Cubs game yetserday. Game not too good, but the company fantastic. And I got a hella cool shirt at the Army Navy Surplus afterwards. A very good day off.
And, as far as I can tell, I haven’t been an asshole to anyone today. This is a grand thing.
Cubs game yetserday. Game not too good, but the company fantastic. And I got a hella cool shirt at the Army Navy Surplus afterwards. A very good day off.
And, as far as I can tell, I haven’t been an asshole to anyone today. This is a grand thing.
Last night, she said the magic words:
“I love going to Cubs games.”
It’s the beginning of the end. Israeli troops amass; suicide bombings increase; Osama Bin Laden is still at large; North Korea & South Korea; India & Pakistan; Taiwan & China; Norway & the Sudentenland; and it’s opening day. Today the Chicago Cubs start us on our journey towards the end of time.
The world is poised on the brink of destruction and the Cubs are poised on the brink of a championship. In recent memory, the Cubs have not had a stronger offensive lineup, more speed or a better defense. They’re going to go all the way, and when they do, we’ll all be dead.
In game 7 of the 2002 World Series, bottom of the 9th, Sammy Sosa will do something amazingly heroic winning the championship for this city, I will jump up from my couch, upending my coffee table, tears in my eyes, cheering. And then all will go white. But we’ll all go out smiling.
So keep the world tension coming. Let the political stability erode into border skirmishes. Let everything build until that final, fateful day in October. Just let the bombs hit before Bud Selig can make any speeches.
Ad at Shea Stadium behind the batters box:
“Buick: It’s All Good”
It strikes me that Buick is the last car company that can say something like “It’s All Good.” That’s like, “Buick: It’s Whassssup!” “Buick: It’s the Shiz-i-niz-it!” “Buick: Booyaick!”
Aren’t Buicks the cars of the middle-aged middle-class who can’t afford BMWs or Mercedes? Who are they looking to attract with the phrase “It’s All Good?” Who came up with that phrase? Rather: what ad-man decided to appropriate that phrase? Look at their website for crap’s sake. Does that website say, “It’s All Good?” No! It says, “Everythings a-okay, Bob. Mary and I will be over for that backyard barbecue just as soon as I mow the lawn and take Timmy Junior to Little League.” It’s all about neutral colors and blanditude.
I say this to you, Mr. Buick, it is NOT all good! Not a bit all good at all!
Pat ‘n’ Ron 8 august 01
Pat: Well, I’ve got a cup of ice up here, and I’m putting that to my head, and I see Ron is going into that ‘cool foods’ mode — he’s going to eat an orange. Ron, I prefer circular ice cubes to square ice cubes. Do you have a preference?
Ron: No.
Pat: Well, that doesn’t surprise me.
Ron: Well, it doesn’t surprise me that you do…prefer…which was it? The round ones?
Pat: It just seems to me that circular ice cubes allow the liquid to maneuver around a bit better.
Ron: You see this?
Pat: Nice. Ron’s peeling his orange in one long strip.
Ron: See, this was my first move here…I was kinda disappointed. But then I got it.
Pat: Come to think of it, there are also moon shaped ice cubes.
Ron: I think that ice is going to your head.
hot day and great conversation.