A holiday tradition

Hoppy Easter!

It's one year today.

What a good dog.

New Post Alert

There's a new post four posts down. It's been in the making and blogger publishes them in the order in which they were started.

Didn't wancha ta miss it.

A Shocking, Shocking Headline.

Here. Shock alert. Don't go to the link if you don't think you can handle it.

Sound Appetizing?

One of the items on the menu at the Chinese place I ate at last night was called "Fried The Duck Until Exploded."

Baseball!

In lieu of an opening day game thread (dang rain!) I think we should discuss this.

Do yous guys agree? Do you prefer the current crop of guys or the old motley crew of "idiots"? Personally, I thought the old guys were fun to watch, but their antics grew old (ahem. Manny.) by the time they left. And I don't think there is anything boring about Destroia, Youk, Papi or Papelbon.

Also, here is a really nice profile of J Bay. I really like him.

Stinky Pinky

Do you know this game? A stinky pinky is a two word, two syllables each, rhyming answer to a clue. For instance, if the clue is "comical hare" the stinky pinky is "funny bunny." There can be stink pinks, stinkity pinkities, stinkinkity pinkinkities, stinky pinky winkies, and so on. (Not sure winkies is right, but you get the idea.)

SO, if ya wanna play:

1) A stinky pinky for a red-faced prostitute
2) A stinky pinky for Bailie Lumber's attorney
3) A stinkity pinkity for a drink you can take with you
4) A stinkinkity pinkinkity for a presidential wake-up time ( a classic, by, we believe, OB O'Brien)

What happened in Binghamton

Luke asked in a comment about local reaction to the massacre on Friday. I have been following reports in the Binghamton newspaper, which are almost too heartbreaking to read.

The American Civic Association, where it happened, is a private agency that has been helping immigrants adjust to life in the U.S. for decades. Most of the victims were there to take an English class in preparation for their U.S. citizenship exams. They were from all over the world: Brazil, China, Pakistan, Iraq. A husband and wife from Haiti died together, leaving two young children behind. That it happened at all is terrible. That it happened to hopeful people who were working so hard to realize their dreams of becoming American citizens is unspeakable.

It won't happen here

NYRI withdraws its application.

Priceless

Will this learn 'em? Probably not.