And I am proud of TEA

TEA did not have a good game on Saturday.

Maybe it was the heat. Maybe the meal at Bros. Tacos wasn't what he was looking for as a pre-game meal. Maybe it was just not his day, but he looked off at the plate, even while he played well in the field...

But this is why I am proud of him...

The umpire screwed up during TEA's last at bat, and called strike three on the second strike. TEA knew it, I knew it, the coaches knew it, and the opposing players knew it. The ump did not.

Now, I know that arguing with twelve year olds is a bad idea...but...TEA handled it like a champ. He knew that he was screwed. He also realized that this happens, especially with arbitrary powers being enforced arbitrarily.

I am very proud of him for handling it like a man.

Dreams about a MacBook and DiNozzo

I am currently in the running for a couple of different big boy jobs and this definitely affected by subconscious last night/this morning.

I was called in to sit down and hear the results of my interviews for a job that I really wanted. When I arrived of the office, I was shuffled in to a conference room that was full of other people. The owner of the business, an Indian man in an awful green suit, was pontificating on what it meant to work in this world, and then he announced who was to be given the job.

It was not me.

There were cheers for the person who was going to be the new IT geek at this office and an impromptu parade was thrown for him. (IT geeks are almost always he so this was not that odd.) I did not want to stick around for the parade so I took off.

When I returned to my other office, I was informed by my boss that Tony DiNozzo had called and that I won a MacBook in the post parade raffle. I went over to pick it up, and it started to rain.

It really started to rain.

Flooding. Yet, it was sunny and hot.

I returned home, which was filled with TEA's friends, (and was in a condo community) to find the water rising, and not just flooding the homes but causing them to disappear from existence. Oh, and I was really upset that my Camaro was destroyed.

So...what does this mean?

Recommendations

With new people coming to the area all the time, I am often asked for recommendations on which businesses I use and who are my favorites in the area. I am going to list a handful and then ask for your help. I am sure that I will have left obvious ones out or tipped my hand with partisanship.

Mechanic - L & M Motors in Schodack. Always efficient and always honest. That is high praise for a mechanic in my mind.


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Dry Cleaner - Silvestre on Fuller Rd. in Albany. Drop off in the morning, pick up by lunch. They are always friendly and they make the chore of picking up the dry cleaning less painful.


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Newsstand - Coulson's News Center on Broadway in Albany. Do you really have to ask?


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Butcher - Hembold's in Troy. Mini hotdogs. Plus a fine selection of amazing meats and cheeses. This may be one that causes controversy.


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Sandwich Shop - Fred the Butcher in Clifton Park - I do not know how they are as butchers. I know that their sandwiches are wonderful. I had my favorite. Liverwurst, swiss, LTO, and mustard on a hardroll. It was amazing. Their pickles are great too.


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Wine Shop - The Wine Shop on New Scotland. Great selection, great service, and great prices. Neighborhood stores are wonderful.


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What would you recommend? Do you have a favorite cheese shop (do NOT say the co-op)? What about a place to get desserts? (Cheesecake Machismo is wonderful.) What would you recommend?

Your song for brunch...

Why?

Mainly because at some point yesterday, the Zero 7 version popped up on shuffle.



It is a great song...and the Stylistics were a great band.

Enjoy the song as well as your Sunday morning.

But it is a tradition...

"You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours." Sir Charles James Napier

If the anticircumcision activists (they prefer the term "intactivists") have their way, cities across the country may be voting on whether to criminalize a practice that is common in many American hospitals. Activists say the measures would protect children from an unnecessary medical procedure, calling it "male genital mutilation."

In California, Efforts to Ban Circumcision Gain Momentum - NYTimes.com