D. Hocking

My Dad was a Lego magnet and that picture is pretty accurate. My Mom sewed, he was also very good at finding any lost pins. Shag carpet had a lot of hidden dangers.

I was joking, but that actually is a pretty good answer.

Twins Daily transcends being just a website and is something bigger at a higher level (what that is I am not sure).

Yes - I am kind of the same with Tony Stark, thought the actor did a good job, but was not that upset that he died, although some good acting when he looked at Strange and knew this was it. Also kudos to Paltrow and/or the director for her subdued, not scenery chewing, good bye. It was very effective. For some reason don't really care about the Peter Parker - Tony Stark kind-of father figure type relationship. I am not sure they really needed to bring this Spiderman into the Avengers mix for these movies. The Soul Stone scene probably was the emotional moment of the movie, although Thor's scene with his mother, and Captain's send-off were up there. I figured there would be at least one big real death in this movie. Prior to its release, I was betting Captain A would make some sacrifice of his life, so I was relieved he made it through, and possibly a reason I was not as saddened by Stark's death, I was relived it was not CA. Considering how much they were juggling, I thought they did a pretty good job of wrapping things up. The cast seemed to give it their all until the end, and Downy Jr. and Evans had a nice good bye to characters they played for the last ten years.

It was zero-zero when I went to take a shower --my showers aren't that long - do I even want to see how this happened?

Off-topic, but being a kid when Grover was the main character, seeing Elmo years later when nieces and nephews etc were watching it, I always felt Elmo came from hell. The Tickle Me Elmo phase confirmed that. Yes - it is a loss, but I do think they have enough depth there to lessen the pain. Feel bad for him though.

Good question. He has gotten more talkative and more comfortable at these things. He is never going to be overly-animated, but I bet when he is just hanging out with his buddies he can tell a few stories. I am assuming the concussion was the main reason he retired, but I wonder if he was already thinking about it when he learned he was going to have another baby in the fall. He certainly seems to enjoy spending more time with those kids.

eat like it is 2012...

This is a statement that arguably deserved an all-caps treatment.

Is Punto standing in the back - is that why we cannot see him? This pic makes me feel not young - although it does look like they have kept themselves in shape. Would be a wicked softball team.

Just bitter that they are finally retiring number 7, but for the wrong person.

Questionable knowledge of the lay-out of the solar system aside, he seems to have forgotten he was pushing to go tot he moon less than a month ago.

Someone at work watched Chernobyl and gave it a thumbs up. My sister was in Hungary when it happened, and it was completely suppressed from news. She did not hear about it until she left the iron curtain. Dead to Me was renewed for a second season.

The world is one big continual Onion headline now.

I agree some good acting and writing and Themla Thompkins can still sing (wonder where Tony Orlando is these days - "Dawn" ended up having the longer career). I am not sure I want to see them go for a second season though. This might be a show where a limited run is best. Kelly Bundy has come a long way from eating toaster leavings. The mother-in-law is one of those actors where you know you have seen her before, but you are not sure where.

I think Don and I interpret this differently:

To be fair, its not like anyone felt that there was any need for bullpen help/upgrades in the off-season...

This is not a good sentence to quickly read over and not look closely at all the words.

So are the increase in homeruns due to the concrete settling or the lifting of the curse of the trees with the addition of the junipers to the backdrop?

I remember TNG was on 10:30 Sunday evening and would get back from the library ( wonder where my Walkman is) not done with all of my homework because I procrastinated too much over the weekend and then procrastinate another hour watching the latest episode. Sunday evenings in college could have a fair amount of self-induced stress.

I think the Vanimal goes without saying. I think people view your wisdom and sharp analysis in your posts here almost at the same level as they did your pitching. Baseball's loss is TD's gain.

The 0-9 start in 2016 caused some sort of short in my brain where I now remember very little from seasons 2011 to 2016. Our records, pitchers, bench etc.

or really any month this year.

For a good part of April I was thinking I do not think they are as good as their record. Now, am starting to lose my fear of being snake bit and thinking maybe this is real. Doing well against the Yankees just might make me a full believer.

I have to wonder what Barr was thinking when joining this administration at this stage of his career. He has not exactly come across as an attorney general to admire for his dedication to the job and the country and comes across as the Trump's personal defense attorney. Plus it just dug up his past where he might not have been exactly forthright in his previous AG stint.