90 thoughts on “September 4, 2012: Dragging”

  1. fun fact: even with a HR last night, Jamey Carroll still has a higher OBP (.340) than SLG (.307). It also marks the first time since June 26 Carroll has a SLG above .300

      1. Lucy is upstairs cleaning the house and is going to start working on various projects that have been put off forever. After five years plus of devoting her time to Miss SBG, she's got to restructure her life. A much tougher day on her than anyone else.

      1. My first starts preschool on Thursday. We were exlpaining her new weekly schedule to her and I felt it only honest to add "And it'll go pretty much like that for the nest 20 years or so."

    1. When I started lurking at SBG, she was an infant. I know well how quickly the time flies for a father; I already occasionally dread the fact that Skim will be done with high school in ten and a half years. I remember her birth like it was yesterday.

      I haven't put them here for a while, so I'll take this opportunity:

      Skim

      Sour Cream

      1. Thank goodness your wife is* attractive.

        *never seen her, but she must be...only way to explain it.

        1. Take it back or die. In fact, it's too late. Die, but in the meantime, take it back.

          My wife is attractive, but these girls are both going to out-attractive both of us, no question.

        2. I won't take it back...it was intended as compliment to your lovely ladies but I know what you look like. 🙂

          I kid, I kid.

    2. And here I thought the one year flew by, I can't imagine how fast the first five will feel once they happen.

      (P.S. Sorry about the size, if someone wants to edit it to make it smaller, that'd be great. I really don't know how to do it.)

    3. Cute kids, all around. I spent last week watching mine while Philosofette went back to school. Throw in an amazing labor day weekend full of fun stuff with the kids, and being away from them today is pretty much killing me.

  2. A question for the lawyers of the WGOM: Someone I know struck a pedestrian last night. This person was not given a ticket and found to be at no-fault for the accident. (the pedestrian was ticketed, and was likely under the influence, although I haven't had that verified yet.) The pedestrian will live. The windshield and passenger side mirror will need to be replaced on the car. Now, according to the person I know, her insurance company has said they will not cover damages because she was not at faul, though I question that she heard them right because that doesn't make any sense. I'm assuming she will need to file some sort of suit against the pedestrian to get them to pay for the damages. Is that possible or even how it works, or is this something that needs to involve the insurance company as well? If you'd prefer to email converse about this, my email is peterson dot jessea at gmail

    1. I don't remember my insurance law well enough and/or practice any sort of personal injury law that runs into these questions, so I wouldn't be any help.

      1. Yeah, me neither. Furthermore, this stuff is or can be pretty state specific, so you will want some WI advice, assuming it happened in WI. My first piece of advice would be to figure out what state entity might be able to help with some free advice.

        1. I'm getting the feeling this is going to get worse before it gets better. To make matters worse, the driver is 19 and generally incapable of finding help on her own. (and also has a history of traffic violations.)

        2. I'll secondy-second everything said here. This is an area where I have extremely limited knowledge.

  3. This is a shot in the dark, but does anyone here perhaps have an extra ticket to Surlyfest that they don't need? I'm going to be in town that weekend, and I just found out several of my friends are going. Tickets are sold out, but I'd like to attend if possible. I'll give you full price for the ticket AND give you half the drink tokens!

  4. Don't know how many of you read David Pinto's baseballmusings.com, but every year about this time he starts rooting for massive ties in the playoff races. Here is his scenario for a seven-way tie in the A. L. East, Central, and Wild Card.

        1. I'd rather see them play a past-midnight tiebreaker and then have to play the early ALDS game the next day.
          Almost.

          OK, I'm for it if they have to forfeit because their plane hasn't even landed yet.

  5. I got some pretty good news today. The results of the myocardial perfusion imaging (nuclear stress test) I did on Friday came in. Sorting out the medical mumbo-jumbo, the course of treatment calls for no further intervention at this time. That means they aren't going to do another angioplasty and stent placement, we're just going to manage things with meds, diet and exercise. The test showed normal bloodflow into the heart tissue, no significant damage or abnormal healing in the heart wall, and strong tolerance to exercise. My injection fraction, a measure of how much blood the heart pushes out when it contracts, was 69%, and anything in the 65-70% range is considered as good as it gets. I'm one lucky SOB. I get a second chance to restore my heart to a more healthy state. But it also means that it's all up to me to make it happen. I hope I'm up to it, because it isn't exactly an easy road. It's just a much better road.

    1. Fantastic news!

      And remember, a heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others and by your injection fraction.

      1. Yeah, I screwed that up, though. It is actually the ejection fraction. Apparently direction matters.

  6. cc to Can of Corn: I didn't check my facebook all last week, so I didn't see your meetup invite until it was too late. Where did you sit? At least we both got to see a great baseball game.

    1. No worries, we'll get 'er done next time. I had some pretty great seats down the right field foul line. See discussion beginning here. A few of us got to see a real gem in person.

  7. Has anybody seen the last two episodes of Breaking Bad? I watched them over the weekend and was a little disappointed.

    1. I haven't watched them yet (or any of the season), but I allowed myself to be spoiled because it was bound to happen anyway. I rolled my eyes about the ending as this is exactly the type of thing the show does that drives me up a wall.

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      1. I commented to the wife while watching how well that episode was directed.

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    3. I think I'm two or maybe three episodes behind. I'm eager to catch up and get in on this conversation, but I was busy finishing season one of Game of Thrones. I'm already annoyed that there aren't more episodes yet.

  8. I have some good news too. After hinting at it for weeks and weeks and weeks, my boss finally met with me today to discuss a full-time position. The work itself will still be dull, and the benefits aren't mind-blowing, but they are offering me a whole lot more money than I was expecting. I've been making peanuts for so long now that getting a legitimate salary and actual health insurance is like some impossible dream coming true. I'm pretty pumped.

      1. oh, yea. Great news, New Guy. Plus, you should have plenty of pent-up mental energy for writing, which you don't need to use up Bukowski-ing at bars!

  9. In other good medical news, quad screen came back today negative. I really don't care boy/girl, straight/gay, baseball/barbies, PC/Mac. Just want healthy. So, we're part way there.

      1. Better than the ring I got earlier today... by the way, I randomly bumped into my buddy with whom I put you in touch while at the State Fair (seriously, I almost tripped over his three year-old without realizing they were even there). He reiterated that you should be reading absolutely nothing into the silence.

        1. That is exactly the kind of thing I needed to hear after the day I had today. I knew day 1 back would be rough, but I underestimated.

        2. Better than the ring I got earlier today...

          apparently, I've been out of touch. What what, DPWY?

    1. May all of their remaining losses be huge blowouts and their wins be close.
      I want them to win the WS being outscored at every step along the way.

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