It's all about the cat

[susandennis]

My Echo's are not taking to the new wake word. I've tried to change them all to use Ziggy instead of Alexa. Only one of them complied. And then I learned the rest were just protecting me from myself.

When I got home from my errands yesterday, Biggie was missing. Not in his usual nap spot. Not on the terrace. Not anywhere else. So I started calling to him. Yep. Amazon makes not distinction between Biggie and Ziggy. Ha!

Finally, I got the treat cup and started rattling it. I wanted to make sure Biggie had not jumped off the terrace. Alexa did not respond to the treat rattle but Biggie sure came out from where ever in a hurry. I later discovered his new spot. Behind the shoes on my closet floor.

This morning, he's out on the terrace as usual. On duty. So far, no bird bodies in the Killing Field.

Last night's baseball was yet another LOOOOOOOOng game and I fell asleep with a tie in the 8th. I woke up when the Mariners won. So this morning, while I was treadilling, I watched the 8th and 9th inning to see how they did it. Basically, they just took advantage of A's sloppy pitching. The bases were loaded and then a wild pitch got passed the catcher and bingo. Boy, those A's were pissed. They think they are such hot shots and here the Mariners have now taken them for two games in a row. Ha!

In 2003, I wrote a journal entry about a made up word - festuche. Turns out the word still lives but with only a tiny fan base. If you Google it, chances of finding this journal are pretty high. Some who find it leave comments. I love that I've gotten two this year some 18 years after I wrote the entry!

Today will be a quiet one. I have the ballgame. Robby has finished sucking up all the carpet dirt. Since there is not laundry robot, I'll just do that myself.

Comments

[kensmind.livejournal.com]

What a great ending to the game last night (I finally got a chance to watch). What was up with the talcum powder?

[susandennis]

FABULOUS question and I do not know. I first saw it earlier this year and asked on twitter and got one lame response 'don't know, saw it last year'. I still have zero clues. It's weird.

[kensmind.livejournal.com]

I don't know either, but I have a theory. The talcum was poured on Kelenic (who scored the winning run as you know). I think maybe it's a ritual reserved for rookies (Baby Mariners)? Just a theory. Or maybe it's just for Kelenic because he's so baby-faced?

[susandennis]

Oh I do like your baby face thot but I've seen it poured on old guys, too. They do it to the one who is responsible for the winning run, I think. I'm going to shoot Dave Sims a Tweet and see if he can explain. Stay tuned.

[fauxklore]

FWIW, Fijians pour baby powder on one another as a way of celebrating.

[susandennis]

hmmmm wonder if we have any Fijians on the team? interesting

[rsc.livejournal.com]

I don't know how long this sort of thing has been going on, but a lot of teams seem to have devised various fun celebratory rituals recently. The 2018 Red Sox outfielders used to come together and do some kind of dance move (different every time) after the last out of a win. This year they have two things: A batter who gets a hit waves to the dugout after reaching base; and a player who hits a home run gets a ride through the dugout in a laundry cart (I think that may have started last year, when the team was desperate for any kind of fun). A Phillies player who hits a home run gets to wear a big cowboy hat. I'm sure other teams have similar things.

[susandennis]

I need to find the Blog of Team Celebratory Hijinks!

I've actually seen the laundry cart thing but didn't get its significance.

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure when I've heard festuche. Maybe from you. But I would have been sure it was a legit word. Excellent.

[susandennis]

It's totally legit. Google even says I say so in several links. Funny. And I do love how it keeps coming up.

I'll take it as my epitaph — She kept festuche alive!

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

I found festuche in urban dictionary. I have two words I made up in there, Iatroeco-oxyglossophilia, and Trumpazoid.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Bad biggie, hiding.

[restoman.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I've heard the word 'festuche' before. But then, I have been reading your journal for years so it easily could have been right here.

For years I have been trying to seed my own word into wide usage, but with no success. My word is "pringled" meaning: warped in two directions like a Pringles potato chip. In usage: "Don't use that board, it's pringled." I know of no other single words that convey the same meaning, so it would be useful. I guess I just don't have as much influence as you do. ;-)

[susandennis]

pringled is an excellent word and one i needed just the other night when the brim of my bucket hat was bugging my ears. i needed it pringled!!

[restoman.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Susan! Now if you start using it, it will have traveled across the country, on its way to becoming part of the lexicon! ;-)

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Basically, they just took advantage of A's sloppy pitching. The bases were loaded and then a wild pitch got passed the catcher and bingo.

The other night the Sox won in extra innings as a direct result of a Yankees reliever throwing four wild pitches in the same inning.

[susandennis]

After our third wild pitch run, before the winning one, our announcer described your own wild pitch game. Wild.