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I rarely post forwarded emails that I get, but this was just screaming to be posted. From what I read in the intro email Aaron is a normal dude and Amanda is, well…

Just so you know – I’ve only seen this girl once for a total of 8hrs, including 3 that I was asleep. This convo was on BBM over a week and a half - absolutely insane.

Amanda : Was last night weird

Aaron : Weird? Just a little – your big sister is bff with my ex-gf

Amanda : No I mean us sleeping together

Amanda : I’m sorry though about the whole steph thing.  I now can imagine how that would be weird

Aaron : I mean it was weird just cause the red eyes I took during the week caught up to me and the fact we saw steph/chelsea who I associate with ex-gf

Amanda : I’m sorry.  Ill def remember that in the future..they’re some of my good friends but no need to all hang out together

Aaron : No worries

Amanda : K well have a good day at work

Amanda : And safe trip to boston and san fran

Aaron : Thanks

Amanda : Ugh Thanks!  Talk to you later this week

Amanda : If not, that’s cool too

Aaron : Well talk, have a good week at work

Amanda : If you don’t want to hang out, its cool

Aaron : We’ll talk – just busy at work – and it’s awkward w/steph.

Amanda : Ok - I didn’t know you still had feelings for you exgf.   I’d rather not be involved in all that

Aaron : Alright, well we’ll talk when I get back from san fran

Amanda : I mean do you?

Aaron : Sure

Amanda : Ok well I’m sure we’ll talk at some point.  Take care

Aaron : We’ll talk - good luck with the new job this week

Amanda : And I didn’t realize it would be that weird for you

Amanda : Thanks - take care

Amanda : I was in your building this morning!

Aaron : Here in midtown?

Amanda : Noo your apt!  One of our clients is marshalls and a sales rep lives there.  We had to pick her up for a meeting in our office

Amanda : Very random

Amanda : Anyway thought I’d tell you

Aaron : Sorry - meeting - yah, very random

Amanda : Hey - are you free to talk later

Aaron : Hey - I’m getting crushed

Aaron : Got to get a memo out at 7

Aaron : Then a dinner uptown

Aaron : And then I leave at 3am for boston

Amanda : No worries.  When are you back from san francisco

Aaron : Thursday night/friday morning

Amanda : Okay we can talk then or whenever  Good luck with everything this week

Amanda : And have a safe trip to boston and sf

Aaron : Yah,of course

Aaron : Thanks

Amanda : The reason why I was concerned is because I wanted to make sure you still wanted to talk

Aaron : Hey - do wanna talk. - I’m sorry just super busy

Amanda : Don’t worry about today being busy.  I was just concerned about you still being upset about the steph thing

Amanda : Ill talk to you on friday.  Just know that I wanna talk and I’m still interested

Aaron : Alright, let’s friday

Aaron : *talk

Amanda : Sounds good

Amanda : Hope san fran is good.  Just went to the boat basin w. Friends and people I work with

Aaron : San fran is good - lots of work unfortunately.  Glad you made it to the basin - good place

Amanda : I actually met up w my ex and his friends who is going out with one of girls I work with

Amanda : My ex suggested it.  Haha so I thought of you

Aaron : Oh yikes

Amanda : it was an awkward night

Amanda : oh well

Amanda : K good luck with the work and get home safely!

Aaron : Thanks

Aaron : Have a goodnight

Amanda : You too.  I’m excited to see you

Amanda : It better happen this weekend

Amanda : K or maybe not

Aaron : Hey - we’ll talk friday

Amanda : Ok - but I’d guess I’d like to know if you wanna hang out again

Amanda : I’m guessing then we:ll just talk about that on friday?

Amanda : K goodnight

Amanda : Sorry about yesterday.

Amanda : We can talk on friday - k?

Amanda : Aaron?

Amanda : Hey

Amanda : is everything ok?

Amanda : Hey - why haven’t you responded

Aaron : Amanda, I don’t think it’s a good idea to see each other again.

Amanda : Ok why

Amanda : Is that what you wanted to talk to me about

Aaron : Just you’re relation to steph is too close to my ex-gf and I don’t think it’d work out

Amanda : I know

Amanda : But I enjoyed getting a drink with you and I think its a shame this is going to get in the way

Aaron : Well, I know, but right now it’s not a good time

Amanda : Why is that

Amanda : I totally understand I’m just wondering

Aaron : I  work a lot at the moment which makes me skeptical for overcoming the fact that your close friends are very an ex-gf of mine of 3 years

Aaron : This isn’t a science; I just don’t think it’s a good idea

Amanda : Aaron, I seriously understand - and empathize with you a lot.  While I am only going to be here this summer, I’m moving here for good in january.  I didn’t want anything serious this summer - just wanted to ’see someone.

Amanda : I’m sorry it didn’t work out, but I’d love to see you when I move here - maybe things will be different

Aaron : Alright, when you move here let’s see where things stand, but I’m sorry, right now isn’t the time

Amanda : K - well  I hope its the right time for me then.  Have a great summer

Amanda : At the boat basin haha

Amanda : K bye

Aaron : Have fun

Aaron : K

Amanda : Well I know you don’t wanna talk to me anymore - that’s why I said ‘k bye’

Amanda : One last thing - its good your not seeing me til jan.

Amanda : With the weight and all…

Aaron : I’m just at work - that’s all

Aaron : Don’t worry about it

Amanda :

Amanda : I can’t believe you don’t wanna see me anymore

Amanda : K bye.  Just know that I understand where your coming from with the steph thing

Amanda : But you’re missing out on a great girl

Amanda : Goodnight

Amanda : Are you still at work

Amanda : ?

Aaron : Yah - still here

Amanda : Man I’m sorry.  My best friends  suprised me and are visiting this weekend.  They aren’t moving to the city for another 2 weeks but knew I’ve been lonely - they’re amazing.  Come out and meet us!

Amanda : K I’m guessing that’s a no.

Amanda : Ok I’m not going to continue to drunk text you…have a good night slash I wish you didn’t make the decision that you did

Amanda : ?

Amanda : The decision makes me sad

Amanda : Are you alive

Amanda : This is just rude.

Amanda : I’m home - gnight

Amanda : Seriously is everyhing ok

Amanda : I$

Amanda : I’m sorry about last night

Amanda : Hi - my dad wanted to smoke hookah for fathers day so I brought him to le souk

Amanda : Goood times….

Aaron : That’s a good place to go - bet he liked it

Amanda : He’s loving out - he loves cigars so its right up his alley

Aaron : Very cool

Amanda : I wanna see you at some point.  This is ridic

Amanda : I really think it doesn’t make sense that we can’t just hang out to get to know one another

Amanda : Without steph - just the two of us

Amanda : What do you think

Aaron : I’m super busy

Aaron : At work now actually

Amanda : Oh na

Amanda : Oh man I’m sorry

Amanda : Good luck with work - ill talk to you later

Aaron : K

Amanda : I’m moving down to the financial district this week

Amanda : ah sorry wrong person - I’ve been smoking all day.  Out of it

Amanda : Are you still at work

Aaron : Yup

Amanda : Wow - go home

Amanda : I mean when can u go home

Aaron : Probably midnight or one

Amanda : I feel bad

Amanda : For you

Aaron : Don’t

Aaron : I signed up for it

Amanda : true - and it sounds very impressive

Amanda : I’m starting to pack my stuff up.  Moving to battery park to live with my gfs at end of the week.

Amanda : I’ve been lonely without them ha.  They’ll all be here by july

Aaron : Cool - listen - I’m super busy

Aaron : I gotta focus

Amanda : Ok sorry - later

Amanda : Hey - sorry for interupting.  But I think you’re right, we shouldn’t hang out

Amanda : K so goodnight and good luck with the work

Amanda : Is that okay

Amanda : Ok you’re working so I’m interpreting that as a yes

Amanda : Did you get my bbm yesterday

Aaron : Yah, I got it late - look super busy - I got a presentation in London on Wednesday

Amanda : Good luck with the presentation

Amanda : And enjoy london

Amanda : Hey - when are you leaving

Amanda : K still working.  Good luck

Amanda : Hey - the reason why I don’t wanna hang out is because you’re never gonna be around.  I know your ridiculously busy with work and I wanna hang out with someone on a consistent basis

Amanda : I’m sure you’re still working but I just wanted to tell you my reasoning

Amanda : K bye

Amanda : Can you at least respond

Aaron : Listen - look - you’re right I work a lot

Aaron : I’m actually on a conference call

Amanda : Plus to be honest I’m offended about the steph thing - you didn’t even want to get to know one another before not hanging out

Amanda : I know I’m high maintenence in that I want someone to be there - and I’m guessing that’s not gonna happen with you

Amanda : So you work a lot and I don’t want that - it doesn’t make sense for me

Amanda : Anyway, you’re working.  I’m going to someones to watch a movie

Amanda : Have a good night and safe trip to london

Aaron : Ok - thanks, night

Amanda : do you agree with me in not hanging out

Aaron : yah, it’s best

Amanda : best because of work or steph?

Aaron : Both

Amanda : The steph thing doesn’t make sense - you wouldn’t be seeing her, you’d be seeing me.

Amanda : Listen - I’m normally not like this with guys. At this point, I would normally just move on and not even think twice -  but for some reason I’m interested in you

Amanda : I wish the steph thing didn’t bother you - if that was the case, I’d get over the working fairly quickly

Amanda : anyway, I know that I want hang out with you -  its bothering me that you don’t feel the same or don’t wanna make any accomedations with work

Amanda : Good luck with the presentation!

Amanda : Fyi - I am currently ‘babysitting’ clients in cali.

Amanda : Are you in london?

Amanda : The reason why I’m asking is cuz I’m actually there now

Amanda : My dad had to go for biz - and suprised me with a plane ticket.  My bf lena lives in germany - she came to visit - we just got home

Amanda : Hey -

Amanda : I don’t know uf

Amanda : If you got this but I’m in london with my dad.  Leaving tomorrow morning

Amanda : Anyway, hope things are good

Amanda : Are you back in ny

Amanda : If u don’t wanna hang out whed I get back please let me know

Amanda : Hey - let’s meet up tonight.  Stephs at the beach and I’m out with my other friensa

Amanda : Yes or no?  Let me know

Amanda : Hello?

Amanda : ?? Can you answer

Amanda : I’m confused

Amanda : Aaron?

Amanda : All I have to say is you’re missing out - ha

Amanda : Seriously

Amanda : Are u alive

Amanda : Hi - can you just say you don’t wanna hang out anymore so I’m not confused

Amanda : Its actually really rude that you haven’t responded

Amanda : What’s wrong with you - do you mind just manning up and saying you don’t wanna hang out

Amanda : I’ve honestly never encountered anyone that’s been this rude.  Its weird

Amanda : I’m assuming that you’re not going to respond.

Amanda : With that said, you don’t know anything about me and for some reason you didn’t want to get to know anything about me.   What you should know is I’m a great girl and don’t deserve to be treated like this

Amanda : And, in the end, its unfortunate because your missing out

Amanda : *you’re

Amanda : Good bye and good luck

Amanda : Aaron?

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Credit the New York Times

By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, the sluggers who propelled the Boston Red Sox to end an 86-year World Series championship drought and to capture another title three years later, were among the roughly 100 Major League Baseball players to test positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003, according to lawyers with knowledge of the results.

Some of baseball’s most cherished storylines of the past decade have been tainted by performance-enhancing drugs, including the accomplishments of record-setting home run hitters and dominating pitchers. Now, players with Boston’s championship teams of 2004 and 2007 have also been linked to doping.

Baseball first tested for steroids in 2003, and the results from that season were supposed to remain anonymous. But for reasons that have never been made clear, the results were never destroyed and the first batch of positives has come to be known among fans and people in baseball as “the list.” The information was later seized by federal agents investigating the distribution of performance-enhancing drugs to professional athletes, and the test results remain the subject of litigation between the baseball players union and the government.

Five others have been tied to positive tests from that year: Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Sammy Sosa, Jason Grimsley and David Segui. Bonds, baseball’s career home runs leader, was not on the original list, although federal agents seized his 2003 sample and had it retested. Those results showed the presence of steroids, according to court documents.

The information about Ramirez and Ortiz emerged through interviews with multiple lawyers and others connected to the pending litigation. The lawyers spoke anonymously because the testing information is under seal by a court order. The lawyers did not identify which drugs were detected.

Unlike Ramirez, who recently served a 50-game suspension for violating baseball’s drug policy, Ortiz had not previously been linked to performance-enhancing substances.

Scott Boras, the agent for Ramirez, did not respond to telephone and e-mail messages seeking comment.

Asked about the 2003 drug test on Thursday in Boston, Ortiz shrugged. “I’m not talking about that anymore,” he said. “I have no comment.”

The union has argued that the government illegally seized the 2003 test results, and judges at various levels of the federal court system have weighed whether the government can keep them. The government hopes to question every player on the list to determine where the drugs came from. An appeals court is deliberating the matter, and the losing side is likely to appeal to the United States Supreme Court.

A spokesman for the United States attorney’s office for the Northern District of California, which seized the tests, declined to comment on Thursday. Michael Weiner, the general counsel for the players union, also declined to comment.

One by one, the names of elite players tied to performance-enhancing drugs have surfaced this year. In February, it was Rodriguez and Bonds. In May, it was Ramirez - for the first time. In June, it was Sosa.

Rodriguez had been viewed by some as a clean player who could eventually overtake the career home run record established by Bonds, who had been linked to possible drug use through the federal investigation. Rodriguez subsequently admitted that he used a performance-enhancing substance from 2001 to 2003.

The Times reported in June that Sosa was among those who tested positive in 2003, the first time he had been publicly tied to performance-enhancing drugs. Sosa became a national figure with the Chicago Cubs in 1998, when he and Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals engaged in a celebrated race to overtake Roger Maris’s single-season home run record of 61. McGwire’s image suffered tremendously when, at a Congressional hearing in 2005, he refused to answer questions about steroid use.

By 2003, Ramirez had long since established himself as one of baseball’s best hitters. Ortiz, however, was far lesser known. In 2002, the Minnesota Twins effectively cut him after failing to trade him. He signed a bargain contract with the Red Sox and began the 2003 season as a backup.

Ortiz quickly blossomed, setting new personal highs in home runs (31) and runs batted in (101). He surpassed those numbers in each of the next four seasons.

Ramirez, with his dreadlocks and quirky behavior, and Ortiz, with his gregarious personality and portly build, formed a dynamic tandem on and off the field. They seemed to feed off each other - not to mention demoralize opponents - by hitting back-to-back in the heart of the lineup.

In 2004, they helped the Red Sox overcome a 3-0 series deficit against the Yankees in the American League Championship Series. The Red Sox then swept the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series to end decades of heartbreak in Boston. Ortiz had a game-winning home run and a game-winning hit against the Yankees and was named the most valuable player of that series. Ramirez was named the World Series M.V.P. after going 7 for 17 at the plate with a home run.

Three years after winning that first title, Ramirez and Ortiz returned Boston to another World Series, where they defeated the Colorado Rockies.

The pairing was split last season when the Red Sox traded Ramirez to the Los Angeles Dodgers after team officials grew concerned that he was not playing hard in response to a contract dispute. In Los Angeles, Ramirez took off again, becoming popular among the fans and leading the Dodgers to the playoffs.

But Ramirez’s hero status in Los Angeles took a hit in May when he was suspended after baseball officials learned that he had been prescribed a fertility drug often used by bodybuilders after they stopped using steroids. When Ramirez was suspended, he issued a statement that appeared to maneuver around his 2003 test results.

“I do want to say one other thing,” Ramirez said. “I’ve taken and passed about 15 drug tests over the past five seasons.”

That five-year period extended back to 2004, which excludes the 2003 test.

Since returning from his suspension, Ramirez has been widely accepted by the home fans. In 48 games this season, he has compiled a .327 average and has hit 11 home runs.

Ortiz, meanwhile, has been in a sharp decline. He had an operation on his wrist last year and missed nearly a third of the season. He started this year in a slump and did not hit his first home run until a month and a half into the season. Since June 1, however, he has hit 12 more home runs.

In 2007, Ortiz said that he used to buy a protein shake in the Dominican Republic when he was younger and did not know if it contained a performance-enhancing drug.

“I don’t do that anymore because they don’t have the approval for that here, so I know that, so I’m off buying things at the GNC back in the Dominican Republic,” Ortiz told The Boston Herald. He added: “I don’t know if I drank something in my youth, not knowing it.”

In February, he said that players who tested positive for steroids should be suspended for an entire season - about 100 games more than the current policy requires for a first offense.

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Lucky the Leprechaun – Boston Celtics Mascot

The Boston Celtics are now accepting applications for the full-time position of team mascot…Lucky the Leprechaun. Lucky has entertained fans from the youngest of children to the lifelong Celtics fan. Lucky has cheered with the fans of Boston with crowd-pleasing antics and high-energy dunk shows. Not only are Lucky’s  skills on display in the Garden, but also as a major contributor to the Boston community, appearing in hundreds of special appearances throughout the region.

All applicants must be at least 18 years of age.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

§  Work with the Director of Game Presentation to brainstorm, develop, and execute game presentation ideas, costuming, themes and overall participation in all pre and in-game elements related to, but not exclusive of Lucky, the Mascot.
§  Develop and execute any nutritional / personal training / gymnastics / dunking training.
§  Work with Game Presentation Department to maintain and provide new content ideas for Lucky in-arena and on Celtics.com
§  Purchase and manage upkeep on all uniforms/costumes and props used by Lucky
§  Attend all internal team meetings, as required
§  Undertake such other duties in connection with the Mascot as Team may reasonably request

Required Skills & Abilities:

§  At least five years of experience as a mascot or live entertainer
§  Working knowledge of cheerleading and tumbling techniques
§  Highly organized with excellent administrative and time management skills
§  Able to meet tight deadlines and work effectively in a high pressure environment
§  Excellent people skills, with an ability to interact professionally with internal and external clients at all levels within an organization
§  Committed to ensuring superior customer service and supporting the Team
§  Strong written and verbal communication skills
§  Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook

This is a full-time position. Mascot must be available for all  home games during the regular season, as well as pre-season and playoff games and out-of-arena appearances throughout the year.

Reliable transportation to and from all home games and appearances, a must.

All interested candidates must submit a demo reel of their dunking/gymnastics experience, along with a resume using one of the options below:

Mail a DVD to:

• • Sean Sullivan – Director of Game Presentation

Boston Celtics

226 Causeway St. 4^th Floor

Boston, MA 02114

OR

• Email a movie file or web address, along with a resume to mascot@celtics.com.

Please contact Sean Sullivan, Director of Game Presentation, via email at mascot@celtics.com with any questions.

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A 13-year-old Polish Floozy Tests Positive for Baby, Blames it on a Stray Sperm in a Hotel Pool.

Sometimes being a blogger is difficult, and other days its as easy as waking up and letting the stories write themselves.

All I can say is that Tom Brady should probably stay out of hotel pools.

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No, I’m not kidding. Here is the link.

All I can say is that this completely explains how Manny tested positive for steroids!  He was at a club cheating on his wife like he always does and made out with a girl who had just done a quick cycle in the bathroom! DUH! How could we have been so stupid???

Next time I apply for a job and test positive for traces of marijuana I should be able to blame the stoner chick I made out with the night before and still get the job, right?

Seriously though, the ITF is setting a very dangerous precedent. What if Donte Stallworth claimed that he kissed a drunk girl at the bar before running that dude over? What was a DUI manslaughter charge would have just been a slap on the wrist. He would have been out of jail in a month!

(Wait…he only served 24 days? He got drunk, drove a car, ran over a human being, ended that said human being’s life and he got out of jail in less time than it takes to play the March Madness tournament? Are you fucking kidding me?)

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So I’m lounging in the living room of SFP’s Corporate World Headquarters tonight, having a nice quiet recovery night, when I realize that I have just spent 2 hours watching guys I don’t typically rout for taking batting practice. Could you imagine spending 2 hours watching Peyton Manning and Jim Sorgi throwing a football back and fourth? I swear the Home Run Derby was a hell of a lot more fun when everyone was juiced out of their skulls.

Anyway, after wasting most of my night watching a contest that paled in comparison to Josh Hamilton’s show last year and listening to Chris Berman and Joe Morgan babble like half-tards, I decided I should be productive and do some fantasy football research. Me and Bardo conducted the draft lottery yesterday with the help of 26 brand-new equally-weighted ping pong balls in a display that would put Earnst, Young, and David Stern all to shame. Modell’s was out of the buckets of balls so I had to buy a bunch of 6-packs, making the process more expensive than I intended, but it is impossible to put a price on a perfectly fair and balanced lottery.

All 10 guys in the Bay State Fantasy Football League have submitted their 3 keepers and our draft is only 32 days and 18 hours away, so its time for me to get down to business with my methodical preparation.

Unlike most fantasy football gurus I have a unique researching strategy (Note: I haven’t cracked the Top 3 in this league yet so take “guru” with a Fenway pretzel amount of salt). Any schmuck can go on Yahoo or ESPN.com for analysis, buy $5 magazines, or search the internet for free player rankings.

Not I.

I search tabloid magazines, celebrity gossip websites and less-than-credible sports blogs. Seriously. You can tell a lot about the type of season someone is going to have based on the scoops that these sources are able to provide.

For example, when a MVP-caliber quarterback has private workouts in his hometown with one of his wide receivers, you can bet that the receiver is going to be one of the quarterback’s favorite targets.

Lesson = draft Wes Welker.

You can also find out that another top QB just dumped his main distraction. Talk about addition by subtraction. Getting rid of an overexposed talentless paparazzi magnet is sure to do wonders for one’s focus.

Lesson = draft Tony Romo.

On the flip-side, when a signal caller who recently signed a nice contract extension is spotted drinking poolside with pornstars in Vegas and looking really out of shape, it is probably a good idea to avoid them come draft day.

Lesson = stay away from Donovan McNabb.

How about when your keeper running back is constantly tweeting about his many workouts and running sessions? I see this as a very good thing, even if he watches way too much TV.

Lesson = draft Steven Jackson.

On the flip-side, when a temperamental wideout tweets about going to after-parties, the playboy mansion, and relying on his God-given talent, well, maybe it is not a good thing.

Lesson = stay away from Ocho Cinco.

And speaking of temperamental receivers, what does it mean when a guy you’re thinking about drafting poses nude in an advertisement for his new reality TV show?

Actually, I have no idea what this means.

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