Fakeliz

Who's to say with certainty, but it's difficult to dismiss as fiction accounts like the ones Buck O'Neil, himself a Negro League icon, can spin about Paige.

 

O'Neil tells a story from 1942 about Paige and the Kansas City Monarchs.

Happy birthday, indeed, Satchel.

(And yes, I am still upset that Buck O'Neil got denied the HOF. If it ever actually happens, it certainly won't be during his lifetime, which would have been the most inspiring part.)

(Is this reminding anyone else of the "Bill Brasky" sketches on SNL? Sidenote: there's a Wikipedia site for everything. I am now convinced.)

- "Bill Brasky is the father of every kid in this town!"

- "His poop is considered currency in Argentina."

- "I once saw him scissor-kick Angela Lansbury."

- "Did I ever tell you about the time Brasky took me out to go get a drink with him? We go off looking for a bar and we can't find one. Finally Brasky takes me to a vacant lot and says, 'Here we are.' We sat there for a year and a half

A little trivia nugget for anyone who wants to feel good about their team...

In order to be on track with where we were last year at this time, the Royals would have to lose the next consecutive 30 games.

Yeah. I don't even know what to do with that information. I'm just glad we seem to be turning around. And wow, I knew we were abysmal last year, but a smoldering ruin? Yikes.

Italy vs. France in the final.

Grudzielanek

Really? Then yep, both are still Royals. Neither had a stand-out game tonight, but then again, neither was the reason we blew our two-run lead and lost 6-5. Ah well. There was certainly optimism in the air, which is something that's been missing for way too long.

And the pre-Fourth of July fireworks show following the game was incredible. Hats off to the pyrotechnics squad. (So that's where David Glass is spending our salary money...)

Tony G -- yes.

Mark G -- I'm not sure. There is a Mark G, but I dunno if it's the one you're picturing. This dude played for the Cards before playing for us.

In the spirit of this thread, I will now go to a baseball game in support of the boys in blue (as soon as my friend gets here... good thing MChris lives mighty close to the stadium).

Aww, really? That makes me happy. The team has just been in a crap spiral for so long -- there's not much that can be done with our current owner and the way profits are(n't) split in the MLB. It's a tough hand to be dealt. Hopefully Moore will stick with KC long enough to help out a bit.

I'd just like to jump in as a lone Royals fan and congratulate our boys on beating the Cards two out of three games at Busch stadium. I think we've only lost four of the last 13, which is huge. For us. Come on. We've been struggling to break .500 for years.

AND, Dayton Moore gets giant props in my book for making a clause in his contract that team owner David Glass (the Wal-Mart devil man) would have no say in Moore's staffing choices. Atta boy, Dayton. KC fans finally have a reason to feel optimistic about the future.

Fakeliz a few more times than M. Chris.

I can't wait for this album.

See? It's not just me. The boy is fooking brilliant. M.Chris agrees, and she's far less biased than I...

I'm sorry. I can't help it. The Chris Thile still makes me all swoony.

(If you're interested in seeking out some more MySpace-related tunes, he and his solo effort compatriots -- the How To Grow A Band -- do a pretty swinging version of the White Stripes' Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground. Here. Ophelia is nice too. M. Chris and I have listened to each many times.)

Speaking of the new album, does anyone else love this use of rapid internal rhyme in "That Teenage Feeling": "I don't care if forever never comes..."?

Paul is the 7th black Wilco fan.

I work with a black Wilco fan. Should I tell him he's number eight?

my dewey-eyed Disney bride what has tried

swapping your blood with formaldehyde?

Monsters?

Whiskey-plied voices cried fratricide!

Jesus don't you know that you coulda died

with the monsters what talk

monsters what walk the earth

she's got red lipstick

and a bright pair of shoes

knee high socks

what to cover a bruise

she's got an old death kit

she's been meaning to use

blood in her eyes in her eyes for you

she's got blood in her eyes for you

certain fads, stripes and plaids singles ads

run you hot and cold like a rheostat I mean a thermostat

so you bite on a towel

hope it won't hurt too bad

she says I like long walks and sci-fi movies

you're six foot tall and east coast bred

some lonely night we can get together

and I'm gonna tie your wrists with leather

and drill a tiny hole into your head

Here's the face of trouble

it's the face I wear,

and it may invite you in,

but I won't go there

Here's a working model

that generates despair

And this baby cranks it out,

and it will take you out,

and I won't care

It's a beauty

It's the mark of someone

who's beyond repair

He'll refuse to help himself,

thinking only of himself,

and though he isn't by himself,

Well, it's your job now

There's a conversation

we're about to have

and it's full of twists and turns,

half-truths and vague concerns,

from one who never learns

to one who never learns,

and I never learn

Here's the face of trouble

For most threads, I'm not seeing it either. Like this one. If I wanted to rate this thread, the option isn't there.

She's particularly geeky-hot in the one with ukelele. Girls in glasses are cute!

So I did my job? You're convinced once again that Sara Watkins is a RSGF? That was the goal.

Okay, here's some more Sara... there aren't a whole lot of pictures of her when she's not performing, so that's what I've got.

with Chris

with ukelele

with violin

(you can't see her face here, but I think the movement in this picture is really cool)

Those don't seem to be very good pictures of her, unfortunately. The ones from the CD booklets make her eseem extra-hot, but these look kind of bland to me.

She's hot. I'll find something you'll like. It is now my personal mission.

dammit liz, stop sneaking in pictures of your obsessions!

Hey, Sara's legit! Totally coincidental that the guys were with her...

Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek

(with her brother, Sean, and this other guy who's kind of good too...)

I just tried to start a topic in the After the Show forum. It's linked to in my "recently read" list in my controls, but I can't find it in the forum.

(if two topics somehow appear about Nickel Creek, there should only be one...)

Right on. Audrey and Princess Grace are both at the top of my list.

(And yes, I do enjoy when the girls take over this thread. I find it hard to not interfere!)

She wasn't a rock star... but oh, was she ever gorgeous.

Grace Kelly

Not to be confused with IMHO ("in my honest opinion"), which is very useful when distinguishing between your honest and your fraudulent opinions.

I'm all about giving fraudulent opinions under the "IMO" guise. It's kind of like Simon Says... you've got to keep an eye out for the "IMHO" if you want to know when I really mean what I'm saying.

"in my opinion"