Granderson
I’m excited about Curtis Granderson coming to the Yankees, but sad to see Phil Coke go.
I really liked Coke in the bullpen, and he looked like a mouse or a character fromThe Dark Crystal which was cool because I think half the team looks like animals (except Jeter who looks like the offspring of a Muppet and my Brother.)
But check out this picture of Granderson. “Don’t Think. Have Fun.” Dork! I like him already.
By the way, how could I not love Jeter when he reminds me of both a Muppet and my Brother? Those are fantastic things to remind me of.
Nobel Presentation Speech →
The Committee knows that many will weigh his ideals against what he really does, and that should be welcomed. But if the demand is either to fulfill your ideals to the letter, and at once, or to stop having ideals, we are left with a most damaging division between the limits of today’s realities and the vision for tomorrow. Then politics becomes pure cynicism. Political leaders must be able to think beyond the often narrow confines of realpolitik. Only in this way can we move the world in the right direction.
Oh, you hadn’t heard? Sex and the City 2 and The Hangover 2 are being made into one movie. Yeah, they figured it would be the ultimate date movie for men and women over the age of 25.
Holiday Plans
Attention “holiday orphans” that will be in NYC for Christmas: I will be having a Christmas Eve Dinner Party for people who can’t be with their families.
On Christmas day the boyfriend and I will be having a day long holiday movie marathon with leftovers.
If you need a place to be for Christmas, even if we don’t know each other that well, hit me up. People have always taken me in when I couldn’t be with my family and now that I have a place big enough to host people I want to do the same for others.
Oh snap! A sign from the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1942 is calling you out.
Do you guys remember how I helped that elderly lady out with the dishwasher manual? Today I received a holiday card and a check for $10 from her! She even included her email address. I’m going to keep in touch with her. I feel like I have another shot at having a grandmother (all of my grandparents are gone, sadly).
Hooray! This is awesome and just yesterday I was thinking “I hope we get a follow up!”
But I am confused as to whether or not her grandkids are good people.
Does anyone like Joe Buck? Anyone?
I don’t like to write about people I can’t stand, but I need some feedback on this one.
One of my life rules is: I can always accept that someone might disagree with me (unless they want to argue that Bill Maher is physically attractive which I will never see). But Joe Buck. He is the only sportscaster that I have never heard a good word about.
Por ejemple: I hate Tim McCarver, but I know some people that think his stupidity is endearing. But Joe Buck? I can’t think of anyone ever saying anything good about Joe Buck.
I was emailed last week with an invitation to attend a taping of Joe Buck’s HBO show and so I have been wondering about this since then.
And how do they judge his popularity anyway? Fox should be amazed I watch the games despite him, but I have no other option than to watch those games with Joe Buck. Sports are exclusive to certain channels. It’s not like I have a choice!
He’s so bad at his job. How do you get a job that big when you’re terrible? Oh right. Nepotism.
How do you feel about Joe Buck?
Cable or my lack thereof
I wish I could just pick channels a la carte.
I would have the YES netwok in the summer so I could watch all the Yankee games.
I could tune in just for Shark Week on the Discovery Channel.
And I could Christmas-out in December with ABC Family.
GPOYW - Me in the worlds largest coat with Santa from the Macy’s Parade
If you’ve ever read or heard David Sedaris’ SantaLand Diaries, this is Santa Santa.
Seriously, I had bottles of water, a full sized walkie talkie, snacks, and my phone in the pockets of that thing.
Daisy, I don’t want to ruin a lovely Christmas memory, but it totally looks like Santa’s copping a feel. Maybe you couldn’t feel it through the jacket.
It does look like that, but what you can’t see if how incredibly far off my body that jacket is. I had so much stuff in my pockets the jacket would land about a half foot away from me when it wasn’t zipped up.
