I got an e-mail this week addressed to Mark. A few hours later they sent another saying that since my e-mail is “mktabor,” the m-k turned into Mark by mistake. That made sense and is probably the source of a lot of the Marks I get.

Interesting Meme all around.

Well, it was nice to know you, Manny…

;)

~Michelle (aka The Beartwinsmom)

Thanks for the tag! It is up and ready, be careful what you wish for. Heh heh.

Gary

Thanks for the tag! This times perfectly with my relaunch. My things: http://www.jamescronen.com/?p=45

Re: #4, deadly but delicious.

The Jack Daniel’s coffee sounds crazier than it is. It isn’t whiskey flavored or anything like that, they’re just making a buck off the label. It is, however, very good coffee – I’d recommend it to anyone.

One of the best things I ever did was sign up with Gevalia. They run lots of promos that give you free coffee makers and a couple pounds of excellent coffee. I spent a few months getting different bags and eventually figured out how to blend different flavors to get exactly what I wanted. I basically find a base coffee I like [for some reason Yuban hits me well] and then add other coffees to get the desired taste.

I’m thinking about getting some things from http://www.coffeeflavoroils.com – I’m pretty intrigued by their list.

here are my seven (i was tagged last time round):
http://eduwonkette2.blogspot.com/2007/12/7-things-you-didnt-want-to-know-about.html

nice 7 facts. can you recommend some new coffee flavors? jack daniels is a little racy for me, but hazelnut is getting old.

hope you are doing well!

Thanks for the plug, never hurts to have publicity.

I thought I would comment about your #6. Personally, I am a huge soccer fan (can you tell from my blog) and not much more than a casual baseball fan (I love going to my local minor league team games). The steriods scandal bothers not because it happened but because more people are not outraged by the matter. Comparison with decades old records, as you point out, is largely meaningless since modern athletes are better coached, have better conditions, access to generations of health care advancements and better equipment.

But despite all those advancements, there are some players who feel they have to do something more to win. Striving to be your best is admirable, but cheating to get there is not. But the casual fan doesn’t really care about that, they want to see Bonds go yard or Clemens throw a perfect game with 100 mph heat or a curve ball that falls off the table (or both). That is my beef. If the casual fan said, play hard and play within the rules or you won’t get my money, you would see changes in player behavior because management would see their funds and ticket revenues dry up.

Just a thought.