4.15.2004
Oh, Christ. He did it a third time.
Super Comey: And there we go.
L2thaC: Linkaroo?
L2thaC: Shit, I don't know when to stop.
Super Comey: In my Buddy Info, Flanders.
Super Comey: And there we go.
L2thaC: Linkaroo?
L2thaC: Shit, I don't know when to stop.
Super Comey: In my Buddy Info, Flanders.
Well, Lonnie made it into my Blog. Twice.
L2thaC: Xo6StEpHy9oX: omg i had sex today and the guy was raw and didn't pull out
L2thaC: Well, that was dumb.
Xo6StEpHy9oX: im crossin my fingers and hair and everything i hope i'm not pregnant
L2thaC: Well if you would've crossed everything beforehand, you wouldn't be in this situation, now would you?
Super Comey: Tell her I said Hope's a good name for a kid these days, and she should look into that.
L2thaC: lol!
Super Comey: And when she asks "Who's Comey?", you say "A guy who's forgotten more than you'll ever learn."
Super Comey: And that's going in my Blog.
L2thaC: Whoo!
L2thaC: Tally one up for the Lonster.
L2thaC: Errr.
L2thaC: Damnit.
Super Comey: That's making it too, but because you're a douche.
L2thaC: Xo6StEpHy9oX: omg i had sex today and the guy was raw and didn't pull out
L2thaC: Well, that was dumb.
Xo6StEpHy9oX: im crossin my fingers and hair and everything i hope i'm not pregnant
L2thaC: Well if you would've crossed everything beforehand, you wouldn't be in this situation, now would you?
Super Comey: Tell her I said Hope's a good name for a kid these days, and she should look into that.
L2thaC: lol!
Super Comey: And when she asks "Who's Comey?", you say "A guy who's forgotten more than you'll ever learn."
Super Comey: And that's going in my Blog.
L2thaC: Whoo!
L2thaC: Tally one up for the Lonster.
L2thaC: Errr.
L2thaC: Damnit.
Super Comey: That's making it too, but because you're a douche.
So, I got a really late start to the day, thanks to a pain in my mouth.
I've had this pain for awhile, and Em wants me to go to the dentist on Monday. We ended up having a disagreement at 5:30am because of this.
I...*hate* the dentist.
I mean...*HATE*. H.A.T.E.
There is no other emphasis I could put on the visit to the dentist other than the word "hate". I can't stand the place, don't want to stand the place, and would rather not stand the place.
And yet...she's making me go.
Sigh.
Monday isn't far enough away.
I've had this pain for awhile, and Em wants me to go to the dentist on Monday. We ended up having a disagreement at 5:30am because of this.
I...*hate* the dentist.
I mean...*HATE*. H.A.T.E.
There is no other emphasis I could put on the visit to the dentist other than the word "hate". I can't stand the place, don't want to stand the place, and would rather not stand the place.
And yet...she's making me go.
Sigh.
Monday isn't far enough away.
I'm bringing this back, because it's so funny, it needs preserved forever. You will *never* find something as funny and surreal as this piece. You could tell the reporters doing this story had a field day with their word choice. I'd have killed to have written this piece...although I doubt I'd change a thing from the original copy, although it is missing an integral piece that I'll add within the article.
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Simon contrite after hitting mascot with bat
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ESPN.com news services
MILWAUKEE -- Pittsburgh first baseman Randall Simon was questioned by sheriff's officers after hitting one of the Milwaukee Brewers' sausage mascots with his bat during a game.
Simon
Deputy District Attorney Jon Reddin said he was reviewing tape of Wednesday night's sausage race and would decide later Thursday whether to file charges.
"Right now it's in the hands of the authorities," Major League Baseball spokesman Rich Levin said. "We'll wait and see what happens."
Simon was cited by the sheriff's department for disorderly conduct and fined $432. He can contest the citation at a Sept. 3 hearing, Sheriff David Clarke said.
Simon maintains he did not deliberately try to knock down the female mascot.
"That wasn't my intention in my heart for that to happen," he said before Thursday's Brewers-Pirates game. "I was just trying to get a tap at the costume and for her to finish the race."
Simon, who wasn't in Thursday's starting lineup, said he hopes to apologize to the woman before he leaves Milwaukee.
"I thought at the moment they were trying to play with us. They were running right next to the players," he said. "I'm a fun player, and I've never hurt anyone in my life."
Rock 102, a Milwaukee radio station, will allow listeners to take swings at a Simon pinata later in the afternoon
The Pirates issued a statement Thursday saying they do not condone Simon's behavior and will address this issue internally.
"The Pittsburgh Pirates apologize to the Milwaukee Brewers organization and to the Brewers' fans for this unfortunate incident," the statement read.
Pirates outfielder Reggie Sanders said he thought the weight of the sausage costume contributed to the fall.
"It maybe made it look worse than it was," Sanders said. "It was an unfortunate situation and, hopefully, it gets resolved."
Simon was taken to the Milwaukee County Jail after the game, won 2-1 by the Brewers in 12 innings. He was booked, released and ordered to appear in the district attorney's office.
Simon had been handcuffed in what is standard procedure for those taken to jail, Deputy Inspector Sherry Warichak of the sheriff's department said. She said he was "totally cooperative."
Four people in sausage costumes race around the infield warning track between the sixth and seventh innings at Brewers' games to entertain fans.
When the group went past the Pirates' dugout, Simon took a half swing at the Italian sausage character, hitting her from behind and causing her to tumble. When she fell, she knocked over the woman dressed as the hot dog.
They were doing the sausage race. He hit her with the baseball bat,'' said Warichak. "When he hit her, that other character fell.
"They both were treated at the scene for scraped knees, but at this point I don't think they have any other complaints."
Warichak identified the person in the Italian sausage costume as a 19-year-old woman from South Milwaukee whose first name is Mandy, and the person in the hot dog costume as a 21-year-old woman whose first name is Veronica.
The deputy inspector and Brewers spokesman Jon Greenberg declined to identify them further.
"The Pittsburgh Pirates apologize to the Milwaukee Brewers organization and to the Brewers' fans for this unfortunate incident," the team said.
Rick Schlessinger, Brewers' executive vice president for business operations, called Simon's conduct "one of the most outrageous things I've ever seen inside a ballpark or outside a ballpark. It sickened me to see it."
Greenberg said the racing sausages were scheduled to compete against racing pierogies (dumplings) at a series with the Pirates in Pittsburgh Aug. 15-17 and then again during a series between the teams Aug. 22-24 at Milwaukee.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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Simon contrite after hitting mascot with bat
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ESPN.com news services
MILWAUKEE -- Pittsburgh first baseman Randall Simon was questioned by sheriff's officers after hitting one of the Milwaukee Brewers' sausage mascots with his bat during a game.
Simon
Deputy District Attorney Jon Reddin said he was reviewing tape of Wednesday night's sausage race and would decide later Thursday whether to file charges.
"Right now it's in the hands of the authorities," Major League Baseball spokesman Rich Levin said. "We'll wait and see what happens."
Simon was cited by the sheriff's department for disorderly conduct and fined $432. He can contest the citation at a Sept. 3 hearing, Sheriff David Clarke said.
Simon maintains he did not deliberately try to knock down the female mascot.
"That wasn't my intention in my heart for that to happen," he said before Thursday's Brewers-Pirates game. "I was just trying to get a tap at the costume and for her to finish the race."
Simon, who wasn't in Thursday's starting lineup, said he hopes to apologize to the woman before he leaves Milwaukee.
"I thought at the moment they were trying to play with us. They were running right next to the players," he said. "I'm a fun player, and I've never hurt anyone in my life."
Rock 102, a Milwaukee radio station, will allow listeners to take swings at a Simon pinata later in the afternoon
The Pirates issued a statement Thursday saying they do not condone Simon's behavior and will address this issue internally.
"The Pittsburgh Pirates apologize to the Milwaukee Brewers organization and to the Brewers' fans for this unfortunate incident," the statement read.
Pirates outfielder Reggie Sanders said he thought the weight of the sausage costume contributed to the fall.
"It maybe made it look worse than it was," Sanders said. "It was an unfortunate situation and, hopefully, it gets resolved."
Simon was taken to the Milwaukee County Jail after the game, won 2-1 by the Brewers in 12 innings. He was booked, released and ordered to appear in the district attorney's office.
Simon had been handcuffed in what is standard procedure for those taken to jail, Deputy Inspector Sherry Warichak of the sheriff's department said. She said he was "totally cooperative."
Four people in sausage costumes race around the infield warning track between the sixth and seventh innings at Brewers' games to entertain fans.
When the group went past the Pirates' dugout, Simon took a half swing at the Italian sausage character, hitting her from behind and causing her to tumble. When she fell, she knocked over the woman dressed as the hot dog.
They were doing the sausage race. He hit her with the baseball bat,'' said Warichak. "When he hit her, that other character fell.
"They both were treated at the scene for scraped knees, but at this point I don't think they have any other complaints."
Warichak identified the person in the Italian sausage costume as a 19-year-old woman from South Milwaukee whose first name is Mandy, and the person in the hot dog costume as a 21-year-old woman whose first name is Veronica.
The deputy inspector and Brewers spokesman Jon Greenberg declined to identify them further.
"The Pittsburgh Pirates apologize to the Milwaukee Brewers organization and to the Brewers' fans for this unfortunate incident," the team said.
Rick Schlessinger, Brewers' executive vice president for business operations, called Simon's conduct "one of the most outrageous things I've ever seen inside a ballpark or outside a ballpark. It sickened me to see it."
Greenberg said the racing sausages were scheduled to compete against racing pierogies (dumplings) at a series with the Pirates in Pittsburgh Aug. 15-17 and then again during a series between the teams Aug. 22-24 at Milwaukee.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
By the way, there's something I saw from an old post I had on my LiveJournal that reminded me about something else.
Is there really such a thing as free will? Douglas Adams describes a scenario that means it's impossible.
Taken from my old journal ()
::It appears that we can't control our own destiny.
Douglas Adams made me think about an interesting point tonight. You can't control your own destiny without interrupting someone else's, and changing their path. And, if that was meant to be for them, and you altering their path WAS their destiny, then free will doesn't exist.
Can someone put me at ease here, so I don't think life is an exercise in futility?::
This is a very, very valid theory, and just dismays me to no end. Basically, what it's telling me is that my destiny is to sit on my can for the rest of my life. I've run into nobody who can alter my future (okay, I did run into Coach Kostelac, but the chances of me becoming a bigtime coach are ridiculously low) and I've rebuffed all opportunities to do such a thing in a field I don't want to be in.
Oy. I've lost my train of thought...almost destinic, eh?
(Is destinic even a word?)
Is there really such a thing as free will? Douglas Adams describes a scenario that means it's impossible.
Taken from my old journal ()
::It appears that we can't control our own destiny.
Douglas Adams made me think about an interesting point tonight. You can't control your own destiny without interrupting someone else's, and changing their path. And, if that was meant to be for them, and you altering their path WAS their destiny, then free will doesn't exist.
Can someone put me at ease here, so I don't think life is an exercise in futility?::
This is a very, very valid theory, and just dismays me to no end. Basically, what it's telling me is that my destiny is to sit on my can for the rest of my life. I've run into nobody who can alter my future (okay, I did run into Coach Kostelac, but the chances of me becoming a bigtime coach are ridiculously low) and I've rebuffed all opportunities to do such a thing in a field I don't want to be in.
Oy. I've lost my train of thought...almost destinic, eh?
(Is destinic even a word?)
It's tough to get out of bed with the notion that, in the grand scheme of things, nothing you'll ever do will ever matter.
I mean...time ends, right? At least, that's the theory people are sticking with right now. If time comes to an end...how does anything even matter? My head wants to explode at the thought that everything that any being, this world or not, has ever known, or will ever know, would cease to be.
Absolute nothingness is extremely scary. I'm guessing that's why go-getters are so upbeat...they're scared out of their minds.
At least I'm not one of THEM, with their upbeat attitudes and all-white casual walking shoes.
Mine are gray.
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Random thoughts aside, today was up and down. I got sidetracked with a stupid trip to H&R Block, and Em got on me about various things because I'm utterly forgetful. Tomorrow will probably be no different.
So, let's try this:
To-Do List - Thursday, April 15th:
Day:
Laundry
Clean up the front room
Pay bills (school loan)
Organize books on new bookcase
Mail in checks
Contact Phil Murren about uniforms
Night:
Pick up Jack for practice
Pick up Joe for practice
Practice - walkthrough for Saturday
Take home Jack from practice
Take home Joe from practice
Go home
Write column for .400, if my head is up for it
What a great-looking day.
Today's rating: 6 out of 10
Best part of day: Spending some time with Em, cheesesteak for dinner
Worst part of day: putting together the bookcase, going to H&R Block
I mean...time ends, right? At least, that's the theory people are sticking with right now. If time comes to an end...how does anything even matter? My head wants to explode at the thought that everything that any being, this world or not, has ever known, or will ever know, would cease to be.
Absolute nothingness is extremely scary. I'm guessing that's why go-getters are so upbeat...they're scared out of their minds.
At least I'm not one of THEM, with their upbeat attitudes and all-white casual walking shoes.
Mine are gray.
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Random thoughts aside, today was up and down. I got sidetracked with a stupid trip to H&R Block, and Em got on me about various things because I'm utterly forgetful. Tomorrow will probably be no different.
So, let's try this:
To-Do List - Thursday, April 15th:
Day:
Laundry
Clean up the front room
Pay bills (school loan)
Organize books on new bookcase
Mail in checks
Contact Phil Murren about uniforms
Night:
Pick up Jack for practice
Pick up Joe for practice
Practice - walkthrough for Saturday
Take home Jack from practice
Take home Joe from practice
Go home
Write column for .400, if my head is up for it
What a great-looking day.
Today's rating: 6 out of 10
Best part of day: Spending some time with Em, cheesesteak for dinner
Worst part of day: putting together the bookcase, going to H&R Block
4.14.2004
What the hell do people talk about talking to the moon for? I mean...in poems and songs and whatnot. Boy George (as I'm reading someone's LiveJournal...I don't condone Boy George in any way, shape, or form) discusses the moon and what he'd tell it...what the hell does the moon have to offer on any subject, and why do you respect its opinion so much that you'd share your inner-most dipshitted secrets with something that's several thousand miles away?
Christ...that's rather selfish, isn't it?
There is a cool line here...
"I can make you do...what I want you to"
I can dig that. I can't do that to anyone, but I tried to make a poem that ended with that. I guess I'm not jilted enough to really put it together.
I'm guessing that I only write in this Blog when I actually have something to write about.
Maybe...now that I have my office...I'll try writing every morning, should I wake up during that time frame.
Giddyup.
Christ...that's rather selfish, isn't it?
There is a cool line here...
"I can make you do...what I want you to"
I can dig that. I can't do that to anyone, but I tried to make a poem that ended with that. I guess I'm not jilted enough to really put it together.
I'm guessing that I only write in this Blog when I actually have something to write about.
Maybe...now that I have my office...I'll try writing every morning, should I wake up during that time frame.
Giddyup.
