BaBaStooey

I am a fourth generation American. Roughly 5/8 French by way of Canada,
1/8 English, 1/8 Welsh, and 1/8 German (also I am 1/4 "phony Irish" -- both grandmothers
adopted by Irishmen). I've been meaning to work on my genealogy
but it is just another one of those things you put off for when you have the time.

Hooray Cricket!

Many of you have noticed that I am something of a self-styled cricket guru. It turns out
there are very few sports I don't like, whether it be soccer, cycling, or even curling.

However, unlike those sports, I have become the keeper of the Super Incredibly
Awesome Free Republic Cricket Ping List (TM)! The members of the list are as follows:

AnAmericanMother; BaBaStooey; babble-on; Churchillspirit; Dave Elias;
design engineer; dfwgator; Dundee; FourtySeven; Gengis Khan; goose; indcons;
Jameison; Lawgvr1955; LiteKeeper; LonePalm; Mac1; MimirsWell; propertius;
relictele; satchmodog9; SmoothTalker; Spruce; The_Reader_David; Tijeras_Slim;
TruthWillWin; USMMA_83; vimto; Vince Ferrer; You Dirty Rats;

Click Here for all Free Republic Cricket Threads

It really is a fun sport and it isn't very hard to understand. In addition, there once
was a time when this country (yes, this one!) was a world power in cricket. If we can
turn more and more Americans on to the sport, maybe we can hope to capture just a little
piece of the glory days. If you want to learn more about the game, feel free to send me
a note and I will add you to the ping list (and if you want off, feel free to do the same).

I don't get involved in too many threads on FR,
but when I do, it is usually because it involves:

Catholicism
The Boy Scouts of America - I am an Eagle Scout
Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) - my #1 target
Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) - my #2 target
President Ronald Reagan - I donate to his Presidential Library
Alzheimer's Disease Research
Those infamous ZOT threads
Twins (especially Barbara and Jenna Bush)
Ann Coulter, who I have met and she liked my Republican tie
Infobabes
Michigan
Albany, New York - where I lived for a year
Cricket
Le Tour de France and Cycling in general
Natan Sharansky and his views, to which I am a subscriber
Telling Southerners to get over it already
Why the Electoral College is awesome
Rock n' Roll
Ice Hockey
Female singer-songwriters
The Chewbacca Defense
Baseball
Women's Golf (especially Paula Creamer)
Women's Tennis (especially Maria Sharapova)
Rugby
Football (American style)
Football (what the rest of the world calls it)
Czechs who look hot in two-piece swimsuits (especially Petra Nemcova)
Czechs who build bridges for squirrels
Celebrity-wannabes "Ambassador" Joseph Wilson and his wife, whats-her-name
That worthless Noam Chomsky

I'm not going to deny it. I have a big crush on Sainte Thérèse de Lisieux.

Here is my second favorite saint (Thérèse) dressed as my favorite saint: Jehanne d'Arc, La Pucelle d'Orleans.

The Incredibly Adorable Paula Creamer

George W. Bush, Yale Rugby, 1964-68.

G.W. in Pakistan, at a Cricket clinic for children.
They presented him with a cricket ball and a tie,
and he gave each of them an autographed baseball.