Happy Birthday, Sheryl!
We're home. Everything went relatively smoothly and yet we're still both exhausted because this is hard.
I hope you're both getting some good rest today.
Oh, yeah. There was this time I was pinned down by this guy that played left tackle for varsity... Well, at least he used to before he was a vampire... Anyway, he had this really, really thick neck, and all I had was a little, little Exact-O knife ... You're not loving this story.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Apr 17, 2023 7:45:25 am PDT #21713 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 17, 2023 8:38:29 am PDT #21714 of 30000
"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
Happy Birthday Sheryl!
I'm taking my mother in to have her hooked up to one of those wearable heart monitors today. Her doctors want to get some readings over time to see if anything has changed since the last time she had one (fairly recently), though the heart ultrasound she had at the hospital last week supposedly didn't indicate anything to be very concerned about.
DavidS - Apr 17, 2023 8:43:30 am PDT #21715 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I hope you're both getting some good rest today.
JZ got about 12 hours of sleep and I knew she was feeling perkier this morning because she immediately got in my way during my morning crunch time (aka, getting Matilda out the door) and I had to tell her to get the hell out of my kitchen.
Also, my voice was low this morning and so I was singing Beatles songs with a low, slow, rumbly, croaky Henry Kissinger impression.
"Do you vhant to know a secret. Ooh. Ah. Ooh. Do you promise not to tell. Ooh. Ahh. Ooh. I'm in luff with you."
Steph L. - Apr 17, 2023 9:01:17 am PDT #21716 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
JZ got about 12 hours of sleep and I knew she was feeling perkier this morning because she immediately got in my way during my morning crunch time (aka, getting Matilda out the door) and I had to tell her to get the hell out of my kitchen.
Intrinsic to kitchens' nature is that, as soon as you're in there, your spouse will suddenly need to be in there too and get underfoot. (This is not [solely] a complaint about Tim, because I do the same thing to him. There's just a magnetic pull to a kitchen occupied by one's spouse.)
Laura - Apr 17, 2023 9:09:05 am PDT #21717 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I'm taking my mother in to have her hooked up to one of those wearable heart monitors today.
May the reports give you peace of mind.
JZ got about 12 hours of sleep and I knew she was feeling perkier this morning because she immediately got in my way during my morning crunch time
Your bigger kitchen should make it easier!
DavidS - Apr 17, 2023 9:09:44 am PDT #21718 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Intrinsic to kitchens' nature is that, as soon as you're in there, your spouse will suddenly need to be in there too and get underfoot. (This is not [solely] a complaint about Tim, because I do the same thing to him. There's just a magnetic pull to a kitchen occupied by one's spouse.)
This is 100% true in my experience. They get sucked into your wake.
Tom Scola - Apr 17, 2023 9:38:29 am PDT #21719 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Glad to hear that JZ is recovering.
I’m sorry that the A’s don’t seem to be a very good baseball team this season, David.
Steph L. - Apr 17, 2023 9:45:12 am PDT #21720 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I’m sorry that the A’s don’t seem to be a very good baseball team this season, David.
I'm really not trying to one-up anyone here, but the Reds gave up 9 runs to the Phillies in THE FIRST INNING yesterday. That's so spectacularly bad that there should be a new category for it.
DavidS - Apr 17, 2023 9:59:40 am PDT #21721 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I’m sorry that the A’s don’t seem to be a very good baseball team this season, David.
Pshaw! If we had a semi-competent bullpen we would've beaten the Mets 2 out of 3 this weekend.
I'm not worried about the A's because they've already done some stellar bargain bin hunting in collecting guys like Brent Rooker and Ryan Noda for practically nothing. Guys they targeted in trades like Ruiz and Langeliers are looking like long term solutions up the middle - strong on defense and offense.
We haven't even started bringing up our top prospects yet: Soderstrom, Gelof and Miller are all in Triple-A. Speaking of Mason Miller, he just struck out 11 in 5 IP with no walks or hits allowed.
That's like Jacob deGrom in his prime. Mason Miller throws 102mph, with a filthy slider and an unhittable cutter.
And we've been stashing a shit-ton of high ceiling pitching while we traded off the major league team, so we're going to be returning to .500 by next season, and competitive again in 2025.
Whether they'll still be in Oakland in 2025 is a different question.
Right now I'm being amused by the Lansing Lugnuts (our High-A affiliate) who run out a lineup with Trenkle and Winkler at the top of the order, which you have to admit would be great names for Keebler elves.
Jessica - Apr 17, 2023 11:02:00 am PDT #21722 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Intrinsic to kitchens' nature is that, as soon as you're in there, your spouse will suddenly need to be in there too and get underfoot. (This is not [solely] a complaint about Tim, because I do the same thing to him. There's just a magnetic pull to a kitchen occupied by one's spouse.)
See also, kids and party guests. (This is why we knocked out the wall between the kitchen and the living room almost as soon as we moved in.)