that I’m off work until Monday and that I have plans to drink my sorrows away tonight.

baseball – i’ll fully enjoy and completely look forward to watching a lineup with kakes, aj, and wieters

personal – within the past 3 months my mother had a small heart attack and step dad had a small stroke, and both are back in perfect health

frivilous – the NJ Giants and NJ Devils. Thank you other sports for keeping me sane and for balancing the crap that I put myself through with the O’s.

1) the fact that my 1st child (Zachary) was born 115 days ago (Aug 30), WAS and IS perfectly healthy.

2) even without Teixiera, opening day is still 104 days away & Zach and I are trying to get our hands on tickets — what a 1st game for my boy… at Camden versus the jankees. We’ll have to have a few signs for the broadcast. One mentioning that its his 1st game and that we live in Rochester, NY. And the other two signs being shots at the opponents — CC’s sign will read " Let’s see how far 161 million can go…. HIT IT HERE." (especially if we’re in the outfield). And one for the newest jankee that will read… “L I A R”

3) I still am thankful for some of my other team — NFL: the Falcons are in the play-offs. Syracuse basketball is ranked.

4) and finally, I’m thankful to have found “camdenchat” — it’s a place where I can read & communicate with people like me — Orioles fans.

…someday…

Between GH3 and GH:WT, I’ve now heard two Muse songs in my life.

Is the rest of their stuff as good as “Assassins” and “Knights of Cydonia”?

baseball: I am thankful that AM has us going in one direction, seeing the MFY spend almost a half a billion dollars on 3 players sucks but in time we may have a good team to watch.

personal: I am thankful for having a job waiting for me when i graduate in may at Deloitte

And i’m thankful for being 21 finally

I’m thankful that I still give a shit. About the Orioles, about politics and about some personal stuf, like the menfolk. As I become more bitter, hardened and cynical each day… I do still give a shit. And I’ll drink to that!

And by the way…it’s ALWAYS a good a idea to post things on the internet when you’re drunk.

Also, I am thankful for the fact that Stacey keeps a more than respectable stash of booze in her house.

that my first born will be here in 4 months, and that the government created a student loan consolidation program so I can afford to have a first born.

 I am excited about the future of the O’s, despite the recent developments. We will be better off in the long run I believe without you know who.

I am thankful that I live so close to all the wonderful action of the minor league system and the way that educates me first hand as to what is going right or wrong with the system.

Finally, I am thankful for the bonus that Scott Boras recieved from the Tex signing, that way his pockets are even fatter when I find his ass in a dark NYC alley and snatch enough funds to lock up Nick until 2020!!

that I’m drunk. I’m not thankful that I’m at work right now (X-mas eve morning), but I am thankful there was a bottle of booze on my desk when I came in. I’m thankful my co-workers know what kind of gifts I am into. I am not thankful that I didn’t buy a single gift for any of my co-workers though. I am also thankful that I am going to crush a ton of booze at the company luncheon in 1 hour. I am thankful all my high school boy and girlfriends are in town, and I will go straight to the bar after the luncheon and flirt with the hot bartender (strategy: mid afternoon on x-mas eve should be not crowded, thus increasing my talk time with her). Then I will be thankful for the luke warm Natty light in my fridge after I fail with said bar tender.

But then I go to stay at my parents house for the night, with all three of my sisters home from college break. We have an awesome time together, and that is what I’m really thankful for.

At least we have a team that we know will be competitive every year. Partly because of the salary cap, but mostly due to great ownership and management, both of which the Orioles lack. Don’t give me the Andy MacPhail is a good GM bullshit, as anyone who is willing to accept the fact that they are nothing more than a puppet of Angelos’ has lost whatever respect they had previosly earned before becoming associated with the franchise-killer. Angelos is no different than Bob Irsay, except he’s still alive and hasn’t moved the team- yet.

The loss of Texiera spells doom for this franchise for the foreseeable future. Angelos totally underestimated the positivie effect that he would have made to this franchise, from ticket sales to jersey sales, which would have lessened the hit that the high cost of signing him would have made. Next year or so he could have justified raising prices, now he certainly can’t. Tex would have been the next Cal Ripken for this team for the next 8 years. The fact that he signed with our arch-rival shows what a douche he was to stick with his low-ball offer when everyone knows we have to overpay to get guys here and Peter just sttod his Napoleonic-complex ground and said he’d have to give us a home town discount. The difference needed to get the deal done from what we offered and he signed for was minimal in today’s dollars and should have been made at all costs. NOw we are once again relegated to last place in the AL East, even though Tex might not have made the difference, he would have given us hope and made a statement that competing was a priority and most of all, it would have provided the kids of Baltimore for their next hero. Bad, bad move, O’s.

That in the midst of the economic problems I was able to find a job
for my my wife and children and home
for my pack of collies who bring so much joy into my life
for being lucky enough to be born where baseball is played!
for all the other blessings God gives me daily
for Andy being in charge of the O’s
and for finding all you nice ppl here on Camden Chat for I am
no longer a all alone Oriole Fan. :)
Merry Christmas to each of you and may your tree be packed with Orioles gifts under it! :)

Cheech and Chong’s “Santa Claus and his Old Lady” or whatever it is called that I just heard on the radio. Someone with the ability should link it (can’t…working) b/c it is a good few minutes listen if you haven’t heard it. Of course, I’m easily entertained.

I’m usually thankful for the Eagles. Not so much this year.

I’m really thankful for the contribution to society of DG Yuengling & Son. My wife, cats, friends and family are very cool too.

I’m also thankful for finding an Orioles site that I can swear on, and also for Andy Fuckin’ McPhail.

A steady job, and two weeks away from said job.

A February vacation to San Diego.

Spending Christmas with my family, and not having to leave the house today.

Giving and getting gifts. My haul this year included a brand new “Baltimore” road jersey and a 4-ticket mini-plan that includes Opening Day against the MFY. Don’t worry Tex, I promise to leave the batteries at home.

The fact that this blog is hopping almost year-round, with much more participation and traffic than the blogs of much better teams.

and you know the Ravens will always make the effort to compete, and therefore, this is a football town and we can be thankful for that ownership and management!