Ever have one of those days where it was just one thing after another? Yesterday was mine. So I’m calling a do-over. Which explains why on Wednesday, we’re having Tuesday Tootin’ at the Hall of Fame.

Now, I know we’ve shared our writing woes and woohoo’s here at the Hall, but there are other areas in Cathy C. Hall’s life that have remained (and really, you should thank me for this) on the down low.

However, to truly understand how crazy excited I am to be writing over at Baseball Beauties, you need to know about The Secret Life of Sports lurking below my oh-so-classy exterior. Namely, that I am what other folks might refer to as a “fanatic.” Which frankly, has a connotation I find a bit disrespectful.

The Beneficent Mr. Hall has learned over the years not to stand (or sit) too close to me while watching a sporting event. Because I am not what you would call a passive viewer. I’m more what you might call an “interactive” viewer. It’s entirely possible that I will yell, scream, shout, throw objects, jump up and down, do fist pumps, chest bumps, and yes, accidentally slap someone who might be in close proximity during said sporting event.

Being a fan is all well and good if one is actually at The Ted, watching the home team. But if one is at home, say, watching the Braves on the big screen, then watching the game safely becomes sort of a sport in and of itself.

But, and here’s a big but (mine withstanding), now my sports fanaticism is paying off. I get to write funny baseball stuff over at Baseball Beauties! You can read my first baseball bit here. I think you can leave a comment, too. (It’s a new site, so bugs and such are getting worked out every day.)

Oh, and just so you know. I’m not one of those baseball beauties you’ll see um, posing on the site. And since we’re sharing down low info, I’ll just admit here and now that even in my best days ever, I couldn’t pull off the baseball beauty look. But I have gotten my share of looks while I’ve been at baseball games.

When I opened an email the other day, I laughed out loud. Under my friend’s signature line, I saw this quote from the comic Steven Wright:

“If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?”

Funny, right? I LOVE that comic. I love that his humor often involved word play. And I love his dead pan delivery.

And then I remembered the Fake AP Stylebook, kind of the Steven Wright of grammar and editing. If you’re signed up with Twitter, you can get daily tweets from this wacky group of folks who poke fun at the AP Stylebook. They’ve been doing it for awhile, so I guess the Real AP Stylebook is okay with it. And it’s a good thing, ’cause the fake guys have a book coming out.

Oh, and I should tell you that I found that pic on Stock.xchng. Which, okay, is not funny or word-related. But it is a great place to find free stock photos. Word up.