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    Nice! Another gig lined up I assume? Any down time between jobs?

    Yeah, I'm moving in-house. Pretty stoked. I'm taking a week in between to go up to Virginia to visit my family and a few friends.

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    Sorry, but the idea of a "real softball league" does not compute.

    There's some pretty serious men's leagues around here. I mean, when you have a HRs per game limit before they turn into outs, I figure you're pretty serious.

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    I can throw a slider with a softball ;)

    Looks like a no-arc meatball nice and slow, and then breaks about 4 feet. One dude twisted his knee he swung and missed so bad. It was also a no limit arc league, so I could drop pitches in on the plate after throwing them a good 15 feet in the air. Took a lot of practice to get the depth down, but that's how I'd get the first two strikes, even if you got a piece of that it was a foul ball, then with 2 strikes, the slider was coming, and I don't think I gave up more than 2 hits on it all season.

    I've been working on some breaking pitches, but I haven't been able to get them just right yet. I can throw with various spins, which look different to the eye, but it doesn't appear to do a whole lot of good. I've gotten a few swings and misses, but nothing consistent. My teammates told me that the ball does look like it is dancing a bit though, so... progress?

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    Sorry, I don't believe this to be true unless you're playing against a bunch of 3 year olds.

    Dude, there's some really nasty pitchers out there in real leagues. It's crazy what they can do with a softball.

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    Would always drive me crazy when I was pitching. Then one game I complained about it, and he said, "dude, it's the 5th inning, you have a shutout, and 9 strikeouts in slow pitch softball, shut up and throw the ball". (was my best game pitching by far)

    Yeah, you should have probably just kept your mouth shut on that one. ;)

    This was in co-ed law league softball where no one can play defense and we were already down 10 runs at the time. The one that really sent me over the edge was when there was a 4'10" girl (if she's lucky) at the plate who batted in a low crouch. She obviously could barely hit, but I threw three hittable pitches over the plate in the at bat, two of which he called high. It was absurd.

    I also hadn't unintentionally walked anyone on the year coming into the game (third game of the season) and I ended up walking two because of him. Makes my blood boil.

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    What is it with slow pitch softball umpires who call a tight strike zone? Don't they realize that the batter has enough of an advantage already?

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    I was bored, so I played the Parks and Rec "Bert Macklin's FBI Name Generator" and got the result "Brooks Fielding".

    Perfect for an O's fan!

    My name was Max Francis, which is kind of funny because Francis is a family name.

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    LMAO my middle initial is also G and I don't know how to do it. It always looks like some sort of deranged D.

    I say you take my approach and avoid it entirely. Of course, that's until you have to go sign your marriage license and they make you sign your whole name and you have no idea what to do so it looks like a 4th grader signed your middle name. Can't wait to look back at that one in 30 years.

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    I took the Praxis today. I hadn't taken a paper-and-pencil standardized test since 11th grade, and I forgot what a pain in the butt it is. Highlights:

    -We got seated late because one guy in the administration session before us (there was a 7:30 and a 10:45) had his paper taken away because he didn't put his pencil down immediately when time was called and proceeded to throw a 20-minute screaming tantrum about it.

    -I had to show my driver's license FIVE separate times. Passing through Immigration at the Beijing airport was faster. Seriously.

    -You can't leave when you're done. You have to wait until every last second on the clock has expired. I sat there for an hour staring at the wall. I guess the SAT was like this, but the GRE sure wasn't.

    On a more amusing note, they had one of those certification statements that you have to copy and sign to swear that you didn't cheat. The instructions stated that you couldn't print it. The almost uniform looks of horror that passed across everyone's faces (including mine) as we realized we had to write in cursive (*gasp*) were pretty funny. It took me several minutes to copy two lines of text, thinking about how to form each letter, and I was one of the quicker ones. This is what happens in a room full of people who were taught cursive in 2nd grade, about 20 years ago, and haven't used it since except to sign their names.

    In Alabama if you are a notary, you have to sign your name exactly as it appears on your voter registration. My name was on the records as FIRST MIDDLE INITIAL LAST. I literally went and changed my name to remove my middle initial so that I won't have to make a cursive "G" when signing as a notary. I just can't figure out how to do it efficiently.

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    Got my house under contract in just over a month after putting it on the market. Let's hope it all works out.
    Cool! Good luck. I'm finally signing off on my re-finance tomorrow. Thanks HARP.

    Buyer backed out after inspection without even so much as a demand. I'm going to find this guy and kick him in the face.

    /Anti-rant-turned-into-a-rant

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    Main reason I don't follow the NHL (or NBA for that matter): The 14th best team in a league of 30 is in the 2nd round of the playoffs. Why even bother playing the regular season?

    The 83 win Cardinals won the World Series in 2006.

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    The potential buyer of my house is the most dangerous kind of person. He's (1) totally inexperienced in homebuying, and (2) a third year law student.

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    Hahaha...I told my wife during the first game of the Yankees series that she is lucky because she only has to put up with me watching Orioles games for the first month or so, until the O's are out of it. Most wives have to put up with it for much longer.

    She loves the Orioles, but is more interested in going to games rather than watching them on TV.

    Mine doesn't like baseball and doesn't even like attending games. If she goes she wants to eat a hot dog, drink a beer, and leave. Luckily she likes attending football games, which is what we do down here anyway.

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    I don't want kids. Why is this such an alien concept for people? I'm so sick of justifying it.

    Preaching to the choir. It has been decided that we are waiting five years to even discuss having kids. That wasn't even my idea.

    Currently Reading

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    I just finished The Hunger Games. It wasn't exactly high-brow literature and I have no intention of seeing the movie but the plot was riveting. I was hooked practically from the first sentence.

    I read the whole thing on Tuesday at the beach so I could go see the movie with the wife last night. The first person was annoying as heck, but the story was ok and it was quick enough to get through in one day. The move was pretty "meh" though.

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