to pet him. It's not quite practical to bring a cat to a place without a litter box for an eight hour shift. Maybe sometime on a day off, I'll take Harvey on a visit over there.

{{Beverly}} May your mother's passing be peaceful.

Well, why not? He'd be welcome.

Aww. I see the NYT has a story on service dogs for veterans on today's front page -- lots of people seem surprised at how much these companions help out with stress.

{{Beverly & Mom}}

bonny, would you send the worksheet to me as well?