So I'll have exactly *one day* to cancel cable, and get both DSL and satellite installed. Uh-huh. That'll happen. Oh, and it all happens on a weekend, too.

The whole thing is ludicrous from beginning to end. I've paid for MLB Extra Innings for going on 10 years now, and this is the thanks I get.

I love you to death, Curt (between the white lines, anyway). Have done since Philly.

But dude... even I coulda told ya what NOT to throw to Michael Cuddyer!!!

Priceless.

Everyone's all defensive about insults to overweight women, and about how we as a society supposedly worship the thin while demonizing the heavy.

Yet I've never seen one NON-insulting or even remotely "worshipful" word said about the slim figures of Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, Lindsay Lohan, Lara Flynn Boyle, Calista Flockhart, models, etc. Nothing but insults hurled at them every time they're mentioned, simply because their physical appearance doesn't please some people. Why is THAT okay? And how is it any different from what you all are complaining about, except that it's in reverse?

Nobody, fat or thin, should be subject to public ridicule based on their appearance.

"I don't kill them. That would be pointless. Instead I'm setting about procreating and passing on my moral compass to my children. Gay people will never enjoy that awesome responsibility."

First, passing on your particular "moral compass" is akin to contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Second, knock it off with the inane "awesome responsibility" crap. You act like having unprotected sex is some kind of heroic feat. You shot your load and it splattered an egg at just the right time. Bully for you.

Anything from a cockroach to a serial killer can "procreate." Doesn't make them good parents. Gay people don't have their kids by accident or a sense of misplaced duty ("must spread seed, save human race, what married people do..."), they have them because they really, really want them. Which is what makes THEM good parents.

Now, go crawl back to your cave and impregnate your female again. How else will you prove you're a man??

I'm reconsidering my Salon subscription.

If the place were to deem another girl overweight, they could either yank food off her plate or just refuse to serve her. Why not? It's just as insulting and judgmental!

Making a public spectacle of someone because their figure doesn't appeal to you or you deem their eating habits unhealthy should work both ways if that's the way we're headed. Unbelievable.

MLB Extra Innings has been available for way longer than five years. I got DirecTV in late 1997 (too late for that season) and had Extra Innings in 1998. It only became available to cable customers (of which I am now again one) in 2001 or so.

I'm SO not looking forward to making the switch back to satellite (all that new equipment and wiring again...), which also means switching to DSL from broadband. But as a baseball fanatic who follows several teams--and a devoted Minnesota Twins fan living in NYC--I don't have much of a choice.

MLB has made some boneheaded moves in its time, but this is right up there with the "best" of them. I just wish I was a casual enough fan to say no.

I really needed that.

And thank you, Molly. You made me proud to be a strong, liberal woman. I miss you already.

I watched the first episode because I find Donal Logue hilarious (and, God help me, I LOOOOOVE "Grounded for Life").

But I just couldn't get into it. The whole time I kept thinking that it would have been a cute idea for a TV movie, but an entire series? And with all due respect, Heather, there is most definitely a Talentless Hottie... playing the same exact role she played in that sitcom about the lady realtors (with Gail O'Grady and Nicole Sullivan) a couple of years back.

As soon as I heard the ridiculous "Hillary said..." nonsense, I thought "so THAT's what Segretti's doing these days! I was wondering where he got to..."

They're so predictable. But somehow, their crap always seems to stick. I'm really not looking forward to yet another Swift-Boating of Hillary, and of course another open season on the Clintons. I mean, already the "ask her what REALLY happened to Vince Foster!" garbage is starting up again. They don't care how far they have to reach, or how stupid they look. Their target audience doesn't have the sense God gave a goat, so every joke lands. Just ask Rich Little.