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Opening Day Approaches...
Matt "the Bison" Kemp helps Abby on Sesame street in the Cutest. Video. Ever.
As a side note, Vin Scully once dated Joan Ganz Cooney, In fact, he took her to the post '55 World Series celebration, after Brooklyn won their only World Series.
Another favorite Kemp video of mine: geekianna, extreme cuteness, baseballThe_____ Things Make a Post Meme...
The Brazil trip is postponed until at least March whilst we try to figure out the visa sitch*, and also because the tickets will be way cheaper. The visa thing is weird. My visa is one set of fees because I have a Jersey drivers license, while the vp's is another because his license is from Maine. The rules are more complicated than those of some ( Read more... )Eureka and Alphas
Eureka was fun, what with Vi and Wesley Crusher and Dr. Stan "You wouldn't like me when I'm angry" Lee.
Meanwhile, I am enjoying Alphas quite a bit. Not as much as I liked the first season of Heroes, but certainly more than the later seasons. This last episode was quite intense...
( Spoiler for this week's Alphas... )Batting Practice Is Not for the Faint of Heart...
...or the slow of reflexes.
Edited to remove what turned out to be a faked up advertisement. I should know better.
Another Weekend in the Books
The weather critters predicted rain for the weekend, but apart from a passing thundershower last evening that was all sound and fury but no actual rain in my neighborhood, it was quite nice. It was even warm enough to ride sans pullover. This morning I brought the 3-speed down from the attic, and took down to the path for the first time this year. ( Read more... )In Brightest Day...
They're making a Green Lantern movie! How cool is that? And how cool is this little kid for asking the big question?
Reason Number Eleventy-Something...
...why I'm not a famous writer/blogger. It's because even when I'm on to something neat, I fail to get the flash of inspiration necessary to take it to the next level. Unlike, say, Joe Posnanski, who upon discovering I Write Like, submitted some of his own prose*, but didn't just stop there.
* He got David Foster Wallace, too. One can make the ( Read more... )Readercon 21
Spent a long weekend in Burlington, MA, riding my bike, eating terrific barbeque, and attending Readercon 21. The weather was really muggy, but otherwise I had a pretty good time. I drove up Friday morning, so I missed Thursday night's session, which looked like it had some interesting stuff. Anyway....
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