"We’ll see how we look on the field in a week or so."

Bill:
Like Pawxatawny Phil, Theo has emerged from his underground lair at Yawkey way and announced that Spring is looking good.

 

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Doug:
Naw, he's more like Obi Wan Epstein suddenly appearing and rallying us with the news taht the good side of the force is growing stronger.

 

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Bill:
Eithah way, what I love best about Theo's infrequent pronouncements is the dialectic of his subtle yet overt digs at the Yankees.

 

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Doug:
You mean digs like, "We're not building this organization through free agency. I don't think that's an intelligent way to build an organization."

 

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Bill:
Absolutely, and, jabs like, "We've actually done a pretty good job of getting [Teixeira] out throughout his career, so hopefully we can continue that."

 

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Doug:
When Theo give these State of Nation's Offseason Addreses, I feel like Chris Mathews listening to Obama — you know, "I feel this thrill going up my leg."

 

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Bill:
Yeah, whenevah I hear Theo start waxing eloquent I'm overcome with a sudden yet inexplicable desire to speak in LOLCAT tongues —

Teh gnrl mangin - Ur doin it rite!

 

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Comments

[h.b.]

If Bob starts sniffing, I'll just throw him off with a false trail of sriacha.

[Abby]

h.b don't disclose if you're near a Starbucks or Bob will really sniff you out with his exceptional "Jessica Fletcher" skills....

[yazbread]

the noose ever-so-slowly tightens on his identity
I know I am reading the Globe tomorrow to find an article entitled Firm Layoffs Amid Rumored Move to London

[Bob]

No enchiladas for me. I had a sardine and Tabasco sandwich for lunch. (Sriracha overwhelms the delicate stench of the sardine.)

[Natalie]

Yeah, that's the major meme- how can a city that survived the blitz freak out over a little snow? The head of transportation for London has been bristling at that one, saying in the media, well the Blitz didn't hit everywhere all at once (defending his decision to remove every bus from the roads). I am not joking when I say that London does not appear to even own a snow plow.

Awesome news, hb!!! I raise a beer in your honor. But your reveal about Mexican food, rare lager and working for the type of business you do... I started thinking Border Cafe, Harvard Sq. If so, and you were there in 2004, I probably waited on you (I worked there 3 nights a week during graduate school). :)

[Natalie]

PS- I never understood how truly addicted I was to my Blackberry until the doors of the Heathrow Express closed on me this am just as I realized I'd left it at home... Spending 12 hrs in Amsterdam without it was torture. It felt like being back in the 80s!

[h.b.]

Somehow, I think if I was in Amsterdam for 12 hours, the Blackberry would be the farthest thing from my mind.

"Hey, Phelps, don't bogart the haze..."

[natalie]

Yeah, would that I ever be in that city for more than heinous and long business meetings! :)

[Bob]

But Natalie, couldn't you have had a business lunch at La Canna?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/11/93974274_da7412a7c7.jpg?v=0

[yazbread]

Where's Churchill when you need him?

[COD]

Great news H.B.!

[buckner was framed]

Vermonter-

Sorry I just got in from work. I have tix to a couple of games left. You're welcom to either 3/5 v Coyotes or 3/19 v Kings at face value. Good seats too- Loge 7, 9th row (behind net the Bs shoot at twice)

Leave me a contact email if interested

great news about the job, h.b.- congrats

[buckner was framed]

I was gonna take Bob til I read the sardines and Tabasco line.....

[seamus]

New Soxaholiz tee-shirt: "Teh gnrl mangin - Ur doin it rite!"

[Kaz]

Buckner, I will buy whatever Vermonter doesn't and that you're willing to sell. Let's talk.

thebloodysock{at}boston-redsox[dot]net

[ParkerStPete]

Congrats, h.b. Meanwhile, are Lars and Amalie starting their own "book club" for two?

[Bob]

It's a delicious sammie, Buck. Don't knock it until you try it.

[ParkerStPete]

Natalie, I lived in London in the '60s and '70s as a foreign service brat and have visited in the '80s, '90s, and '00s. My observation is that the Brits have gone soft in the last seventy years. War, regular beat-downs for the working class, decades of dour Labor-imposed socialism (think queues for everything) all were great tougheners. Then Maggie made everyone (sort of) rich, middle-class, and entitled. That said, it was cool to see snowflakes during the Liverpool-Chelsea game on Fox last night. Too bad my team (I'm a West End snob) lost.

[Bob]

From Boston.com:

//Police discovered what appeared to be a homeless man covered in enchiladas early this morning.

His hung-over body was stuffed into a duffle bag and about to be loaded onto the Red Sox Spring Training truck. An alert-but-surly passerby noticed a hand holding a Mexican beer etending from the bag.

Red Sox officials say the man, whose name is being withheld until relatives can be notified, is currently alert and responding to candy-striper care at New England Medical.//

To make a long story short:

It's Truck Day!

[h.b.]

Late start today as I celebrated a bit last night... there is a new strip though, finally.

[Abby]

Good for you! I so glad that you've escaped unscathed....