Okay, who knew that Brad Pitt was filming The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which is based on an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story, and neglected to tell me?
Obviously I gave up on that whole posting-every-day thing. I blame being sick, although that’s really just a handy crutch in this case.
I know I look frightened in this picture, but what the hell. This is me, Sherrie, and Scott McCaughey, who is awesome and cool and a gret musician.
Also, I am far too old to stay out late on a schoolnight and then go to work the next day.
I was looking for my digital cooking thermometer earlier and I can’t find it. Now I’m looking for my oral thermometer so I can take my own temperature, but I can’t find that either. Both of these are missing, in spite of the fact that I’ve used them in the past two weeks.
What do we think the likelihood is that I have thermometer gremlins?
Sox are frontrunners for Lugo
The Globe’s Nick Cafardo reported that the Sox appear to be clear frontrunners for shortstop Julio Lugo.
Seriously, Theo, do we have to go over this again? If you don’t sign Gonzo, I’ll be driving up to Boston and picketing Fenway.
Am I the only one who thinks that paying $51 million just to have the right to *talk* to a player is an absolutely disgustingly obscene amount? Not to go all bleeding heart liberal, but think of all the starving children that would feed.
Very, VERY high up on the List of Things You Should NEVER Say to Mel is the following:
I would say that U2 was the best rock band of the 80s because I don’t think of REM as a ROCK band.
– Danielle, after I mentioned this Slate article on REM vs. U2
Needless to say, she was subjected to a ten minute rant on Why Having Losing My Religion as the Song That Is Representative of REM’s Sound Is an Injustice Not Unlike Derek Jeter Winning a Golden Glove.
I’m watching one of those countdown shows on VH-1 that does so well. Give me a marathon or a countdown and I’ll sit in front of my TV for hours and hours on end–a truth that Bravo and VH-1 seem to take advantage of all the damn time. This is something like 100 Most I Love the 80s Strikes Back Songs of All Time. Y’all, Kajagoogoo didn’t get this much press when they had a hit song!
Anyway, they just featured A-Ha’s “Take on Me.” I would like to go on record as saying that this is the best music video ever. No, really. Ever.
Dude, how is The Cure’s “Just Like Heaven” so far up on this list? No way is that better than “Love is a Battlefield.”
The Silver Sluggers were awarded on Friday. Derek Jeter won one, of course.
I predict that on Monday he’ll pick up the award for Rookie of the Year.
To make up for two days of not posting, I give you a two post day.
In between being very productive and doing lots of work today, Nicole and Danielle and I were carrying on a little email conversation. Nicole requested a poem, and so Danielle and I obliged, taking turns writing the lines.
Pedroia once played in Pawtucket…
where he lost hair on his head by the bucket.
He played second base
With a SERIOUS face…
And told Mark Loretta to suck it.
I would like to say that I was unable to post for the past two days because I was out of town, but that would be a lie. Mostly I was too incoherent with glee over the election and subsequent Rumsfeld resignation to form a complete sentence.
Thanks to Danielle for pointing me towards the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time: D-backs unveil new colors, new look: Four combinations of jerseys feature three fresh shades. Please do yourself a favor and go look at the photo gallery. Because while the new uniforms are certainly an improvement over the crazy purple/teal extravaganza of the past, the truly amusing part is the players who had to PUT ON A FASHION SHOW. Seriously, that is comedy gold. It becomes even more amusing (to me, anyway) if you imagine the Red Sox players doing it. Jason Varitek + fashion show = Mel dies of laughter.
