Leaking and Plugging

For some strange reason, I watched the whole thing.

Adam, can’t wait for the taping on the 15th. Listen for the laughs, boy howdy!

I’m totally stealing those sweet dance moves.

Off target, sorry, Adam. David Corn in “Tom Paine - common sense” wrote an article titled “The Bush-Is-An-Idiot Camp Grows”, which is heartening to us correct thinking progressives. Give it a read. BTW, David’s book, “Hubris”, comes out next week, so save a few dollars for that.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/08/30/the_bushisanidiot_camp_gro ws.php

Looking forward to being there in spirit and experiencing it vicariously in retrospect.

(And to getting my ultra-signed book!)

Off target, but Dee (and other Tiger fans out there)–just back from the stadium, pulled off a 9th inning come-from-behind win against the hated Yankees. Back to the Bronx tomorrow, this is hard work…

In the meantime, the plan-free war continues, and the Bush-backers mainly duck that uncomfortable issue: whether this war is too much for the man who launched it. That does appear to be the big elephant in the room. And it seems that even conservatives and Republicans are finding it difficult to ignore its smell.

Thanks for the link, Cooper. WF, are you listening?

David, I just saw the Olbermann piece…got the link from Jesus’ General, and you beat me to posting the link. Olbermann is much better at political commentary than he ever was at sports. (I think he hated the Tigers! Just kiddin’. Dont send Keith any ourtaged emails).

oops, try this link.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/external/search.hosted.ap.org/wireCoreToo l/Search?SITE=TXSAN&query=kyra%20phillips

In anticipation of my drive to Grouseland today (Goin’ to Grouseland, Grouseland, Grouseland in PA) I went to bed early last night and missed the ninth inning theatrics. Dale, I know this is a great responsibility and I appreciate your continued attention to the project. Especially since the beloved team, as of this morning, is no longer The Best Team in Baseball. That title is currently held by the (gulp) New York Mets.

Maybe I don’t need to go all the way to France to get them back on track…maybe just a weekend out of town will do it.

See some of you soon!

Oh, Murray, you’re such a mensch.

OK Adam, there are 6 copies of your book in the Greater Boston library system with 8 on order and they are all reserved. I paid for mine, and you’re welcome. It was hilarious by the way; laughing by yourself on an airplane is not recommended these days.
When are you coming to read at Brookline Booksmith?

David, buddy! Sorry we’re going to miss meeting you this weekend. Maybe I can give you a call when I visit my sister in DeBary sometime.

What will get the vitriolic bile flowing, I suspect is for someone to say that they don’t give a hopping hell for pro ball and that all they care about is that the Charlotte Knights AAA team keeps winning, not that I would say anything like that.

Siobhan, sure. I’d be honored to do that; but I suspect your autograph is much more valuable than mine. Also, I suspect you’re correct about the Tigers - don’t hate me, dee. I think I got put off from the Tigers by that virulent right wing zealot Tom Selleck being such a fan. (Didn’t you just hate him in Magnum, P.I.?) I did pull for the Tigers when I was but a child, baseball was still pure (to a clueless kid, anyway), and the Senators were still in DC. However, that’s another post

Between IBS (you hypochrondriacs will know what that is - or good old summer complaint) and dire weather forecasts, this person will have to remain on Long Island this weekend.
Cooper -if you will send me your snail mail addy, I’ll send your wife something special.

And Murray, oh pray, forgive me!

Please be good to my beamish boy, folks, and know that I’ll be thinking of you guys all weekend, while I watch the rain washing away my already saturated garden.
With all my best, and all my regrets,
Edith of Layton Felber, always in the path of storms

Oh Miss Edith, we will miss you! Hey maybe I can get Adam to forge your signature on my copy of “Gypsy Lover,” just like he used to on those notes from school…

And I am enjoying the comforts of the room at the Breezewood Days Inn (Exit 156). Thanks to a minor snafu I made an unanticipated trip to Grouseland. Murray wasn’t there, but I did get to meet Jane, who in addition to being Long-Suffering is also very gracious. And Grouseland is quite lovely. One word of caution for the road in — when the sign says 15MPH on the curves, they mean it.

Room 214, kids. BYOB.

Cooper,

I’ll be back up in Hendersonville in October. You’re in Charlotte, aren’t you? Could imagine downing a few together.

A great good time to all the participants in the thing that is not Felberpalooza! Keep dry, have much fun, and check in from time to time!

Chuggo,

A “Met,” at least in New York City is a “Metropolitan.” Yes, the team is officially The New York Metropolitans. Apparently, when they were formed not only did nobody around there know how to play that game (to paraphrase) nobody around there knew anything about marketing, either.

The other big “Met” in New York is, of course, “The Met,” the Metropolitan Opera. Some people have been known to have tickets to both.

Thanks, Murray for all you’ve done. Now go to bed! See you tomorrow, bud. ¡Se maldiga Ernesto!

Would one of you at Grouseland mind posting a complete running transcript of the jokes, barbs, witticisms, puns, and brilliant insights that I’m sure will be flying fast and furious all weekend, and that nobody will remember when the champagne wears off?

Dale, you naughty girl! Actually I have no idea what you wrote; BabelFish would not translate “jodas”, but that seems to be the offending word. Maybe someone @ ***FELBERPALOOZA!*** will know. I’ll be climbing into the car soon to begin the rainy drive up there - well worth it I’m sure.

Just finished SB. Thought it would help assuage my grief over missing FP. Merd, it just made the agony more intense. Sure hope someone heeds Dale’s plea.

SB is definitely one hell of a read.

I meant, the Minnesota Twins have a couple gay guys on their logo (the old logo does, anyway). I suppose there are a couple random guys somewhere with their arms around each other, just wanted to make my reference correct.
Adam, I’m rambling. Better come up with a new subject.

We got a bit of rain recently. I just waded out into the cul’de sac and the water is knee-deep. Getting better, but still too much to drive through. I think enough of this water will find its way back to the ocean in time to make the trip to Grouseland Saturday morning.

I’ll be there early tomorrow afternoon, weather permitting (meaning no roads are washed out between here and there.) I think I’ve abandoned my idea of homemade chocolate chip cookies (I barely have time to pack, let alone bake a quadruple batch of cookies! - and they’re just Toll House cookies with oatmeal and milk added, anyway) in favor of a selection of Nanticoke’s finest baked goods from Nanticoke’s finest bakery - Sanitary Bakery!
http://www.sanitarybakery.com/

I found the key, but the Maker’s Mark is missing. Hmmmm….

Crap! So you have the entire supply of MM there. Spill some on my book.

I’m gonna sit here in the Santa Cruz mountains, watch my chickadees and Steller’s Jays fight for the feeder, and wish y’all one great weekend.

David,
You get all the good birds. Here in urban Oakland, the best we can do is to plant a lot of bushy stuff for them to nest in. We’ve had resident hummingbirds for some time, plus the usual California towhees; and sometimes we can look up and see a red-tail circling. Our latest visitor is a junco, who looks like he either has moved in or is moving in; he keeps perching on the power wire to the garage. He has to trade it off with the male hummer. I assume it’s the male but who can tell?

I don’t mention pigeons…

I agree - hummingbirds are major cool, and I adore the way they sit on the garage wire and lord it over the yard, all 3 grams of them. We deliberately plant stuff for them to eat; unfortunately our fuchsia has succumbed to those stupid mites and my resident gardener doesn’t think he can find a replacement, which is mite resistant, which is also red and white (the color scheme for that spot). We still have the lion’s tail, though, and several other things they like (but why do they hang out at the Cana lily?? Siobhan?). We’re thinking of replacing the fuchia with a bird feeder (including a hummingbird station, of course) if we can figure out a way to keep the squirrels out of it…

Thanks, Deborah, I didn’t want to be the only one to say it, but - Electric Lincoln was basically just stupid. Maybe it would have been better if I’d been high. It was mildly funny for the first 20 seconds but it didn’t stop then.

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