So tempting to believe

[susandennis]

MLB just released the game schedules. It makes it either easier to believe it will really happen OR tragic now to know, once again, what games we will not get to see.

It makes me want to expand my cable package now so I can see the games, but I think I'll wait another week.

I do love all the early games. Regular season games often start at 7 which is just too late since 3 hour games are the norm and lots of them run over. So earlier is way better. Particularly since we have no east coast games which are always wonderfully early.

Wait and see...

On May 15, I placed an order with Etsy. It was from England. It landed in Chicago 3 days later! And it sat in Chicago until today. I had already decided I'd never see it but now it looks like i actually might!

And from the consumer desk...

I have a dish washer but I use it for storage. 2 racks, great place to keep stuff. And do all my dish washing by hand. I just discovered this new dish soap from Dawn. And it's the bomb for sure.



Sunday morning, I had fried eggs and potatoes and bacon for breakfast. I cleaned my plate and left it with a lovely coating of cooked egg and bacon grease on the counter while I finished the paper. Then I forgot about it until a couple of hours later. It was a good, hard coating by the time I remembered it. I sprayed it with this stuff and washed up the rest of the dishes and by the time I got to this one, that had coat just slid right off. It was magic! If you do dishes by hand, treat yourself to this shit. It's good.

And, finally, I got a catalog from The Company Store today and the cover had this wonderful beautiful quilt which I do not need on the front. A deep google dive also told me that it is no longer available in any size but king. Saved me a bunch o' bucks. Whew.

Comments

[siobhan63.livejournal.com]

I bought a bottle of Dawn Powerwash about 2-3 weeks ago -- one of the few times a TV commercial actually worked on me! And totally agree -- it's great. We do use our dishwasher for its intended purpose, but I don't put pots and pans in it (we don't run it daily and I don't have that many pots and pans). Meaning I handwash cooking implements every day. This stuff is great.

And yeah... baseball... I really want it to happen, but the US is just such a mess in so many of the key cities still. Just yesterday, one of the MLS teams announced they were not going to be participating in the "MLS-is-Back" season -- too many COVID cases (Dallas I think?). The Jays' first game is in Florida vs the Rays. The Jays still don't know if they'll be permitted to play their home games in Toronto -- the back-up plan is Buffalo, where their Triple-A team is based.

[susandennis]

The whole MLB is just such an unholy mess.

It needs a giant spray of Dawn Powerwash!!

[susandennis]

Behind closed doors? Like no fans in attendance?

Absolutely. The fine print on the schedule actually says "No fans for home games until further notice".

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[susandennis]

I can't compare but yes, all American pro sports are capital enterprises who's point is to make money for their stake holders.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

I do love all the early games. Regular season games often start at 7 which is just too late since 3 hour games are the norm and lots of them run over.

On the other hand, the Red Sox have decided to schedule their home games at 7:30 to "maximize viewership". They say that if they start allowing fans to attend (ha!) they might revisit this.

Yeah, I don't know if they're actually doing to be able to play, anyway. They seem to have done this wrong in almost every possible way, and I'm sure they'll find others.

[susandennis]

It is just amazing to me how many ways MLB has fucked this up. I mean it is a challenging situation and uncharted waters and all that shit but really. I think if I was in charge and had set out to screw with fans and players and teams, I'm not sure I could have gotten as creatively successful as they have.

It just seems all set up for lose lose lose...

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

I use the peach-scented Dawn, it's an excellent grease cutter (I hate sounding like a commercial though)

[susandennis]

I have only seen regular and apple. Peach would be fun. I don't mind sounding like a commercial when the stuff is this good. It shouldn't be a secret. These guys did good this time.

WWSDB

[letmesaythis.livejournal.com]

or, 'What Would Susan Dennis Buy'? Unless it's completely sold out and not returning, my guess is the neela quilt.

https://www.thecompanystore.com/neela-polka-dot-floral-quilt-sham/50594-ps-f20.html

This is the only one that I thought would be beautifully complex and colorful enough to make the cut!

Re: WWSDB

[susandennis]

And, in this edition of Judy Knows Me, we have a winner!!!

I do see that now it's available in Queen and King... I need a twin. But, isn't it stunning??? Isn't it me?

So... Google Queen. If you ever see anything close in a twin size, you know where to find me :)