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Never bought a Crown in a grocery store, all the ones I have came from a Firestone store. For real. Those were the days.

Definitely overblown, definitely tacky, but people still be talkin' about it. Brand Awareness + Product Placement = Knowing The Marketplace = Good Business In other words, is Lebron losing money in the wake of all this? Not yet.

Why do people seem to resent athletes being great businesspeople? Lebron is a great athlete and a great businessman. He's created a brand and he's making it pay. Anybody who refuses to "know their place" has a head start on me liking them. They can blow it after that, but not for that. Make that money brer, make that money. Ain't nobody gonna just give it to ya'. Long as they spell the name right, right? Thanks for getting it!

I just got mine today, and my booklet doesn't have any photos other than on the cover!?!?! But the "special thanks" section of the notes held a most unexpected surprise...

Everybody hates celebrities. That's why they're so popular.

The Inner Colby Lewis & the Hopefully Returned Neftali Feliz combine for a 3-0 shutout of the Rays, about which the Rays must feel bad, seeing how David Price was almost lights out today. But Wash likes to be aggressive on the basepaths to put the runners in scoring position during these tight games (wisely so, since Price was not going to make any huge mistakes today), he's got the tools with which to work, and today the hitters delivered when needed (and Nellie Cruz went 3-4, good to see him slowly and quietly but surely getting back into the swing of things, no pun intended). A 3-0 win should not be this nerve-wracking, but that's how it's gonna be until the Ranger bullpen definitively decides to cut the crap. All in all, though, this was a particularly sweet win that almost makes the fuquitous bullshit of yesterday's loss seem but a mere bad dream. We'll know for sure at the end of September...

Wash cops to his error, as Rhodes, Andrus & even CJ Wilson do theirs http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/05/31/3117463/rangers-manager-takes-blame-for.html Still, if at the end of the year one is to look back at games we should have won but didn't that made the one or two game difference in the standings that kept us from where we needed to have been, this one will be on the list. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.........

A wasted, truly wasted game by the Rangers today, and for the first time this year I'm really going to question Wash's judgement - why the fuck was Arthur Rhodes facing Evan Longoria?

The Washington Bullets The Cincinnati Royals The Syracuse Nationals

The carry-away from this for me is that I shouldn't use RCA cable on my weed-eater, but they're ok, if unnecessary, for my stereo. Time well spent, then. Than you all!

Emerson Boozer Don Lusher Tipper Gore

Who's in th eband on the live cuts?

Organissimo's own P.P Badleigh says, "Thanks to Runpee.com, a night at the movies is now guaranteed to be Lights, Camera, Satisfaction!"

Yep, not repackagings, real-time recordings. IIRC corrctly, Johnny Otis had a hand in these somehow,

Leprechaun Leper Colony The New Colony Six

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Claw and antlers being replaced by....whatever this is??????? Works for me, as does the recent production from the 7-8-9 hitters. as does winning three in a row for the first time since sweeping the Royals at hoe a month ago. Not too wild about Holland totally losing it in the 6th, or about The New And Improved Maark Lowe's handling of his appearance today. As a starter, if you get a 9-1 lead after 5, you should at least be able to finish the 6th, if not the 7th, and as a releiver, you got no business coming in w/the bases empty and then ultimately allowing the tying run to come to the plate in that same inning. Not too cool, that stuff isn't.... But all in all, an encouraging sign that maybe the Rangers are starting to cohere once and for all. There's still plenty more cohering to be done (namely with Feliz, and the bullpen in general, and namely with Nelson Cruz building on his recent stretch of at least one hit of some sorts per game), but if it is true that, the first 10 games of the season aside, the Rangers have yet to play their best baseball, then there is much to look forward to from here on out. At least in theory, and theory be a liar just as often as not, right? Theory be damned when it comes to Endy Chaves, though. This is the kind of story that just does your hear good, period. A nice .394 average. 2 homers, 4 RBIs, a couple of steals, really solid centerfield work, for a guy who thought he was never going to make it back, hey, If I'm Julio Borbon doing rehab in Frisco right now, I'm going to be very serious, and if I'm David Murphy, I'm wondering how many good relief pitchers could I eventually be worth.... Mr. Wilson takes the mound tomorrow. Cautious optimism, they name is Rangers Right Now.

Mavis Staples Mavis Beacon Howard Rumsey

If the true goal of the Royals ownership is to built a young, strong team & have them come up together, grow together, and finally all click together, I'd say they're not too far off from that happening. OTOH, if their goal is to stockpile a bunch of desirable young, tough talent that they can ship off and turnover, hell, they're already their. Lots of desirable players on that roster. For the sake of a once-great franchise, I hope the former is the case, I really do.

Only one bad inning from Ogando, but it was five runs worth...but Michael Kirkman holds tight, Rangers battle back to a tie in the 8th (Michale Young!), only to have Feliz blow it in the 9th(something's seriously wrong here...) & Wash actually pulls him before the innings over for Arthur Rhodes, who faces one man & gets him out. Then Cruz, Napoli, Andrus, Crazyass Dave Anederson, Napoli again (you gotta wonder if Buster Posey was on Pena's mind, or if he just totally brainfarted...), and game over, Rangers win, Rhodes gets the win, and finally the Rangers get a come-from behind, walkoff win that's got to boost morale at a time when it was seriously needed. Now the Rays & the Indians, on the road. Great way to spend a week, and it starts tomorrow. But until it does: http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2011_05_29_kcamlb_texmlb_1&highlight_content_id=15334605&c_id=tex

Martha & The Muffins Limp Bizkit Esther Rolle

Daria Milton Boomhauer

No pine tar on that bat! http://cincinnati.com/blogs/ourhistory/2010/11/10/kissing-bandit%E2%80%99-had-favorite-targets/