Hey Jere, I just wanted to say thanks for your recent comments over at Joy of Sox.

Hope you have a great time at the concert.

Now to see if the Sox can win two in a row. I'm pretty sure that's happened before. I'll have to check the stats.
 

I lasted till 12:30. These late games (and all the next day coffee) are killing me.
 

Laura--Thank you. I actually went back now and read the coments from the previous post, which I'd given up on checking since only a few had commented before JoS put up his next post, about a similar topic. (First one was "Manny," next one was "Mnookin on Manny.") And I see that a similar discussion also took place in that first one. And I saw that you mentioned Bonds, which is exactly what I thought: Someone, in the comments, said that there isn't racism in the media, proven by Ortiz being the most beloved guy, etc. But Bonds was just as good a hitter in his prime, but wasn't beloved because of the way he was perceived. And the point is that if you're dark-skinned, it's almost like you have to do something "extra" to be loved. You better be a big teddy bear, or else. The white guy can just be a star, and that's good enough to get his picture plastered everywhere.

And you made interesting points about language. Which I was just talking about with my mom yesterday, in a completely unrelated discussion. She had called a female "feisty." Then she thought about it and realized how sexist that was. Because a man would never be called feisty. It's like, "Ooh, she's not merely a woman (barefoot, pregnant, etc), she actually speaks her mind and holds her ground...we need a special term to describe these uber-women! Feisty!"

Chris-I know what you mean. Except for the coffee.
 

I guess I'm confused here - are gender specific adjectives generally sexist, or is it the fact that "feisty" has a slight negative connotation? For example, I don't see handsome or beautiful as sexist words, but they are generally only applied to a specific sex.
 

I just meant that for a man to hold his ground, that's seen as the norm. Everybody should be standing their ground anyway. But when a woman does it, it's treated like a special thing. Because it's always preceded with "ooh..." which implies surprise. "Oooh, feisty."

Society is surprised when a woman doesn't just fall in line.

There's also nothing wrong with being feisty, or whatever you want to call it, obviously, it's the just the whole male/female difference thing.
 

All I know is that I can't believe that Pluto got DFA'd today. Maybe some other solar system will sign it to a one-century contract.
 

Yeah, Pluto's on all our minds today. I was gonna post something about that. If that dancing guy in the Bosstones is considered part of the band, why can't Pluto be considered part of the SoSy?
 

The fact that you're comparing Ben Carr to Pluto is just out-and-out ridiculous...Ben was an intregal part of the band; without him, well, think of all the hop-skippity-jump-arms-flailing dances we would have had to create on our own, rather than just copy...besides, Pluto would look terrible in plaid. TJ, Jere for even suggesting such a thing. Pluto...what the fuck ever...(I love ridiculous conversations...)
 

But I feel Pluto is not just the last planet in the lineup, more like a "second leadoff" planet. You never know when Mercury's gonna burn out (despite, ironically, playing a much shorter season than everyone else), and then we could just plug Plutes into the leadoff spot.

Plus, over 80 years of service to us, you can't just drop the planet.
 

Aw mom, so polite telling people you like their blogs when they don't have blogs... but I know what you meant: surely if you like their comments, their blogs would be full of similar stuff, and therefore, naturally, you'd like that, too.