Wednesday, November 23, 2005 Happy Thanksgiving, Leaguers!
We hope you can come up with some good reasons to be thankful this year. I know we at League HQ are thankful for all the great folks who pop up here at League of Melbotis (even if you won't take the time to post to tell us what YOU are thankful for).
Have a festive and restive Turkey Day.
And, you know, it's okay to do the Holiday any way you please. Just make sure you share the day with someone special.
Superman and Lois forego Turkey for a light dinner and getting sloshed on Strawberry Hill. 8:36 PM |
Monday, November 21, 2005 The League Asks: What Are You Thankful For?
Hey, Leaguers! Turkey Day is coming this week. Here's a quick link to the history of Thanksgiving here in the good 'ol US of A.
We're thankful for quite a bit this year. But what are you thankful for?
Heck, you're probably reading this at your computer at work. So keep avoiding the tasks of the day and take a few more minutes and post to the comments what, exactly, you're thankful for in 2005.
In the meantime, it's the Cover to JSA #54, for which I am very thankful.
Normally I love Manu. He's a great player, and he's on the Spurs, which gets him extra points. But Saturday night Ginobili took one of his famously unnecessary flops, landing squarely on the ankle of Suns player Leandro Barbosa.
Leandro was Steve Nash's back-up last season, and he was good, but not amazing. This season, Leandro has really matured, and he's been doing a lot ot carry the team. Until, of course, Manu plopped down on his own butt once again, rolling back and hitting Leandro, thus taking Leandro out of the game and out of play for the next two-to-three weeks.
And so I say: Screw you, Ginobili!
I gotta stick with my Suns. Why you gotta be flopping on my guys like that?
Ok.
Want to hear a gross story?
My air conditioning in my car recently died. Could be worse. It's now fairly temnperate in the Valley of the Sun, but driving around all day with the windows down doesn't do much for your hair. So, I put on my Phoenix Suns cap around 2:00 on Saturday, finally taking it off at 9:00 when I decided it was time for a hop in the tub. I don't take baths often, but last night seemed like a good time to soak, so I put in some bubbles and hopped in the water.
I ran the hot water, poured some into a cup and rinsed my hair, and was enjoying the bubbles, when I started in with the shampoo. And then I noticed a clump of something in my hair. I scrubbed a bit and it came out in a single mass. I looked down into my hand, and there in my hand were the curled remains of a big, ol' desert spider.
I screamed like a little girl and tossed the body of the spider into the bubbles, which was probably not very smart. Anyhoo, Jamie lept to my rescue and suggested I drain the tub, which I did.
I washed my hair three times and tried not to think too hard about the poor spider suffocating to death between my head and the hat.
The hat, sadly, wound up in the trash as I would never be able to look at it the same way again.
The most curious part if the whole situation was that we went out and picked up some dinner around 7:30, and while we were out, my feet inexplicably began to itch. I'm not sure there's a connection, but... I dunno. I'm not dead, but I didn't gain amazing spider powers, so I'm calling the whole thing a wash.
I can tell you this: I'm going to be checking my hats a lot more before putting them on. Especially with all the prehistoric freaky bugs living in this town.
9:31 PM |
Toys That Should Not Be: Alarming Superman Returns Edition
BWAH HA HA HA HA HA
Here is the first licensed product from the upcoming Superman Returns
The League will NOT be getting this particular item.
Last Sunday Jamie went into the hospital with some weird breathing problems. We've had some interesting medical issues here at League HQ over the years, but breathing hadn't yet made the list.
At first I thought Jamie had some sort of upper-respiratory infection, but it went from "a little trouble breathing" to "horrendous wheezing and gasping" pretty quickly. Luckily, when we hit that point we were already in the ER. (And just a quick reiteration, the real world ER is nowhere as romantic or exciting as the one on TV. Mostly you repeat your medical history ten times to ten different people and they look at you sort of blankly. Also, answering lots of insurance questions).
Mad props go out to the doctor who prescribed the upper-throat breathing treatment, because that really, really helped.
Anyhoo, Jamie was moved upstairs into the hospital around 7:00pm, and from there, Jamie's usual doctors got to work. Her blood levels were all out of whack and they needed to keep an eye on her.
Jamie's mom flew in (again) and helped out this week, sleeping in the weird pleather chairs they provide for visitors.
The bottom line is that Jamie is going to go on dialysis (again) and will get on the list for kidney transplant (again). So while we may have taken a step backward from the pheresis treatments Jamie was getting, she's gonna get on the list for a new kidney.
Jamie came home Friday, and we've been trying to just enjoy a little peace and quiet. While the hospital is as nice as they can make it, it's still the hospital, and I think Jamie is happy not to be hanging out with an IV in her arm and electrodes stuck all over her body.
If you have a kidney you aren't currently using, or one which you think you could spare, please put it in an envelope and send to
Jamie's Kidney Bank 1234 Arizona Ave. Chandler, AZ 85249
We'll be having Jamie's side of the family in this week for Turkey Day, so expect posts to remain infrequent until after the holiday. Lots of prep to do and not a lot of time to do it in.
Anyway, that's the scoop. Hope it explains why things have been so quiet on this end.
9:18 AM |
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