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"The weather today is an increasing trend towards denial."
The woman I live with mentioned that Red Buttons died, which led to me having one of those "I thought he was dead already?" moments. Since I thought he'd long since passed, I can't say it was especially sad news for me, but God rest his soul. It's funny, cause I've heard he's this iconic comedian, but I knew him best and loved him most for his role in Pete's Dragon, one of the greatest movies of ALL TIME. Yes. Red played Hoagy, in that movie. Remember, the Doc's stuttering sidekick? Btw, someone pointed out to me sometime ago that Jim Dale, who plays Doc Terminus in that movie, is the guy who does the Harry Potter audiobooks. So that's pretty cool. I love when my fandoms randomly crossover.
Astros @ the Fish yesterday and for the record, AUBREY HUFF SUCKS. **laughs** I disliked him immensely by the third inning, and he didn't endear himself to me any further in the 8th. I had the game figured for a 1-0, or 2-1 final, but the baby pitcher puncher saw to that. It was a really well-pitched mano-y-mano game from Willis and Oswalt for awhile. Neither factored into the decision, though. Of course. Also, I had no idea about Huff's father! (He was shot and killed breaking up a fight, when Huff was six.) How terrible.
Couple notes of interest on the A's: DJ has been sent down, which I know saddens cookie2697. Oh the upswing, Swish will be playing first, and my tickets for next week are on the first baseside (where I rarely ever sit, so that's gonna be weird). So. Silver lining. Kinda. Yes. Also, Rich won't travel with the team to Baltimore, since he wanted to get a second opinion on his elbow before he started throwing again. Hope he hasn't had a **coughs** setback **coughs**. I thought it was interesting that he would have his agent tell the front office he didn't want to throw, as opposed to feeling comfortable enough with the training and pitching staff to say "I don't feel right doing this." Or whatever. Or maybe Urban just likes to stir shit up, and that's fairly par for the course. Chavvy is sitting out the Boston series which, quite frankly, scares the hell out of me.
Dribblers: The A's have eased up on their unpopular -- with players, anyway -- ban of beer in the clubhouse and on the team plane. Due to liability concerns, the home clubhouse in Oakland will remain dry because players typically drive to and from work, but visiting teams are welcome to provide their own adult beverages, and the A's are once again allowed to partake -- "within reason," a source said -- on the team plane and in the clubhouse while on the road.
Which is all fine and dandy til guys start getting ROWDY on the team charter. Just ask offspeed >.> InsideBayArea said the ban was only three weeks old - anyone know what prompted it? **pointedly looks in the general direction of a sophomore closer**
Hmm, three months ago today, a handful of us woke up and lost our collective shit for a few days over the thought that Beck had traversed beyond the veil, never to be seen or heard from again. Which begs the question - have you hugged your favorite fandom writers recently? ^_~ And are all the Beck secondary archives up to date? :P
eta: johnnybvo, have you heard about Crank?