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Picture of the Day

Photo courtesy of Thierry Bornier, My Shot/National Geographic

Slow news days force me to post random things, so while this photo of a terraced rice field in China has no significance to this blog, it’s pretty freakin’ awesome.

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Guy of the Month: Denny Carroll

Name: Denis with one “N,” also answers to Bobo and Dad
Age: 60
Likes: College basketball, Miller Light, Cheez-its, acronyms
Dislikes: Vegetables and authority

In honor of Father’s Day, we’re honoring my father. What, what! There’s so many wonderful things I could say about my dad. I could fill this post with so many sappy memories and heartfelt expressions that it would make you weep. But I feel like the best expression of how great my dad is can only come through in one great story from my childhood.

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The Bullpen’s Made for Lovin’

Photo courtesy of life.com

I think girls all over the world will back me up when I say that we dream about this kind of thing happening all the time, but never actually believe it will. So when it happens to someone else, we simultaneously want to be her and want to rip what we will tell everyone is a weave right off her head.

Last year, the Seattle Mariners were playing against the Oakland A’s in a game at Safeco Field. Watching from the bullpen, catcher Jason Phillips spotted a girl in the stands that he knew he just had to meet, but was having trouble working up the nerve (AND, there was kind of a game going on at the time…you know, your job!).

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