Scooter Chronicles

Some of you may have seen this already, but I saw it brought up at a sports forum and made me want to post it. It is something that I find very interesting.

After the New York Mets lost their last game of the season, eliminating themselves from the playoffs, the media talked to Tom Glavine, the starting pitcher for the Mets who officially only pitched one third of the first inning, giving up 5 runs while on the mound, and getting credit for two more earned runs after being pulled. It was the first time since 1989 (no typo) that Glavine hadn’t made it out of the first inning. As well, he is contemplating retirement, and it may have been the last game of his career.

A reporter/journalist asked him if he was devastated...

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At Amazon.Com, if you have a wish list, they usually have a box in the upper right corner showing you something on your list with the title above it “Treat Yourself”. Yet on Amazon.Ca (Canada), the title is “You Know You Want It”. Seems so much more sinister, doesn’t it? For the record Amazon.UK.Co (you can guess where that one’s from) doesn’t have anything like that.

And yes, I have Wish Lists on all three sites. The ones on the Canadian and UK sites are more for bookmark purposes, and things that I can’t find (or couldn’t when I put them there) available on the US site.

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