February 2006


Hmm. I notice that wordpress.com is all the rage among cardsbloggers nowadays. I may be the most craptastic redbird blogger out there, but at least I was the first (that I know of) to discover the glories of hosted wordpress goodness. You’re welcome, everyone! (So basically the wordpress people do all the work, Cardnilly does all the publicity, and I take all the credit. Man, I rock.)

In any case, spring training has sprung, and I still have very little to say about baseball. That’s not to say I’ve lost interest. During the days, I often instant message Lakeline Leah about her new fantasy league. I’ve never been in a fantasy league before, and fully expect to decimate the competition.

And I spent practically all of my evenings in February hunting for a new roommate. The Crafty Plan was to find someone who is baseball-obsessed enough to want to split the cost of MLB Extra Innings with me. Sadly, the girl we picked is Canadian and doesn’t care the slightest about America’s pastime. Back to Plan A. (Which involves either earning my own money to pay for MLB Extra Innings, or finding a Cardinals Sugar Daddy to pay my bills for me.)

In other news: it seems that my heroine, a woman I like to call “b to the scratcher”, has moved back to St. Louis. No more making fun of Portland, I suppose. And I was only just getting started! Ah well. I’ll just have to make fun of the Reds, instead. Hey Red Hot Mama - you know, we may take the cake when it comes to Lame, Embarrassing Marketing Stunts, but don’t worry. On the field, your team is always more embarrassing.

Hey, anyone else going to be rooting for the Dominicans in the World Baseball Classic?

Anyway, I’ve suddenly got loads of ideas for lame things to blog about. So I’ll be back later this week with more springtime fun and frolic.

Stuff to do when you’re bored during the offseason, version 2.0 (here’s the original):

  1. Pick a fight with bellyscratcher, who has very dodgy taste in… erm… Well, nothing whatsoever, really, but this is the offseason and I’m bored. So I’m going to go with “Boring Non-Major League Cities to Live In” for $600, Alex.
  2. Wonder who’s the better guy for redbirdbrain to date, the guy behind Curtain Number 1: the White Sox fan, or Curtain Number 2: The Guy Who (Gasp!) Doesn’t Like Baseball.
  3. Make fun of Alex Fritz for sissy-fying his blog title. Although a little bird told me that Fritz has redeemed himself by finally coming up with an ideal Cardinal-themed drink for this year. And what’s the drink called? Survey says: “The Heat is On”. In the words of young Mr. Fritz, it’s a drink that’s “1/2 pina colada, 1/2 strawberry daiquiri, and 100% awesome… this drink starts off as a beautiful display of white-on-red, before turning into a nice little shade of cardinal”. Apparently he discovered it during his trip to Mexico. (You have to read this entry, by the way. Awesome stuff. )
  4. Forget all that. This video is enough to entertain any Cardinals fan for an entire offseason. Watch, rewind, repeat.