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June 10, 2014: Even More

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There were three extra kids here for a sleepover last night. I had to pause American Horror Story every time one came into the room, so I saw an episode in about twenty segments.

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    1. I loved that book as a child. I was a bit disappointed that the diggers were buried in gravel and concrete.

  3. Just heard that a friend of the family checked out of this world early over the weekend. He was young, and had a family. The reason isn't clear, and likely won't satisfy. Ugh.

  4. Okay, I have nothing against all the Newman pics, but isn't there an unwritten rule that he has to have a coffee cup. *takes McCann-type stance near home plate*

    2. Hey now- someone's been screwing with the space-time continuum!

      Or, you know, doing a little graphics editing. One of those two things.

  5. oh, wow. Bob Welch, dead at 57.

    My dad was a big Dodgers fan growing up, and still refers to them as "his Dodgers". I very much remember watching Bob Welch the rookie wunderkind in 1978. Including entering Game 5 of the World Series in the 9th to face Reggie Jackson with two on and two out [correction: he entered with two on and one out; first retiring Thurman Munson on a liner to right], striking out Mr. Straw.

    1. I remember that, too. I also remember him winning 27 games for the 1990 Athletics as the number two man in the rotation (Dave Stewart was the ace). Sad news indeed.

      1. I just saw on Bookface that a h.s. friend of mine coached one of his kids for a couple of years in youth hockey. Small world.

  7. Hey AMR I saw a bird Sunday on my bike ride that I've never seen before. Very black with a bright orange patch on both wings/"shoulder." I was going by pretty fast so I only got a glimpse. Based on that description, what do you think it was?

    1. Looked it up on google. Positive it's a Red Winged Black Bird. This one's orange patches were quite stunning.

      1. Funny...those guys are pretty common around here with all the marsh/wetlands. On the other hand, there's a yellow-headed blackbird that I had no idea existed until I recently saw a handful of them along a drive through SW Minnesota.

        1. I've seen a lot more yellow-headeds this year than ever before. Not sure what's up with that, but I like it.

          1. Still haven't seen one since childhood summers at the lake.
            Not that I really go looking where they live.

            Their call is like the old dial-up modem connect sound.
            httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0

      2. My wife will send you all of ours. We have lots of them.

        She'd send you the grackles, but I like those. They're just like black, shiny robins that just happen to come to the feeder occasionally.

        1. I send my love to you
          I send my hands to you
          I send black birds to you
          I send grackles to you
          I send my grebes to you
          I send my pleas to you
          Won't you send some back to me?

      3. That's a male. They can hide the patches pretty well when they want to.
        Females look like giant sparrows.
        One-year-old males can have plumage anywhere between the two "adult" extremes.

      4. After Dr. Chop's adviser was murdered a red winged black bird started hanging out in our back yard. I'm not much for new ageism, in fact I usually scoff at such notions, but birds have held a pretty significant place in my family's history. Blue Jays are a sign of my paternal grandfather, and cardinals represent my maternal grandparents. Gold finches are related to Dr. Chop's uncle, and red robins are a sign of good fortune. I always relish the sight of a red winged black bird, and think of Hector.

    2. Estimated to be the most common bird in MN in the summer months.
      (I'll assume Chickadees are the most common year-round resident.)

      1. yeah, no kidding. you can find them in the road ditches perched on cattails. I can still imitate their call, even though we see few here in StL area

      2. I think it was the orange patch was so vivid contrasted to the jet black of it's plumage (correct usage?) that surprised me.

        1. correct usage?
          I'd say so. "Feathers" works, too.
          Terminology only gets tricky when it's a reference to specific feathers.
          Remiges, Coverts, etc.
          Then even I glaze over a bit.

        2. Our yard backs up to a ditch with reeds, and there's a bunch who live there. They can definitely be quite striking.

          1. I've found at least four active nests on the little pond behind our house.
            I think they're so common because they'll nest in any wet area with tall enough grasses or reeds for nesting: ditches, lakeshores, bogs, sloughs, potholes, creeks, rivers. So unless you're in the middle of a big lake, you're never more than a half-mile from habitat.

  8. I had an unprecedentedly bad day in fantasy baseball yesterday. The entire team went 0-for-27 with a .000 OBP. That's a lot of suck. In fact, that's a perfect game. And I'm in fourth place with my team second in OBP.

    1. That is something, socal. My team has had bad days before, but that one takes the cake.

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