Pictures of States

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Calf-Naming contest

I need a name for Juliet's heifer calf. She has a sister named Delilah. The Grandmother is Julep. No limits on entries. I am the sole arbiter. Winner gets 5 dollars.

Cleverness, cuteness, shortness and related to the Mother's name in some way are all desirable qualities.

Go for it.

Big Papi and Little Papi

John Papelbon is something else. David Ortiz is too. Schilling ain't so bad either.

Beware of Peeps Bearing Gifts

In celebration of Easter, here is a story about a Peeps diorama contest run by the Binghamton newspaper. Maybe something got into the water after all those years of holding Odyssey of the Mind States in Binghamton.

Daniel F.'s Cat

Click to enlarge, if you dare. Hat tip: Tim Blair

Baseball Thoughts

Mike Myers, the pitcher, is Joe Torre's long lost son. Really. Line 'em up, side by side.

Matsuzaka has a great face and a winning smile. I was lukewarm to having him join the Red Sox. But he's growing on me. Also, he fields his position well. I like JD Drew, too. I like these rural guys (Papelbon) who spend their time hunting in the offseason.

I really like the Yankees announcers. Jerry and Don are fine and funny, but the Yankees announcers are really baseball people and very serious. Lots of good analysis and no more biased than the RS. Also, I'll take YES over NESN. The endless promos on NESN are tiresome. The babes are nice, too, but they take it all more seriously on YES. Michael Kay has a great voice.

If you haven't checked out 38pitches yet, I highly recommend it. Schilling is unique and special. His writing is far more interesting than what you'll find on the sports pages.

Incredible win today for the Yankees. I'd have preferred that they lose, but I'm happy for ARod. He is a great player (like it or not) and the fans there won't get off his back. In four games, the Yankees starter has made it through the fifth inning only once. And why is Brian Cashman considered such a great baseball guy? Why isn't he able to construct an omnipotent team with the resources he's given? Just asking.

Typically nasty weather

12 degrees at 0430. It snowed yesterday. In Cincinnati.

Joey and Ellen and Brenda and Adrian had a good weekend

And Joey had a really, really, really good weekend. Here is the proof, in an article about last weekend's Michael Harms festival. And because the Evening Sun never keeps these things up for long, here's the full text:

Sherburne-Earlville drama club excels in theatre festival

Published on: Friday, April 6, 2007

SHERBURNE – On Sunday, April 1, the Sherburne-Earlville High School Drama Club took part in the Michael Harms Theatre Festival at the Civic Center in Syracuse. They performed two one acts from their fall show, including “Always” which was directed by Ellen Fagan and “Any Minute” which was written and directed by Joe Mettler. Several students were recognized with awards and scholarships for their abilities. Individual Commendation Awards were given to Justine Cameron for her performance in “Always” and to Joe Mettler for writing, directing and acting in “Any Minute,” and to Mark Wessing for his sound and lighting on the whole production. Shayna Andrews received the IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees) Scholarship for her excellent Stage Managing abilities and Adrian Enscoe received the NYSTEA (New York State Theatre Education Association) Scholarship for his characterization of Paulie in “Any Minute.” The Anonymous Scholarship went to Joe Mettler for writing, directing and acting in “Any Minute.” Joe received a huge amount of praise from the adjudicators for the play he wrote, including their help in contacts for publishers for his play. They compared the style of his play to Samuel Beckett's “Waiting for Godot” and suggested that he get the play published, saying that there are many colleges and theatre groups across the country who would love to work on this kind of performance piece! Sherburne-Earlville was also honored to receive the Award of Excellence for overall excellence in their production at the festival.

Director Colleen Law-Tefft said, “I believe that this is the largest amount of awards we have ever received at this festival in the seven years that we have attended. We have never won the Award of Excellence. They only give out five scholarships and we received three of them!”

Law-Tefft also pointed out that this was a busy weekend for most of her students since the majority of them had competed on Saturday at the Odyssey of the Mind State Competition in Binghamton and had their spring band and chorus concert also on the Sunday. ”All of these students, regardless of being recognized, are incredibly creative and handled themselves like professionals!”

Students who attended were Joe Mettler, Adrian Enscoe, Justine Cameron, Brenda Hoefler, Ellen Fagan, Mark Wessing, Shayna Andrews, Eric Robertson, Rachel Walters, and Chris Dushko.

Hidden Pictures

Can you find the kitty in this picture? It's there . . .

Mars heating up

Some of our CO2 has found its way to Mars. Not only are we killing the earth, but we're killing the entire solar system!