Random Thoughts

[Who Shot Sam?]

Its very sad to see a once great forum, unselfishly championed by some very great people, fizzle out. I wonder if the tolerance to alternate opinions to the board consensus would have kept the fire alive. Instead, through defamation of views inconsistent with the majority, the board worked feverishly to purge the forum of dissenting opinions. Opinions that induced fire and vitriole, but at least induced SOMETHING...real thinking.

Talk about over-egging the pudding. I think the lack of action here has more to do with the fact that people interact differently, via Facebook, Twitter, whatever.

[ice nine]

http://americanmustacheinstitute.org/

[verbal gymnastics]

It's interesting to read WSS, Bamboo and Mr A's views about the Board and what's been happening lately.

My own view is that the Board is not so active anymore because of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter etc. I personally have no time for them (probably because I'm not a very sociable person ). A few Board members have emailed and sent facebook details etc. However, I have their email addresses so if I want to contact them I can.

Additionally, many of us have been on this Board since its inception from the old Board and others go back to the EC website Board.

Personally I've made many good friends who I have and have not physically met.

But from my own experience, in the 7 or so years this particular version of the Board has been going, I am now busier at work, I have a 2 year old and another mini-me due in July. My time is more limited. It doesn't mean I don't lurk around (I regularly check for tour dates) but I don't necessarily log in and post.

[Jack of All Parades]

Saw my first crocus bloom today, within the snow, and thought I heard the crack of ball on bat on the radio- "my heart leaps up"!!!

[mood swung]

Sitting here thanking the weather gods for what amounts to a life-saving weekend of sun, soccer, puupy class, family time. Oscars up next after some fabulou(relatively since I made it) chicken chili.


I love everybody right now.

[mood swung]

Worst. Allergy. Season. EVER.

[verbal gymnastics]

Busiest period of my life. Ever.

And Mini VG2 will be here in July so things should get quieter then...!

[mood swung]

In my family, every time a new family member came along, it was like a bomb leveled our family structure and we had to rebuild. In a good way. I'm excited for Mini VG I & II, Mrs VG and you too, VG.

[ice nine]

Spend the Sabbath with Allen Toussaint

http://www.tourosynagogue.com/

[mood swung]

guess which kid is mine.
http://greenevillesun.mycapture.com/myc ... ryID=23076

[verbal gymnastics]

The iPhone is a fantastic invention.

I don't even use half of it either!

[oily slick]

I feel the same way about my Impala.

[mood swung]

Not your Thunderbird?

[ElCos1313]

Worst. Allergy. Season. EVER.

Agreed

[mood swung]

and it's still going on!


Yesterday, I had "Imma Be" stuck in my head all day. This morning, "Send Lawyers, Guns & Money."



Huh!!

[ice nine]

Whatever happen to killer bees?

[Boy With A Problem]

Whatever happen to killer bees?

Speedball in the Chateau Marmont.

[Jack of All Parades]

I am wearing my cap backwards today in honor of #24- you played the game the way I only wish I could have played!

[alexv]

Can you reach any higher, CS? Love Griffey. No steroids; did it the right way. Home run leaders: Aaron, Ruth, Mays, Griffey. bonds, McGuire, Sosa have big asterisks. ARod will pass them, and although he admitted steroid use for a couple of years, I will give him a pass since he was awesome from the beginning, and all the way through. The other guys' numbers had huge jumps once they got juiced, not ARod. But Griffey is the man. Can you imagine how many he would have hit if juiced?

[Jack of All Parades]

Forget the notion of 'juicing' Alexv, I am always struck by the thought of how many more he would have hit had he stayed relatively injury free in his later career. Junior was the best player I saw in the modern era up until ARod and Pujols. His swing was poetry and to watch him roam the outfield was a 'thing divine'. It is something to contemplate that the franchise in Seattle gave us Junior, ARod, arguably the best DH of the modern era, Edgar Martinez and now the gifted Ichiro-if they had only had some pitching!!!!! That is a nice progression of talent over the last twenty some years.

[Jack of All Parades]

No regrets with getting the MLB baseball package-having now witnessed the opening game of what could be an alltime career- Mr Strasberg has nasty stuff- this is going to be fun- and all too soon to come the newest phenom, having been drafted yesterday.

[verbal gymnastics]

Does anybody still watch The Simpsons?

I found that I missed a couple of episodes on series link and then just realised I wasn't unduly fussed. I didn't even reset the series link.

[oily slick]

I think Tony Hayward is going to commit suicide.

[mood swung]

And he is ?


It is 4:41 am and the grand-dogs are restless.


anybody else up?

I am officially addicted to Bouncing Balls.

[oily slick]

BP CEO