Month: February 2005

No really, I didn’t forget you. Just got busy away from the ‘puter.

Plus, like junior high, isn’t it better to play hard-to-get?

More tomorrow, promise!

I need to look through the archives to see if I ever mentioned that I used my 2004 Magnetic Poetry Calendar to write a poem and submit it to the Magnetic Poetry website. [update: Yes, I did.] You tell them what kit you used (there are like 20 or more now) and if they deem it suitable, they put it up on their web site in their “anthology.” Mine is still available up there.

I got an email over the weekend saying that they want to use my poem [such that it is] in their 2006 Magnetic Poetry Calendar. I kid you not. So I sent them my info, and anxiously await next fall when the 2006 calendars start hitting the market. I think it’s a pretty safe bet on what everyone will be getting for Christmas next year.

Oh, and for the record, once 2004 was over, I ripped off all the Calendar pages (the ones with other people’s poems on them) and kept the magnetic board part. My poem is still on it, so I took a picture with my camera.

Me: How do you know it’s the same guy? Maybe it’s his evil twin?
Junior: Hey, not everyone has an evil twin…

Hey gang, Adam set up a page to grab all the blog entries on Tedy Bruschi’s stroke status. I guess he did this because I was shocked that there were so few Boston Bloggers talking on the subject. For the record, I made my request over at his new Universal Hub site, where everyone who registers gets space for a [Massachusetts/Bostony] blog. Mine, which I won’t be using too much because I have this place, is at http://www.universalhub.com/blog/12.

Don’t worry, I won’t be talking about all of you behind your back over there. Then again, if for some reason this site is completely down, you may want to look over there to see if I’ve explained why…

Sounds like a silly title, but I’m just thinking that maybe Tedy Bruschi’s small stroke was so small that it doesn’t even count as one, and that it won’t sideline him or end his career – although one has to think that if you are a 31 year old father who has a small stroke, you might consider moving to a less head-trauma-y field.

I am guessing his wife will be all over his butt for him to retire now, and I can’t say I blame her one bit. Even if they come back and say that this had nothing at all to do with what the man does for a living, is there anyone out there on the planet who doesn’t think that having a job that requires you to pound and be pounded might cause a head injury of this type? I thought so.

So Tedy, we’re all out here rooting for you, sending you health vibes, etc. And know that while it will be devastating to us, we totally understand that you’re going to have to do what makes the most sense to you and your family, even if that means retiring.