the last week
I might be getting sick. I felt too groggy to go out birding on the wonderful day that was Thursday, but my biggest symptom was a general lack of appetite and an incredible capacity for sleep. I slept 15 hours between 8am Wed. when I went to bed and 8am Thursday morning, when I tried to get up. I've been Airborne-ing to try to be prepared for Arisia, as I don't want to be one of this year's plaguebearers.
A couple notes from the web:
This panel of Peanuts describes one aspect of our household entirely
Sheldon asks what Battlestar Galactica fans are called
alcippe links to this kind of Wizard of Speed and Time (but less the plot) video
urbpan has a pet meme, which seems appropriate
1. Do I have any pets? How many, and names?
Nieve and Oso are our dogs (golden retrievers). Dangermouse, Flake, and Templar are our cats. We no longer own any ferrets.
2. What was my first pet?
Well, Menace was this huge dog from when I was 3ish - it was quickly decided that he was way to large for our small house and yard. I have perhaps one or two vague memories of him, but perhaps not. There were a number of fish (including a series of red-tailed sharks I named "Ranger Rick") before the first dog I was old enough to actually remember (named, creatively, "Snoopy")
3. Is there an animal I would never have as a pet?
Pretty much anything wild that didn't insist on being tamed. No wolf hybrids - for that matter, no northern breeds of dogs, or anything that will try to be more stubborn than I am. I'm not into reptiles either.
4. What common pet have I always wanted, but never had? Why not?
Other than joking with wren13 about getting the dogs a llama, nothing, really. I've found my niceh of pet ownership with my golden retrievers.
5. What wild animal (extinct or not) would I own if I didn't have to worry about its adjustment or the cost of captivity?
Well, the anachronism of Passenger Pigeons is appealing. I by "adjustment" they include "you don't have to worry about it eating you - or worse", I like some of the bears I have seen, very playful critters, and tremendously cute.
On a very different topic, this is the time of year that the Baseball Writers Assoc. of America vote for National Baseball Hall of Fame (HoF). I won't go into the details of how it works, but will include (behind the cut) who I would vote for this year, if I had a vote
I wouldn't disagree with some others, but wouldn't vote for them myself (in alphabetical order): Tony Fernandez, Orel Hershisher, Don Mattingly, Dale Murphy (maybe once Dawson is in, I'd vote for Dale), Bret Saberhagen
A couple notes from the web:
This panel of Peanuts describes one aspect of our household entirely
Sheldon asks what Battlestar Galactica fans are called
alcippe links to this kind of Wizard of Speed and Time (but less the plot) video
urbpan has a pet meme, which seems appropriate
1. Do I have any pets? How many, and names?
Nieve and Oso are our dogs (golden retrievers). Dangermouse, Flake, and Templar are our cats. We no longer own any ferrets.
2. What was my first pet?
Well, Menace was this huge dog from when I was 3ish - it was quickly decided that he was way to large for our small house and yard. I have perhaps one or two vague memories of him, but perhaps not. There were a number of fish (including a series of red-tailed sharks I named "Ranger Rick") before the first dog I was old enough to actually remember (named, creatively, "Snoopy")
3. Is there an animal I would never have as a pet?
Pretty much anything wild that didn't insist on being tamed. No wolf hybrids - for that matter, no northern breeds of dogs, or anything that will try to be more stubborn than I am. I'm not into reptiles either.
4. What common pet have I always wanted, but never had? Why not?
Other than joking with wren13 about getting the dogs a llama, nothing, really. I've found my niceh of pet ownership with my golden retrievers.
5. What wild animal (extinct or not) would I own if I didn't have to worry about its adjustment or the cost of captivity?
Well, the anachronism of Passenger Pigeons is appealing. I by "adjustment" they include "you don't have to worry about it eating you - or worse", I like some of the bears I have seen, very playful critters, and tremendously cute.
On a very different topic, this is the time of year that the Baseball Writers Assoc. of America vote for National Baseball Hall of Fame (HoF). I won't go into the details of how it works, but will include (behind the cut) who I would vote for this year, if I had a vote
- Bert Blylevan - 287 wins, 3.31 era, 3701 strikeouts, best curveball of a couple generations - he should be there
- Goose Gossage - an unbelievable closer, back before closer meant 1 inning (maybe). 1502 strikeouts in relief? Please!
- Lee Smith - 2nd all time in saves, playing for the Cubs (not exactly the best team in many of those years). A fearsome presence on the mound.
- Cal Ripken Jr. - 431 HR's - most all time for short stops (before A-Rod came along), and the ironman streak make him a lock
- Tony Gwynn - .338 average, 135 HR and 319SB. If Boggs is in (and he should be) and Rod Carew is in (he should be), so should Tony Gwynn.
- Andre Dawson - 438HR, 314SB, MVP, 8 gold gloves in right field.
- Mark McGwire - 583HR. He's just too good, extra-curricular chemistry or not.
- Alan Trammell - a great shortstop, overshadowed by Ripken, and to a lesser extent, others.
I wouldn't disagree with some others, but wouldn't vote for them myself (in alphabetical order): Tony Fernandez, Orel Hershisher, Don Mattingly, Dale Murphy (maybe once Dawson is in, I'd vote for Dale), Bret Saberhagen