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]]>Unless it was this that did it:
In which case, I guess I can get past it. Because that was funny.
]]>James Bond or Jason Bourne: Jason Bourne
Word that's totally out of style: rad
Favorite piece of clothing: my wedding suit
When I'm bored, I like to: read (already answered this previously)
TV show I'm dying to appear on: PTI
People say I look like: Michael J. Fox
Only one of the sports celebs, Scott Baker of the Twins, joined me and went with Bourne. Brad Hawpe of the Rockies is tired of the word "totally" while Brandon Webb of the D-Backs agrees with me about "radical." Baker likes to watch movies when he's bored; Webb plays guitar.
]]>Only one of our sports stars, Paul Byrd of the Indians, could finish the Hendrix lyric.
Sports stars own a lot of TVs, with the exception of Stacey Dales of the WBNA's Sky. She owns 1.
Dales orders a well-rounded sushi meal consisting of tuna shashimi, the rainbow roll, ginger salad, and red wine. I'll have to try it.
Placido Palanco of the Tigers owns 32 TV sets or so he claims. He can't enough of the O.J. Simpson story, is afraid of snakes, chews gum, and orders the tuna roll.
Jason Kendall of the Cubs is a tobacco man and likes beer.
Some select answers from sports stars:
Penny Taylor of the Phoenix Mercury of the WBNA is reading Harry Potter and says being sincere is the best way to a woman's heart.
Chad Billingsley of the Dodgers wants to hang with Nolan Ryan and doesn't have a favorite quote. Listening is the best way to a woman's heart. My wife agrees.
Jeff Cunningham of the NBA's Toronto Raptors answered some variation of David Beckham to all questions. My guess? He's goofing around.
]]>It's a funny thing living in a big city. Mostly you don't take advantage of all the things it offers. You think "Oh, I'll do that next weekend," but next weekend doesn't come. Life gets in the way.
I've been meaning to go to the Cloisters for years. Literally. Since I was in my 20s. Finally, today, thanks to A, I went. Very lovely.
And because you're on a hill in northern Manhattan, you get a wonderful view of the beautiful Hudson River.
So I'm just going to sit here quietly in my corner reliving the halcyon days of my youth. I shudder in the knowledge that 30 years from now, when I'm in my 70s, I'll be listening to the Ramones or AC/DC and some kids will hear and say "Check out grandma over there listening to that old people music."
Oh, sure, sit there and laugh at me, youngsters. Some day this will happen to you. I made it to 43 before hitting saturation point. Let's see how old you are when it happens.
]]>Pulling something else from Mozza, I thought you could all use some flowers. (In a Wildean gesture, he sometimes kept flowers in his pocket.)
