Former Yankee Arrested For Vehicular Homicide

Jim Leyritz has been arrested in Broward County, Florida after a crash early his morning. Apparently his drunk ass was driving a Ford SUV & he hit another car, killing a girl inside (unclear still as to whether she was the driver or passenger.)

You probably remember him for his typical Yankeeness in the 90's & for breaking Braves Fans hearts in the '96 series with a dinger.




Check out ESPN for the details...

Graduation Day!

King graduated from intermediate Puppy School Saturday! It's the 2nd of 4 classes he'll hopefully be mastering & this one was much more intense than beginning puppy. But it also had an agility element to it too so he thought that was pretty fun! He loves going through the tunnel!



The hula hoop he's supposed to jump through was too small for him so they found a big tubey-tire thing for him instead:


Then there's a slalom type pole set up that he gets to step through. He does it fine, actually kinda of strangely. He steps over each pole on the ground like he's a horse going through a minefield! It looks so silly - but totally cute!


Here he is all ready for his graduation pics, & bored, bored, bored now that we wouldn't let him go play more!


So very proud!

Kissin' Cousins...

King's cousin Maggie is visiting with us for a few weeks & she couldn't possibly be any cuter without actually being King!


For the most part, King is oblivious of her...


...unless she moves at all-then it's play time for them both! They do get along fairly well though, except there seems to be some confusion as to who exactly the loveseat belongs to.


Oh & did I mention that Tigger is totally ticked off?


Decorating for Christmas has been rather interesting this year!

Amazing Christmas Light Displays...

I'm sure you've all seen the fantastic rendition of the Trans Siberian Orchestra's light show than began circling the world a couple of years ago. I did a quick search & found a few more that caught my eye so I'll post them here for your enjoyment. There's some amazing talent out there... Even a kind of interesting on set to the Grease Soundtrack all the way from Down Under!

The Original from Carson William's in Mason, Ohio:


Carson William's 3rd year:


An updated version from Texas:


Carol of the Bells in Tompkinsville, Kentucky:


The Grease one from Australia:


A cool one with The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Angels We Have Heard On High:


This one has an almost Disneyesque feel to it:

Hey - Where's The Sports Talk?

I know I've been slacking - life does that sometimes & I'm not getting paid as well as most major leaguers for producing at only 30% like they do. I'm not getting paid at all come to think of it, so stop with the nagging emails about how "so much is happening in the sports world & I haven't weighed in on anything" Jeez!

I still don't have time to address everything, but here's what I shot out earlier when an old baseball buddy mentioned in an email that "Barry Bonds is toast":

Barry is beyond toast. He's toast crumbs. If this case goes forward, he'll either be found guilty & go to jail for a long time, or a short time & either way, will be suspended forever by the league when that's over. He'll never play again (unless he makes a Longest Yard-The Baseball Version situation in the pen) which is fortunate, because I can only take so much hate in this sport I love, & I'm completely consumed with hating A-Fraud right now. Barry Bonds doesn't even exist to me.

Of course, if I'm honest, he never really did. I only tried to be a decent Giants fan for friends who liked them - but deep down, I always, always, always knew it would come to this extreme with Bonds. The G's are lucky to have cut their ties with him just in time. Makes me wonder if the Mitchell Report got leaked to them a bit early so they would have time to put some substantial space between them.

I think Frisco has a real chance to make something of themselves now & I truly hope this could be Barry Zito's banner year (although I'm fairly sure that won't come til 2009 at the earliest.) But think about it: What better way is there to flip Bonds the bird than to win it all & rub that ring right in his face?

Bitter? Moi? :-) Not too bad as far as these things go. I'm more upset about Super Marco getting traded from my A's more than anything else. Although our AAA mounds needed attention & this will open up a nice spot for Donnie Murphy.

I swear I can remember being at at least 15 games where Scutaro knocked out a walk-off game clincher, including 1 I wrote about here, but his stats show he only did it 9 times in his career here. I guess I'll have to wait & see how it all works out. I just have this nagging suspicion that Marco won't be as lauded in Canada. He barely makes Ingles words okay, how's he supposed to pull off French!?!

Very Tall Dog Meets Very Small Dog

Doggy news: The world's tallest pooch meets the smallest. (From J-Walk!)

Despite their radical difference in size, these two dogs have something in common - Gibson the Great Dane and Boo Boo the toy Chihuahua are both world record holders.

Measuring a whopping 107cm, gentle giant Gibson was named tallest dog back in 2004. Joining him in the hall of fame for 2007 is tiny Boo Boo who only measures 10.16cm tall and is smaller than Gibson's head.

New Mime(d) Song!

Perhaps you remember the mimed version of Torn?

He does this one even better! Enjoy!



In case you missed Torn - Enjoy that one on me too!

The coolest "online catalog" you've seen

· It takes a few moments to load

· It’s in a language that’s not English

· It’s worth the wait…..

Check it out… whatever it is.

Found at Bits & Pieces!

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This Is Pretty Much What My Darling Tigger Does To Me Every Morning...

Here's the innocent little angel...


& here's just another funny kitty video - he's trying to catch fish that are trapped under ice...

Pics from Vacation!

Saw this on 101 on the way to Universal Studios & thought it was pretty fantastic:


Then this was way cool in the CityWalk (kinda of a Downtown Disney outdoor mall place):


This is looking over the lots inside Universal Studio:


Their tour includes some cool (& some dated) special effects demonstrations:




They were working on Ghost Whisperer & Desperate Housewives during the tour:



Playing with shadows:



They totally wanted to put me in a new show:




Had to say hiya to Wildwing:


I'll try to get some more up soon so be patient people! :-)

Red Sox are heading to the Series again!

I have lots to say about this but minimal time, darn it!

I think this remix of Soulja Boy & Jonathon Papelbon in his underwear & Kevin Youkilis dancing their jigs in celebration say enough for now :-) Silly happy boys!

Home Safe!

We made it back safely from Anaheim... Although I-5 was a mess, we ended up being the first back on once they reopened it! So I'm here & tired, but I'll get some pics from the trip up soon!

Vacation Time!

Off to see my sissy & my darling niece... Then to see the Ducks hopefully beat the Bruins in their home opener! Woo-hoo!

Miss me terribly please!

Picture Time!

We recently had our pictures taken by an actual professional so I thought I'd share...

Enjoy! {Click the pics to biggify}

Barry Bonds Is Leaving San Francisco Giants (Finally?)

The Giant organization is about to announce that they will not be offering Barry Bonds a contract for 2008 (surprise, surprise, surprise eh?)

Bonds is now saying he’s disappointed & ticked off that he didn’t have more time to ‘say goodbye properly”. He thinks the front office planned this a long time ago & I’d bet he’s right. In all seriousness, what did he think was going to happen? The way I see it, there’s really not much either side has to offer one another now.

I would have said the same thing at the end of his last (injury hampered) season, but with that darned record looming, what choice did the G’s have but to keep him & enjoy all the money that would inevitably flow their way. Knowing that kind of cash would be coming in allowed them to offer the most expensive contract ever for a pitcher, who they said they wanted to specifically keep the media off Bonds’ back – which Zito did by sucking rotten eggs for the first half of the season.

So any thoughts on this out there? He says he’s not going to retire. He wants to try & get a World Series Ring which probably means he’ll be a frickin’ Yankee. Then I’ll get to officially hate him so that makes me happy. J

Even Budweiser Will Not Forget...

I found video this too late to include in the Patriot Day post, but wow, it's just so touching. Apparently this was aired only once on 2/3/02 during the Super Bowl XXXVI. It's their commercial called Clydesdale Respect.



Although it certainly won't incline me to drink Bud over Newcastle, I do appreciate that such an American icon of a company would take it upon themselves to honor those affected by 9/11.

This Is Cool!

Watch where the bat ends up after he makes contact!

Duck Cougar Fight!

The U of O Duck wins of course... I love the cover song that accompanies this video too, well, I just love cover songs in general I suppose.



Many folks thought this was staged & I tend to agree. The Duck would have to have some serious moxie to start that stuff at Autzen Stadium. The Duck was suspended for a game afterward though.

Our President At His Finest...

Pics From The Marin Pet Expo This Weekend...

King got to go on his first outing in an attempt to socialize him with all kinds of dogs this weekend. The Marin Pet Expo at the Marin Center in San Rafael was crowded with tons of dogs & their people, plus 44 agencies all collaborating for a huge Adopt-A-Thon! Over 175 animals were successfully adopted over the weekend!

Even with all the different types & breeds everyone had out, King was surely the star of the show! So many people we literally tripping over themselves just to meet him that we didn't get much of a chance to look around or enter any of the contests. Plus we spent half the time looking for sunblock cause I was a terrible mommy & forgot to bring some for his adorable lil pink nose!

It was a great day for him though. King was a trooper til the sun took it's toll & he passed out for a nap. He even painted his own pictures for a Non-Profit company called Paws For Love for a fund raising art auction to be held in February. They loved the heart on his coat so much their photographer took pics of him to be their new spokes puppy! I'm sure I'll post more on his success as an artiste soon!

Anyhow, here's a cute shot of him all ready to get the day started:


& this is us out on the pond pier at the Marin Center:


Then we met new friends:


This is Fiaan, he's a gorgeous harlequin dane who's also just a puppy:


His daddy let me take a pic with him & I had a bit of trouble controlling him - & he's only 8 months old & 120lbs! That'll be King in another 3 1/2 months!

Yankee Stadium Proposal Prank...

Further proof that Yankees Fans Suck & deserve bad things that happen to them! ;->

Actually this is just plain funny... & kinda sad.



How hard would it have been for the prankster to let her in on the idea beforehand?

Thanks to B&P for the find!

Happy(?) Patriot Day

How are we supposed to be celebrating this holiday? I have my flag out at home of course, but should we be dressing in Red, White & Blue like we're a proud country today? I'm not necessarily proud of the state of our union, more saddened by the reminder of all that shattered for us six years ago. I don't know how I'm supposed to feel so I'll mark the occasion with a short poem & some of the most touching pictures & artwork I've found: Enjoy...


Never forget what we saw

Never forget what we felt

Never forget what we lost

Never forget what to be thankful for now

Never forget what we will always fight for

Never forget what a difference you can make