Random Thoughts XII - This Thread Delivers

[harimad]

I wondered how the tournament went. Thanks for updating, was it all softball or did you and DD take some vacation/sightseeing days also?

We spent the first two days of the trip in Denver, and then visited Rocky Mountain National Park on our off-day during the tournament.

All I can say about that is I was moved nearly to tears. Bar none, the best experience of my life, just seeing the wonder in my daughter's eyes and hearing the excitement in her voice as we drove through the mountain pass between Loveland and Estes Park. Wonderful memories I'll cherish for the rest of my life.

 

[NWICY]

This. Slice off as big a slab as you want, and if someone asks you about it, give them a murderous look that I know you're totally capable of. No one wants to piss off the pregnant lady.

Especially if she is holding a fish knife.

 

[Cybirdy]

Thanks! Staying with the Blitz then? It's a good program, from all I can tell, so it sounds like a good decision.
I really do wish we could move there and have DD play at the HS. I was reminded of this when we stopped off in Davenport on the way home for Happy Joe's pizza and Whitey's ice cream. There were some young ladies wearing blue Ankeny uniforms in line at Whitey's.
This heat wave has been Hell on catchers, I feel terrible for them. It was 105 on the hottest day in Colorado, and then we drove east and got to experience the same heat wave again here, this time with 2x the humidity. Our poor catcher was about dead. I didn't like the coach having her catch every game, although I know why-- the backup catcher has problems with strikes bouncing off her mitt, much less low or wild pitches. Still, the health of the girl is more important imo.

Fortunately SS handles the heat better than her pitchers. We have 3 very young ones and on a good day each can have a good 4 innings but you never know which one that will be. They played 2 games last Friday in the metro and SS didn’t even take out her cooling towel. She did go out the last couple of innings but only because they switched to their main JV pitcher and they had already decided if they had to put her in, they would put in the JV catcher. Her pitchers also work her harder than a catcher should have to work, but she takes it game after game.

 

[Cybirdy]

Fortunately SS handles the heat better than her pitchers. We have 3 very young ones and on a good day each can have a good 4 innings but you never know which one that will be. They played 2 games last Friday in the metro and SS didn’t even take out her cooling towel. She did go out the last couple of innings but only because they switched to their main JV pitcher and they had already decided if they had to put her in, they would put in the JV catcher. Her pitchers also work her harder than a catcher should have to work, but she takes it game after game.

Ugh, autocorrected dd to SS and no edit option.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

Poachers broke into a game preserve to poach Rhinos and got mauled to death by lions. Poetic Justice

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/0...e-lions-after-breaking-into-game-reserve.html

 

[Rabbuk]

There was a brawl at the ellis fireworks here in Crapids and I guess a bunch of my former kids were involved. Disappointing.

 

[oldman]

Is that Sonny Bono??

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

Is that Sonny Bono??

Yes, from Airplane 2

Hallick: Passenger's name is Joe Saluki. He was supposed to fly to Des Moines for an operation, something to do with sexual impotence...

Steve McCroskey: The Des Moines Institute?

Hallick: You know it?

Steve McCroskey, Bud Kruger, The Commissioner: We're familiar with it.

I forgot to add, he's impotent, suicidal and incredibly stupid

 

[oldman]

Cowgirl in her woman disguise. Note the careful rearrangement of the udders.

 

[wxman1]

There was a brawl at the ellis fireworks here in Crapids and I guess a bunch of my former kids were involved. Disappointing.

I saw the video and I don't think they were speaking English.

 

[wxman1]

Cowgirl in her woman disguise. Note the careful rearrangement of the udders.

I usually don't talk about a woman's udders in front of her but...

 

[harimad]

Cowgirl in her woman disguise. Note the careful rearrangement of the udders.

I never knew how much CG resembles Jodie Foster!

 

[Rabbuk]

I saw the video and I don't think they were speaking English.

The guy filming wasn't one of my kids. It was english though haha.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

Someone I know did a whole young gator on the grill for the 4th. Someone just posted a picture of it.

 

[cowgirl836]

The cake is gone!

 

[SCyclone]

When did I miss The Eleven Commandments?

The Eleventh Commandment is "Thou shalt not miss the Eleventh Commandment."

 

[SCyclone]

Going to have some real Iowa sweet corn tonight, our first of the season. So if you drive by my house and see me lying in the yard, you'll know I'm in a food coma.

 

[Cybirdy]

Going to have some real Iowa sweet corn tonight, our first of the season. So if you drive by my house and see me lying in the yard, you'll know I'm in a food coma.

We had our first Iowa corn last night. Small ears but very tender. Best time of the year!

 

[NWICY]

The cake is gone!

Well that's disappointing.

 

[CycloneErik]

In other notes, I see that they have somebody local they used to fill in for this course in the spring.
I'll fire off a thoughtful application, but I'll have my eyes wide open that it's probably already filled.