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Dear Abby: My husband and I are expecting our second child. Our first pregnancy ended in miscarriage, so we were overjoyed to find out I was pregnant again, this time with a little girl. We’ve already given her the name “Mandy.” Everything was going well until a month ago. My mother-in-law came over for her birthday to have cake. I hadn’t seen her all weekend. Because our relationship isn’t as good as it could be, I didn’t ask her why. Two days later she announced to my husband she had COVID and we should get tested, too. She had spent that entire weekend out, running around, seeing people and going places. Then she came to our home where I was 21 weeks pregnant and doing everything to keep this pregnancy. I became violently ill for two weeks and, although I recovered, I spent three nights in the hospital because our baby is now suffering from my being sick. I am now on bed rest. We have no option other than getting through day by day to help buy Mandy more time inside to grow. I am struggling with anger and resentment toward my MIL, but I’m trying to stay positive and avoid the toxicity so that Mandy has a fighting chance. When all this settles down, how do I even begin to address this with my MIL? — Incensed in the east Dear Incensed: You are doing the right thing now by focusing on your little girl. How you deal with this in the future should be guided by the answer to this question: When your mother-in-law learned you had gotten sick because she exposed you, did she apologize? If she knew she “had a little something” and came over anyway, let that guide you and your husband in your interactions with her in the future because her judgment is atrocious. If not, try to forgive her for this awful scare and let her build bridges if she’s capable of it. KILL THE BITCH! Dear Abby: Four years ago, I found out my husband of 28 years had a fling with a co-worker. Two weeks after it was exposed, the girl quit. I was devastated, but we reconciled. During our reconciliation, I learned that five or six years before the affair, my best friend, “Molly,” had made some moves on my husband on an overnight work trip. (She is known to be a little loose.) She was the manager of a seasonal store, and they had to go to another store about five hours away, which entailed staying overnight. He never again mentioned the affair. I have ghosted Molly ever since. She was my best friend since childhood, and I felt it was the ultimate betrayal. As far as I’m concerned, she’s out of my life. She has recently begun sending me requests on Facebook. I know in time she will call again. I don’t want to talk to her, nor do I know what to say. Please help me. — Burned in the South Dear Burned: Stop hiding. If Molly calls you, accept her call, tell her you know what she did with your husband on that trip, that you feel it was the ultimate betrayal and you do not want to hear from her again. Then end the call. KILL THE BITCH! Some days this advice thing is so easy!

74-year-old golfer shoots man for walking his dog on Palm Beach course A tranquil Palm Beach County golf course exploded in gunfire Sunday after a 74-year-old member allegedly shot a man for walking his dog on the greens — as other retirees gawked from their balconies, according to police. Robert Levine, originally from New York and now living in Florida, is facing attempted murder raps after confronting Herbert Merritt, 64, at the Kings Point golf course in Delray Beach. Levine was puttering along in his golf cart when he spotted Merritt walking a pooch close to the course grounds, according to a police report. Levine sped his vehicle up to Merritt and began berating him for the offense before pulling out a black handgun, authorities said. Merritt took off running and tried to take cover near a course tree while Levine gave chase on foot and squeezed off several rounds. Merritt eventually went down at the 15th hole after being struck in the ankle, cops said. Levine then allegedly returned to his golf cart, retrieved a club and began clobbering Merritt as he writhed on the ground, the report stated. One witness saw the chaos unfold from his balcony overlooking the course and called the police. He told officers that he saw Levine kick Merritt in the head at one point. Another woman said she was relaxing in bed when she heard the gunfire pop near the rear of her residence. She claimed she came out and saw Levine firing at Merritt. The witness said she also saw Levine bashing his victim with a club in one hand and the firearm in the other. Responding officers arrived to find Levine standing over Merritt on the course with four 9mm shell casings nearby. Merritt was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Levine was also taken in for evaluation after suffering an unrelated medical episode at the scene. Police said they recovered a 9mm pistol from Levine, who remains hospitalized. This story has all the elements for a really funny comedy sketch.

This is now available for free on HULU. There are two 90-second ad breaks fairly early in the film, but none the rest of the way. It's a tough watch, but the acting is superb.

Considering that the show kept getting better for most of the season, the last 2 episodes were disappointing. The best episode was the one about Trevor's pants and second-best was Sass' story.

Robert Montgomery's daughter and Robert Foxworth's wife (together for years, they got married right before she died).

If you go to https://www.thefarside.com/ today you'll see some environment-related cartoons Gary Larson drew over the years, including one from Earth Day 1990 when he & other cartoonists drew strips trying to call attention to the environment. You can't copy & paste them, otherwise I would have.

The Dodgers have announced that Andrew Heaney has been placed on the injured list with left shoulder discomfort. Utility player Zach McKinstry has been recalled to take his place on the roster. No timetable was given for Heaney’s return. It’s a bit of a surprising move as Heaney had made two excellent starts on the season so far, with no signs of distress. Through 10 1/3 innings on the campaign, he’s racked up 16 strikeouts against three walks, without allowing an earned run. In his MLB time thus far, mostly with the Angels, Heaney has shown tantalizing potential with tremendous strikeout numbers but continually being hampered by the long ball.

https://www.aol.com/sports/monmouth-university-law-class-tries-112924898.html Monmouth University law class tries to save Armando Galarraga's (almost) perfect game It’s one of the most infamous mistakes in sports history. Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga was denied a perfect game in 2010 when an umpire erroneously ruled that the 27th batter, with two outs in the ninth inning, had beaten a throw to first base. The umpire and the batter both admitted the call was wrong, but Major League Baseball’s commissioner refused to overturn the umpire’s decision and award Galarraga the 21st perfect game in the sport’s 134-year history. Support to overturn came from the White House, the governor of Michigan and all corners of the media. Add a new group to that list: 16 members of a Monmouth University “Law and Society” course and their professor, retired New Jersey Superior Court judge Lawrence Jones, have submitted an 82-page document to current MLB commissioner Rob Manfred that makes a case for Galarraga’s addition to the list of perfect games. Galarraga, who is now retired from baseball and living in Texas, was so touched by the effort that he conducted a Zoom meeting with the students to tell his story and express appreciation. “It’s amazing, what they’ve done,” he told the Asbury Park Press via phone last week. “I’m floored.” The point of the project is not just to help Galarraga, although that is certainly its focus. As Gabriella Griffo, a junior in the course, explained: “It’s about how flexible law really is.” 'It's about promoting fairness' Jones, a Toms River resident who remains active in law as a mediator, typically gears the course around a semester-long project. Many of his students are interested in attending law school. Few of them are avid baseball fans, but he saw Galarraga’s story as an ideal topic. The perfect game is one of the most hallowed achievements in sports — there hasn't been one in 10 years, although Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw was on his way there last week before his manager pulled him after seven innings out of concern for his arm. In Galarraga's situation, the classy way he and umpire Jim Joyce handled the mistake provided an enduring lesson in sportsmanship. “This was something, when it first happened, that really resonated with millions of people around the globe — people who are not necessarily sports fans, and that was the point,” he said. “When you talk about the intersection between legal principles and social principles, it seemed to me this was a classic case for analysis and discussion. You’re studying how rules are created, how rules are interpreted, principles of fairness and equality — this situation is analogous to so many areas of law.” Citing both non-baseball case law and examples from Major League Baseball’s past, the students’ document argues that Manfred should exercise his authority to right a blatant wrong. In baseball terms: The notion that an umpire’s ruling is final has been dispensed with in the past. In 1983, baseball’s commissioner reversed an umpire’s ruling that Kansas City Royals third baseman George Brett was out because he used too much pine tar on his bat when he hit a home run against the New York Yankees. Major League Baseball has changed the status of a historical achievement long after the fact. In 1991, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Harvey Haddix was removed from the sport’s no-hitter list 32 years after he threw what was classified at the time as a no-hitter. (He had thrown 12 perfect innings, but lost the perfect game on an error and a hit in the 13th inning.) The institution of instant replay, which occurred in part because of the Galarraga incident, acknowledges that umpires make mistakes that sometimes require correction. The circumstances surrounding Galarraga’s game are unique enough, including indisputable visual evidence and public agreement by all three parties (pitcher, baserunner, umpire) that the call was wrong, that reversing Joyce’s call won’t open a “can of worms” or create “slippery slope” of future call reversals. Outside of baseball, the students' document cites court decisions supporting the concept that, to quote a ruling from one case (Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. United Electrical Co., 1946), “a wrong suffered without a remedy is a blot upon the sound administration of justice.” In other words, getting it right is more important than anything else. “This is about the spirit of the rule and why rules are created,” said Monmouth junior Antonio Bulzomi, one of the document’s authors. “It’s about promoting fairness.” Excited for homework The course took place in the fall semester, the report was delivered to Major League Baseball’s headquarters in February, and if nothing else, it was a valuable experience for participants. “I never thought advocating could be something like this,” said Hannah Latshaw, a senior from Wall who will pursue a graduate degree in social work. “I always thought about legal terms, not societal terms. This class and this situation has helped us learn to advocate in a much broader spectrum.” Georgia Watkins, a sophomore in the course who hails from Australia and is a member of Monmouth’s swimming team, said she’d never watched baseball before but became enthralled with the project nonetheless. “It made you excited to do homework for it, which sounds really nerdy, but I really enjoyed it,” she said. “It made me consider studying law.” For everyone involved, getting to hear directly from Galarraga was icing on the cake. He not only discussed the game in question, but his journey from Venezuela to America and his graceful response to Joyce’s call. “You hear that (professional) athletes are condescending and pretentious; he had such an incredible story,” said Griffo, who hails from Plumsted. “It makes the fact that he did not get the perfect game that much more bittersweet.” Griffo, who captains Monmouth’s Model United Nations team and plans to attend law school and study immigration law, found the experience to be galvanizing. “To see this overturned would be awesome,” she said. Galarraga is not expecting that. But he recognizes the big-picture value of the Monmouth students’ quest, one that reaches way beyond sports. “It’s a great job by them,” he told the Asbury Park Press. “They saw something not right and they want to prove a point. I think that’s good. That’s what leads to progress.” This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Armando Galarraga's near-perfect game appealed by Monmouth U students Detroit Tigers' Armando Galarraga and Cleveland Indians bench coach Tim Tolman hand the lineups to tearful home plate umpire Jim Joyce, prior to the start of the game Thursday, June 3, 2010 at Comerica Park. Joyce's blown call the night before cost Galarraga a perfect game.

When that happens do you drive up to the edge of a cliff to scare it and stop the hiccupping?

Don't call him Shirley!

With age comes wisdom

There's a joke in there somewhere about @Coolwave35 and fast food... 😁😇🤣

He's a catcher, which means he squats 150+ times a game. Many catchers have great butts. Joe Girardi's was a thing of beauty during his playing days (and his forearms remain deliciously beefy).

I can relate... I took someone's umbrella once by mistake on the bus. I felt just awful about it. This reads like the beginning of a really interesting Dear Abby letter.

I once had a problem getting something out of Turkey. Brad Davis played me in the movie.

Martha Stewart selling $250 tickets to a charitable ‘tag sale’ at her tony Westchester farm https://pagesix.com/2022/04/17/martha-stewart-selling-250-tickets-to-a-tag-sale-at-her-tony-westchester-farm/ Martha Stewart says she is cleaning house — selling “this and that” in a “Great American Tag Sale” at her northern Westchester County estate next weekend. But it’s going to cost you. Stewart, 80, is selling tickets for the event at “Martha’s Farm” in tony Katonah, with the price as high as $250 for choice time slots Saturday and Sunday — and $25 for less favorable later hours, New York magazine said. “There will be something for everyone at the Great American Tag Sale,” Stewart said in an Instagram post last week. “I’m selling thousands of items — furniture, tableware, kitchenware, textiles, lighting, bedding, rugs, vintage, antique, lightly used, and so much more,” she wrote. “Proceeds go to the @mountsinainyc Martha Stewart Centers for Living. “Buy your tickets now and get ready to find some treasures! Go to marthatagsale.com.” The image accompanying the post showed a tent filled with wicker chairs. The life-and-style icon and TV personality apparently needs to clear space at her Katonah farm — earlier this month, she stocked up on goods in Tulsa, Okla. “Flying home with 8 cercis canadensis the state tree of Oklahoma!!!!!” she wrote on Instagram with a photo of a smiling Stewart carting the trees home in a private jet. “Bought at Stringer Nursery in Tulsa,” she wrote. “Also stopped at a charming @antiquary and found a great table and a signed Bunnykins dish….” I'm off to break open my piggy bank...

So is paint drying. And drying paint doesn't have Tyler Wade playing for it! BTW, as an Angels and Yankees fan, you must be enjoying the start Andrew Heaney has gotten off to for the Dodgers. Yeah, but he's 20, and deGrom is closer to 45 than to 20.

Liz Sheridan, best known for playing Raquel Ochmonek on the beloved legendary NBC sitcom ALF, has died of natural causes at the age of 93. Sheridan was also known for being one of Elizabeth Montgomery's best friends and for having boffed James Dean (the actor, not the sausage guy). She also played Jerry Seinfeld's mother in some obscure sitcom I can never remember the name of. Her death came 2 weeks after the death of another 93 year old thespian who also worked on that obscure sitcom, Estelle Harris.