Kapler's Got the Best Cookies

Watch the video as Gabe wins the 2nd Annual Red Sox Cookie-Off.

Damn, they're expensive, though.

What I Want for My Birthday

10 Things About Forty-Four.

1. Gabe Kapler wore #44 for the Red Sox.
2. Forty-four is a Happy Number.
3. There is a song named Forty-Four by Howlin' Wolf.
4. There is also a band named +44.
5. Forty- four fantastic food facts.
6. Here's a restaurant.
7. Another song called Forty-Four.
8. Forty-Four, Arkansas.
9. The Urban Dictionary says 44 is the "location of supreme coolness."
10. I will be 44 tomorrow and I can't say I'm really thrilled about it.
    

Happy Friday

Yummy Gabe Kapler pic of the day (thanks, Jimbo!)

Phone Karma, Part 2

At least I've never done this:

Phone Karma is a Bitch.

Remember the dirty cell phone? The one I got from ebay that had all the text messages left on it? Yep, it broke already. Damn. I may actually have to break down and go to the Cingular store to get a new one, which I really don't want to do. What with the new at&t merger and all that nonsense. Or I could go back to ebay and take my chances. And hey, maybe get more juicy leftover text messages!

I Hear Ya, Sister!

White Trash Mom wrote a great post yesterday about the "Twisted Teenage Years." In it she touches upon something I've noticed a lot lately here in our own community: Good kids suddenly going bad.

She writes:

OK, I know that I have easy kids, as kids go. I really do. But I look around, and everywhere I turn, there's bad news. The straight A student who lost it all by getting hooked on meth. The cheerleader who got knocked up and ruined her chances of a scholarship to college in the fall (I know, that's an old story, but it's still going on...). The kid who's been on the straight and narrow all through school who suddenly finds that to be humdrum and boring. So, he started ripping off local convenience stores (I'm not kidding...) - just to see if he could get away with it. He couldn't. He got caught.

Everywhere I turn, there are what appeared to be great kids who have mysteriously gone bad. And I guess, I'm just left wondering:

"What will make us immune to this? How will our children avoid going down the wrong path?"

I've wondered a lot about this myself, recently, ever since I saw a police blotter article mentioning a girl my son had gone to elementary school with. Her parents are doctors (well I know at least one of them is...) and she was always just the cutest, sweetest little girl. Lately she's been in the paper twice: for DUI and for possession of a large amount of cocaine. Yikes!

Read the rest of the post here.

Would You Be Flattered, or Offended?

This is a copy of a receipt I got last year at a restaurant in Virginia (yes, I was attending a soccer tournament.) I just found it in a coat pocket, and it made me chuckle to see it again.

Friends I show it to have two different reactions, mostly. They are either horrified or amused. If you got a receipt like this, what would you think?

I didn't notice it until after I got home, so it's not like I could have said anything to the manager. For what it's worth, the bartender was a fairly attractive young man, about 25 or so.

(Hint: if you can't see what I'm talking about, that's not how I spell my name...)

Mom My Ride

Thanks to Joeboo over at the NC-Soccer forum for this. I almost wet my pants when I saw the duct tape part. THAT HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO ME.

Today's Soccer Scores

93 TFC Navy G 2 : FVAA Flames G 2
88 Triangle FC Navy 4 : FCCA Red 1

Photos from the first half of the 88 game are here (thanks to Jarrett!)

When Ads Go Bad

Sometimes contextual ads make no sense. Often, they're downright scary. WTF is a "cancer ringtone," and why would anyone want one? or why would one want to "buy cancer on ebay"?

Live from the Front Seat

The Soccer Mom Talk Show!