Monday, March 27, 2006

There's No Violins in Baseball

And now for the weekend update. Of note, I finally fixed my blog.
Apparently blogger won't publish when you have used up all your space on
your web server. I had 100mb of website in a 100mb limit. So I increased
my space to 150mb for $.62 a month. That should fix that problem for a
while. Click some Google ads to make up for the expansion. Anyway, on
Friday I went with Holly to meet her friends at a local club. They were
pretty cool. It is weird, most of us went to Texas Tech so we have that
at least in common. On Saturday I played Frisbee golf in the afternoon.
My arm is still sore. If you don't play Frisbee golf in a while you lose
all your muscle there. On Saturday night I went with Holly and her
Sunday School to a Texas Tornados hockey game. They are the local
semi-pro hockey team. Apparently they are good and always seem to go to
the playoffs. I am a semi-fan of hockey. I did go for the Dallas Stars
when they won the Cup. IMO hockey needs more hitting like football.
Sunday I did the usual stuff and now here I am on Monday about to
interview people to come work for my client. Two tips of advice for
people interviewing: know what you are talking about and have a good
attitude. Anyway I guess football and hockey will never be as violent as
baseball...(see thought of the day)

Thought of the Day
"Hey! I thought you weren't coming back 'til Monday!?"
"Well, the camp ended a few days early."
"Why?"
"Well, there was an incident."
"What happened?"
"I punched Mickey Mantle in the mouth."
"What!?"
"Yeah, I punched him and they took him to the hospital and then they
cancelled the rest of the week."
"You punched *who* in the mouth?"
"Mickey Mantle."
"What happened?"
"Well, you know, we were playin' a game and I was pitching and I was
really throwin' some smoke. And uh, Joe Pepitone, he was up and man,
that guy... he was crowding the plate!"
"Wow... Joe Pepitone!"
"Yeah, well, Joe Pepitone or not, I own the inside of that plate! So I
throw one inside, a little chin music... put him right on his pants,
because I got to intimidate when I'm on the mound. Well, the next pitch,
he's right back in the same place! So.... I had to plunk him."
"You plunked him?"
"Oh yeah. Well, he throws down his bat, he comes racing up to the mound,
next thing both benches are cleared, a brouhaha breaks out between the
guys in camp and the old Yankee players, and as I'm trying to get Moose
Skowron off one of my teammates, somebody pulls me from behind and I
turned around and I *popped* him! I look down and, whoa man! It's
Mickey! I punched his lights out! Then Hank Bauer's screaming 'Mickey!
Mickey! What have you have done with Mickey?! You killed Mickey!'"
"So what did you do?"
"I got the hell outta there!"
- Jerry, Kramer and Elaine, as Kramer describes the fun he had at camp,
in "The Visa"


Comments:
There wasn't much to our weekend. On Friday night, we watched "Deal or no deal". After that, the wife went off to do homework. During that time, I watched something I normally wouldn't watch...even if you paid me. I watch some Fox show where two families swapp out wives for a week. If you're asking why I would watch this, it's because one of the mom's was a Star Wars junky. All she did for most of her days was jump on the computer and play Star Wars: Galaxies online. The funny thing was when she went to stay with the other family, she couldn't play because they only had dialup internet connection. The really sad part was that she really neglected her own family due to this obsession. The conclusion will be this Friday, but I doubt I'll watch it. After that show, the wife and I played X-Box together. We were playing Brian's Episode III game, and we were fighting against each other....pretty fun. On Saturday, I got up early (5:45). I had my brakes replaced in December, but the were squeeling like crazy, so I decided to take the Honda back in so they could make it right. I'm glad I got there early. The guy said most people have to wait all day on Saturday, but because I was early, I was in and out in 2 hours.Saturday night consisted of Boubon & Coke, X-box, and Family Guy. On Sunday, we did cleaning and house chores. In the evening, I watched the new Family Guy, then got cleaned up for the week. We always end Sunday by getting in bed and flipping over to PBS and watching our British comedies. One is called "Keeping up appearances" and the other in "My Hero." Both are very funny. That's about it for here. Not too much went on, but it was relaxing which is always welcome after 5 days in this place.
Peety
 
Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]




<< Home

This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?

Subscribe to Posts [Atom]