The guy I'm talking to on the phone mentions he was a pro baseball player and that he played in the World Series his rookie year back in the '80s. So I do a casual Google search, and he's got a baseball card and everything--and all the articles say he was a terrible player. I feel kind of bad for him, but of course I'm not going to say I just Googled him.
Does anybody mind if I pass out?
Willow ,'Beneath You'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Nov 30, 2011 12:17:16 pm PST #9321 of 30001
brillig
Hil R. - Nov 30, 2011 12:18:22 pm PST #9322 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
So I do a casual Google search, and he's got a baseball card any everything--and all the articles say he was a terrible player. I feel kind of bad for him, but of course I'm not going to say I just Googled him.
Well, a terrible player in the major leagues is still incredibly good compared to 99.9% of the population.
Connie Neil - Nov 30, 2011 12:19:09 pm PST #9323 of 30001
brillig
True enough. And in the World Series in your rookie year is still wonderful.
Though I asked, and his team lost.
Toddson - Nov 30, 2011 12:20:11 pm PST #9324 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
On the plus side, he wasn't lying ... jeepers, that's really setting the bar low, isn't it?
Jessica - Nov 30, 2011 12:35:11 pm PST #9325 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Even the kids on planes comments took a detour into "breastfeeding is exactly like changing a diaper and you shouldn't do either in an airplane seat because ew" mode! I can't escape!
§ ita § - Nov 30, 2011 12:39:48 pm PST #9326 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Man, I made an old guy's day at lunch. Or, at least, his hour. I was looking for hardware for my parents' network, and I was pointing stuff out, and he said "No, maybe you should get this...". I asked why, and he said it was because of the settings I'd need to disable. I said "Oh, I was going to flash it with dd-wrt and override it that way."
He about had kittens. Happy kittens. He paused, looked at me flatly, and then beamed. "I didn't expect to hear those words. Oh, you'll be fine with these. You'll be just fine..."
And he went on and on, and made his (much younger) associate go get me boxes that hadn't been opened, and stuff. So pleased. It was adorbs. I'm glad I got to make him happy, even if it was just five minutes.
erikaj - Nov 30, 2011 12:42:42 pm PST #9327 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Allyson, David Simon's company(The Wire likes carrots) is Blown Deadline, Inc. it's all in the game.
Toddson - Nov 30, 2011 12:46:42 pm PST #9328 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
ita, I think sometimes people in the stores are so relieved to have someone come in who actually knows what they're talking about and is pleasant, that they just, well, have happy kittens.
§ ita § - Nov 30, 2011 12:59:46 pm PST #9329 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Speaking of happy kittens...I just taught my manager llama drama. I don't even know anymore. But she's pretty good, as far as I can tell.
Jesse - Nov 30, 2011 1:15:12 pm PST #9330 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
People are a mess, I am jealous of Sue, and Allyson is not a loser. I'm pretty sure that's all I've got from today.