From which Red Sox player to which yarn . . . .

Does this make any sense?


You are Mercerized Cotton.
You are always very crisp and neat. You are very
playful and are happiest while outdoors in the
sunshine. You are sometimes accused of
splitting hairs, but in the end people find you
pretty easy to live with.


What kind of yarn are you?
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Another interesting day . . .

Back in the day, when I was a crack-shot sportswriter, one of the athletic directors I worked with had a sign in his office -- "Eat a live frog in the morning and nothing can go wrong the rest of the day."

I have an edit for that, "Flood the bathroom, and the day can only get better,"

Don't ask me how I did it. I somehow knocked the hand-held shower nozzle out of the tub and also hit the faucet handle (all while controlling the shower in another place).

I was not a happy dude. I am on a tight schedule in the morning, and cleaning up the bathroom floor is not on the agenda. Thank goodness hawkegirl is a patient and helpful roommate, and I got to school on time.

The rest of the day went really well. I am much, much more relaxed at school, and I no longer cringe when the phone rings. I know artisticphoenix and evilnicola can appreciate this. I had someone tell me I was a "whole new person" today. First off, I have professional status (tenure). Second, the high pressure boss who hired me (and I love him for that) has been gone for more than a year (I love him for that, too), and my new department head is much more low-key than the old one (whom I love dearly, too).

The kids were excited I had called home for the good grades, including one who said she and Mom had been having a tough time and that it made a lot of difference. Other kids said, "Mr. T., can you call my parents?" To which I said, "Can you get 100 on the next test?"

By the way, new_man is a Supreme Court justice. In fact, he is several. I used him (his actual name) as a "dummy" answer -- I love that phrase -- on a quiz, and he was used where the answer wa ssupposed to be John Roberts, William Rehnquist or Sandra Day O'Connor.

Pax vobiscum . . . hidey-hey.
-- Master John Inchingam