Discover, you're pissing me off.

Discover Card is quickly losing my business. Since the beginning of the month, I've gotten no less than 26 phone calls from 866-290-6227, trying to sell something - account protection, something about account benefits - beats the hell out of me. All I know is that my phone rings night and day. When I did actually speak to someone, as soon as I began to utter the words, "Take my number off your list," she had hung up on me. That's right, dropped the phone like a hot potato!

I called back and spoke with an account manager, and while trying really really hard to remain calm, demanded that my number be removed from their list(s). I was told it could take up to 30 days. Excuse me? You have the technology to call me 2-3 times per day, for weeks straight, and you can't immediately delete my number from your system? Bullshit. One more f-ing phone call, and I'm done with Discover for good.

Nats 10, Mets 5

Boo. I was rooting for the Mets. I am a New Yorker, after all.

Here are some pictures from the game on my new camera.

My favorite, I think:

A pitching sequence. Oddly enough, each is from a different pitch. I'm not quite sure how I managed to get 4 consecutive positions in 4 different pitches, but here it is:

Finally, a nighttime view of the park:

Is it Spring Yet?

The birds are chirping. The flowers and trees are in bloom. The sickening smell of freshly laid mulch is in the air. It must be spring, right? Then why am I still wearing wool turtlenecks, wool pants, and a coat?! Doesn't Mother Nature know that not only does April bring rain showers, but it brings temperatures in the 60s!? So why are we struggling to get to even the mid-50s?

Global warming my ass...

Zombies in Plain English

It's not very timely, but hey. It's still fun.

Courtesy of http://www.commoncraft.com/zombies.

P.S. Thanks Natalie!

Heard on the Street - February 29, 2008

"Can I just, like, pay the fine and admit my guilt?"

-Rhode Island Avenue NW at Massachusetts Avenue NW

Heard on the Street - February 14, 2008

"I don't have herpes!!!"
-Connecticut Avenue NW and Q Street NW

[Appropriate disclosure for Valentine's Day, I suppose.]

Happy 2nd Birthday Julia!!!

OK, I'm a week late, but we celebrated Julia's second birthday this past weekend with a cake that looked like Elmo (all homemade, by the way). Julia loved it - maybe too much? After she blew out her #2 candle, Grandma asked Julia if she was ready to eat Elmo. Eat Elmo?!?! No way! Julia started to freak out and wanted to get away from the cake. After we took off the paper that made up Elmo's mouth, nose, and pupils, making the cake look more like an apple with two weird white things on top, Julia still wouldn't touch it. She refused to even try the cake. Oh well...the rest of us enjoyed Elmo!