That wasn’t a balk. During yesterday’s Mariner game vs. the Florida Marlins (ahh, interleague play, otherwise known as the ritual humiliation of American League pitchers who are forced to hit), the umpire called a balk on Jeff Nelson in the bottom of the eighth inning. While it didn’t ultimately change the outcome of the game […]

Yesterday, the Munchkin and I paid a visit to my sister and Little Cousin. Since she is so small, I dug up some of the Munchkin’s tiniest baby clothes that she wore for the first few weeks of life, plus The Dress. The Dress is a dainty little white cotton embroidered piece that I received […]

It has been a very full weekend. Insanely busy. But all good things. First, my sister gave birth on Saturday morning to a healthy baby girl. Mom, Dad and baby are at home now and doing fine. Baby is a teeny little bundle, who will be henceforth known in this blog as “Little Cousin” (old […]

Back to regularly scheduled programming… My pick this week is the 2003 Civil War movie Gods and Generals. It is a well-crafted, brilliant piece of work because it shows the complexity of the issues surrounding the Civil War. Unlike Glory (an equally good movie), Gods and Generals deals with both sides of the fence. It […]