No surprise Del Potro’s doing well

Today’s the opening of the US Open–one of my four well-documented two-week periods of the year that I sit on the couch, wearing my board shorts and cheering on Rafa.
I was hearing some buzz about Juan Martin Del Potro earlier today, and how he’s actually got the best record coming into the tournament (4 tournament [...]

Oh yes.

He’s using his squeaky toy as a pillow.

Baseball out: for good reason

James and I caught the USA / Japan baseball game in the last round of Olympic round-robin play this afternoon.  It was actually an evenly matched game–going into the 11th inning, it was still a shutout for both teams, allowing two and three hits, respectively.  And then, at the beginning of the 11th inning, the [...]

Reflections on Beijing

I watched Olympics most of the day yesterday. I get sucked in by the stories.  The triumphs.  Prime-time coverage started off with the women’s marathon.  Now in years past, I remember seeing the start of the marathon, then they’d cut away to other events taking place right then.  Not so this year.  They showed the [...]

I guess I stirred the pot a bit, eh?

Just a note: I will not directly answer any negative comments towards me.  I do not find that practice constructive in any way.  But I did want to give some thoughts.
The one thing I find interesting about the negativity is that most of it came from my words being misunderstood–that I was saying a child [...]

And a note to people leaving comments

I attempted to email all of you with a copy of the blog I just posted.  It would help if you left an actual email address as opposed to one which does not exist, as four of them were just returned to me as “unknown”.  We cannot continue a dialog, if you so choose, unless [...]

Thank you for increasing my blog traffic

So I’ve received a fair amount of hate comments in regards to my last blog post.  I want to reiterate points that may not have been clear in my last post.
As I wrote (with brackets for clarification):
The presence of a child is a blessing. Their life can, and does, enrich our own. But to in [...]

Please stop making me roll my eyes at you

I have officially added “Garden of Eagan” to my blog checks. The author is now urging people to send back all of the Ben Stiller movies that she owns. Except she’s not sending back the only one that she owns, which is…wait for it…The Ringer, because it “was endorsed and supported by the [...]

I am the High Priestess

At least, according to my “what Tarot card are you?” quiz results. Full explanation after the jump.

Tropic Thunder, I am so there

I just finished reading this article in regards to the Tropic Thunder controversy.  I should note that I haven’t seen the movie.  Planning on it, though.  Apparently, the underlying sub-plot regards a movie that Ben Stiller’s character made called Simple Jack, which destroyed his career.  And as he tries to regain his a-list status, the [...]