Of course, the representative that met with us and promised a ticket upgrade is no longer with the GSU ticket office.

another day of kite-flying, shell-seeking, wave-jumping, and castle-building. Someone remind me again why I live in a land-locked city.

ran into an old law school buddy at a Tybee Island restaurant

listening to the Pirates on MLB.com is not raising my spirits on a Sunday at the office

and Giacomo are eagerly awaiting the cardboard tube fighting league's arrival in Atlanta, http://htxt.it/OvHZ

Watching McLouth and Morgan manufacture runs, but unfortunately neither one is in a Pirate uniform.

glad to see the Pirates add a Buckeye to the organization

back in Atlanta with a greater appreciation of bourbon ...and my high school classmates.

In Columbus, OH

I know I am back in the midwest because someone just got out of their car in traffic to alert me my left brake light was out. I have probably been driving around Atlanta for a year with it out.

just picked up a TripTik that will take be back to Columbus, OH circa 1989. See you there WHS Cardinals.

home.

Tony Sanchez?

MLB draft.

How authentic can it actually be? http://htxt.it/qlz9

thinking Tifton, http://htxt.it/X7BS

No joke, there is Foosball on the television in HD in the bar while I am wait for my car. There is also Dogfish.

Still waiting for my car to be repaired.

If anyone is attending the Pirate autograph session tomorrow with Stan Belinda at PNC, please share that after 16 years now, I think I am ready to forgive him. I am not making any promises, but if he calls I am willing to listen to what he has to say.

Just dropped Tommy off in the Toddler 1 room-- the battle between Ms. Bonitta's rules and Tommy's energy begins now.

four days into my ill-advised and surely doomed effort to grow a beard for my Colorado trip.

Matt Wieters debuts for Baltimore today and I feel Littlefield twisting the knife in my wounded Pirate-lauding heart.

has been preoccupied today with thoughts of Celeste.

home with a sick child and finding great pleasure watching him laugh uncontrollably at Tom & Jerry cartoons --take that SpongeBob.

Happy Harvey Haddix Day. 50 years ago today "the kitten" pitched the greatest game in baseball history and lost -http://htxt.it/xQbN

is celebrating GSU's first CAA baseball championship and NCAA Tournament birth with a Fat Tire

Happy Interleague Day...and Go GSU Swinging Panthers at the CAA Championships- http://htxt.it/CNIr

GUGM webinar

curious why people with Smart Water and Vitamin Water bottles are so eager to share they refilled it with regular water.

my CALI travel authorization finally came through. Boulder-- here I come.

Celeste updates http://htxt.it/i5z7

Planning the day over pancakes-- good days start with pancakes.

fingers crossed for Celeste --that her most recent round of radiation provides some much-needed relief.

picking up a pizza and salad for an easy out-of-the-box evening.

learned a neighbor named their new cat Terrance and not quite sure what to read into it.

AALL v ALLA Lunch

hoping pink bats will bring an end to the seven game losing streak. Go Buccos

Soccerdiling

paperwork

Considering how well MARTA is run, would you actually eat food prepared by them? Well at least we can eat on Marta now. http://htxt.it/Zk1F

gets the joke for a change.

It's quiet around here.

finally back to work after a milkshake, doctor's visit and Monsters v. Aliens distracted Jack from his newest scars.

was having a pleasant evening until the pirate bullpen showed up.

spending entire afternoon in backyard with Jack and last of the mint julep.

DeKalb Medical emergency room has wireless connectivity, who would've thought?

is beginning to suffer from cabin fever in addition to his other fever.

Now that the baseball season is in full swing, I have to limit my sick days to Thursdays...day games.

medication can't even make daytime television bearable

just learned about the interrobang mark. Has anyone really ever had need of this punctuation?!

Soccerdiling

back from Knoxville after spending the day at UT (and visiting another Roadfood recommendation).

just got shh'd by a student in the library. It's that time of the semester.

TouchNet UPay, Luminus student portal , OpenText , Blackbaud NetCommunity..and the meetings go on and on

enjoying for a change the Pirates being the buzz-saw rather than the buzz-sawee

What does it take to get a Pirate game on ESPN Game Night, you ask. Answer: every single other baseball game on a rain delay. Go Buccos

Buying some vinyl tonight to celebrate Record Store Day Tomorrow http://htxt.it/o4Op

Coffee and then EduPunk. The revolution is fueled by caffeine.

watching Newt on UGA channel while working on presentation and wondering if he is just on a loop here.

Forbes Magazine listed Pittsburgh as the best place to live if you are unemployed. City of Champions, indeed.

just had a great conversation with EduPunk number 1

heading to Athens for SEAALL

moving in the right direction, albeit slowly.

just got our holiday call from the same woman who mistakenly dials us on every holiday. "you have the wrong number and Happy Easter. Talk to you again on Mother's Day."

heading over to the Shannon's for an Easter egg hunt and Easter lunch. I think I can take Abby this year.

is a first-time uncle. Madden's sister Julie gave birth to Pacman Deitrich (a working name).

working on Saturday is so much easier with MLB Gameday Audio. Go Buccos.

Pop-flies are supposed to be routine.

just watched the Buccos score 4 in the 9th to win the season opener (despite beer-league bad defense).

Happy opening day. (I do not acknowledge the start of the base ball season until Cincinnati actually plays)

this does not bode well for the Pirate season. http://htxt.it/2Clu

unlike Madden-- did not wake up in a cabin in the woods surrounded by co-workers eager for a second day of team building. Go team.

Haven't stopped laughing since seeing the last piece in our weekly newsletter, http://hellotxt.com/l/0HOI

running out of gunnerisms for my fantasy baseball team names-- dying quails or can-o-corn's

How I Met your Mother is hysterical-- well not the show itself but way Madden finds it hysterical.

dryers on the fritz and its wet outside- I guess I am heading to the laundromat.

Rainy day in Atlanta but Pirates v. Phillies on MLB Network and it's sunny in Bradenton.

is angry the South did not get the Xavier-Pitt game. Last time I checked Cinci & Pittsburgh is further South than W.Lafayette or Storrs.

If you are ever faced with the choice between sleeping or watching Wanted, go to sleep and thank me later.

is not thinking about basketball and going to make the most of a day without meetings. (OSU doesn't tip until 9:40 pm)

Faculty vote inadvertently retired the midterm-grade viewer application and I love them for it.

with a tip of the irish cap to @straygator, Ireland is now Steeler country- http://hellotxt.com/l/uszq

taxes filed...weight lifted.

taught Jack how tournament brackets works by running a toy car race tourny. Vitoline beat Lightning McQueen in the finals.

getting ready to cheer for my father's Alma mater, Duquesne University.

97 Estoria. All welcome.

uncharacteristically failed to stick the landing.

is optimistic that by Friday at 5 it will all fall into place, or into evil hands, or out of grace. At this point I just know it's falling.

was considering Michael Vick's GA home but [insert dog joke here]. http://hellotxt.com/l/ufry

Watched Enemy Mine and spent evening teaching Tommy how to talk like Louis Gossett Jr. reptile character

Grant writing.

is having a slow and sore Sunday after the airport switch.

No surprise Smiths reunion set at Modest Mouse show, despite Johnny Marr and Morrissey both possibly being in Atlanta.

Thinking about getting a Willie Stargell tattoo. http://hellotxt.com/l/mi6y

is an instant fan of any ballplayer with a Roberto Clemente tattoo. http://hellotxt.com/l/fRp7

talking baseball

had lunch at Ann's Snack Bar and may not eat again this month. http://hellotxt.com/l/8ZIn

has an airport drop-off and then an early jump on the day...traffic willing.

is catching up on Spring training news and envying Celeste who does not have to read about it.

If you are going to force furloughs on the university system at least buy us have a drink http://hellotxt.com/l/2ZyW