A sad, constant bid for attention

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
What happened to your kitty-cat's tail? I hope he heals well and quickly.

Thank you. He's doing fine this morning and doesn't seem to miss his tail at all.

He is a former stud (ha!) and got a condition that affects former studs. This condition means that the tail is really prone to infection. He started getting infections and we did all we could but the best course was just to get rid of the source of the infection, so now he should lead a long and infection-free life.

[dtb]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
My kitty-cat had to have his tail amputated last night. He is adorably cute but now he just looks absolutely ridiculous. Like a bunny rabbit crossed with munchkin cat.

Is this code?

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
You really need to post the dates on these things. Now that business casual is out, more and more of these old chestnuts are apropos.

Were they ever not apropos? Don't be so modest.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by dtb
Is this code?

Nothing happened to my boyfriend's penis.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Nothing happened to my boyfriend's penis.

Perhaps he should see a doctor.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by pony_trekker

Look, this one's a joke. Mariano I like, home grown, not pretentious. But there is something impressive about hitting triple digits.

In the series you'll see a guy who throws 103 MPH. Zumaya might finish the 7th and take the 8th. no one can hit him.

Then, if we are ahead going into the 9th, Zumaya will get pulled. He'll get pulled even if no one has hit him. Todd Jones will come in. He'll be lucky to hit 93 MPH.

Leyland feels Jones has better control, and that the number 1 thing for a closer is control. So far he's been proven right.

[Replaced_Texan]

What makes you buy a book?

A friend of mine is working on the final edits of her book. It's supposed to come out this spring, and though she has an advance and real publisher with a real marketing department and all that jazz, she realizes that she's going to have to do a shitload of self-promotion. The question is, what should she do to get people to buy her book?

Anyhow, it got me to wondering how it is that I pick up a book: For me, usually it's either word of mouth, I liked the description on the back cover, or I read something about it. I get irritated a lot lately in bookstores because they don't have internet terminals where I can look up the name of an author or a title from whatever blog or article I'd seen the book mentioned.

Do readings or hearing commentaries on the radio help? Does the blog of the author help? Is it a matter of where the book is placed in the bookstores? Is it a question of figuring out how to get yourself on the Daily Show?

I know a lot of people (or know of, through reading their blogs) with recent book deals that are going to face the same issues. It never really occured to me that the work isn't done once the book is in the hands of the publisher until Allyson started freaking out about it.

[Gr8testHitS(lave)]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
You really need to post the dates on these things. Now that business casual is out, more and more of these old chestnuts are apropos.

I although I dare risk "outing" myself by declaring this, I constantly wear dark dress shirts with dark ties of primarily the same color.

It looks great if the tie has some pattern (in either texture or color) to make it stand out from the shirt.

Gr8testHitS(lave)

http://www.infirmation.com/bboard/cl...?msg_id=0000gn

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by dtb
Are any of you bozos (uh, I mean helpful internet chatboard buddies) T&E lawyers?

Michigan accepts holographic wills. Passed the bar with that nugget.

[patentparanyc]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
What makes you buy a book?

A friend of mine is working on the final edits of her book. It's supposed to come out this spring, and though she has an advance and real publisher with a real marketing department and all that jazz, she realizes that she's going to have to do a shitload of self-promotion. The question is, what should she do to get people to buy her book?

Anyhow, it got me to wondering how it is that I pick up a book: For me, usually it's either word of mouth, I liked the description on the back cover, or I read something about it. I get irritated a lot lately in bookstores because they don't have internet terminals where I can look up the name of an author or a title from whatever blog or article I'd seen the book mentioned.

Do readings or hearing commentaries on the radio help? Does the blog of the author help? Is it a matter of where the book is placed in the bookstores? Is it a question of figuring out how to get yourself on the Daily Show?

I know a lot of people (or know of, through reading their blogs) with recent book deals that are going to face the same issues. It never really occured to me that the work isn't done once the book is in the hands of the publisher until Allyson started freaking out about it.

Although I skimmed I believe the answer is all of the above. Good exposure is good exposure. The cover helps.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
What makes you buy a book?

A friend of mine is working on the final edits of her book. It's supposed to come out this spring, and though she has an advance and real publisher with a real marketing department and all that jazz, she realizes that she's going to have to do a shitload of self-promotion. The question is, what should she do to get people to buy her book?

Anyhow, it got me to wondering how it is that I pick up a book: For me, usually it's either word of mouth, I liked the description on the back cover, or I read something about it. I get irritated a lot lately in bookstores because they don't have internet terminals where I can look up the name of an author or a title from whatever blog or article I'd seen the book mentioned.

Do readings or hearing commentaries on the radio help? Does the blog of the author help? Is it a matter of where the book is placed in the bookstores? Is it a question of figuring out how to get yourself on the Daily Show?

I know a lot of people (or know of, through reading their blogs) with recent book deals that are going to face the same issues. It never really occured to me that the work isn't done once the book is in the hands of the publisher until Allyson started freaking out about it.

she should get on Oprah's book club.

[Jack Manfred]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Michigan accepts holographic wills. Passed the bar with that nugget.

So does California. Ditto.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
College buddy recorded it.
Beat your wife Potvin.

Contains sound.

Would one of you NYers explain to me how loyalties to the Yankees/Mets, Rangers/Islanders, Jints/Jets, and Knicks/Nets intersect and overlap? A Venn diagram might be useful.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by pony_trekker
All hit off 3-0 fastballs off 4th starters with the game not on the line.

I ain't gonna argue with you there.

Originally posted by pony_trekker
That's all of Yankee stadium except for the real upper deck and the bleachers, both of which I will admit are populated with true, knowledgeable fans.

This isn't true and you know it. I will concede that it is a pain in the ass that there are so many corporate seats, but there are there are so many instances of generations of fans with seasons tickets who will never give them up.

Originally posted by pony_trekker
I am generally apathetic about Yankee success. Really. It's like telling me I am jealous of Manchester United or something. If the Yankees, win,whatever, I may watch a game or two but, even go, and I like that New York is involved in the post season. But you guys are insane when we do well.

Not really. I usually am cheering for the Mets to do well most of the year since I think a Subway Series is always cool. When the Yanks are out of it, I usually pick an underdog. This year, I'd rather not deal with all the fake-ass, bandwagon-jumping, fair-weather Mets fans I haven't seen since 2000, if they do win.

Originally posted by pony_trekker
What you guys won in the 1920s, before we existed, is not a relevant comparison.

Okay, let's add 'em up since you joined the league.

Originally posted by pony_trekker
And the Mets, despite years w/o meaningful games in September, and despite a fucking DUMP of a ballpark, indeed the worst stadium in baseball, are pretty close in draw now, despite having a line up not designed to fill seats.

The Mets drew a record 3.4 million fans this season. The Yankees' regular season attendance topped 4.2 million. I guess a difference of 800,000 fans is "pretty close."

And you're not going to argue that your lineup isn't ridiculously good. Like ppnyc, I'll be incapable of hearing it.

TM

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Oh, stop. You've clearly never been to a game at PacBell, let alone anywhere west of the Rockies. The last thing going on at an SF Giants game is people actually watching baseball.

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FWIW, at least the AL is competitive. The Yankees, sadly, got steamrolled by a dominant pitching staff and a team that was the best in the Majors for most of the season.

The National League was a pathetic joke. Karl Ravech called it AAAA. The Mets losing to the Cardinals this year would be almost as embarrassing as the "Great Collapse of '04"

Untrue. <sniff.>

TM