HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

Late Pass Wednesday has been cancelled this week in observance of my mom's birthday. Happy Birthday Mom! To make sure you have a great day I have gathered some of your favorite things right here in this blog. Enjoy!

Yosimite National Park

Avocados Andy Pettite

Murder She Wrote

Cooking
Bernie Williams (This is what he is looking like now days)

Columbo

Bruce Springsteen
Lemons

Packing & Procrastinating

All I can say is that its a really good thing that it's slow this week because of the athlete's having finals, because I have been procrastinating my butt off. I'm trying to get my medical kit packed for the Bahamas a little bit early this week, so that I have time to think about it and don't end up forgeting something simple. Well, this is what my desk has looked like for the past two days as i slowly wade through all the supplied that I might possibly want to take with. People keep walking past my office and laughing at me because I keep working on it, but the pile on my desk isn't getting any smaller. Hmmmm....

Rocket Relaunch

Well, its official. Roger Clemens is going to be a Yankee again. I had finally really convinced myself that there was no chance of this happening. Why would The Rocket want to become one of the walking dead that is the Yankees Starting Rotation? Well, go figure. Sign him up. If he can act as a stabilizing factor in this rotation and get these guys to go past 5 innings per start, then he'll be worth every penny of his 28 million dollar 1 year contract. If not, well, at least he will have pissed off pleanty of Red Sox fans in the process.
See, Roger is exactly what baseball needs. This guy is just a little bit crazy, and not afraid to sling a piece of splintered lumber at an opponent. We need more guys like this in the game. A few brawls here and there are actually GOOD for the game. Seriously. The fact that he almost killed Mike Piazza is only one of the many reasons I love this man.

Can't wait to see his first start back in the pinstripes. I just really hope he doesn't come down with CarlPavanoitis. They better make sure he gets all his vaccines.

In other baseball related news: Ted Williams has been cloned and he is coming back to play for the Red Sox. He is about the same age as Clemens. (c) Damon

"The Office" Friday

Pretty good episode. Liked how Michael got relationship advice from his girls, but then managed to really mess it up. Zeb says that they were "foreshadowing" a Jim/Karen breakup. Did you see Karen's face when Michael was talking about not being happy when he's with Jan. uh huh. Don't get too excited, it will probably happen in the season finale and we'll have to wait for the rest of our lives.

By the way, foreshadowing must have been the one thing that Zeb actually remembers from his high school english classes, because he is always pointing examples of it out to me. Was anyone in his high school english classes that could confirm or deny this? At least he doesn't try to explain irony to me by quoting the Alanis Morrisette song. Because thats REALLY annoying.

Next weeks episode looks pretty interesting:

BEACH GAMES Special Time 8:40/7:40c TV14 05.10.2007
LIFE'S A BEACH - Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) is being considered for a position in Corporate and has to recommend his replacement. While the group expects a fun outing at Lake Scranton, Michael has planned a day of Survivor-like competitions to find his successor. Meanwhile, Pam (Jenna Fischer) is not asked to join in any of the activities and is forced to watch Jim (John Krasinski) and Karen (Rashida Jones) have fun together. Rainn Wilson, B.J. Novak, Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nunez, Kate Flannery, Phyllis Smith, Ed Helms, Paul Lieberstein, Mindy Kaling, Brian Baumgartner, Leslie David Baker and Creed Bratton also star.

Please note the time change for next week.

Hope everyone has a great weekend. We're thinking about checking out the new Spiderman movie tonight. I'll let you guys know how it is. Holla!

Baseball Challenge Update and other Miscellaneous Late Pass Information

• This week in baseball challenge Greg drew the attention of M. Ross as he scored over 300 on the week. He was hexed for his efforts. Zeb lead the week, but insists that he is still on the DL (along with all the Yankees starting pitchers) And of course, the Bandwagons keep burning.
• Damon would like to inform everyone that the movie Aviator "sucks".
• We leave for the Bahamas in 11 days. Zeb's passport still isn't here as they spelled his name wrong on their first try. What the hell kind of name is Elkmton anyway?!?! They're saying it should be here on time though. We'll see.
• Papelbon blew his first save of the year. To the A's. enough said.

Post up with YOUR late pass information, because I've been diligently posting all my old news for the last few months, and now I am finally caught up on everything that is going on. Help a girl out.

Have You Seen This Woman?

Name: Allison Julia Martin
Known Alias': Gal
Age: 25
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown

Last Seen: 2/3/2007
Wanted for: Failure to return phone calls

Gal has been missing in action since early February, and has failed to return several phone messages left by one Emily Anne Breslaw. The most recent actual siting of Gal has been by Shateva the hair lady. It is possible that she has been abducted by one of her former clients disgruntled that she left her job in Eugene (Fred maybe?) It is also suspected that she may have gotten lost on the "wrong side of the tracks" in Sweet Home. If you have any information as to the whereabouts of Gal, please contact Emily Breslaw ASAP.


This message brought to you by Heather Elkinton, PI

Slow Day

Most of the time I am so busy I can barely think straight. I am always thinking that I can't wait until there is a time that we are slow. Then we get slow, and I get bored out of my mind, and wish that things could just be a little bit more interesting. I try to do some cleaning around the Athletic Training Room, but I just get annoyed with it and have to find something else to do.

Zeb is working four 10's starting this week and lasting through the summer. It's nice because it means that he gets 3 day weekends every weekend. But it also means that he has to get up 2 hours earlier every morning. And it also means that when he gets up at 5 AM and wants to chat as he gets ready for work, I also get woken up. Hmmmm.

I have to go be a speaker at Career Day at a local middle school on Thursday. I'm pretty nervous and I don't know what to tell these kids, they'll probably eat me alive. boo.

2007 MLB Calendar - June

Here's the next edition of 2007 MLB Calendar. It's a slow day around the old office, and I've resigned myself to doing the monthly cleaning chores. Impressive that I've held out this long... Hope everyone is well, it was a good episode of The Office last night, I'll definitely have to watch it again soon. Have a great weekend!

June 1: St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols opens a package from his mother in the clubhouse, pulling out a birthday card and a T-shirt that says: "Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's 40," but quickly buries the T-shirt in his locker before anyone can see it.

June 2: With reports surfacing that Roger Clemens is finally about to make up his mind, the Marlins hurriedly offer him the league minimum salary prorated over the remainder of the season. The offer is turned down.

June 3: Roger Clemens signs with the Houston Astros for $20 million, including a contract provision granting his request that all games he pitches in must be played in the backyard of his suburban home.

June 8: The Pittsburgh Pirates excitedly begin a three-game interleague series in New York against the Yankees and spend most of the opening game on their cell phones asking friends and relatives to turn on the TV so they can see that they actually are real major league players.

June 9: Looking to address the decreasing number of young black players in baseball, commissioner Bud Selig shows how much marketing savvy he has by releasing a rap album called "The Great Sport Of Baseball Is Really Quite Dope, Yo" under the name MC Selig.

June 10: With Randy Johnson's ERA hovering near 6.00 and his strikeout total way down, the Diamondbacks accuse the Yankees of trading them a different Randy Johnson than the one they turned over to New York two years ago.

June 11: Tired of getting embarrassed by him, the St. Louis Cardinals batting-practice pitcher begins pitching around Albert Pujols before each game.

June 12: Cubs fans begin lining up outside Wrigley Field hours before the gates open for a game against the Mariners in the hope of being one of the first 10,000 inside the stadium who will receive a free signed Kerry Wood MRI printout.

June 13: Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo collaborates with Reds fan Nick Lachey to record an album unofficially called "The Worst Album Ever."

June 15: The Los Angeles Angels take a one-hour trip from Anaheim to their hometown of Los Angeles to play the Dodgers.

June 16: Roger Clemens pitches his first game of the season and then promptly announces a four-day retirement to end when his spot in the rotation comes up again.

June 21: The Giants dangle young third baseman Pedro Feliz in the hope of landing a veteran leadoff hitter but are rebuffed when opposing general managers remind them that the 32-year-old Feliz is only young on the Giants.

June 22: Tony La Russa passes out during the eighth inning of a tight game against the Phillies, thereby allowing his left-handed reliever to stay in the game and pitch to two right-handed batters. Upon learning what he allowed to happen upon waking up, La Russa vows to never drink again.

June 23: Thanks to the continued mentoring of veteran Kenny Rogers, Tigers manager Jim Leyland announces that all of his young starters are now cheating asses.

June 24: Red Sox players play a prank on David Ortiz, telling him Terry Francona has penciled him into the lineup at first base and that he has to go buy a glove and learn how to field and catch before the 1:05 p.m. first pitch.

June 27: The Colorado Rockies become atheists after seeing that all their prayers have done absolutely nothing to help get them out of last place.

June 29: White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen releases his first book: "Ozzie Guillen's Spanish-To-English-Sailor Dictionary."

June 30: Standout Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman fields his first ground ball of the year against the Pirates, marking the first time all season Washington's pitchers didn't have a pitch hit for a home run or at least to the warning track.

The Office Preview

This week on The Office:

PRODUCT RECALL 8:30/7:30c TV14 04.26.2007
UNPRINTABLE? AN OFFICE IN CRISIS - The office is in crisis mode after a large shipment of Dunder Mifflin paper is accidentally sent out with an obscene watermark - and Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) tries to manage the media with an impromptu press conference. Jim (John Krasinski) and Andy (Ed Helms) also attempt to calm the high school principal who has sent out prom invites on the affected stationery. Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer, B.J Novak, Phyllis Smith, Leslie David Baker, Mindy Kaling, Rashida Jones, Creed Bratton, Oscar Nunez, Angela Kinsey, Brian Baumgartner and Kate Flannery also star.

Also, check out the new version of The Office Quote Game. I scored a 0. It was REALLY tough. Worse than the first one. I wasn't even CLOSE on any of them. I guess I need to be watching my season 3 a few more times.

Late Pass Wednesday

We are pet owners!
It all started with this silly fish bowl vase thing from Target. We were there shopping for throw pillows for our new couch and loveseat, and I saw this. I wanted it, but then what would we do with it and were would we put it if we got it? Well, we could get a fish to put in it, and coincidentally PetSmart was right next door to the Target.
So thats where this guy comes in. We picked him out at PetSmart. I wanted a gold fish (sshh, don't say it in front of the fish though) but the lady at PetSmart said that the Beta was the fish that we would be the least likely to accidentally kill. And, we only have to clean his bowl once a week.
We named him Robinson, because we bought him on Jackie Robinson Day. (We've kept him alive for 10 days and counting!) His bowl sits on the coffee table in front of the TV. We're pretty sure he likes baseball, because he swims out of his plastic grass and hangs out when it's on TV. We aren't sure what team he likes the best yet, but we're just trying to get him exposed to as many different teams as possible so he can make an informed decision. So far we are thinking he might be a Brewer's fan. I'll let you know when we find out for sure.
The first few days we had him, he was really sluggish and just sort of "ho hum." I was pretty sure he was going to die, but now I think hes getting used to his bowl and getting used to Zeb taping on his glass.

Ball Four Excerpt of the Week

Reading through some article on ESPN.com I came across some quote stating that "you aren't a baseball fan until you've read Ball Four by Jim Bouton." So what did I do? I went out and bought the book. And that quote was right, because this book is basically Catcher in the Rye for baseball fans. Bouton played in the major leagues with the Yankees, and various other teams. This book is basically a no BS account of his playing days. Today's excerpt is Bouton describing his mixed feelings about one time teammate Mickey Mantle:

I once invested a dollar when Mantle raffled off a ham. I won, only there was no ham. That was one of the hazards of entering a game of chance, Mickey explained.

I got back by entering a fishing tournament he organized and winning the weight division with a ten-pounder I'd purchased in a store the day before. Two years later Mantel was still wondering why I'd only caught that one big fish and why all the other fish that were caught were green and lively while mine was gray and just lay there, staring.

I also remember the time I won my first major-league game. It was a shutout against the Washington Senators in which I walked seven guys and gave up seven hits and had to pitch from a stretch position all game. They were hitting line drives all over the place and Hector (What a Pair of Hands) Lopez bailed me out with about four leaping catches in left field. When the game was over I walked back into the clubhouse and there was a path of white towels from the door to my locker, and all the guys were standing there, and just as I opened the door Mickey was putting the last towel down in place. I'll never forget him for that.
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On the other hand there were all those times when he'd push little kids aside when they wanted his autograph, and the times when he was snotty to reporters, just about making them crawl and beg for a minute of his time. I've seen him close a bus window on kids trying to get his autograph. And I hated that look of his, when he'd get angry at somebody and cut him down with a glare.
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And I don't like the Mantle that refused to sign baseballs in the clubhouse before the games. Everybody else had to sign, but Little Pete forged Mantle's signature. So there are thousands of baseballs around the country that have been signed not by Mickey Mantle, but by Pete Privite.

Like everybody else on the club I ached with Mantle when he had one of his numerous and extremely painful injuries. I often wondered, though, if he might have healed quicker if he'd been sleeping more and loosening up with the boys at the bar less. I guess we'll never know.
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I remember one time he'd been injured and didn't expect to play, and I guess he got himself smashed. The next day he looked hung over out of his mind and was sent up to pinch-hit. He could hardly see. so he staggered up to the plate and hit a tremendous drive to left field for a home run. When he came back into the dugout everybody shook his hand and leaped all over him, and all the while he was getting a standing ovation from the crowd. he squinted out at the stands and said, "Those people don't know how tough that really was."

Baseball Challenge Update

THIS WEEK IN BASEBALL CHALLENGE:

• Not much variety in the pitching choices this week, as the majority of us jumped on the Felix Hernandez and Brad Penny bandwagons. Unfortunatly for the group, most of us were then seen throwing ourselves off of aforementioned bandwagons with the same intensity felt by people jumping from a burning building.
• A-Rod scored approximately 5 trillion points this week for anyone who picked him, and Mark Buehrle pitched a No-No, much to the surprise of everyone who had vowed last season never to pick him again after several poor pitching performances, and one too many slip and slide trips during White Sox rain delays.
• Rumor has it that Damon may acutally be trying now. This has not been confirmed.
• High Score of the Week: Zeb (333)
• Low Score of the Week: Damon (184)

A-pril-Rod Resurection?

My opinion on A-Rod's impressive start to the season? Not Impressive.

My reinactment of yesterday's walk off homer?
Arod: "ooooh I am so awesome! look at me everyone, i am really, really great! Doesn’t everyone here in Yankee Stadium think I am amazing?!!? Look at me! I just helped us win a regular season game everyone! Call the New York Post! Wooooooooo! We just won one game against the Indians! Yesssssssssssssssssssss! I told you so! I told you all that I am awesome! Aaaaahhhhh!! Now you all are obligated to love me! Wwwwwoooooooooooooooooooooooo!”

Well, If you asked me about all of this, I would tell you that A-Rod owes us at least this much. And if you asked me, I’d tell you that hes not even close to breaking even with Yankees fans yet. Here are the top offenses that A-Rod owes Yankess fans for by my calculations:
- 2004 (a.k.a. “The Curse of A-Rod”)
- Trying to slap the ball from Bronson Arroyo’s hand like a little girl in the ’04 ALCS
- More post-season chokes than any human is able to count
- Constantly having to hear “A-Rod was a better shortstop than Jeter, and they should have never moved him to third base”
- Constantly having to hear about A-Rod being moved to 8th in the lineup in the ’06 post season.
- A-Rod/Jeter BFF Sleepovers, enough said.

So the way I see it, A-Rod is going to need to keep up this pace straight through October, and I might be convinced to call it a wash. Until that happens, I’ll believe it when I see it.

Better Know The E Street Band

Yes! It's that time again, time to increase your E Street Band awareness. This week is.....drumroll please......

Danny Federici

Also known as "Phantom" and "Miami Dan", Danny Federici is one of the members of the E Street Band who goes back the very farthest with The Boss. Watch out for his killer organ, keyboard, accordion, and most impressively, electronic glockenspiel skills.

Danny has always been one of the more anonymous members of the band, fitting for a man sometimes known as "Phantom." He earned the nickname long before the E Street Band, when he played in a band with Springsteen called "Steel Mill." The story goes that one night in the middle of a show he mysteriously disappeared from the stage just as police came to have a talk with him regarding a fight he had been involved in.

Check Danny out in the old school E Street Band picture above, he is the funny looking guy with long hair on the bottom right.

He reportedly had somewhat of a feud back in the day with former E Street Band member, David Sancious (keyboard & guitarist) who would constantly comment on Danny's playing and try to be "the boss" of him.

• As a side note, legend has it that the E Street Band took it's name from a street in Belmar, New Jersey where Sancious' mother lived, because she allowed them to rehearse in her home.

Looks like Danny got the last laugh however, as Sancious left the band before they really hit it big, and to this day it is considered debatable wheather or not Sancious was actually a founding member of the E Street Band or not.

This would look good in my office

Too bad Zeb doesn't have an office anymore

Late Pass Wednesday

I'm lazy today, so heres something old that should probably give you a laugh.

Baseball Challenge Update

THIS WEEK IN BASEBALL CHALLENGE:

• The bulletin board got quiet as people got down to business early in the week, but then got busy again with Laef/A-Ross wedding rumors. A ploy by Greg to get Laef's mind off the game? Maybe...
• Weather continues to be an issue for Zeb, but even the almighty M. Ross had his pitching staff rained out one day. So as A-Ross suggests, we all might want to save this link: www.weather.com
• Coming on the heels of both Carl Pavano & Mike Mussina being put on the 15-Day DL by the Yankees, Zeb places himself on the DL.
• High Score of the Week : Greg (287)
• Low Score of the Week : Damon (61)
• Low Score of the Week for People Who Are Actually Trying: Zeb (189)

After Jackie

60 years ago today, Jackie Robinson played his first game as a major league ballplayer. He was the first black player in the MLB - he was the first in any sport. Before Rosa Parks, before MLK - this was a big deal. I hope some of you got the chance to catch the coverage of Jackie Robinson Day on ESPN today. It's definitely nice to see that sometimes sports are more than just the game.

Check out some of these related links:
Jackie Robinson Day Photo Gallery
Jackie Robinson Foundation Website
Robinson Cano ESPN Magazine Article

HAPPY JACKIE ROBINSON DAY!!!

2007 MLB Calendar - May

Here is the next segment of 2007 MLB predictions, from espn.com page 2.

May 1: Pete Rose discloses on ESPN Radio's "Dan Patrick Show" that he continues to bet on the Reds -- every game -- to this day. He also discloses that he is $713 million in debt.

May 2: Alex Rodriguez invites everyone he knows over for a sleepover, but only his agent, Scott Boras, accepts. Rodriguez is disturbed to discover that Boras sleeps in a coffin.

May 4: Astros closer Brad Lidge finally figures out a way to prevent Albert Pujols from beating him by giving up a walkoff home run to the Cardinals batter hitting directly in front of Pujols.

May 7: Struggling Yankees starter Kei Igawa begins taking English classes so he can better understand the New York tabloid headlines that say he sucks.

May 8: Noting that obesity and a lack of exercise play major roles in the onset of diabetes, the American Medical Association renames diabetes "David Wells' Disease."

May 9: Cardinals shortstop David Eckstein is tragically decapitated by the Busch Stadium grounds crew when they mow the infield before the game and don't notice him doing calisthenics deep within the four-inch grass.

May 11: Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka is reprimanded by the team for repeatedly asking female organization employees if they want to see his gyroball.

May 16: Citing the ineptitude of the Nationals' pitching staff, the design of the team's new stadium is changed to put the outfield wall more than 620 feet from home plate. It is also announced that the infield and outfield grass will be at least 12 inches deep.

May 17: With the Yankees' bullpen struggling mightily, owner George Steinbrenner tries to sign Ugueth Urbina to a contract to fix the problem.

May 18: Former A's pitcher Barry Zito pitches his first game in Oakland as a San Francisco Giant. Zito shows off his wealth to his old "Moneyball-ed" teammates after the game by treating them to appetizers at Applebee's, providing several especially destitute A's players their first food in several days.

May 22: Kerry Wood excites Cubs fans by hearkening back to his 20-strikeout rookie performance with a relief appearance in which he throws 20 consecutive pitches against the Padres without injuring himself.

May 23: Curt Schilling pulls himself from a start against the Yankees in the third inning so he can respond to a nasty comment left on his blog by Dan Shaughnessy.

May 24: Bud Selig apologizes to fans about the new out-of-market television package and says he is working on a new deal that will allow fans to see all out-of-market games, but not any in-market games.

May 25: Barry Bonds continues to be the most exciting player in baseball, hitting two home runs against the Rockies, and causing four more round-trippers in the field by playing routine fly balls into inside-the-park home runs.

May 27: With media outlets growing tired of his constant announcements about how he has yet to make up his mind about coming back to baseball, a desperate Roger Clemens parachutes naked into Yankee Stadium and announces he will make a decision in the next week before being whisked away by security.

May 28: Cardinals outfielder Jim Edmonds shows his age and declining physical abilities against the Rockies by making a sliding, game-ending catch on a lazy fly ball hit three feet to his right.

May 29: White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen has a bit of a meltdown before a game against the Twins, submitting a lineup to the home-plate umpire with nothing but profanities and racial and homophobic slurs written in place of player names.

"The Office" Friday

Shun OFF

Andy is now Drew, and we have learned the intricacies of "shunning" as well as the hazzards of the office setting. I thought the office betting was pretty funny (especially enjoyed Creed eating the potato and Kelly's netflix explaination) and Jim and Pam seemed to be hanging out more while we saw less of Karen.
Try not to go jump off a building, but The Office is a repeat next week. Here is what you have to expect:

BACK FROM VACATION 8:30/7:30c TV14 04.19.2007
MICHAEL RETURNS FROM HIS JAMAICAN VACATION AS THE OFFICE PREPARES FOR A NIGHT OF INVENTORY - Still in "vacation mode" after his trip to Jamaica, Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) tries to hang on to his relaxed island vibe despite a wave of office hassles. But it becomes too much when an e-mail containing a racy vacation photo is forwarded around the office. Pam (Jenna Fischer) gets caught in the middle as Jim (John Krasinski) and Karen (guest star Rashida Jones) argue. Rainn Wilson, B.J. Novak, David Denman, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nuñez, Phyllis Smith, Paul Lieberstein and Mindy Kaling also star. Creed Bratton, Ed Helms and Craig Robinson guest star.

Shun ON

Better Know the E Street Band

It's a sad but true fact, that these days, the level E Street Band awareness is at an all time low. So I have personally taken the liberty to use this blog as a platform for increasing the E Street Band knowledge of the world.

Today I will be starting with the cornerstone, the frontman for the E Street Band, Bruce Springsteen (a.k.a. The Boss). Now it may be called Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, and Bruce may have gone off on his own a time or two, but he has never been better than when is with the E Street Band.


Best known for "rocking out", squinting painfully when he sings, and awesome leg kicks with his guitar. He also plays a mean harmonica. He is a true rock star - and proved it by hooking up with his hot backup singer, leaving his wife and then marrying the background singer. He has sometimes been accused of mumbling when he sings.

Look forward to future editions of Better Know the E Street Band, as we take a peek into the lives of the rest of the E Street Band members: Clarence Clemens, Danny Federici, Roy Bittan, Patty Scialfa, Max Weinberg, Steven Van Sant, Nils Lofgren, and Garry Tallent.

Late Pass Wednesday

This one is really a doozey. As previously promised, here are the newspaper clippings of Zeb's headlines in the Bozeman Chronicle. He is quite the "local hero" these days. Well, maybe I'm exagerating, but he's only lived here what? 7 months? And he's been in the papers twice, and not for drinking and driving or holding up the liquor store either. Enjoy!

Zeb is the one in the reflection
Zeb is the one on the left

In other news, Zeb got thrown into the middle of an intersection in front of a speeding vehicle by a faulty fire hydrant yesterday at work. He has road rash on his booty. If you're lucky I might even take a picture of it and post it here on the blog. What do you think?

Those Crazy Office Monkeys

Don't ask me why I think these monkeys are so funny, but I do. Maybe it's because they remind me of the old "monkey movies" that used to be on TBS during the rain delays of Braves games? Whatever it is, I find these magnets that I got at Target to be delightful. I bought them for my office.

Baseball Challenge Update

Over the course of the MLB/Baseball Challenge season I plan to post up weekly updates concerning the goings on in the For Love of the Game Baseball Challenge Group. This will likely include who had big weeks, who crashed and burned and what the latest trash talk on the bulletin board was. Don't forget, that if you currently aren't participating in Baseball Challenge and would like to - it's NEVER too late to start. Hit me up here, and I'll get the invitation out to you right away. So here we go...

THIS WEEK IN BASEBALL CHALLENGE:

• M. Ross (A-Ross' brother) is the hyped newcomer. He has started off with strong picks, and even stronger trash talk. (gained the lead one day and promptly stated that he "liked the view from the top" only to lose his lead to Zeb the very next day) He fits right in with the Player Haters Ball (hate, hate, hate)
• Zeb also had a pretty solid week going, until he decided to ride with an ALL Seattle/Cleveland lineup ALL WEEKEND, only to be rained/snowed out ALL WEEKEND. No worries though, as he reminds Laef that last year he made up a 186 point deficit in only 3 days.
• Greg got rocked for -20 by A.J. Burnett, and is now holding down the bottom 3 with authority. Don't expect much of a fight for position from Strick or Damon though.
• Laef pulled off a respectable week, with no help from Pujols for the most part.
• A-Ross, I would say is leading the way in shit talking (must run in the family) despite only mediocre scoring. Nicely done.
• And me? Well, I've been distracted due to the fact that I'm battling a severe depression brought on by the realization that the Yankees have yet to put a starter on the mound who could get past the 5th inning. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

All this, and it's only the first week. Good thing that according to Zeb I only have one more week until I quit playing.

2007 MLB Calendar - April

The following are excerps from an espn.com page 2 article (brought to my attention by Greg). I took out the boring ones, and left the ones that I found funny. They are the daily predictions for what we might expect to see over the course of this 2007 baseball season.

April 4: Three days after the Cardinals are introduced as the reigning world champions at their home opener, the ever-supportive Busch Stadium crowd finally ends its standing ovation during today's fifth inning against the Mets.

April 6: The Reds announce that career-long center fielder Ken Griffey Jr. will remain in right field for the remainder of the season because he tore his hamstring and cannot get up.

April 7: Red Sox starter/blogger Curt Schilling live-blogs his start against the Rangers, causing the game to last more than eight hours as he types an entry after each one of his pitches. (www.38pitches.com)

April 9: Realizing he has much more free time during a game now that he is a full-time DH, Mike Piazza has a small salon installed into Oakland's dugout so he can get his tips frosted during games.

April 10: Bernie Williams gets back at the Yankees for not offering him a major-league contract by releasing a jazz guitar album full of angry riffs clearly directed at Brian Cashman.

April 11: Injured Tigers starter Kenny Rogers says he plans to spend his three months on the disabled list working with scientists to create a clear pine tar that cannot be spotted on a pitcher's hand.

April 21: The huge number of camera flashes from the Japanese media photographing Daisuke Matsuzaka's first major-league pitch to Hideki Matsui unfortunately sets both players aflame.

April 29: With the bases loaded for the Red Sox and only one out in the seventh inning of the Yankees' home game against Boston, Alex Rodriguez calls for an infield meeting at the mound so he can pass Derek Jeter a note that reads: "Will u b my bff? YES/no/maybe."

That does it for April....look forward to May-September in upcoming posts.

I'm a WEINER!!!

Hey guys! I just found out tonight that I won the contest on Curt Schilling's blog for a seasons subscription to MLBTV.com. YAY! Winning this contest took absolutally no skills whatsoever, it was a random drawing. But I am super psyched because it means that now I can watch baseball all day at work! Plus it's my own personal knock to the red sox nation, because Schilling posted on his blog ( www.38pitches.com ) that he hoped all red sox fans would win. But I guess the fact that Zeb gets to use it too kind of cancels the whole thing out. Oh well. I'm still sticking it to the man! Check out Schilling's blog in the next few days and MY name will be posted up along side the other WINNERS! Happy Easter Tomorrow!

My First Go 'Round

The rodeo was definitely a first for me, and generally it consisted of everything that I typically try to avoid on a daily basis. Blaring country music, people in tight pants and cowboy hats, derogatory comments made by the rodeo clown (yeah, i said it), the smell of cow poop. I had to fight the urge to turn around and walk out the second that we walked in, but once I fought that urge, and putting all those afore mentioned things aside, it was actually pretty fun.

The home team: MSU Bobcat Rodeo

One stuborn bull, this guy didn't want to go back into the coral.
Bucking Bronco
Barrel Racing

Let's see....the highlights...

• Cotton eye joe played over the loud speaker eerily reminds me of sporting events at Sweet Home High School.
• Zeb makes friends with an old guy sitting next to us. This old dude competed here in '56 & '57 - Team Roping. hmm. He had a REALLY big hat also.
• Calf Wraslin' & Goat Tieing- seriously? I felt really sorry for the animals. Can't imagine the poor calf that Perk got ahold of...

Heard that last night they held the "wild cow milking" event. Too bad we missed that. Tomorrow night is the championship round, unfortunatly we will not be in attendance. After that they'll pack up all the dirt and then my office can slowly start to go back to it's normal smell. It was fun, but I definitely don't think I could handle it more than once a year.

Have a great weekend!

Bullriding!!!

Okay...it's pretty grainy, but you get the idea.

"The Office" Friday

Pretty good episode this week. Gotta say I loved Dwight intervening to save Jim. I think Greg called that one a few weeks ago. Michael wearing a women's suit without knowing it? Were do they come up with this stuff? The Jim & Pam situation is having absolutally no resolution, which is really annoying. I've decided that pretty much at this point Karen has to die in order for Jim & Pam to have a chance, so look for that in upcoming plot lines. I am convinced though that there is no way for it to happen as long as Karen is around. Shes too nice.

Also, loved Dwight getting some revenge on Andy. Should be good to have Andy back for some future episodes...but who knows how long he will last at this rate!

Another new episode of "The Office" next week. Here's what we have to look forward to:

SAFETY TRAINING 8:30/7:30c TV14 04.12.2007
SAFETY LESSONS IN THE OFFICE - Andy (Ed Helms) returns to the office after several weeks of anger management training, determined to make a fresh start with all the Dunder-Mifflin employees. Meanwhile, it's safety training day in the office, and Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) and Dwight (Rainn Wilson) are on a mission to illuminate the true dangers of the workplace. John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, B.J. Novak, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, Paul Lieberstein, Oscar Nunez, Phyllis Smith, Creed Barton, Rashida Jones and Craig Robinson also star.

In other semi-office related news. I got a rolodex this week. I picked this one out especially because I think it is fun to turn the wheel around and find the names. I think that there should be some sort of sub-plot soon about Michael and a rolodex. There could be some humor there.

p.s. Zeb and I are going to the rodeo here tonight! Ahh! They hold it here at my work in the same arena where we play basketball!!?! All week they've been brining in dirt and tractors in preparation. My office smells like cow poop. This should definitely make for some good blogging material.

My Office Playlist

I constantly have music going in my office, so I figured a fun feature to do every once in a while is post up the CD's that have made it into my office playlist. These are the ones that I'm hooked on currently, and I have to be hooked on them, because anything that makes it into the office playlist typically gets played SEVERAL times a day.

So with no further delay, here are the discs that make up my office playlist:

Joss Stone - Introducing Joss Stone
Jay-Z - Kingdom Come
Mos Def - True Magic
Elliott Yamin - Elliott Yamin
Katharine McPhee - Katharine McPhee
John Legend - Once Again
Jack Johnson - The mix CD that Charles made for me
Robin Thicke - The Evolution of Robin Thicke

Post up with the CD's or songs that you are currently hooked on! I'm always looking for new ideas for the office playlist!

*NEW "THE OFFICE" TONIGHT! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!*

Late Pass Wednesday: Miscelaneous Edition

1. Opening Day was Sunday?! Wow. Not a good start to Baseball Challenge, missing the first day and all. Still desperately want the super team of Gal and her dad to join Baseball Challenge.
2. Happy Birthday to Laef - last Thursday. And a nostalgic goodbye to the beloved "LAEF plates" It's a crying shame.
3. http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/ndsound.php <---This never gets old.
4. Who is Ryan Howard?
5. Sanjaya still hasn't been kicked off?

And now for some things to look forward to:

• New episode of The Office this week.
• Weekly updates of the happenings in Baseball Challenge - including weekly leaders, losers and all the scandal and drama that is BC.

Reign Over Me

Zeb and I went to see this movie last weekend, and we both really liked it. Definitely not "classic" Adam Sandler, but still really good. Don Cheadle is really good, I think I like him in pretty much every movie he is in.

And a little known fact about Don Cheadle, according to Zeb, is that he has a twin brother named Jon Cheadle, who, again according to Zeb, stars in The Ladies Man. See the thing about Zeb is, no matter how much he knows he's wrong, and how much I know he's wrong.....he just keeps on going with it. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes it's maddening. Most of the time it's both.

Oh, and the most important thing about this movie is that it has a REALLY good Bruce Springsteen reference, including a jam session to some of The Boss' tunes. (I really shouldn't have to explain this to anyone to claims to be my friend, but The Boss is Bruce Springsteen.)

Elliott Yamin

Elliott was my favorite guy on American Idol last year, but he got kicked off. Imagine my surprise to find his CD in the aisles at Target. I have been rocking out to this in my office for the last two days straight. Yesterday I would say that I probably listened to the CD all the way through at least 15 times (its a short one). Today I've been trying to mix things up. I would definitely recommend this to everyone.

I especially enjoy:

Track 1) Movin' On
Track 6) I'm The Man
Track 7) Train Wreck
Track 11) A Song For You

Also, HAPPY OPENING DAY! Hard to believe it's spring, being as it's snowing here, but baseball season starting gives me some hope!

What's better than the classic Mr. Coffee Iced Tea Maker?

The NEW, IMPROVED and ever so FRUITY, Mr. Coffee Iced Tea Maker. Now my old iced team maker is only a about a year old, and its still in great shape, but when i saw the new design of this one, I had to have it.
Notice the delightful color scheme and striping on the canister. It also came in a very nice shade of green and I believe a yellow. On top of that, It makes up to 3 quarts of tea, and my old one only made 2 quarts. Only about $18.00 at Wal-Mart. I highly recommend it to everyone.
I also discovered a great new twist on my classic iced tea recipe. I drop 3 tablets of Costco vitamin C into the area that holds the tea bags. The chewable tablets are made to disolve easiely anyway, and they taste great. It gives the tea a nice sweet zing & and I get my vitamin C.

Have a great weekend!!

The Office Friday

Whew! For those of you who missed The Office Marathon last night, it was a good one. They lead off with "Diversity Day", which to me is one of the seminal The Office episodes. It reminded me of things like "Tit for Tit" and the "Dwight Shrute Workspace". It was followed by other classic episodes such as "Sexual Harassment" "The Injury" and a more recent episode "Gay Witch Hunt." Possibly the best thing about the first season of The Office is Michael Scott's hair. It is so gross/greasy/ and thining. They have really cleaned him up for the more recent seasons.

And FINALLY next week is a new episode of The Office! The previews are pretty intense, and it looks like Jim might be getting beat up by Roy. Its a super-size episode so it looks like they are going to be making this long wait worth while. Don't let them throw you off, I think it's going to be on earlier than normal next week. Here's a quick preview of what we can expect for next week:

THE NEGOTIATION 8:00/7:00c TV14 04.05.2007
SALARY NEGOTIATIONS DRIVE MICHAEL TO THINK ABOUT HIS OWN PAY - Darryl (Craig Robinson) decides to meet with Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) to negotiate a pay increase. Meanwhile, Jim (John Krasinski) deals with the consequences of Pam's (Jenna Fischer) confession to Roy (David Denman) . Rainn Wilson, B.J.Novak, Melora Hardin, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nunez, Phyllis Smith, Minday Kaling, Paul Lieberstein, Creed Barton, and Rashida Jones also star.

Hiking the M

So for anyone who hasn't been through Montana, a lot of the towns have big letters on the hillside...or shall we say MOUNTAINSIDE over looking the town. In Bozeman we have the "M". Now to me it would make more sense to have a B for Bozeman, or an MSU...but no, we have the M. This next picture gives you an idea of what I am talking about.

There is a hiking trail that leads up to the "M" and the big thing to do it go out and hike up to the M. It is a conditioning activity for a lot of our athletic teams, and the scoop is that is also acts like the "class rock" in Sweet Home, and the graduating high school class takes the liberty each spring to go up and paint the rocks that spell the M.



Well, this weekend Zeb and I decided to get out there and see what all this "M" talk is about, since we had been having such nice weather. If I look destroyed in the picture it is because this nice little hike (HA!) showed us just how out of shape we are. Don't worry, I am working on addressing that issue currently. It was a little bit depressing to see that an old man, nearly 3 times our age wearing TIGHT jeans and cowboy boots beat us up the trail. (and when I say beat, i mean DEMOLISHED!) There was also a weiner dog that I suspect could have given us a run for our money. It was fun though!!

Late Pass Wednesday

Since I've been slacking so much on the blog lately, I figured I owe you guys something really good. So enjoy this one! Lots more information coming soon on the blog!

What's New with me!

I just started the 3:00am shift for the remaining 2 weeks of it. It's the first day and I can say I'm really not that tired but ask me by thursday. It gives me some free time beings as I get done with work at 11 so I thought I would post on here. Heather just recently showed me Curt Schillings blog and I started to read it and found out that it was genuine so I posted and he responded to my post. I actually really enjoyed his answers to my questions. Your job is to read the Q&A's and then think of a good question to ask him and next time I post I will include you guys as well.

Q-1) I do see the yanks would be out of the question but who would be your top team choices to play for in 08(the Red Sox are the obvious choice)? A-I won’t go into detail for a lot of reasons. But suffice it to say that if it ends up not being Boston we’ll end up in a place with a team that we are comfortable with and that will have a chance to win it all.Q-2) If you could have a ‘Super’ Team who would be in your lineup?

A- Fun one. Starting 9 with a DH, and SP, from todays players? No payroll limit?

C-Jason Varitek – As good a handler of pitching staffs as anyone I’ve ever been around, coach or player. Not to mention he brings value in the clubhouse as well. I have heard Joe Mauer is this same kind of presence, but he brings some pretty incredible offensive tools that no other catcher in the game possesses. I’ll stick with what I know though and that makes Tek an easy choice.

1B- Albert Pujols – There are some other great ones here, Morneau is a stud, Helton, Ryan Howard. I love Lyle Overbay as well. But Albert is doing things no ones ever done, ever, and when you are doing things that have never been done in a game that’s over 100 years old, that’s something.

2B-Chase Utley- I don’t know a lot about him defensively but his production at a position that doesn’t have a lot of power is huge. If I had to pick this based on defense I’d go with Orlando Hudson hands down.

3B-Scott Rolen-Personal bias here since I had the good fortune of being his teammate. Along with Junior Spivey he’s the best athlete I’ve ever played with. Opening day in 1997, 9th innning, 1 run game, Brett Butler hits a spinning chopper over the 3rd base bag, Scott, running to his right, backhands the ball, falling into foul territory, spins and throws sidearm, perfect chest high strike on the bag. Still one of the better plays I’ve ever seen. Not to mention the guy runs the bases to perfection.

SS-Derek Jeter-Lots of good choices here but Derek may be the only guy in the game that you’d not be able to find someone that had something negative to say. He’s money on the games biggest stage and an often overlooked fact is that he plays every single day. Tejada is another one. He brings an immense amount of energy to the field and he plays to win. For pure defense I’d pick Alex Gonzalez with no one even a close second. I will argue until I die that he’s the best defensive shortstop that ever played. I still think he played the best defensive season in the games history last year. Chuck the range charts or whatever ‘scientific’ method is used, this guy was a stud from pitch one until the end of the season.

LF-Jason Bay-I think he’s a stud. Unfortunately he’s almost invisible in Pittsburgh. I don’t know much about him other than the few times I’ve faced him but he has put up some incredible numbers and I thought he was a pretty good defensive player as well. If it were pure offense I’d pick Manny hands down, twice on Sunday. Manny is still the best pure hitter I’ve ever played with. Matsui is, in my opinion, horrifically underrated as a run producer. The Yankee lineup is drastically different when he’s not in it.

CF-Andruw Jones-I’d pick him just to watch him shag during BP. He’s so incredibly gifted it’s unfair. I had a chance to get to know him when we were on the MLB team that toured Japan after the 1997 season and I was blown away at what a nice and respectful young kid he was, and he was a kid. Didn’t he hit 2 HR in a world series game when he was like 15?

RF-Vladimir Guerrero-Most plate coverage in the game. Can hit a ball a foot off the outside corner down the RF line and deep. Cannon for an arm. The funny thing about Vlad is that if you watch him doing something other than running or hitting he looks like he’s got a broken back. He limps around right up to the point where he beats you. Ichiro would be another great choice, incredible athlete. Bobby Abreu, JD Drew are both in for big years as well I think. Both can run, throw and grind out AB’s.

DH-Who else? David Ortiz-I think he’s in the midst of one of the better offense runs in baseball history. Though I think you could argue that Travis Hafner is every bit as good or at least getting there. Hafner continues to amaze me with his ability to manage the strike zone. He’ll chase every now and then but most times, against me anyway, he chases ‘good’ bad balls. He chases in areas he’s looking, as opposed to guys that chase just because they are swinging.

SP-Johan Santana-True legit ace. To me the earmark of an ace is innings. I think it’s far and away a SP most important stat. If you’re good, and you compile innings, the other numbers all take care of themselves. He’s dominant and he carries that to the mound with his presence. There are others I’d be more than ok with as well. Brandon Webb, Roy Oswalt, Ben Sheets, Josh, John Lackey, healthy Pedro, Carpenter, Halladay, Rich Harden, Sabathia, Verlander, Bonderman. True #1’s are guys who, if you don’t win on the day they start, everyone is stunned, I think every one of these guys brings that in spades. The guy that even on a bad day is going to get you through the 6th inning. That’s what I think about Halladay everytime he pitches.

Q-3) Honestly speaking when is Jacoby Ellsbury moving up in your eyes? I really enjoyed watching him play at OSU and not knocking
Coco but he hasn’t produced like I really thought he would of.

A-I have no idea. Obviously foot speed is not an issue but I don’t know enough about maturing as an offensive player to answer this one honestly. The few times I spoke with him this spring I realized he’s a good kid and driven to be a great player.

Baseball Challenge and other thoughts...

Well, was just looking over the current ESPN baseball challenge roster. There are some really obvious people still missing, including Emily, Chicken and Laef. I have faith that you will all get in the game with pleanty of time before opening day.

Secondly, to those who have signed up, but have yet to create a clever user name. Tisk, tisk, tisk. We all know that one of the most important aspects of Baseball Challenge is the clever user name. You can fall off after the first month, but if you started off with a unique name that is baseball appropriate (bonus points if it has special connection to your favorite team) you will still be respected in the Challenge when all is said and done. Greg, A-Ross. I really hope that you don't even think about letting the season start as G. Waltner and A. Ross.

Lastly, I tried to talk Zeb into using the setting to play weekly instead of daily. It would be a lot better for those of us who don't have the time and energy to pour over the boxscores each night. But he turned me down. What can I say? Maybe next year.

Oh yeah, and Gal, I decided that since you have taken so well to this whole blogging thing, you should really join baseball challenge too. It can be fun, you don't even have to know anything about baseball really. You can just choose players randomly, or pick one line-up to ride with for the whole season. You could even have your dad help you make pics. Think about it. I'm going to send you the email.

In honor of this baseball challenge post, lets all post up comments with your favorite baseball challenge memory over the last few years. Mine are as follows:

1) Zeb gets mad at Damon for supposedly having "cheats" to Baseball Challenge and threatens to quit.

2) Prior to the 2006 season, Zeb, Damon and Chicken are intimidated by newcomer A-Ross, because she has played in approximately 150 other fantasy leagues previously & they might get beat by a girl.

3) Greg signs up for Baseball Challenge and plays the first 3 weeks solo just to make sure he can handle the competition, before finally joining the group.

Oh yeah! GO DUCKS. Way to hang on and survive to the next round. They're going to have to do better than that, as I have them going to the final four in my bracket.....

Late Pass Wednesday

So Zeb is the official spokesman of Bozeman Public Works. Since he has been working there, he as been in the newspaper 3 times. My boss really seems to enjoy informing me when my husband has been in the newspaper again. I'll try to get a picture up for you guys sometime soon, I just need to scan it. In other late news, there was huge flooding on Monday. It got really warm and really windy and and a bunch of the snow melted. Zeb said that there was a river of water flowing down main street, and there were waves in it! It was a really good story, and I told him that he needed to blog about it for you all, but of course, he did not agree to that.

Have a good one.

What's worse than no new Office this week?

I'll tell you what's worse, a full hour of The Office repeats. I thought that there would be a new Office this week, but apparently I was wrong! This is getting to be too much. When it finally comes back, it had better be a REALLY good episode. The upside is that there are supposed to be never before scenes in the repeats this week......nah, that still doesn't make up for it. I guess we'll just have to get wrapped up in March Madness to forget about it.

TRAVELING SALESMEN8:00/7:00c TV14 03.15.2007
MICHAEL HAS THE SALES STAFF PAIR UP AND VENTURE OUT INTO THE FIELD - On Andy's (guest star Ed Helms) suggestion, Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) has staffers team up for sales calls, leading to some interesting, insightful moments in the field. Meanwhile, Dwight (Rainn Wilson) attempts to cover for Angela (Angela Kinsey) after she misses an important deadline. Karen (guest star Rashida Jones) receives surprising information. John Krasinski, B.J. Novak, David Denman, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nuñez, Phyllis Smith, Paul Lieberstein and Mindy Kaling also star.

THE RETURN8:30/7:30c TV14 03.15.2007
THE OFFICE CELEBRATES OSCAR'S RETURN TO DUNDER MIFFLIN - Oscar (Oscar Nuñez) returns from his long vacation with mixed emotions on whether or not he still wants to be a part of the office. Meanwhile, Andy (guest star Ed Helms) takes advantage of recent events to get closer to Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell). Jim (John Krasinski) turns to Karen (guest star Rashida Jones) and Pam (Jenna Fischer) for help to stage a prank on a new target. Rainn Wilson, B.J. Novak, Brian Baumgartner, Angela Kinsey, Kate Flannery, Phyllis Smith, Leslie David Baker, Creed Bratton, Paul Lieberstein and Mindy Kaling also star.

Chicks Dig the Long Ball

This is what I should of posted for my late pass Wednesday.

Late Pass Wednesday

Being as I am leaving today on yet another road trip, this time its Big Sky Conference Tournament in Missoula, MT, I thought it would be appropriate to give you a little late pass from earlier in the basketball season. Waaay back in November we took a road trip to play at Cal State Long Beach. Well, as you can probably guess, this lead to a recreational trip to Long Beach.
Now, with several other stereotypical southern california beaches in the area, you would have thought we might venture to a little bit nicer of a spot, but noooo, it was Long Beach for us. All of the locals couldn't believe that we went there, apparently not the best area. A few of the girls even got in the water.
Well, like I said, we're headed out today for tournament. Zeb is coming again for another dose of MSU WBB togetherness. If things go well, we won't be back until Sunday. Look forward to stories of Zeb's exploits on this trip, I just hope he doesn't get kicked out of any games. We'll be sure to take lots of pictures.

Playing Catch Up

Well, just a few quick notes today.

Baseball challenge is still in full effect this year, so get ready to go hard for the first 2 weeks *COUGH* emily *COUGH* and then let Zeb, Damon and Laef battle it out for the rest of the summer. Zeb will be getting emails out here in the next few weeks, so start planning clever user names.

The Office is another re-run this week. BOO! What do they expect us to do with ourselves? But it does give you a chance to beef up on your "The Office" quotes trivia. Not all of us can score a 95 on the game *COUGH* gregory *COUGH*.

THE MERGER8:30/7:30c TV14 03.08.2007
MERGER - The Scranton branch and the Stanford branch of Dunder-Mifflin are merged, bringing old friends Jim and Pam back together after months apart. Michael and Dwight and the other employees deal with the changes. Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski, B.J. Novak, Melora Hardin, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nuñez, Phyllis Smith, Paul Lieberstein and Mindy Kaling also star. Ed Helms ("The Daily Show"), Rashida Jones ("Wanted"), Ursula Burton ("The West Wing"), Mike Bruner ("C.S.I") and Wayne Wilderson ("The Class") guest star.

Have a good one!

The Best Game Ever!!!

Yes, thats right folks. Just when you thought that this weeks office was a repeat, and you're really depressed, they come up with an awesome office game on the website.

http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/justforfun/quotes.shtml

It's a finish the quote game, and I scored a disappointing 15/620. But seriously, it's harder than you would think. Everyone give it a try! AND DON'T CHEAT. (Damon, I'm talking to you) Post up your scores!

Late Pass Wednesday

In the true spirit of Late Pass Wednesday, here are the pictures from my bachelorette "party." It was a ton of fun & I finally found the film and took the initiative to get them developed!



How cute is Gal!? Hey, are you shooting this look at the rafting instructor?

Look how excited we were! Remember how nervous that guide made us, talking about the rules and what to do if you fall out? It was not even that bad!

The Office Tuesday

The #1 lesson learned from this week's office is simly that Roy is a psychopath. This whole situation could quickly turn into some "if I can't have you, no one can" stuff, straight off of the lifetime channel. The good thing is that looks like Pam and Roy may be done for good. The bad thing? Jim may have a beat down coming his way....

Next week is a repeat:

BRANCH CLOSING8:30/7:30c TV14 03.01.2007
NEWS OF THE SCRANTON BRANCH SHUTDOWN LEADS DUNDER MIFFLIN'S STAFF TO DREAM OF WHAT THEIR LIVES MIGHT BE LIKE AWAY FROM THE OFFICE - When Jan tells Michael (Golden Globe winner Steve Carell) that the Scranton Branch will be shutting down, Michael strives to keep his staff's spirits up. Meanwhile, everyone privately begins to envision how their lives will change in the aftermath. Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski, B.J. Novak, Melora Hardin, David Denman, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nuñez, Phyllis Smith, Paul Lieberstein and Mindy Kaling also star, and Ed Helms ("The Daily Show"), Rashida Jones ("Wanted") and Charles Esten ("Whose Line Is It Anyway?") guest star.

Beginning of a New Era

ATTENTION: "We Know You're Out There Monday" has been officially cancelled due to poor reader response rates.

I just got back from the most helacious road trip in Big Sky Conference history. Northern Colorado paired with Northern Arizona. It's a long trip with a lot of driving! But it was the last official road trip of the season, so that's a plus. My team clinched a spot in the conference tournament, so for a team that only won 3 games all season last year, we have made big improvments.

In other news I watched the Academy Awards last night, entertaining as always, but this year I watched it with DVR so I fast forwarded through the boring stuff that I don't care about, so that was great. I have started watching American Idol that way also. Can't beat it. Speaking of American Idol, I know there have to be some loyal blog readers who have been watching. Zeb really likes Lequisha Jones (I don't know if thats how you spell it? I'm just guessing from the way Zeb shouts her name around the house cheering for her...) Who do you all like? I haven't made up my mind yet, basically anybody who DOESN'T butcher a Stevie Wonder song has my vote....not that I actually vote. I'm more of a passive spectator.

Lastly, I did catch The Office this week and I'll get to posting about that sometime soon. Looks like a repeat this week, so no rush. boo.

Hope everyone is having a good start to the week!

Late Pass Wednesday: Oh snap it's thursday edition

In case you haven't heard the MLB is changing the fabric that they use to make their hats from 100% wool to 100% polyester. They're claiming that it's gonna help with player performance but unless the sweat band has some of Barry's cream/clear or some of Moises Alou's piss in it I can't fathom how it's gonna help. Do you think it would help my mustache look more Tom Selleck like?? Ill have to test it when they come out in March.

MLB.com link

SI.com link

Oh and anyone up for some Yahoo Fantasy Baseball?