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...someone needs to proofread their signs, vertically and horizontally!

Everything I know about tennis...

...I learned from Wii Sports!

Ok, so...I went to a tennis tournament on Tuesday! Q107.5 was at Tan-N-Go that morning, giving away free tickets to the Regions Morgan Keegan tournament, and I just happened to be in the neighborhood, so I got some! Mike really likes tennis, so I invited him to go with me.

Did you know that it is unacceptable to make any noise while the ball is in play? I didn't, til I got there. They made us wait outside the stadium until a match was finished, and as we were walking under the bleachers to our seat, play resumed...so we had to wait below for about 10 minutes til the game ended and the ushers opened the stairs to the bleachers again. Before a ball was served, you could probably literally hear a pin drop. I kept whispering & Mike had to remind me that we were supposed to be quiet. The only live games I've been to are college football, college basketball, and the River Kings hockey...I mean, seriously! There are some things they just don't tell you on the Wii... ;)

We had passed a room full of caterers from local restaurants selling various hors d'oeuvres our way in, and as we were watching the game, Mike decided the only thing we were missing was strawberries & creme...or maybe a ProntoPup.

I got some sweet video on my phone, but aparently the free version of Quicktime, that came on my computer, doesn't have a rotate function for video, so I'm still working on getting them presentable for online display :)

Apparently "The Q"s audience isn't crawling with tennis lovers...we were the only people in our section of the bleachers! We watched Marcos Baghdatis (ranked 85 in the world) from Cypress and Kei Nishikori (56) from Japan play most of a round, and then Victoria Azarenka (15) and Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (93) played one game before it was time for us to leave.

The guys were serving 115-130 mph balls, and the women's were mostly in the 90's, but I saw one that was 120-something. And Azarenka has a funny little yell that she does every time she hits a ball that sounds like a bird cooing. :)

Unfortunately it was time to get back to class and work after about an hour, so we didn't get to stick around for more than one women's game. It really was a cool experience and I was sorry to have to leave. We took a different door out than we had when entering, and it led to a little courtyard/alley space, and lo and behold, there before our very eyes, tucked away from the view of the elite crowd, was a corndog stand!!

Is your food happy to see you?

My Grasshoppers had faces :)

Street Gang

This year marks the 40th anniversary of "Sesame Street." To celebrate, Bob talks with MICHAEL DAVIS, author of a new book titled "Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street." Davis conducted more than 200 interviews over five years to tell the story of the beloved children's television show.

I heard this interview a few weeks ago on the Bob Edwards Weekend show while driving across town. I found myself...not quite on the verge, but close, to a tear or two of nostalgia while listening to a history of Sesame Street, which really surprized me. I liked Sesame Street as a child, though didn't watch it devotedly. But it was something like finding old friends I hadn't been in touch with in years and years, who just popped out & brought some happy memories with them (cheesy, I know...).

Just thought I'd share the podcast!

My all-time favorite characters were the Yup-Yups, along with Snuffy and, of course, Bert & Ernie :)

Enjoy!

A little magic

Something nearly ineffable happens to me when I step outside on a random morning and the temperature is 57 degrees at 7:45 a.m., sun shining, a nice breeze blowing, and (bonus!) I'm going to be on time for class! Two or three times a year I have this experience of an absolutely perfect morning, and I think this is truely one of the things I live for. It is the best feeling in the world to walk out to this kind of weather, and something in my body changes at the cellular level. I was ridiculously happy today, and it wasn't because of something someone did, or something I bought, or something that might happen. It was what was. It was me living in the moment and feeling truely alive.

I hope everyone gets moments/days like this in their lives. It's what helps me remember how amazing this world is and how fortunate i am to live in it!

Loved it

If you haven't seen this, go rent it. Soooo good :)