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How did I know? I read on the main forum page that it's MY birthday!

LikeanEagle said (translated): Hope that you birthday is very marvellous that you are, and it is literal OR perhaps less literally translated: Hope that your birthday is as marvellous as you are, and I mean that literally! Thanks dear sister Eagle! I spent the morning visiting "my kids." That is, a bunch of 3-5 year old kids, at a crisis nursery, who have been taken out of their homes because of abuse and/or neglect. I hang out with them one morning each week. They're wonderful and made a book of drawings and birthday greetings for me... maybe I'll post a pic of the book... Thanks folks... I hope each of you has a wonderful year and many wonderful birthdays too...

I am NOT a squirrel! I spent the morning visiting "my kids." One morning a week I visit/work with 3-5 year olds, who have been taken out of their homes because of abuse and/or neglect, at a crisis nursery. The kids are wonderful and I love going there and being with them. :)

And then there's the dilemma of the future... when guys that have had screamingly hot careers keep playing until they're chased out by no longer being able to play at the major league level... Like Glavine, Maddux, even the Big Unit. Koufax and Carlton knew what they were doing... and they're not the only ones. How long will Maddux hold on... 'till no one can remember his string of Cy Youngs? Maybe Maddux's star shined bright enough that it will be easier to remember, but Glavine and Smoltz have definitely waned for multiple seasons since their peak years. Of course, some of them want to hit the magical 300 win mark. But the Mad Dog has already made that one. Glavine and Johnson are hoping to last long enough to get there, but I dunno...

I'm sorry I missed it too... glad it was a good one, Paw... and here's to many, many more.

:eusa_clap: Absolutely!

Well, it WAS high school football, afterall. :blink:

You got it niKa... anything for da family, eh! Keep us posted. Tnks.

Agreed on Belle... he lives in Scottsdale now (unless he's been jailed already for his domestic violence convictions). Some of these guys had some real exciting post-season play... I'd like to see Orel make it, Blyleven probably deserves it, and definitely Gossage. Jack Morris had some WS excitement... he should get some serious consideration. Of course, Mattingly never was in the WS, but was always a key player. btw, at the MLB.com site, the list has links to a summary of highlights for each of them. If Ripkin and Gwynn DON'T make it first ballot, there'd be something rotten going on. Obviously, not everyone on the ballot this year deserves serious consideration, even though they had some very good highlights... Devon White was key to Florida's first WS win... and played an outstanding CF for the new Dbacks. Anyway, it will be interesting to analyze the voting once it's all tabulated.

Who makes it this year? (besides Ripkin and Gwynn?) From MLB.com here are this year's HoF nominees, number of years on ballot in parentheses. • Harold Baines (1) • Albert Belle (2) • Dante Bichette (1) • Bert Blyleven (10) • Bobby Bonilla (1) • Scott Brosius (1) • Jay Buhner (1) • Ken Caminiti (1) • Jose Canseco (1) • Dave Concepcion (14) • Eric Davis (1) • Andre Dawson (6) • Tony Fernandez (1) • Steve Garvey (15) • Rich Gossage (8) • Tony Gwynn (1) • Orel Hershiser (2) • Tommy John (13) • Wally Joyner (1) • Don Mattingly (7) • Mark McGwire (1) • Jack Morris (8) • Dale Murphy (9) • Paul O'Neill (1) • Dave Parker (11) • Jim Rice (13) • Cal Ripken (1) • Bret Saberhagen (1) • Lee Smith (5) • Alan Trammell (6) • Devon White (1) • Bobby Witt (1) http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article...sp&c_id=mlb I'm not betting on anyone, but I like Hershiser. I have no hunches on anyone else, but do see a couple of names that I'd vote for... (IF I had a vote).

HOT off the AP wire -- http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BBO...EMPLATE=DEFAULT AP: Fame likely not in cards for McGwire By RONALD BLUM and BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writers NEW YORK (AP) -- For one glorious summer, Mark McGwire was bigger than baseball itself. America stopped to watch each time he came to the plate, and cheered every time he sent a ball into orbit. He could do no wrong, it seemed. Surely he would be a shoo-in for the Hall of Fame someday. And then came that day on Capitol Hill. Over and over, the big slugger was asked about possible steroid use, and his reputation took hit after hit as he refused to answer, saying he wouldn't talk about his past. Now, with Hall ballots in the mail, McGwire's path to baseball immortality may have hit a huge roadblock. (continued at URL linked above) ----------------------------- The article also mentions that Cal Ripkin Jr. and Tony Gwynn are on the ballot and are expected to be shoo-ins for first ballot selection.... I would certainly think so.

Oh, I thought maybe they waited tables.... ;) just kidding... It would be great fun to have direct contact (swim) with dolphins...

Hey Tom, What do the dolphins do there?

Perhaps taking Dixie for a walk would help!

Me TOO!

Egad! How SHOCKING! Here I thought you were setting up a joke... you weren't were you?

Happy Thanksgiving!

Yeah... I know. I found out after I made that post. :(

Sounds gooood, but I'm in a low-fat mode... not dieting, just adjusting what I eat to a new standard... maybe one of these days I might get a couple pieces of bacon and try it. I dooooo like the sound of Psalmie's idea: "Rocky, I've done lime, butter, cumin and parmesan cheese on corn too! MMMM!" I'll probably try that one this week. I'm still grillin... high temps still in the mid to upper 80s here in sunny Scottsdale. Thanks for the ideas

I only watched a few minutes... saw the 56 yard rushing TD that put OSU up 34-24... it musta been one he11uva game. So, WG, don't you think it would be fitting for OSU to play Rutgers for the REAL national championship game?

Me too... I was reminded by a news item yesterday about the health properties on red wine... so, I got me a fresh bottle of chianti to have a small glass with dinner from time to time.

Yeah, I like multi-grain Freschetta frozen pizzas... and whenever I cook one, I cut it in half (otherwise, I might eat the whole thing before morning), and ALWAYS put tomato slices, onion and roasted garlic (which becomes toasted garlic) on it. Often I also use fresh roasted bell peppers too.

Of course there's always the food channel to get ideas from... from Bobby Flay, I learned about roasting peppers (many different varieties) on the grill... and though I knew about this years ago, I love grilled corn on the cob... somewhere I saw the idea to skip the salt and butter on the corn and use cilantro and lime... it's pretty good. I've been cooking on my patio caddy (small gas grill) most of the time because I live in a retirement manufactured home community that's got some aging infrastructure (if people don't watch electricity usage in the summer, we get outages). So, I don't do much concocting, but when I did/do, I never measure... always add by taste or appearance.

Don't forget ONION with that garlic... and for many dishes, chili powder (or just cumin). I really like Mrs. Dash's Garlic and Herb variety. But garlic and onion go in/with EVERYTHING -- no hints, no need for subtlety with these two. :)