I'm going to survey the coaches in my life about this one.

Ha! I was thinking the same thing. At any rate, I'll ask one coach about it, and I fully expect the answer to be "of course you're hot, dear!"

In Moneyball, the old school scouts were talking about how you could tell a lot about a player's confidence by his wife/girlfriend. Billy Beane dismissed that idea as nonsense. He only wanted to look at the stats.

When KCD was in the Navy and up for a security level increase, he was asked about me, mainly about my maidenname. This was in the late 80's, so I can kinda see why they would want to know how I had an Iranian last name and what alegences I had.

Well, I read the Vanderbilt coach thing to DH. He finds no correlation between recruiting HS boys and recruiting spouses. He expects it has to do with scoping out potential monkey business with his assistants' wives. So, eeeewwwww.

When KCD was in the Navy and up for a security level increase

I think that's just the procedure -- with my brother, he had to give all of our names, etc., and someone came to interview us once.

Damn Laura. DH is kind of cynical, but probably not wrong!

Beau's sister works for the federal government. Supposedly in an innocuous branch of the government, but she made a hush hush trip overseas awhile ago. Anyway, we are convinced all of us have been background checked and probably have FBI files - if we did not already.

I review grants funded by federal agencies, so I'm sure I have already bored an FBI agent to death.

Mistrial on Edwards.

Dang. That is probably the best news he has had in four years.

Damn Laura. DH is kind of cynical, but probably not wrong!

It was a judgement declared instantly and in a matter-of-fact tone. Well, he knows a lot more coaches than I do.

I don't really have an opinion on Edwards. I never cared for him much and will be pleased if this means he is on my tv screen less now. His kids certainly don't deserve this level of attention.

I think Edwards is a dog. a really serious dog. I have lost respect for him based on what I know from trial transcripts.

I have to agree: I don't want to hear more.

I don't doubt your DH, Laura. At all.

I have lost respect for him based on what I know from trial transcripts.

I didn't think I had any to lose. I absolutely loathed him as my senator, when it was entirely clear that he was only representing himself and wouldn't lift a finger to, you know, actually vote if it meant taking a position on anything at all that might constitute an actual record in the presidential run it was completely obvious he was prepping for. I never bought his fake-populist bullshit given his previous big-money politics. The very sight of him absolutely makes my flesh crawl, and has from the day he popped up on the scene.

And yet? I lost respect for him in this trial.