My company has tickets to the Distinguished Speaker Series at the Kennedy Center, and each time they raffle off the tickets. Which is to say that last night I saw Paula Zahn and Cherie Booth Blair. It was a pretty interesting discussion; there were some things I may incorporate into my First Ladies tour at the Smithsonian.
But the highlight of the night would have to be that they were introduced by Hillary Rodham Clinton. It was very exciting; I'd never seen a President or (former) First Lady in person before. She didn't talk much, but she was amusing.
It's one of the neat things about living around here; you can randomly one night go and see something like this. For free (well, other than parking). Hurrah!
Moving on, it looks like another baseball player has fallen victim to a random injury; this time, it's Colorado Rockies shortstop Clint Barmes who broke his collarbone while carrying groceries to his apartment. He fell while climbing the stairs, as he didn't want to wait for the elevator:
"I figured, I'm an athlete, I can walk up the stairs, it's not that big a deal," Barmes said in an interview Monday, his left arm hanging in a sling. "Obviously, if I had to go back, I would have waited, or at least been a bit more careful going up."
I didn't realize that Cordova was on the O's DL because he burned himself tanning. That's just sad.
In positive news, it looks like Brian may be heading to the All-Star game; he leads the voting at 2nd base by a good 42,000 votes (up from last week, when the margin was around 1,400). Hurrah! He's still out of the lineup due to a strained rotator cuff, but should be back in by Friday at the latest.
Current song in my head:
"Stuck in the Middle With You" by Stealers Wheel
Unfortunately, I had Barmes on both of my fantasy teams. Luckily, I had picked him up because I had originally drafted Bobby Crosby of the A's as my SS for both teams, so their availabilities off the DL dovetailed nicely. What sucks for Clint is that he was on his way to being the Rockies rep for the All-Star game, and he was the frontrunner for the NL ROY. Oh, and the whole broken clavicle thing too, which I guess has gotta hurt.
How's your team doing in the standings?
Posted by: paul at June 7, 2005 07:15 PMEh, not great, but thanks for asking! I think I've won 1 week in the last 4 or so, but have a tentative hold on 3rd place in my league. I do like Bobby Crosby--nice pick.
Posted by: Barb at June 8, 2005 02:02 PM