Suzi, I'm glad CJ is home safe and sound.
ARGH. I'm signing Noah up for AYSO. So I signed Grace up too. She should be an eyefull, right?
No. And yes. It's always sudden.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Feb 15, 2011 5:54:28 pm PST #23132 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
lisah - Feb 15, 2011 5:55:15 pm PST #23133 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
I thought Baltimore was doing a lot better at the end of last season?...or something...Signed, Knows NOTHING About Baseball but has a Lot of Civic Pride. Plus I went to one game and they won. And it was fun.
lisah - Feb 15, 2011 5:55:47 pm PST #23134 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
What's AYSO?
Amy - Feb 15, 2011 5:56:15 pm PST #23135 of 30001
Because books.
What's AYSO, Kat?
The Sottish Deerhound won Westminster! Whoo!
Lee - Feb 15, 2011 5:56:54 pm PST #23136 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I know! American Youth Soccer Organization!
DavidS - Feb 15, 2011 6:09:35 pm PST #23137 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I thought Baltimore was doing a lot better at the end of last season?...or something...Signed, Knows NOTHING About Baseball but has a Lot of Civic Pride. Plus I went to one game and they won. And it was fun.
Go Baltimore! Their biggest problem is that they're in the AL East with three powerhouses in the Yankees and Red Sox and the Rays, plus Toronto is also very good. The Yankees and Red Sox have the two biggest payrolls in baseball and over the last two seasons have snapped up all the biggest names in free agents. And the Rays were bad for so long that they stockpiled a huge number of high draft picks which have paid off for them. They're loaded with young talent. Whereas B'more's top prospects like Matt Wieters and Adam Jones and Brian Matusz have not quite panned out. (Though I think Wieters and Matusz will be all-stars in a couple years.)
sarameg - Feb 15, 2011 6:19:34 pm PST #23138 of 30001
I went to an Orioles game once. Courtesy of msbelle. It was fun. Same game as lisah. But like lisah (and maybe even less lisah), my enthusiasm is relegated to hometownism. And lack of trafficism-where-I-need-to-be.
Beverly - Feb 15, 2011 6:22:45 pm PST #23139 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
We have been so lucky here. Self-pay has become more mainstream. We no longer get "whuts'at?" looks. In fact, what we usually get at the practice, the lab, the clinic, and the dentist is, "You're self-pay? We'll be glad to bill you. Or if you pay the full amount today we'll give you a 40% discount." Considering that when we had insurance the deductible was so high we wound up paying in full for visits and most treatments anyway, I'll take the 40% discount, and happily.
-t - Feb 15, 2011 6:28:27 pm PST #23140 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I went to an Orioles game once. Got invited to a super fun wedding in Baltimore, and we stayed a couple days after to eat crab cakes and such, including catching a game at Camden Yard. Orioles vs. Mariners - I don't remember who won but I got to see Cal Ripken Jr. play.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 15, 2011 6:30:34 pm PST #23141 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Oh Jon Stewart, no matter how badly you want January Jones to be an interesting interview, it's just not going to happen.