tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post61255945261784791..comments2023-08-12T02:33:29.988-05:00Comments on 2 B Read: Superstitious, anyone?Sylvia Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489243230694413409noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-43699252378231658102007-04-14T20:43:00.000-05:002007-04-14T20:43:00.000-05:00LOL JoAnn about the hotel/ball team. I would have...LOL JoAnn about the hotel/ball team. I would have brought all travel arrangements to a screeching halt until I found my man, Jeter. :) As for the NHL. . .oy!! I was up through almost 4 complete overtime periods (yes, that makes 7 periods all together) the other night cheering on my poor ol' Canucks. Thank God they won, but then Dallas kicked their butts last night. sigh. I'm sure if you Laura Drewryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15641569502915793736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-74239121022187350662007-04-14T17:26:00.000-05:002007-04-14T17:26:00.000-05:00Joann-I'm afraid Rhubarb isn't available on DVD or...Joann-<BR/>I'm afraid Rhubarb isn't available on DVD or video. Set your Tivo!<BR/><BR/>As for the NHL--I'm certain their poor scheduling was an oversight.Teresa Bodwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10879370271292336388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-10492743230322434372007-04-14T14:15:00.000-05:002007-04-14T14:15:00.000-05:00Sally -- Well, you see, that's why your guys have ...Sally -- Well, you see, that's why your guys have to yell. They don't have a Barbie to do it for them.<BR/><BR/>Teresa -- No, I have not seen Rhubarb. (Off to netflix as soon as I finish typing!) And I've no idea why, since the two genres of movies I will ALWAYS watch are sports movies of any kind, no matter how smaltzy, and the let's- get-together-and-make-a-band-that-will- eventually-break JoAnn Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17519723604779079058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-59818985556017988902007-04-14T11:35:00.000-05:002007-04-14T11:35:00.000-05:00Baseball superstitions? Or traditions or whatever ...Baseball superstitions? Or traditions or whatever you want to call them.<BR/><BR/>Has anyone seen the movie Rhubarb? It's about a cat and a baseball team and . . . well, it's a lot of fun.Teresa Bodwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10879370271292336388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-47635833457698021622007-04-14T11:00:00.000-05:002007-04-14T11:00:00.000-05:00LOL, JoAnn--my guys would not be caught DEAD with ...LOL, JoAnn--my guys would not be caught DEAD with a Barbie of any ilk. And wow on being in the hotel with all those Yankees!! I can hear Laura screaming now--and she's on the other side of the continent.Sally MacKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166303880685146915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-9457373669129013612007-04-14T09:40:00.000-05:002007-04-14T09:40:00.000-05:00Sally, yes, yelling at the TV definitely works. E...Sally, yes, yelling at the TV definitely works. Especially if you don't have a team-dressed Barbie handy to yell for you. <BR/><BR/>Laura -- Damn. Ebay. WHY didn't I think of that? I sooo wanted to go to that game and would've paid bunches. Re the "inside only" cap, it's a long story regarding a bunch of Boston fans who sat on the beach in folding chairs outside our place every evening; JoAnn Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17519723604779079058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-65230795244601603032007-04-13T13:28:00.001-05:002007-04-13T13:28:00.001-05:00See, Nancy--the things you learn on this blog!See, Nancy--the things you learn on this blog!Sally MacKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166303880685146915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-44494839925237094302007-04-13T13:28:00.000-05:002007-04-13T13:28:00.000-05:00Oh, right, sorry, JoAnn. Fan empowerment. Of cour...Oh, right, sorry, JoAnn. Fan empowerment. Of course. Silly me! Is that why my guys shout directions to the refs during football games--football games they are watching on TV?<BR/><BR/>Hey, Laura, I meant to tell you that when I was walking to the train station Sunday morning after PASIC, I saw a couple guys dressed in Yankee uniforms with a bunch of hot dogs and some TV cameras on one of the Sally MacKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166303880685146915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-19836341210756352052007-04-13T13:23:00.000-05:002007-04-13T13:23:00.000-05:00I thought the Yankees are so good because my husba...I thought the Yankees are so good because my husband sold his soul to the devil as a boy in return for a winning team. I had no idea it was because of a game cap.Nancy Morsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947358450252385401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-15261396968226573872007-04-13T12:57:00.000-05:002007-04-13T12:57:00.000-05:00JoAnn, I'd love to see your Yankee shrine. LOL I ...JoAnn, I'd love to see your Yankee shrine. LOL I bored poor Sally to tears at the conference with my Yankee-this and Yankee-that business. But it was fate, I tell you, that I just happened to be in NY for opening day this year. And thank God for eBay, where I found tickets. <BR/><BR/>I will admit I shuddered when I read you had the audacity to wear your inside-only game cap (gasp!) outside! Laura Drewryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15641569502915793736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-85747975065092275592007-04-13T12:52:00.000-05:002007-04-13T12:52:00.000-05:00Sally, you obviously weren't paying attention. Th...Sally, you obviously weren't paying attention. That" inside only" game cap isn't a superstition. It's FAN EMPOWERMENT. Surely you don't think all those teams out there -- such as my TN Vols and Titans and Yankees -- could win a game by themselves, solely on effort and talent, do you? <BR/><BR/>Otherwise, how would there ever be a winner, because both teams could have equal talent and be JoAnn Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17519723604779079058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-73150797585454893582007-04-13T12:08:00.000-05:002007-04-13T12:08:00.000-05:00Only the Knights Templar should be wary of Friday ...Only the Knights Templar should be wary of Friday the 13th. As for other superstitions, can't say I have any. Life's too complicated as it is.Nancy Morsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947358450252385401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-90190523505095191262007-04-13T12:00:00.000-05:002007-04-13T12:00:00.000-05:00LOL, Sam. Yes, I agree--and I sometimes remind my...LOL, Sam. Yes, I agree--and I sometimes remind myself that time is a human construct, right? Today is Friday the 13th on my calendar--but I don't know what day or even year it is on the Chinese calendar!<BR/><BR/>And, JoAnn, did you say you don't have any superstitions, ye of the "inside only" game cap?Sally MacKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166303880685146915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-75099967065340376712007-04-13T11:51:00.000-05:002007-04-13T11:51:00.000-05:00I think it could be, Sally, though I don't tempt f...I think it could be, Sally, though I don't tempt fate by saying so, at least not directly. But you know, I tend to figure, it's already the 14th somewhere, and so if you were there, yesterday would have been the 13th, and so did you have a good day yesterday? ;) A bad day tomorrow? Five minutes of thinking like that makes you realize it's just too much to worry about. ;)<BR/><BR/>I like to read Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-5638102450092547012007-04-13T11:45:00.000-05:002007-04-13T11:45:00.000-05:00Yankee Barbies are fairly rare; my sweetie bought ...Yankee Barbies are fairly rare; my sweetie bought me one the week they came out. After much searching, I found one I sent one to Louise Burke, publisher of Pocket and a huge Yankee fan, right after I left the house -- I'd been saving it for her, and decided to go ahead and send it off as, I told her in the note, a parting gift. <BR/><BR/>Since I never heard anything back, now I wish I'd savedJoAnn Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17519723604779079058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-42972588325152220222007-04-13T11:37:00.000-05:002007-04-13T11:37:00.000-05:00Oh, yeah--Laura wants a Yankee Barbie! Laura was ...Oh, yeah--Laura wants a Yankee Barbie! Laura was my PASIC roomie--at least opening day was AFTER the conference. (Insert eye roll.) My dh was a Yankee fan until he moved down to D.C.<BR/><BR/>And talking about baseball players--now THERE are some superstitious boys, right? Haven't I read they won't shave...or change their shirts...if they're on a streak or in the play offs? Or am I making Sally MacKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166303880685146915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-57970685822618780032007-04-13T11:20:00.000-05:002007-04-13T11:20:00.000-05:00Hey! I want a Yankee Barbie!! Went to put on y n...Hey! I want a Yankee Barbie!! Went to put on y new Jeter shirt yesterday and found (gasp!) bleach spots on it. sigh. HOpe I didn't just jinx hi. I like your Titanic theory, JoAnn - truer words were never spoken. LOLLaura Drewryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15641569502915793736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-21998462526321582162007-04-13T10:56:00.000-05:002007-04-13T10:56:00.000-05:00Well, I sent this once and it didn't go through, b...Well, I sent this once and it didn't go through, but that's okay, because now I can add something:<BR/><BR/>That's so funny. I never know what DAY it is, let alone the date. <BR/><BR/>I'm a firm believer in luck, but I don't think I have any superstitions. (Except when it comes to watching baseball games with my Yankee Barbie -- who wears her little glove when my team is on the field, and JoAnn Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17519723604779079058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-17133933830168508372007-04-13T10:20:00.000-05:002007-04-13T10:20:00.000-05:00Hey Sally - great topic for today! :) I don't ha...Hey Sally - great topic for today! :) I don't have normal supersitions and never remember to throw the pinch of salt over my shoulder when it get spilled (and with 3 boys, you can imagine how often things get spilled! LOL) However, as a writer, I do have some specific to writing. Actually, they're not really superstitions, but more like quirks. <BR/><BR/>For instance, I won't talk about a Laura Drewryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15641569502915793736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-91312254689575300122007-04-13T09:39:00.000-05:002007-04-13T09:39:00.000-05:00Sounds like 13 might be your lucky number, Sam! M...Sounds like 13 might be your lucky number, Sam! My mom always felt that way. But it definitely looks like lots of other people don't favor 13. Triskadekophobia, Sierra? Thanks for the new word, though I doubt I'll ever be able to spell it again! (And what do you want to bet it isn't in spell check?)<BR/><BR/>Christie and Susan, I don't really think of myself as superstitious either, but... Sally MacKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166303880685146915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-91271625913041974702007-04-13T08:13:00.000-05:002007-04-13T08:13:00.000-05:00Interesting post, Sally.I like to think I'm not su...Interesting post, Sally.<BR/>I like to think I'm not superstitious but then I realize that's not completely true. I cross my fingers for luck. I knock on wood for luck. <BR/>I considered staying home all day today but since most accidents happen in the home, that's not a good idea for Friday 13.Susan Vaughanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17860277237389470263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-32871650599627146872007-04-13T08:08:00.000-05:002007-04-13T08:08:00.000-05:00Hmmm....Good post Sally. When I read your first l...Hmmm....<BR/><BR/>Good post Sally. When I read your first line I thought. Oh, darn! I'm not the overly superstitious type. But I do think about it. So I guess, I’m not immune to it as much I’d like to be.<BR/><BR/>Deep down what I want to believe is we make our own luck, with all our little choices. Ahh, but there is times when not so good things happen to good people. And we all say...Christie Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838947086349600665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-20803357804189123082007-04-13T07:39:00.000-05:002007-04-13T07:39:00.000-05:00Heh. I just queried three agents yesterday. I wa...Heh. I just queried three agents yesterday. I was going to date the proposals for today and wait a day to make the trip to the post office ... but I thought the agents might not "like" the number 13 on those cover letters.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, the first 3 books I've written all have 13 chapters. So, in your face, triskadekophobia! (Uh, yeah, I had to look that one up.)<BR/><BR/>SierraSierra Donovanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00550535744012603427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-10176367256111002742007-04-13T07:32:00.000-05:002007-04-13T07:32:00.000-05:00eek -- I should clarify -- I met my CURRENT husban...eek -- I should clarify -- I met my CURRENT husband, who is a dream, on Fri 13 -- not the first lousy one. LOL<BR/><BR/>SamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-36803554210072654942007-04-13T07:31:00.000-05:002007-04-13T07:31:00.000-05:00I was raised with a lot of superstitions, my mothe...I was raised with a lot of superstitions, my mother had a bunch of them (the mirrors thing I am leery of, as I broke a mirror when I was 17 or so, and ended up marrying my lousy first husband 2 years later...that ended up being 9 years of bad luck), but most of them I ignore it more or less. <BR/>The whole 13 thing never bothered me -- I met my husband on Friday 13, and last Oct, we had our 13th Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com