Month: September 2010

Mus Musculus Mortus

This one lasted nearly 4 months which is a darn sight better than the 6 week life span of its predecessor, but this evening the laptop’s Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 400 died. I’m guessing from the same malady that befell the first one back in April, it just quit working. The light was still functioning, but no amount of shaking or moving would get the cursor to follow suit and the button transceiver in the laptop’s USB post was quite hot to the touch.

It was the Emperor’s day off. Donna and I went for a 15 mile (actually 14.92) bike this morning. We threatened to drive to Walmart and buy a new mouse, but in the end we just stayed home and watched the last five episodes of Series 1 of New Street Law.

Started down, still down.
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Breakfast At Home

Not home, home, but the Home Cafe in Washington, GA. Six Miatas with 11 persons onboard made the drive to dine at the spot the locals eat at. From the Bogardus table we can recommend the hash browns and the pancakes, but the biscuit with sausage gravy was unexciting. We didn’t order any breakfast meat because we had cheated on the way to the rendezvous point in Evans, GA, we stopped for an appetizer at the Golden Arches. Sausage McMuffin for me and a breakfast burrito for Donna.

Started down, still down.
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Citgo Sign

Even though the Sox’s chances of making the playoffs are extremely thin*, I still believe. And back just in time off the disabled list to help them make that run to the post season is, Citgo Sign, the outside the park left fielder.

*Anywhere from 1.6%to 4% according to baseballprospectus.com. Although they are sinking fast as we speak because the FRS are trailing the Blue Jays 7-2 in the 5th inning.

Tonight, along with Take Me Out To The Ballgame, 218,000 new LED lights will once again illuminate the night above the Green Monster after 2 months of darkness.

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SAD

Posting here has been a little slack recently. I have several excuses lined up, including my nagging little back ache, the slight dissociative feeling from the pain pill for said back ache, company swarming the normally quiet home in Dunbarton Oaks and, I know this will be hard to believe because of my usual exciting life, nothing blogworthy has happened. But in all reality it is probably Seasonal Affective Disorder.

Not in the classical definition though as the days, although shortening a little each solar time segment, have not become short enough for that, but the realization that your favorite baseball team’s season is over. While not mathematically eliminated, the FRS really haven’t had a legitimate shot at making the playoffs for last three weeks at least. Baseball Prospectus has their odds of making the post season at 2%, but there is still hope. We still have 6 games left with the MFY and if Tampa Bay can beat them a majority of 5 games they have left with them…

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Glad To See You

We’ve been entertaining some of Donna’s family this week and tonight was the last night of their visit so we decided to buy an ice cream cake for dessert. We went to the local Marble Slab Creamery and picked out an already made cake and wanted them to put some writing on it. Donna told the girl behind the counter to put “Glad To See You” on it.

We picked up the cake this afternoon and didn’t even look at it until we opened it up this evening to serve it. I didn’t realize that Donn’s southern accent had become so pronounced…

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Forget the Sonata

For my grown up car I’m going to get on of these…

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARCyYS_tkDI

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