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I love Kevin. I did feel sorry for the Sox tonight (and yesterday) in an abstract sort of way.

The RSV vaccine is one and done, so you're off the hook!

I should mention that we made it to one game at Petco. I was less than impressed, but I think I picked the wrong seats. I was looking forward to the second game because I think we had better seats, but I'm clumsy, so that didn't happen. We did get to the Old Town Mexican Cafe - it was fab. Thanks for the suggestion. We also ate at Monello in Little Italy (I injured my feet at the farmers market there- ah well). A friend of Mr. ebk's recommended it. It was good, although for some reason, not what I was expecting. The friend also recommended The Marine Room in La Jolla. A spectacular evening in all aspects. We went to the farmers market (where Mr. ebk got a wonderful homemade PopTart!). I tripped in a pothole/rut in the street. He went back to the hotel to get the cane he always packs. Walking back to the hotel, I stepped off of a curb and the gutter was sloped backwards, and that's where I broke the bone in my other foot. Can't take me anywhere! Thanks for asking. Go Os!!!

Mine did okay - thanks for asking. Going to the game tomorrow afternoon. Weather is supposed to be fab. I sprained my left ankle and broke a bone in my right foot in San Diego last week, so I'm glad our seats tomorrow aren't too difficult to get to. Yippee.

All about Howard Gift link from the NYT about Michael Cyril Creighton.

Mavis is a goddess.

Went to Dodger Stadium tonight. The last couple times I was there, I sat in the upper deck in the cheap(er) seats. Tonight, we splurged on loge seats, where we discovered that the seats are sized for children. At least the game was fun and the weather was great. Tomorrow, off to San Diego. Games Friday and Saturday. This will be our first games at Petco. Went a couple times to the old stadium. If anyone has suggestions on what else to do in San Diego, feel free to thrown them out here.

They did that for me as a birthday present, and I really appreciate it! 😄

RIP Peter Marshall While I loved the Hollywood Squares (didn't everyone?), I had the good fortune to meet him when I worked at the theatre and he starred in the national tour of La Cage Aux Folles. He was a lovely person.

Why does the commissioner hate baseball???????

The Closer Looks have been fire this week. I think Seth is doing the best stuff on late night TV now, and has been for quite a while.

All about Flo Gift link to the NYT article from November.

I've never colored my hair (it didn't really start getting gray until my 50s and now is gray near the ends, but not so much at the top). I haven't cut my hair since 1979. I wore makeup for a few years in my 20s, and then in my 30s-40s only when going to an event. But I stopped doing even that 20 years ago. The only reason I get pedicures is that my toenails aren't quite presentable and I like wearing sandals. It's all I can do to shower, iron my clothes and brush my hair before I leave the house - which I try not to do too often these days.

At the risk of sticking my nose in where it doesn't belong, I read @Quof's Taylor Swift comment as referencing the acceptance of the grammar issue being discussed before. It doesn't sound right to them, as Taylor Swift's music doesn't sound right, but everyone else accepts it. At least that was my interpretation of it.

I love pedicures, mostly because I love wearing sandals in the summer and wouldn't be able to without pedicures! I may have an infrequent manicure (I'll probably have one for my birthday and right before vacation), but those don't last long because, as was mentioned, I do use my hands, so I don't have them regularly. My favorite spa closed during the pandemic, but I've managed to find a couple near my house that are good (not as good as Red Door, but we do what we have to).

If you don't need the money and you're that unhappy, maybe you'd consider resigning with a proper 2-week notice and be done with it. No need to put up with that aggravation if you don't have to.

And let's not forget the Os opening the 1988 season going 0 - 21. I try to forget, but I can't.

I saw this and was initially excited - then remembered that I hate Godot... We'll see. I am really excited about Denzel and Jake Gyllenhaal in Othello!

I am very old, but have never heard this phrase before. I love it. Thanks for posting!

The Vancouver hockey team is the Canucks. I hope that's not an insult...

It also could be that your cable provider (or streaming provider, or whatever you're using) is delayed. We have Comcast and if I'm in the bedroom with baseball on the radio, then go out to the living room where it's on the TV, I already know what happened because the TV is so far behind real life. Also applies for phone alerts at the end of the game.

My mom was like this about Halloween candy, which is why our hauls lasted almost until the following Halloween. It worked out.

My Twinkies story - my bro went to the Peace Corp in Kenya way back in the day. We sent him care packages. Once we stupidly sent it surface mail instead of air mail. That particular package had homemade treats and some store-bought treats. It took many, many weeks to get there and the only thing still edible was the Twinkies. Because they are made of things not found in nature.

From USA Today via Yahoo I found this interesting in that it agrees with you (and everyone) about how bad the commentary was, but disagrees about being there in-person versus watching on TV. This person says it was fabulous being there and not so great on TV.

I just saw that Colin Jost is the correspondent in Tahiti for the surfing. Which I find really weird, but really funny. At least this just concluded segment was really funny.