Still no invite. Looks like I'll probably miss the newest wedding of the century. For what it's worth, I would have had to use one of those $15k toilets ... even if I didn't have to go.
Despite the rough outing yesterday, trading for Roy Oswalt was a great move by the Phillies.
Last night, I closed comments on all but the last 10 days' entries here. A newer antispam defense called TypePad AntiSpam had eliminated the need to do this for a time but spammers are like cockroaches ... in more ways than one. They've figured out a way to get around my TypePad defense in sufficient enough numbers that another step had to be taken. Spammers are impossible to get rid of entirely. They're determined and very resilient. You just have to be diligent in your defenses and squash the few that do get through ... or quit. Closing comments on older entries is a practice I used to use as an antispam defense at one time. It is effective but was somewhat tedious. I found a plug-in last night that made it easier to do this on a lot of entries at once and all is quiet here this morning. I'll no longer accept trackbacks, either.
Sam Bradford makes as much as or even more money than Drew Brees, Tom Brady, and Brett Favre ... and Sam hasn't thrown a pass in an NFL game yet. He'll get $50 million if he never throws one. Nice work if you can get it.
The QOTD is John Harbaugh's response to losing a starting cornerback for the season to injury on "a day before the first full-team practice of Ravens training camp". What else could he say?
40 days until football season ...
5 song iTune shuffle from the CrabAppleLane Four Star playlist:
- Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu
- Calling Elvis - Dire Straits - On Every Street
- Ebony Eyes - Bob Welch - Rock Of The 70's
- Little Ducks - Hans Zimmer - Crimson Tide
- Shine On - Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive! [Disc 2]
Quote of the Day
We're going to have a great defense. We're going to have a really, really good football team.
John Harbaugh, Baltimore Ravens Head Coach
Blog of the day is here.
Quote from said blog: "Cleaning shelves
recently at my Mother's house in New Zealand I found her Elna Sewing machine handbook"
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I got my invitation a while ago. Then I heard about the toilets and thought: "Hey, if they're skimping on that, where else are they cutting corners? No chocolate fountain? Tony Orlando without Dawn? Only New York champagne? Pffft! Who needs it? Guess I just won't go.
K-
I missed it, too, Kem. You have to admire the thought process. Someone had to say, "You know, I think we can get by on these $15k toilets. We don't need the $25k ones".