Musical Trivia Question

Super-mega-dumb-easy-hyper-duh-greenhorn-rookie-hates-country-music-but-will-still-get-the-answer-because-like-DUUUUUH Edition:

What do you get when you work your fingers to the bone?

[No particular reason for posting this except that it just popped into my head, and I am now officially on vacation as of this afternoon, preparing to head up country tomorrow for to stalk the elusice blacktail deer and to meet up with my putative son here in a little more than a week]

Quote of the day

So I'm sadly watching my Angels drop yet another to the Wankees. But I did manage to scrape up a little bit of baseball goodness:

“Don Drysdale would consider an intentional walk a waste of three pitches. If he wants to put you on base, he can hit you with one pitch.” - Mike Shannon

For the (sadly, all to short) career of the legendary Sandy Koufax, see here. For some more great baseball quotes, this time specifically about those crazy knuckleballers, see here.

"I always thought the knuckleball was the easiest pitch to catch. Wait'll it stops rolling, then go to the backstop and pick it up." ― broadcaster and former catcher Bob Uecker

"There are two theories on hitting a knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them works." ― famed hitting coach Charlie Lau

"For a knuckleballer, a pitch count of 150 is not a problem. Unless it's the first inning." ― Dave Clark, author of The Knucklebook

Heh.

Quote of the day/Name That Book!

It's two (two!) two posts in one! Because I've not been posting often lately.

So I'm on my way home from work, listening to yet another book on CD. On my tiny little backroad that I take home, I passed a car going very slowly with his blinkers on. He waved me around, so I rolled down the window and asked if he needed help. He didn't, had a cell phone, all cool.

Later on the same road, I passed some goth-looking kids by a car parked at the side of the road, blinkers on, but they looked like they hadn't a care in the world and continued smoking butts and kind of waved "hi" as I went by, so I went on.

Then came the sirens. Firetruck passing me in the other direction. Then another. Then another. Then an ambulance. So I don't know what happened, and I can't find it on the local news/traffic websites, nor even on the CHP incident website. Backroads don't rate much, I guess.

But anyway, I heard a great line in my "book on CD" and thought I would share it to see if anyone still reading this lonely outpost of the blogosphere might recognize it (and I don't want to go out to the car to retrieve the CD, so it's close but only from a two-beered-up memory):

"So what's the plan?"
"Your call. You have two options. We could take you to the airport and fly you out. Six hours and it's over."
"What's the other option?"
"Chavez, how would you like to get the fucker that did this to you?"

Tachyon Meetings

I love them

Hilarious

Oh my God, this is funny. (Via Val)

Brilliant!

The first episode of Mr. Peabody and Sherman:



I saw it many years ago, loved the idea of the "Should Have Been" machine.

Minor observation: It could never be done today, certainly not the same way. Peabody is a "soldier of fortune" and his penthouse apartment has a bearskin rug and rifles on the wall.

HAHAHAHAHA!

Thanks Lisa!



"Later in the hour we'll look at the rumor sweeping the internet that Obama himself is born of fire..."

"Moving on, a new report finds extra-marital affairs cause happiness in scientists."

HAHAHAHAHA!

I'm a bad person

Because I find this funny.

This too:

Quote of the day

And speaking of the darling Emily, here is a quote for the day:

We shouldn't begrudge people for being born on third base, but we sure do have the right to call bullshit when they try and act like they hit a triple to get there.

So true.

Thanks, I needed that

Oh man, long, intense day and I was in great need of some amusement.

And the Lovely Emily provided it.

Country singer Blake Shelton tweaking the PETArds.

PETA: Thanks 4 spreadin’ the word, animal testing breaks hearts!
SHELTON: So does a 30-06 at 150 yards!!!

BWAHAHA!

Read the whole exchange.

For our buddy Dave E

Oh man, Dave, I know you're on pins and needles. 5 to 5, top of the 12th but the Tiggers have bases loaded with two out.

UPDATE: Oh good. Dave will not slit his wrists tonight.

Righteous

So the Strange and Odd Mr. Bingley stumbles across a great video. It's by the same person who posted this:



Ha! Most excellent on both! Much like the person who keeps on making those Hitler videos:



And speaking of righteous:

How cool is that?

Recently on Facebook, I reconnected with some old friends, including some with whom I went all the way from kindergarten through high school. One of them, just a few months ago, had lunch with our second grade teacher (second grade being damned near 45 years ago). So I sent a letter to said teacher. And just this evening got a response from her (who, I learn from said letter, lives pretty near another gal who was in our kindergarten class).

Said teacher is 83 years old, doing well, traveling the world including a recent cruise to Antarctica.

How cool is that?