washington chopped down the cherry tree to make a baseball bat.

excerpts from a phone conversation with beth:

- i have far less of a problem watching people compete to win a person. competing to win money is sleazy.
- i'm a fan of sleaziness for sleaziness sake.
- the red sox have been saying that every year since 1918 - 1918 was the year when it actually worked.
- ah, i remember the sox's good old days - the victorian age.
- after the civil war, the red sox pursuit of a world series brought the original colonies back together.
- who needs alaska and hawaii? we've got baseball to focus on.
- they haven't won since before there was a national bank! they last won while we were working with the gold standard!
- celebrating is far better when it's warm out - baseball season is perfect.
- lewis and clark deliberated - travel to the pacific or play for the sox?