Be still, my heart

Via Bleed Cubbie Blue, this item about Mike Fontenot's "star turn" on the sitcom My Boys is certainly the best thing I've heard all week:

Fontenot, a natural ham, was perfect for the part. He said he has seven lines overall and already has learned them..."I've been standing in front of the mirror rehearsing," [he said].

I don't know about all of you, but I'm prepared to be amazed.

"Nobody's got style"

I am slightly behind on everything Cubs-related because of midterms, but this is probably the best thing I have seen in 2009 so far, and I'm not really exaggerating.  I find it indescribably wonderful that they needed to put out a big Slip-n-Slide-looking thing so they could teach grown men how to fall on their faces without hurting themselves.  That is why baseball is America's pastime.

In other news: the blowout against the Sox yesterday was pretty cool, I hope Micah Hoffpauir keeps rocking on, I need to check out the audio on the Cubs/Padres matchup that I think is going on right now, and...Curt Schilling wants to pitch for the Cubs?  Huh.