“I have been up to see the Congress, and they do not seem to be able to do anything except eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving.” - Robert E. Lee
Posted in Entertainment, Family on May 26th, 2008
Mommy died.
My Mommy.
Your Mommy.
Everybody’s Mommy.
Thelma Keane, the inspiration for Mommy in The Family Circus, died Friday, the Arizona Republic reports.
Thelma Keane, depicted as Mommy in The Family Circus cartoon, died of Alzheimer’s disease Friday at age 82.
Bil Keane’s cartoons reflected his family’s at-home adventures through Billy, Dolly, Jeffy, PJ and their parents. His wife, “Thel” [...]
During the time I wore my country’s uniform, I was mostly in a situation where I was at home. That is, I got up in the morning and went to work.
Only, instead of driving to a factory or an office, I went to an Army post.
We’d occasionally deploy on a training exercise, but those really [...]
Posted in Sports on May 26th, 2008
It doesn’t take much to ruin your night.
It took 1 inning to ruin the Columbus Catfish‘ night.
The Asheville Tourists (Rockies) put up 6 runs in the 5th inning, on their way to a 9-3 win over the Catfish Sunday night.
Posted in Entertainment, Food and Drink on May 25th, 2008
Yesterday, The Wife and I went to the movies. And saw the new Indiana Jones movie. Read about it here (warning, spoilers!).
Went to the early show. One of them, anyway. They were showing it every 15 minutes. And we caught the last of the early shows. Paid matinée price.
Which meant we only paid $13.50 for [...]
Posted in Entertainment on May 25th, 2008
The Wife and I went to the movies yesterday.
We don’t go a lot. Which is a shame. I really enjoy going to the movies.
The thing is, there isn’t often anything worth paying $9.00 to see. That both The Wife and I want to see, at least.
You see, I like going to the movies better than [...]
Posted in Sports on May 25th, 2008
It was a pitchers’ duel most of the night. But the last inning at bat for the Asheville Tourists (Rockies) proved the undoing for the Columbus Catfish Saturday night.
The Catfish suffered their 3rd straight loss — and 9th loss in 12 games — to Asheville, 4-2.
Posted in Sports on May 24th, 2008
Just when things look promising, reality rears its ugly head.
After 3 close games with the Hickory Crawdads (Pirates) … including a win on Wednesday … the Columbus Catfish weren’t even in the game Friday night, losing 12-2:
Columbus got the scoring going in the 1st when Reid Fronk’s groundout scored Maiko Loyola, who had doubled to [...]
Posted in Sports on May 22nd, 2008
After snapping the Hickory Crawdads‘ (Giants) 8-game winning streak the night before, the Columbus Catfish found themselves on the short end of a 2-1 decision to Hickory.
Hickory scored a pair of runs in the 3rd to take an early 2-0. The Catfish narrowed the score in the 7th…
Posted in Sports on May 21st, 2008
The Hickory Crawdads‘ (Giants) 8-game winning streak began … and ended … with the Columbus Catfish.
Eight days ago, the Catfish dropped the first of three straight to Hickory, who then swept Rome in 4, then beat the Catfish last night.
Tonight, the Catfish edged Hickory 2-1 to snap the South Atlantic League’s current longest winning streak.
Posted in Sports on May 20th, 2008
P Woods Fines, a member of the 2007 South Atlantic League champions Columbus Catfish made his 2008 debut tonight, but had a rough night of it as the Catfish fell, 7-5, to the Hickory Crawdads (Pirates).
Fines went 4 innings, allowing 7 runs on 10 hits, including a pair of 2-run homers, taking the loss. The [...]
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