The SBN platform allows people a unique opportunity to start their own threads and post their own articles in FanPosts and FanShots, something that most other blogs don’t allow. Which is why I’ve gotten increasingly cranky when non-open threads are hijacked with off-topic conversations.

Maybe I haven’t done a good enough job in selling these features, but you guys are beginning to use them, which is fantastic.

We’re building a good community here, and it’s great that people want to stop here and have a conversation with those who have become friends. But BYB is still a baseball blog, and those who comment represent a minority of the overall readership. So people who want to read about Tigers-related and baseball topics shouldn’t have to scroll through the other stuff.

Okay, I’m in danger of hijacking this thread, so I’ll cut myself off there.

As far as what else to talk about, I’m going to be very disappointed with myself if I don’t scrape at least 30 DVDs off my Netflix queue this winter.

It’s fall, and a slew of my favorite shows are on (and in some cases, have been on and piling up). I’m also in my sixth (and last, thank god) year of school so my focus should probably be there.

Instead, I’m writing a series of season reviews of Tigers players. I just can’t let go. I’m hoping those profiles will last me until about mid- to late-January.

There’s also the issue of the DETROIT RED WINGS. I’m a rabid hockey fan, maybe not as much as I am for the Tigers, but the season is just now gearing up. I’ll probably start watching more Wings games within a month or so after the WS is over.

And, so far I’ve watched the Sharks every game on the NHL Center Ice. When the free trial ends at the end of October, I’ll … watch something else I guess. More basketball probably.

I’m glad Community is funny and 30 rock is back. Other than that I don’t watch a lot of non-sports TV.

Decided to take 18 hours, which was a poor decision in hindsight. Other than that, I’ll probably be buying and beating Brutal Legend and maybe Arkham Asylum, and waiting with baited breath for Bioshock 2. That and watching the Canes (going to my first game 19 November!).

It would be quite lonely if they didn’t. Anyways, it’s my dad’s birthday today and my mom is making chicken paprikash, so I’ll be well-fed before watching Yankees-Angels tonight (I hope it’s not rained out).

It’s freakin’ October 18th, for crying out loud. I love Christmas, but one holiday at a time, please.

wasn’t someone on here a manchester orchestra fan?

this guy’s blog is cool, at any rate. interesting perspective.

A laptop that died and can’t be fixed until after payday on Friday. However, I have noticed that I’m sleeping a lot better at night., so I should probably use this learning experience and trun the damn thing off at 9 PM. On the bright side, one of my local stations is showing back to back episodes of The Office every night at ten. And I’m getting a lot of crocheting done.

Since I don’t have cable I can only watch the ALCS, and last night’s game was a doozy. But I’m certainly not hanging on every pitch.

I miss our rally creatures.

Can I vent about something? UT really needs to clean out the pop machine in Wolfe Hall (the College of Pharmacy building). For three days in a row, I have gotten a bottle of iced tea from that machine (like I do pretty much every morning) and the bottle has been sticky and there’s globs of semisolid pop on the outside. My guess is that a bottle leaked somewhere, but I’m getting really tired of having to wash bottles off in the bathroom. Especially since there are no paper towels in the bathroom so I can’t dry the bottle afterwards…

We have our first confirmed case of swine flu in the College of Pharmacy. They won’t release the name, but if it’s who we suspect, it’s someone in my class but I don’t associate with her very often.

To keep this at the top of the FanPosts (as a “recommended” FanPost), we need five recommendations. (I could reduce the number, but five isn’t a lot ot ask for.)

I’m hoping we can do this with the Introduce Yourself post, as well.

and then another one about a guy in the minors who is 27 and thinking about giving up, and I got all choked up and crap.

..over a Yankees player, and some random career minor leaguer. now my stomach hurts.

no more baseball for sooo many days :(

But you must go PC and forsake the weenie console version.

which I am linking here because nobody reads fanshots.. rick won IBA AL rookie of the year http://bit.ly/3zLXws

…and since there seems to be no open thread tonight, I’ll ask it here. One of my mom’s students is interested in an art school in Bloomfield Hills, but she would like to know if Bloomfield Hills is a nice area (i.e. wealthy or middle class suburb). Also, have any of you heard anything about the Cranbrook Academy (the art school she’s interested in)? I don’t expect any of you to know this last part, but I figured it wouldn’t hurt to ask. At any rate, I’m doing this as a favor to my mom, so any input would be appreciated. Thanks!