Around this time of year, Little Debbie starts coming out with various 4th of July themed goodies. I noticed that on the back of the box for their "Stars and Stripes" cupcakes they've put a primer on how to display the American flag.

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It's that my fantasy league baseball team sucks that bad.

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From my friend Gordon Tatro:

This was a pretty interesting story from The Sunday Wichita Eagle Newspaper a couple of weeks ago. A resident in the area saw a ball bouncing around kind of strange in a nearby pond and went to investigate. It turned out to be a flathead catfish who had obviously tried to swallow a child's basketball which became stuck in its mouth!!

The fish was totally exhausted from trying to dive, but unable to because the ball would always bring him back up to the surface. The resident tried numerous times to get the ball out, but was unsuccessful. He finally had his wife cut the ball in order to deflate it and release the hungry catfish.

He finishes up with this bit of wisdom:

I suppose you need pictures in order to believe this? OK... But just remember:

Be kinder than necessary...
for every creature you meet (be they human or not)...
is fighting some kind of battle.

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ZZ Bub.

"Lord take me downtown. I'm just looking for some tush."

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1 Ted, you need some professional help.

Posted by: Victor at May 23, 2005 08:06 AM (L3qPK)

2 As long as you say that with a smile...

Posted by: Ted at May 23, 2005 08:57 AM (blNMI)

3 I think it's brilliant. Ted's an artist, reinventing himself in his medium each time.

Posted by: shank at May 23, 2005 01:50 PM (+H1yK)

4 LOL!

Posted by: JohnL at May 23, 2005 04:44 PM (YVul2)

5 John L stole my comment...

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Maybe the US should head north and provide a little (re)democratization in Canada. The political situation there has gone way beyond farce.

I'd love to see a contingent of Iraqi peacekeepers patrolling the streets of Ottawa.

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The butler did it.

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My "official" email address has changed over on the sidebar. The hotmail account has been gradually overrun by spam, so I'm making the switch to Gmail. You'll still be able to reach me at the old account, but be aware that my response might be delayed because I'm not checking it as often as I used to.

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1 Wondered what was up with that... I emailed stating I'd borrowed your google bomb and even did a post about it, and never heard back if you minded... I don't like doing things w/o asking permission first. :-P

Posted by: John at May 18, 2005 08:40 AM (GuDvW)

2 I don't mind at all, just hadn't had a chance to let you know. Saw the post and your email this morning, but had to run and can't access the hotmail account from work, so I was going to respond tonight.

That's me, a day late and a dollar short.

Posted by: Ted at May 18, 2005 09:12 AM (blNMI)

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One of my little foibles is that I hate to mispronounce someone's name. I won't remember it (I'm terrible with faces and names), but I'll absolutely work on the pronounciation until I get it right before forgetting it.

A couple of blogging friends have names that I'm sure I butcher, even if only in my mind.

Boudicca - I pronounce it "bow (like the front of a ship) dee-cha", and the emphasis goes on either of the first two sylables interchangably, for no good reason.

Prochein Amy - In my mind, I say "pro-cheen", rhymes with protein. Dunno if that's right or not.

There are others too, but mostly I can suss 'em out if I don't know right off how to say it. So there ya go, I fret over mispronouncing names. Weird, eh?

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1 These are my guesses:
Boudicca - Bodiqua.
Prochein - Pro-sheen. Like Indochine, or Prairie du chien.

?

Posted by: shank at May 17, 2005 10:56 AM (+H1yK)

2 pronouncing names correctly is a good way to avoid embarassment and I'm a big proponent of that. I worked as a P.A. announcer for a pro hockey team for a while, a lot of odd names on every roster. It's usually the ones that look tame that really get ya. There's nothing worse than mispronouncing a player's name when they're sitting 4 feet from you in the penalty box. Rest assured that they will correct you in a heartbeat.

Posted by: Derek at May 17, 2005 11:05 AM (wEVXE)

3 Boudicca: "Boo-DEEK-ka"
Prochein: "Pro-Chay'n" (the ' is there because it's not quite three syllables. Run it together quickly, like if you were drunk...)

And if you're ever curious, it's "Den-EE-ta" ;-)

--TwoDragons

Posted by: Denita TwoDragons at May 17, 2005 01:18 PM (nwO5C)

4 Denita, I never doubted about how to pronounce your name. I can say that now without feeling stoopid because I was already saying it correctly.

Posted by: Ted at May 17, 2005 06:14 PM (+OVgL)

5 Opps, I was even saying Prochein wrong!!!! LOL!!! www.dictionary.com was not much help!

Posted by: Amy at May 18, 2005 07:28 PM (tPzR0)

6 Ted--COOL! It's surprisingly rare for someone to get it right on the first try, despite what seems to be rather cut-and-dry phonetics. Three years later I still have neighbors that pronounce my name "Den-EYE-ta" or "Dih-NET-ta". For many years I had a kindly old lady who lived down the street from my childhood home, who insisted on calling me "DON-ee-ta".

To say the least of the myriad derisive derivatives... Just be glad "Ted" isn't hard to fob up or turn into a nasty insult... ;-)

As for the others, did anyone find out how they're actually pronounced?

--TwoDragons

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The headline reads "At Least 24 Iraqis Killed; 50 Bodies Found".

Uh, yeah. In my school 50 was more than 24.

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1 maybe they all weren't iraqis.

Where do you bury the survivors?

Posted by: shank at May 17, 2005 10:57 AM (+H1yK)

2 I didn't think of that, although I'd suppose the survivors would bitch if they tried to bury them.

Posted by: Ted at May 17, 2005 06:16 PM (+OVgL)

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It wasn't.

I remember looking at my watch and seeing it was nearing 9pm when we dashed for our cars through the rain. At this point, we'd been standing around under cover for at least a half hour.

The game resumed at 9:40pm after the storms rolled on out.

So those tickets we all bought aren't any good. I'm mildly annoyed at the length of the delay, because by then most everybody had to have left the stadium. Then again, I realize that minor league teams probably have a razor thin profit margin and will do most anything to avoid rainouts. Oh well, at least we got to see a good inning and a half of baseball.

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Last year on May 11th, I posted this picture, showing a small flower bed in my front yard and describing what I was hoping would happen.

Here's the same bed this year, taken this morning (in the extended entry). You don't need a lot of space for a spectacular flower bed, especially if you go vertical with it. more...

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We'll be at the stadium in front of (or near) the ticket windows between 5:30 and 6:00. I've emailed our cell phone number to those who expressed interest, so if you haven't heard from me, let me know in the comments.

Background and details here.

I'm looking forward to meeting y'all.

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main-frame ('mAn-frAm noun): An obsolete device still used by thousands of obsolete companies and government entities, serving billions of obsolete customers and obsolete constituents, making huge obsolete profits for obsolete shareholders, and this year's obsolete models run twice as fast as last year's.

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If you type "36DD" into Google, you'll get page after page of porn sites.

If you type "36HH" into Google, you'll get page after page of online bra stores.

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Official results later, after we locate some missing absentee ballots.

Also, I'd like to officially announce that there was almost zero participation by minorities in the voting process, but it was due to the fact that my street cred is right up there alongside Pat Boone, not that we disenfranchised an entire class of people for nefarious purposes.

In the meantime, enjoy the apparent winner, subject to change by recount or lawsuit.

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I don't know and I don't care.

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Nothing in particular, I just love the way that sounds when you say it loudly.

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I'll be wearing a cap and holding a pennant.

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1 "Yes. This is John Malkovich and I've got an idea for a film about zombies trying to understand a baseball game..."

Posted by: Tuning Spork at May 11, 2005 09:26 PM (lEB6y)

2 P.S. That photo is golden. And your photoshop skills are improving!

Posted by: Tuning Spork at May 11, 2005 09:31 PM (lEB6y)

3 Strange Strange Strange Dad!

Posted by: The other daughter at May 11, 2005 09:54 PM (+OVgL)

4 Just how *are* we going to work that out?

Posted by: Victor at May 11, 2005 10:05 PM (Sx8zO)

5

Posted by: Tuning Spork at May 11, 2005 11:46 PM (lEB6y)

6 For some reason, a quote from "Steel Magnolias" popped into my head: "I'd recognize that penmanship anywhere. You've got the handwritin' of a serial killer." I laughed my ass off at this entry -- thanks for that!

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This one *is* naughty enough to go into the extended entry, but I just couldn't pass up on the title.

(not even remotely safe for work) more...

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It's art dammit. I'm not hiding it in the extended entry.

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