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Congratulations Jacoby on grabbing the team record for the most bases stolen in a single season!
Welcome back Wake. Glad to have you back on the mound again!
And finally to Victor Martinez–good luck catching Wake’s knuckle-ball and kudos for being willing to try!
And there you have it, two of my favorite players and one who seems destined to join the club. I don’t know a lot about Martinez, or V-Mart as I’ve heard him called, but I like what I’ve seen so far.
We’re smack dab in the middle of the dog days of summer and next Wednesday is National Dog Day so this week the Dames of Dialogue are honoring our furry friends with a Friday Favorites post about dogs! Yep, that’s right, we’ve gone to the dogs! Christy’s posted a great article about the benefits of having a dog in your life.
I’ve heard it said that diamonds are a girl’s best friend and a dog is a man’s…but I beg to differ. In my case, the only diamonds that get me excited are baseball diamonds, especially when it’s the Red Sox out there playing. As for dogs being a man’s best friend? Phhffft! Not in my house! My canine pals much prefer me to my husband. Hmmm, well, okay, that’s probably because I’m the one who feeds and takes care of them, but hey, every great relationship involves a little giving and a little taking and the love they give me in return far outweighs a couple of bowls of kibble a day!
So, hop on over to the Dames of Dialogue and let us know what you think about dogs. Do you have one or two or even more fur-faced friends in your life? Tell us! The inquiring dames want to know!
But before you go, see that badge over in my sidebar for the Animal Rescue Site? Click on it and help feed a rescued animal. It’ll take maybe 5 seconds of your time and I guarantee it’ll make you feel great. It’s just one more way dogs can make you feel better!
Celebrating today because Romance of My Dreams has officially moved from the coming soon page to the available now page! Yippee and yuck! Glad it’s out, but that means I need to struggle through getting the cover image in a text widget and up on my sidebar. Sometimes it really sucks to be a computer moron!
Anyway, this is a great romance anthology and it includes my short story, Third Time’s for Keeps, along with nine other short stories. All romance!
Here’s the blurb for Third Time’s for Keeps:
Jan Garnett and Keith Sanders fell in love in high school, but went their separate ways after graduation. They reconnect briefly in college, but are torn apart by a secret only Jan knows. When they meet again over twenty years later, the love is still there, but they’re leery of getting involved with each other because of painful and mistaken impressions from the past.
Jan knows she hurt Keith when she left, but she felt she didn’t have a choice at the time. She’d give anything to have another chance with him, except he’s involved with another woman. Or is he?
Keith loves Jan, but before he can chance getting involved with her again, he has to know the truth. Did she leave because she couldn’t handle an interracial relationship?
This is their third chance for love. Can they get it right this time?
Available in print at Amazon (no cover there yet but it’s coming!), in ebook for the Kindle and at Fictionwise. Grab your copy today and enjoy!
Today, my mind is on baseball and I have to start this one with a message to my Red Sox since they seem to be in the throes of a major slump (think I’ll call this one the ‘09 decline): Come on guys, snap out of it! You’re better than this but with the way you’ve been playing lately, you’re going to go from #1 in the AL East to dead last! Please, I’m begging you, don’t let it get that far! Doesn’t matter to me if you don’t make the post-season–well, okay, that’s a lie, it does matter, but it wouldn’t be the end of the world if you don’t play past September. I just hate to see a team with such potential implode and seriously, I really don’t want to hear another Yankee fan ask, “Who’s your daddy?” I had more than enough of that in 2003 so get out there and win one for the Gipper sake of your fans!
Next up, David Ortiz. He’s on the “List.” So what? It’s not like he’s the first baseball star to test positive for banned substances. You noticed I didn’t say steroids? That’s right, I truly believe his name showed up because he was taking some sort of supplement that skewed the results of that test. Don’t knock me, if you’re a Red Sox fan, you have to believe in the sanctity of Big Papi and all the sports writers and/or Yankee fans in the world can’t shake my conviction that Ortiz was and still is clean.
A side note to Jay Mariotti on Fanhouse who’s now calling Big Papi ”Ortease:” I know you think that’s cute and I can just see you rubbing your hands together and cackling like some schoolboy, but I have to tell you, that’s pretty juvenile for a professional reporter. You’re supposed to be a sports writer but whenever I read your columns, I feel like I’m back in the classroom dealing with third-grade girls–who are the meanest of the so-called mean girls–and judging from some of the comments on your posts, I’m not the only one! Grow up Mr. Mariotti!
Which leads me to the rest of the sports writers, why in the world are you all jumping on Ortiz? It’s not like we’ve never seen this before. Does the name Alex Rodriguez or Roger Clemens or, heck, even Barry Bonds, ring a bell? Get off David’s back and do what you’re paid to do, write about the sport, not about the lives of the players. Who cares if the players, in baseball or any other sport, takes something to make them play better. I can’t honestly say I wouldn’t do the same if I were in their shoes, and I’d be willing to bet everything I own, including my dogs, that you would too. In fact, if someone came up with a substance that would make you a better writer or get you more attention, I’m pretty sure you’d be all over it, banned or not. So drop your holier than thou attitudes and write about the sport instead of doing your best to put down the players. You want to spend your time writing articles trashing people, get a job with one of the tabloids and go after the celebrities or politicians.
And finally, to the people who comment on the sports blogs that they’ll never go to another game or watch a baseball game on television again because the players make too much money or the players are all cheats., etc, etc., etc., get over yourselves! I’m sick of hearing it and truthfully, we won’t miss you one bit if you actually do go far, far away–although I have a feeling you won’t. You’ll just keep spouting your opinions wherever and whenever you get the chance.
Okay, that’s it for this version of Monday Morning Mad Mutterings. Whew! I feel tons better!
The Dames are launching their Friday Favorites today on the Dames of Dialogue blog and the first subject up for discussion is makeup. Christy has posted an interesting article about the history of what women–and men!–have used to make themselves more attractive through the ages.
Check it out and let us know what your favorite makeup item is in the comments!
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