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I'm a little teapot, short and stout...Brewers 3, Cardinals 0: It's right about this time when you start to feel like the Indians didn't quite get equal value in the CC Sabathia trade. The Round One went all nine, striking out seven and taking a no-hitter into the 6th to give the Brewers their 7th straight win.For Sabathia, it was his third consecutive complete game and fourth win with Milwaukee.

"I'm a married man, Jose, stop tempting me to switch-hit." Phillies 8, Mets 6: The Mets were cruising along, ready to take sole posession of first place, until the unthinkable happened. And by unthinkable, I mean inevitable. Without closer Billy Wagner, New York went through relievers like A-Rod does spray-on tan, sending four to the hill in the ninth. The outcome was not pretty. Philadelphia proc

INVISIBL PUPPIT MASTR Brewers 6, Cardinals 3: Milwaukee began to make the outside pass on the Cards with last night's win, pulling into second place in the Central thanks to Bill Hall's 10th inning home run. Tied 3-3 after Skip Schumaker's sac fly in the ninth, the Brewers took advantage of a shaky bullpen to record their fifth straight victory. Along with Hall, second baseman Rickie Weeks went 2-

Well I have stolen away a few moments to update this handy dandy blog-o-mine and, as seems to be the case with me here lately, I am unprepared and under organized. I was going to upload all the pictures of our wonderful weekend stay in Heber Springs, AR but..... I left my camera in my husbands truck (and well.....he isn't here) so.....Tuesday you will get to see what what we did this weekend and w

Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited just released a free eight page digital comic called Deadpool Saga that recaps Deadpool's story from the origin of his powers up to the content in Cable & Deadpool. There is no original art or story in the book, but each panel from an old comic is accompanied by an explanatory paragraph by Ronald Byrd. [SOURCE]

Brah, nollie kickflip boardside grab with a 360 over the runner. Gnarly.Yankees 2, A's 1: New York moved a season-high eight games over .500 with their sweep of the slumping A's. Justin Duchscherer, despite battling illness, went seven innings and gave up just two runs to give Oakland a chance. However, the Yankees' Andy Pettite stopped snitchin' long enough to shut down the A's lineup, striking

As always the weekend flew by too quick, and once again it’s Monday morning.  Time for another long week of work!  So to get things started I thought I’d take a look at a few of the good posts I read this weekend, and look ahead to what’s in store this week. Frugal things to do [...]

Photo courtesy of ProjectRunway.comOur blogfather, The Manolo has posted his recap of "Let's Start From The Beginning."Manolo is worried about Tim....And poor Tim Gunn, he looks so tired and oppressed, as if the demands of being the kindest, smartest, and most sensible person on television have finally taken their toll. Please, dear Tim, take the few weeks off and go to Bermuda, and let your might

Smaller companies that want to survive in business today need to reinvent themselves in order to better compete both locally and internationally. The Smaller Japanese and U.S. firms are in Need of a Reinvention lesson series is a set of...

Gracie's bored out of her gourd! Yep, since she didn't get to go to the trial this weekend, she decided to get into something else, a roll of toilet paper. Poor Gracie....We got back kind of early from the trial yesterday since we were just 5 minutes from the trial site and it was an AKC trial with two runs for each day. That was so great!I had a pretty good weekend. 2 Q's, 2 NQ's. Our first run w

The final 12 contestants were hoping to dance their way into the top ten last night on So You Think You Can Dance. Mia Michaels was the third judge for the night and was as always amazing. The most talked about dance of the night is Joshua and Katee's Bollywood routine. Here's a clip provided by ynry27.Will and Jessica performed a very intense contemporary routine but failed to deliver the goods t

A lot of teams out there are having bad seasons, but perhaps none more shocking and disappointing than the Cleveland Indians. Looking at the roster, their plight appears unexplainable.A rotation that boasts Cliff Lee, Fausto Carmona, and, for half a season, CC Sabathia should match up with most other rotations. They have arguably the best centerfielder in the league, and a dangerous group of hit

I CC a lot of white people.The playoff race in the NL Central officially started last night, with the now period-less CC Sabathia on the hill for the first time as a Milwaukee Brewer. Sporting a dark blue uniform that looked like two regular sized shirts sewed together, Sabathia got the job done despite some control problems and put the Brew Crew on track to challenge for the division's top spot.

Ok so here is a recap on some of the things that has been going on with me lately. I started affiliate marketing. I started about May 25th, and since then I have made $255. Not too bad. I only ran 2 campaigns for July so far, and only for three days. In those three days I [...]

And then we're gonna go to Texas, then the playoffs, then the World Series...BYAHHHH!With the Angels' 9-6 win over Texas last night, closer Francisco Rodriguez picked up his 35th save, the most ever recorded before the All-Star break. This puts Rodriguez on pace to shatter the full season record held by Bobby Thigpen, with 57.What jumps out at me, however, is not the consistency with which K-Rod

Happy Monday! After a fun-filled holiday weekend, I am slowly getting back to normalcy.I took some time over the weekend to reflect on my blog, and where it is going. During the month of June, I made several changes and did a LOT of reading.When I started Keeping the Kingdom First back in March, I had very little knowledge about blogging, and no concrete goals, other than helping others. Since

I have read some really weird news last week I wanted to circle back on, looks like costumes are become a lot more mainstream in the legal system First, “Locals Dressed in Costumes Show Up To Court” (read more) “It was an uncommon sight outside of Lackawana City Court Tuesday morning as some locals showed [...]

Pictures and comment from theybf.com On the scene in New Orleans at Essence Fest 2008 and we caught the star-uhs out and about at the daytime seminars and nighttime concerts: Solange rocked her cute look today during the daytime festivites. So did Sanaa, Keisha Knight Pulliam Tanika Ray, and Lynn Whitfield. Looking fab ladies. And Chrihanna were in [...]

Mandy Moore links below.Happy clicking.Mandy Moore Cures the Break-Up Blues Mandy Moore Post-Breakup ShoppingMandy Moore shops up a storm at Jeffrey and Scoop and then eats lunch at Pastis in New York’s Meatpacking District on Thursday. Mandy Moore CandidsMandy Moore was photographed out and about in New York City while she did some shopping the other day. Mandy Moore Out And About, Show

I tried whispering sweet nothings to it and I got no where. I batted my eyes and winked suggestively, but still nothing. And try as I might, my blog just didn't pick up on the idea that for once I wanted it to cook me dinner. It only seemed like a fair way to celebrate the blogaversary. But as it turns out, I am having a somewhat one-sided yet time-consuming love affair. I thought about baking a

Miss last night's So You Think You Can Dance? Here's the final 14 video recap:My favorite routine of the night was again a Mia Micheal's original. Mia's choreography is amazing every single routine ---here's Twitch and Kherington dancing to "Dreaming With A Broken Heart" by John Mayer. Clip provided by bootylicious07

Finally, it's time to end the 2008 Mondesi's House Pittsburgh Sports Media Popularity Contest. A total of 56,853 votes were cast for 67 different Pittsburgh sports media members. Surprisingly, 43 of the 67 candidates received approval ratings of 50% or more, so maybe you don't hate the local media as much as you think. The highest rating went to the Penguins' Mike Lange in a runaway. Lange finishe

Can’t believe half of 2008 is already history!The month was great-Me fulfilling a long pending wish of a long drive, Karnataka home minister commenting on my blog, both Desipundit and BlogBharti linking to my Self drive rentals related posts (Thanks 2 Nikhil and Mridula) , me trying my hands on poetry and more. I’m travelling out of Chennai almost every month since past 4 months and the trend

Well I must say that this is the first Sprint Cup race that I have watched in a few weeks where I was genuinely interested throughout the entire race and expected not to be, and most importantly…I was able to watch the entire race uninterrupted and without any power failures.   I guess a power outage wouldn’t [...]

Tony Stewart’s luck may not be looking up in the Sprint Cup Series, but luck has been on his side in the NASCAR Nationwide Series as he wins his 5th victory (out of seven starts) last Saturday in the Camping World RV Sales 200.   So far in the Nationwide Series season, the #20 car has seen [...]

It would be interesting to recap about how I actually ended up writing this blog. I knew about the blogs before and was reading some, (I have been on-line actually since 1996 when troubles in Bosnia... This is just a reminder about the new stuff, thanks a lot.

Game - Dope Boys RealTalkNY was in the building last night at The Game’s LAX listening session. Thanks Sowmya! Below is a quick recap of what I heard… BTW LAX GOT PUSHED BACK TO AUGUST 26TH…SMH After security was done acting like pricks… I made it inside and allowed my ears to go to work.  Unfortunately, I [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Game - Dope Boys and Ali̵

The bottom three couples this week on So You Think You Can Dance were: Thayne and Chelsea T.Chris and ComfortMark and Kourtni L.Leaving the competition this week were Chelsea T. and Chris, which pairs up Comfort and Thayne for next week. Results were not too surprising to me, but they seem to be raising a few heads from some other fans around the world. Now, on another note, the best dance of the

Dr. Gonzo Reporting,“With the 18th pick in the 2008 NBA draft, the Washington Wizards select, Javale McGee, Center University of Nevada.”Wait a minute, who? What’s going on?According to NBA.com, McGee who was a Sophmore last year, averaged 14.1 pts per game, and has extremely long arms making him an excellent shot blocker and reb

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. - Mark TwainI am sitting outside on the parsonage patio. The sky is threatening rain. The breeze blowing through the trees is humid...if breezes can be humid. Birds chirp. Rabbits nibble. And my iced tea is perfect. Trish uses mint from our little garden. Last night's service was lovely. There were only twenty of total...includi

------- Sit down before reading the following sentence: Could this game have gone ANY BETTER for the Pirates? ------- Realistically, I don't think so. I'm willing to bet the standing-room-only, third largest crowd in PNC Park history that witnessed it would agree. ---- The atmosphere was all it was billed up to be. The place was packed for just the second time all year, and that was partly thanks

Before I start, my apologies for being super late on this review. For starters I ended up ordering the items from MAC online instead of my usual trip to the store and then when I finally got it in the mail I became bombarded with random life plans and was super busy (actually I  still am!). I tell ya, I swear that 24 hours is sometimes not enough in a day for me! Now on with the review...&nbs

We are back and rested up a little from the three day AKC trial this weekend. And we had fun!But I have to tell ya, like Mum always says, I run lots better when my sis Gracie is there to cheer me on. Gracie didn't get to go to the trial this weekend. And I missed her!Being indoors out of the weather was great, but it was still hot in the building, the floor was nice, soft and cushy. But as Mum wil

Channel 9 will be airing the NFL Films recap of the skins up and down 2007 season at 7 p.m. on Saturday June 21. The recap is entitled "Triumph and Tragedy" and will chronicle last years team which after enduring the murder of star safety Sean Taylor, finished the season on a 4 game win streak and secured a wildcard playoff spot. I am not sure if this is gonna be one of those half hour team year

Who said the art market is suffering? Yes, we’ve all read the news of how the glum US economy is hurting the art market; there have been plenty of reports from Christie’s and Sotheby’s about the latest Picasso hitting the auction block selling for $41 million rather than the expected...

The Bachelorette Midseason Recap & 9 Men To 6 Tonights show started off with a midseason recap of how things have come to pass thus far and getting to know how DeAnna felt about some of her past decisions. Everyone heads to Palm Springs, Sean and DeAnna get the first one on one tonight and the next [...]

So, last week I frantically asked for Father's Day gift ideas and several of you offered up some great suggestions. Thank you!Here's what I did for Oronzo:1) I took a favorite picture taken in Mexico of Oronzo walking on the beach with Snuggle Bug and Boo and opened it up in Photoshop. Oronzo was carrying Boo in an "airplane" position so you can't really see her, but I really liked Oronzo & Sn

Moi What a great weekend for an outdoor art festival! It was a bit hot, but otherwise perfect weather and crowds for the weekend. I originally wanted to have a solo booth, but realized early in the spring that I wouldn’t have enough work to fill a booth. I was asked to share a booth [...]

On a day that featured 25 acts, and the largest Rock City crowds yet, Day 3 will go down in infamy as one of the most glorious closing nights we could have ever asked for. Keep reading as we try and remember it all,

Jr. Nation, the drought is over! Folks if you missed this one, you missed Dale Jr. getting his first win with Hendrick, and ending his 76 winless streak. He tried his best to save fuel by killing his engine, coasting a bit and restarting it at least a couple dozen times. He was down on [...]

The win is great. But can PLEASE stop this habit of blowing leads?-----When I first got a chance to start listening to the game on the radio, it was 4-1 Bucs in the 6th. (McLouth had homered, Michaels knocked in 2, Bautista drove in one).---Paul Maholm was (pretty much) cruising. That was until the radio announcers noted that this start was exactly like his last---the Washington disaster--where he

The opening night off Rock City went down with a gigantic bang, and if you weren't there, then we're going to assume that you somehow locked yourself in the bathroom getting ready for the big event. Lucky for you, we were there (well, we kinda had to be, right?), and despite a night spent having our brains zapped by some

I hate that I am writing this so late, but work has been a monster lately and that is another blog in itself. With that said, we need to get this show on the road. Once again this week, it seems to be a little difficult in finding jokes and humor to make people laugh. I could fill a page with Rick's stuff, but what fun is that. I did find some worth noting though and I will expose the victims colp

I'm mixing it up a little bit.Yes, we won, but..Instead of the goofy Wikipedia Jolly Roger--I found this:That's more like it.Actually, I found that little nugget [here]--a liveblog of the game from Colin Dunlap of the PG. Apparently he's doing that for all the home 12:35 weekday games (at least once a homestand), and he does a nice job (much better than I). Check it out.-------------------If you d

I’m in love with one of the newest Burn Notice promos on USA’s website (and I think it’s one that Spads hates!). I can’t tell if it’s just because their use of the song is so much better than the CW’s was in their first network promos or because I spent Friday sitting across the [...]

Bucs pull through.---A little bit of offense--more Doumit (another HR), some Bay and some Nady,--some pitching from Ian Snell (into the 7th only allowing 1 run)--and an actual save from Capps (not enough time to find the pic) was enough to raise it on this Wednesday evening.Final: 3-1 good guys.------------Tomorrow at 12:35 is the RUBBER MATCH (no pic again). Gorzo vs. Bergmann. A win would be hug

For 7 2/3 innings the Royals looked like a team playing a great game. Gil Meche was in line for his first win in over a month leaving the game after six innings after striking out four and allowing one earned run. Ron Mahay entered in the top of the 7th and easily retired the Rangers 1-2-3 and easily retired the first two batters in the 8th inning. That is when the train wreck began. Michael Young

Arguably the most painful loss of the season. These are the kind of games that just make you mad. Especially when it's the Pirates.----We were rolling early. A 3-run 1st inning, Maholm was cruising, and it was 4-1 after 2 Doumit homers and one by Ronnie Belliard. Big deal. The Nationals are awful, right? Should be an easy win.----There are no easy wins with this team.In the 7th, Dmitri Young went

Duration: 00:24:14View: 82,005 Hey LOST fans! This is the fourth in a series of secrets, theories, recaps, and situations that happen in LOST each week. This video has over 300 pictures from the episode and hopefully you can find s (more)

Yesterday we sat the kids down around the kitchen table and told them they were going to spend the day making Father's Day crafts. We handed each one a portion of the Father's Day Booklet and within 15 minutes, this is what the table looked like:Their craft was abandoned for the lure of shoving a sprinkler under the trampoline. At one point Caroline said, "What's the point? Let's just do playdates

Yesterday we sat the kids down around the kitchen table and told them they were going to spend the day making Father's Day crafts. We handed each one a portion of the Father's Day Booklet and within 15 minutes, this is what the table looked like: Their craft was abandoned for the lure of shoving a sprinkler under the trampoline. At one point Caroline said, "What's the point? Let's just do

We have many photos below of the Apple iPhone 3G that you may like to see, got to admit we are liking the look of this new iPhone 2. We also thought we would give you a recap on the prices of this new 3G phone for the USA and UK. The Apple iPhone 3G [...]

Take it away, Jesse:-------The MLB Draft was held last week on Thursday and Friday (has the real MLB Draft eclipsed Mel Kiper's MOCK NFL Draft yet?) and the Pirates had the 2nd overall pick. We chose the power lefty Pedro Alvarez as I (and everyone else in the world) had predicted.--------------Round 1 (2nd overall) 3B Pedro Alvarez- YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! Thank you Buccos. Just as I said, he

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One thing is very clear about the Royals right now... When Jose Guillen gets hot he can almost carry the entire teamoffensively. Guillen finished his remarkable series against the New York Yankees in the greatest of fashion, by hitting a tiebreaking solo home run off Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 3-2 win. "You make your pitches, you ar

If you've read the updates, you know the outcome! Not a bad weekend for agility, I'd say.We got hot, wet, muddy, sunburned (well, Mum did, anyway), and tired. But we had loads of fun. Mum thinks I may be getting a bit used to the heat, which is great.It all started with us leaving for the trial on Friday early morning. We got there and scoped out a great shaded spot. Despite the high 80's and humi

Yes, the Pirates played again today. And...... ----Where to start with this one?Zach Duke was his usual reliable self--incredible turnaround, huh? 6 innings, 2 runs and a win to move to 4-4, and the ERA is at 4.10.---A Mark Reynolds home run that was overturned (into a double--fan interference--I didn't see the play since the game wasn't on TV) brought up early tension, and D-Backs manager Bob Me

Jose Guillen hit a two-run homer and Joey Gathright made three outstanding plays in center field for Kansas City. The continuing hot streak of Guillen and outstand D from Gathright was not enough for KC, which has lost 17 of 20. The Royals also dropped to 4-29 at Yankee Stadium since the start of the 2000 season.Joba Chamberlain mixed in some curveballs and changeups and moved one step close

Last week the market was able to close under its 50ma for two consecutive days early in the week, but was unable to penetrate support at/near 1370. On Thursday, we rallied back up through the 50 and closed over the 1400 mark up near its highs, only to selloff the whole rally the next morning on disappointing employment news. The market was able to close under the 50ma again and this time it was

Four games: What is the Swiss word for "annihilation"?Four games is all it took, and Rafael Nadal rubber-stamped, underlined, and highlighted his complete dominance on the red clay by winning the 2008 French Open. That is how many games the world number ONE player, Roger Federer of Switzerland, was able to take off the now four-time French Open Champion.On Thursday last week, I did a post looki

Four games: What is the Swiss word for "annihilation"?Four games is all it took, and Rafael Nadal rubber-stamped, underlined, and highlighted his complete dominance on the red clay by winning the 2008 French Open. That is how many games the world number ONE player, Roger Federer of Switzerland, was able to take off the now four-time French Open Champion.On Thursday last week, I did a post looki

I hate the humidity, I really do. My straight hair does too because it curls in a Carol Brady-way. So without further ado, here we go!To beat the heat on Friday, friends of mine and I met up at Tavern on the Park for a few drinks – because alcohol cools you down (not really). Fortunately the bar wasn’t too packed so my friend Mike and I asked about getting a table so we could all actually enga

-------To be honest, I didn't really see any of this one beyond the top of the first. I'm piecing together from what I can gather using [this recap].----Phil was solid. He only went 5.2 but just gave up 2 runs and exited with a lead. The bullpen did some seriously nifty mixing and matching, giving up 2 runs but preserving the advantage. That includes....with his 14th save.------The offense came pr

It was hard to imagine the Pirates winning either of these past two games. They were going against some of the NL's top pitchers, and they were sending out two of the worst.---Still, this one is gonna sting a little.--Tom Gorzo: Same story as last start, pretty much. 1st inning--he couldn't get anybody out. Just looked plain awful. Couldn't throw strikes when he wanted to and when he did, they wer

A perplexing night for Ian Snell tonight. If you didn't see the game, his numbers look good-5 innings and 2 runs, with 9 K's. He was effective, but only when he put the ball over the plate. Ian was at 100 pitches in the 5th inning, and left the game partly due to that and pain from a line drive off his back in the 3rd (nothing serious).----The Bucs seemed to be in good shape off Webb in the first

This is part two. Part one is here. (Or scroll down)Caroline finished stuffing her half of the lunch duties into her stroller. She glanced over at my borrowed stroller. "Did you get everything packed? Do you need to put some of your things over here?"She had forgotten her diaper bag and so she had some extra room. Me, being ever so prepared, had plenty of diapers to share for the entire day. That

This is part two. Part one is here. (Or scroll down) Caroline finished stuffing her half of the lunch duties into her stroller. She glanced over at my borrowed stroller. "Did you get everything packed? Do you need to put some of your things over here?" She had forgotten her diaper bag and so she had some extra room. Me, being ever so prepared, had plenty of diapers to share for the entire day.

Pelfrey Gets It Done; Lineup Doesn'tBoxscoreThe Mets managed only five hits off Padres' starter Josh Banks on Thursday night - two by Jose Reyes - in a 2-1 loss at Petco Park. The Mets tied the game in the sixth when David Wright drove Reyes home with a single. That would prove to be their last hit of the evening.In the bottom of the ninth, Scott Schoenweis hit Paul McAnulty with the bases loaded

At long last, for the second time in a row!---Another really encouraging win for the Pirates, and it caps (no pun intended) off a darn good day for the organization, with the draft looking initially pretty successful (have you heard of Pedro Alvarez yet? No, he didn't play in this game, if you're wondering)-------Paul Maholm was the other star tonight--try 8 innings in less than 90 pitches! Paul

The #1 player in the Takkle Top 100, Tim Beckham, was chosen first overall by the young and talented Tampa Bay Rays. By most experts opinion Beckham had the most upside and is a 5 tool athlete. Beckham is an athletic, supremely talented player with potential above average defensive ability at the Major League level. His actions are smooth, fluid and easy.Coming in with the 3rd overall pick the Ka

It is that time again. Time to go plundering through the halls of ActiveRain looking for all those funny people and exposing them. Today, I really got a kick out of finding some of these jokes and humorous post. I hope that you enjoy them as much as I did. And I hope that we can continue to find some of these because we all need to be able to laugh a time or two. Also, if you would like to read so

How about Zach Duke? 7.2 innings and just 2 runs. He's been ultra-consistent this year, actually, and is our 2nd best starter right now, behind Dumatrait. A really good start for him.--------The offense woke up a little but. Raul Chavez continued the plea for Paulino's demotion by driving in 3 runs. McLouth and LaRoche had the other two.------Marte got the last out in the 8th and Capps pitched a p

So, maybe it's a good thing that this was our first matchup with the Astros.--Some very mediocre pitchers shut down our offense with ease last night. Actually, Wandy Rodriguez is having a good year, but he's really not that good (trust me). The Bucs only got 5 hits, the only extra-base hit being a Jack double. The only scoring threat was in the 6th, when they were loaded for LaRoche with 2 outs. H

Just an awesome win. Great game. Tragically, I don't have a ton of time so I'll sum it up real quick:-Gorzo was awful again (at first)--giving up 2 runs in the 1st and 3rd innings. The Cards were spraying lasers all over the ballyard.-It stayed 4-0 through 6 innings because Wainwright was dealing. He had given up one hit through 5.2, and that runner was quickly erased by a double play.-Gorzo manag

"If there's one thing I've learned in my years and years of trying to help make people money, it's that you've got to play by the rules," Jim Cramer told viewers of his "Mad Money" TV show. Almost... Continued on JimCramerBlog.com

Over the weekend, Lisa (tresdoc) came down for some sisterly fun. And where to go for that fun? New York City of course! Can I just tell you it was fabulous! We had more fun than two girls should be allowed in one day. Just what the doctor ordered to get me out [...]

In May I joined the monthly grocery challenge offered by Krystal at Give Me Back My Five Bucks. Prior to joining the challenge I was budgeting $150/week for groceries, and did not really have a budget for household items (cleaning supplies, etc.). I decided to be ambitious and budget $140/week for groceries and household items. Since May had 5 weekends, and I do all my grocery shopping on the week

This past weekend I was really busy and now I am tired. I actually just want to relax today but some work has to be done. Well this past weekend I have done a lot of things such as create a new sales page for a new digital product, bought a new affiliate system, graphic designers, logo contests, forum, and I think that is it. Below is just going to be a small recap of what I was doing this weekend