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This is an archive collection of entries from my main personal blog, My Mundane Mid-Life.
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This collection of entries is from May 2005.
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Didn't miss this a bitFirst day back to work from my first furlough. Didn't miss this place a bit. The amount of important email stacked-up is actually overwhelming. New projects coming up that actually scare the hell out of me. No, really. I am worried sick about this one thing coming up. All-in-all, I don't feel good being back here. Maybe it'll all work itself out... by the time I go on my next furlough...
posted at 05:48 PM | Link | Work § |
Monday, May 30, 2005
Nah, I just don't think they're going to make it
Nope. No change. How long do you wait until you give up?
posted at 08:39 PM | Link | Mundane § |
White Sox 5 - Angels 4
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Today was actually a gorgeous day - sunny, not a cloud in the sky, temp s just under 70 degrees. Before the game, there was a video tribute to former White Sox shortstop Chico Carrasquel who died this past week. They played the Venezuelan National Anthem (which feels a lot longer than ours). The Great Lakes Naval Band played our National Anthem, and then Challenger - a bald eagle - flew into the stadium and landed on his handler who was standing on the pitching mound. It turns out, we saw challenger before the game just flying around the park. We thought it was a hawk at first, but it just didn't look right. It was bigger.
Today marked the return of Frank Thomas, who hasn't played since last July. He went 0-for-2 and got hurt - strained hip flexor. I didn't feel he was ready to come back - now I'm positive. He's not helping the team.
Mark Buerhle pitched a decent game, all the way into the 9th. Unfortunately, Damaso Marte came in, blew a save opportunity, blew the lead. I really didn't think we'd get out of it. But we did. And we NEEDED it.
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posted at 07:32 PM | Link | White Sox § |
Sunday, May 29, 2005
Holiday BBQ
Nothing is better than spending the day with your friends, barbecuing, drinking, eating, talking and having a good time. That's what we did at Barry & Buffy's today. Barry grilled some pork chops (and a chicken breast for Deb), Carol made a salad, Buff made some corn on the cob. Wonderful. Pat made a great blueberry bundt cake for desert. Yummy. I love days like this. Wish we were together hours earlier and stayed hours later.
posted at 10:35 PM | Link | Friends § |
Saturday, May 28, 2005
Day 3 of Hostas Watch
I don't know... the hostas don't appear to be getting any better.
Spent a long time this evening trying to kill a wasp nest inside the cable demark box on the outside of the house. Took a while, and I soaked the mother and every damn wasp I could see.
posted at 08:12 PM | Link | Mundane § |
Friday, May 27, 2005
Furlough - Day 5posted at 08:38 PM | Link | Mundane § |
Thursday, May 26, 2005
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....
Carol got out of work early and we went to the AMC South Barrington 30 to catch a 5:00 showing of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. Action - good! Script - weak, though it actually does tie everything together in one neat bow. Worst acting ever: Natalie Portman. She looked gorgeous, but her acting was terrible. The script turned her from a strong leader to a woman without a backbone. Terrible.
I actually shed a tear at the end. Not because of the acting, not because of the storyline. Because it's over. Six movies and 3 decades. It's over.
posted at 07:57 PM | Link | Movies § |
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Furlough - Day 3
Diane's back at the house today. I finished with the border in the front garden, and built another along the garage, where Diane had reworked the soil. More Home Depot shopping where we picked-up and then planted some Day Lillies on either side of the garage door. We got some pea gravel and we worked some areas around the downspouts. Diane also dug-up some large groups of hostas out of her garden, split them up, and replanted them under our hawthorn tree. Um... I don't know - they're not looking so good. I'll water them every day, but... I don't know...
posted at 08:38 PM | Link | Mundane § |
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Furniture shopping
So, the phone call that I took at the movies was that Carol wanted to go shopping for her chair. It's a chair for the family room that matches the couch. When we got to La-Z-Boy, they no longer had the couch on display in our color, so it was easier to look at alternatives (Carol didn't like the color of the chair - it matched the couch pillows, and it may look good on pillows but not on an entire chair). We found a chair that she liked and it was significantly cheaper than anything we were looking at before, so we ordered it. We then took a ride to Ethan Allen in Arlington Heights to look at a media cabinet. It's part of a much larger entertainment center, but all we wanted was the low cabinet to replace the base of the TV we have now, and in preparation for acquiring a much larger TV in the near future. We didn't buy the cabinet - I had to measure the shelf areas and make sure all of the equipment fits. It looks like it will.
posted at 07:15 PM | Link | Mundane § |
Hitchhiker
I went to the AMC South Barrington 30 this afternoon to catch a 2:15 showing of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I'm not sure what I was expecting - my exposure to the storyline is the BBC TV miniseries. I liked the movie (I'm not going to rave about it - I don't think it's worth "raves"). The character I was most disappointed in was Mos Def - I felt he just mumbled his way through the picture. A disappointing performance.
Had an unusual experience in the theater. For the ENTIRE movie, I was the only one in the theater. No one even poked their head in to see what the crowd looked like APR peek at the movie. It was my own private screening. Carol called my cell phone during the movie. I actually talked on my cell phone in the middle of the movie - I wasn't disturbing ANYBODY!
posted at 04:44 PM | Link | Movies § |
Monday, May 23, 2005
Furlough - Day 1
It's my first day off in months, and my sister Diane comes over to work on our front landscaping. After a trip to Home Depot (Where I had a bird take a dump on my head, thank you very much) we started working on our tasks. For me - trimming out the area with decorative brick. It's not quite as easy as it looks, but it's looking great. Diane's trying to rework some of the dirt in the corner by our second burning bush. The dirt around the house is absolutely terrible - clay and construction rubbish, loaded with rocks. We had another trip to Home Depot and called it a day. It's starting to look real good.
posted at 03:55 PM | Link | Mundane § |
Saturday, May 21, 2005
Chinese Birthdays
It's that time of year again when we get together and celebrate Carol's & Debbie's birthdays'. This year, Carol came up with the idea of just going to Chinatown, walk around, shop, and just find a restaurant to have dinner at. So that's what we did. I drove everyone down to Chinatown, parked, and walked down Wentworth. We stopped in a few stores to look around. We walked a few blocks, and finally settled on a restaurant at the end of the street, with the un-Chinese name of Evergreen. We went inside and it was more than half empty, with many tables of 10 just sitting there idle. Our hostess struggled to find us a table, as it sounded like they were going to be busy tonight. The cobbled together a table for 5 in a corner of the room( Which actually blocked-off serving traffic to some of the tables). We ordered a Deluxe Dinner for Five with an additional order of roast duck. We COULD NOT BELIEVE the amount of food that showed-up at the table! No, really! The table was covered in serving dishes and we barely had room to maneuver anything around. LOTS of food came home with us? Oh, and those empty tables? FILLED! A Bus pulled-up outside and people poured-in. They all had ID's from the National Restaurant Show! Guess we picked a good place... the food was wonderful... all of it.
We "waddled" back up Wentworth, stopped in more stores, and drove back to Barry & Buffy's for desert - a birthday cake from Dinkel's which was great as well. A nice, fun evening.
posted at 10:48 PM | Link | Mundane § |
Friday, May 20, 2005
New Rugs
We've seen a new rug store open up in the area. I'm always leery about these places. Then we got a flyer in the mail and it looked like it had promise. Tonight, we went shopping at the store - Capel Rugs - and we were really surprised. The store was huge, the selection was huge, and the prices were damn affordable. We wound-up coming home with not one but two rugs, identical except for size, for the dining room and living room. (How the hell we got the big rug home in my car was a damn miracle - my car has a small pass-through hatch from the trunk into the back seat and the rug was tightly wound enough to fit through the hole, with the rug resting just 6 inches short of the stick!)
posted at 06:57 PM | Link | Mundane § |
FurloughSpent most of the day making sure things run OK while I'm gone.
Gone? Yeah. Starting Monday I will be out of work. Without pay. For a week.
I'm being furloughed. Actually, all of the contractors are being furloughed for a total of two weeks sometime in the first quarter to help the company make some numbers. My first week is next week - the week before Memorial Day. The second week will be the week before 4th of July.
Quite frankly - I'm REALLY looking forward to this!
posted at 12:56 PM | Link | Work § |
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Wolves 4 - Moose 3 - Western Conference Final Game 1posted at 10:30 PM | Link | Wolves § |
Monday, May 16, 2005
We'll be poppin' soon...
Carol and I went out and got a new microwave tonight. What's wrong with the old one? Nothing, really. It's just 20 years old, has a manual wind-up turntable, and it's huge and doesn't have the cool settings that the newer ones have (you know, like throw in a bag of popcorn and just press the "Popcorn" button - it's times it out correctly with its internal sensors). Also, you can make the beeper quieter - great for the real late night snacks where you're trying not to wake up your spouse...
posted at 08:16 PM | Link | Mundane | 2 comments § |
Sunday, May 15, 2005
White Sox 2 - Orioles 6
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It was a cold, blustery day today, so it was another game in the Stadium Club.
The White Sox's streak of consecutive games led ended at 37. Now, granted, I had never heard of this stat before this season, but it was a cool one.
100 pitches for Jose Contreras, but he gets the loss and is 1-1 (great record, eh?).
Snakebit? I'll tell you how our mojo was going during the game:
Jay Gibbons hits a screamer right down the Right Field line. It never makes it to the wall - a SECURITY GUY picks up the ball. THE SECURITY GUY, not some drunk or out-of-touch fan, reaching over the rail. NO. It had to be THE GUY THAT STOPS THE OTHER PEOPLE FROM TOUCHING THE BALL OR GOING ON THE FIELD. Did HE get thrown out? Oh, no. He sat on his little stool - facing away from the plate - for the rest of the game.
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posted at 09:34 PM | Link | White Sox § |
Saturday, May 14, 2005
White Sox 6 - Orioles 9
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Well, I knew the Baltimore Orioles were going to be a good test to see how we're doing. They've got the second-best record in baseball, behind us.
We get 6 runs and that's not enough? Pitching, my friends. Pitching. The entire staff still isn't doing well. Freddie Garcia is now 3-3 - what the hell was he still doing in the game at 112 pitches? Giving up 7 earned runs with 2 homers, that's what. TOO LONG. You can't keep him in that long yet. I thought Ozzie was going to keep a tight rein on him?
Pretty windy tonight - gusts up to 31 mph, so it's a bit uncomfortable.
Actually went to customer service tonight to file a compliment, not a complaint. Why? We always purchase parking coupons with our season tickets. It's just easier and more convenient. I've always felt, though, by purchasing these coupons that you should get some sort of preferential treatment somehow. Like, maybe, and entire lot that is coupon only - no cash, and it would be right next to the park. Since it was going to be almost a sellout, we got to the park just a few minutes earlier than usual. We noticed that "our lot" (Lot E) was only half-full, but there were no cars pulling in. When we got to the gate, we found out what was going on - they were accepting coupons only! Yes! This is the way it should be!
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posted at 10:17 PM | Link | White Sox § |
Friday, May 13, 2005
Wolves 4 - Mighty Ducks 1 - West Division Final Game 5
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And we win the West Division on go on to the Western Conference Final!
It was a tense game. The energy was way up in the 1st, but we weren't getting anywhere. We were shooting and came up empty. Derek McKenzie had 3 shots on goal in about 5 seconds, all accurate, 1 going off the post and still nothing. The Ducks scored in the 2nd and it looked like we weren't going to get out of this. We finally tied it up 7 minutes into the third and the crowd went nuts. We get the game winner 3:47 left in the 3rd! THEN the crowd went nuttier. The Ducks pull their goalie to try to come back and the Wolves made sure they won with an empty-netter with 23 seconds left.
Then came something that felt embarrassing - the Ducks pulled their goalie again and we scored again with only 4 seconds left.
We didn't really need to do that. It almost felt like the Wolves just took the Duck's heads and shoved their noses in it with that last goal. It's almost like the Wolves woke up and just had to retaliate for not sweeping them earlier in the week. Really, really odd feeling.
Then again - why pull your goalie? Did you really think you can get back into the game?
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posted at 10:59 PM | Link | Wolves § |
Happy Birthday, Carol!
So, today is Carol's Birthday. We spent the night with restless sleep, each of us taking time to check-up on our little Chip. He's not eating, he's not moving around. About 2:30 this morning I just picked him up out of his cage and held him for a while, trying to make him feel better. Even Indy didn't know what to do - she just looked at me as if to say "I don't know what's wrong here - you have to do something."
When morning came around, Chip wasn't any different. We both went to work. Carol called the vet - no openings this morning, but she could just show-up and they'll treat it like an emergency, wedging her in between appointments.
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Carol left work and went home.
Chip is up and alert. Carol opened the cage and the two of them just came out and ran around the family room, jumping up in the air and just having a wonderful time.
Damn rabbit - he's not sick at all!
Now what was it? We don't know. the vet thinks it was a "gas bubble" that can be pretty painful.
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posted at 11:20 AM | Link | Bunnies § |
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Oh, oh... Sick Chip?Back to long sleeves and coats.
Figures that we have White Sox games this weekend - we're back into what appears to be annual cycle of "if the White Sox are in town and are playing on a weekend, the weekend is going to be crumby".
Since the Chicago Wolves lost the other night, they have to play Game 5 of this round tomorrow night. Big deal, right? It is when it's your wife's birthday. So we went out to dinner tonight (nothing fancy - she had a craving for meat, so we went to Outback).
We seem to have a problem - our youngest bunny Chip is not acting right. He was fine this morning, running, jumping and zipping around the family room. Tonight - he's not moving much, if at all. He looks uncomfortable. When we pet him, he "vibrates". Based on our history of rabbits, that's a strong indication of pain or discomfort. He's looking for a place to be by himself. We're going to have to watch him.
posted at 06:44 PM | Link | Mundane § |
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Always get the latest weatherIt's been in the 70's for days now. This morning, we've got a major thunderstorm coming through (cool!) which is already forcing the temperatures downward. It's supposed to be in the 40's by the time I leave to go home...
and me, dressed in short sleeves and no jacket...
posted at 10:07 AM | Link | Mundane § |
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Didn't even last a week!
We have barely had the fresh paint on the walls for, what, 5 days?
There, on the stairs, I can see where a certain older female bunny has satisfied her urge to chew by chewing on the fresh paint on the outside corner of the wall! I guess we setup the gates a bit too late.
Time to break out some touch-up paint!!!
posted at 05:52 PM | Link | Mundane § |
Monday, May 09, 2005
Moving day?Carol took today off to try to start putting the house back together from our pre-paint pre-flooring days.
Today - in what I consider a smart move - she hired some movers to move furniture from the garage into the house. Took less than 30 minutes and saved us pain and agony of a few days, not to mention a drastic reduction in yelling and arguing on how a certain piece of furniture fits/does not fit through certain doorways.
posted at 05:07 PM | Link | Mundane § |
Sunday, May 08, 2005
Underpass MaryI know I'm going to somehow wind up complaining about this, but it's actually hot outside! It's humid and almost in the 80's, sunny, not much of a breeze.
We drove into the city to pickup my Mom to bring her over to Diane & Melinda's so we can go out to dinner. Diane told Mom to have me get off the Kennedy Expressway at Fullerton just to see "Underpass Mary" or "Our Lady Of The Underpass". Well, we did, but we didn't know that the image is actually on the north side of the underpass and we were going southbound. We couldn't see it at all - all we could see is a crowd of about 50 standing around where the image would be. Odd - very odd. Yet, somehow, I feel compelled to see this before it gets defaced again or changes due to rainfall or whatever.
We went out to dinner at Tufano's Vernon Park Tap, which is pretty decent Italian food - nothing fancy at all, but good. We went back to the house and did the present thing. There was a fire truck and ambulance down the block at the nursing/retirement home. They're there so frequently, that they don't even use sirens anymore - just lights. Sad.
We didn't stop on the way home. Still have a need to see this... icon?
posted at 10:18 PM | Link | Mundane § |
Saturday, May 07, 2005
Wolves 2 - Mighty Ducks 1 - West Division Final Game 2
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Playoff hockey - ya gotta love it.
The teams were just going back and forth all night. Really chippy - lots of checks, lots of just poking and grabbing. No fights tonight, though. In fact, our buddy was only in the box once about 5 minutes into the first. Of course, he was causing hovoc on the ice.
We finally won the game with only 44 seconds left, when Krazy Karl Stewart gingerly tipped-in a pass from his knees. You would have thought it was the Cup finals with the way the crowd (6,017) went nuts.
There was a busload of Cincinnati fans that we only really heard once after they scored. The were actually shocked into silence with the game winning goal.
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posted at 11:10 PM | Link | Wolves § |
Sox Yard Sale
Time for my annual commute to the White Sox Yard Sale (formerly Garage Sale) at U.S. Cellular Field. Again, this year it was held in the Patio area while Family Day was held out on the field itself, where the outfield was covered with families running around playing catch. How cool it is to watch these families - dads and sons and daughters just playing catch in the outfield of a major league ballpark. It really is special. Sort of a weird passing of the torch, inspiring the young ones to get involved in baseball.
Anyway, there weren't many racks of game-worn jerseys this year - I think there was only 3 or 4. The "deals" in jerseys would be the most recently traded or released players - this year, that would be Carlos Lee and Jose Valentin - both players had at least half a dozen jerseys on the rack that went quickly. This year, I picked up a jacket for Carol (a gray "Away-Style" version) and one for me (the standard black "Home-Style" version). at $75 each, they were a steal. I can't find any ID in Carol's jacket, but I found a "46" in mine - I guess that would be Neal Cotts.
Good turnout. I don't know why people buy player's hats. Just don't want to wear something that sweaty. And bats? Most of them were cracked, but some were still in good shape. Had some catchers gear, too. Actually the best deal is the Media Guides from all of the MLB teams for 25 cents each.
Odd things? Bricks from old Comiskey, Parking Lot signs, and very worn On-Deck circles (pads).
posted at 11:13 AM | Link | White Sox § |
Friday, May 06, 2005
House Project #2 - Day Four - COMPLETE
That's it - John and his crew have completed and are we happy about the quality of his work (You need a painter in the Chicago area and we'd be more than happy to give you a recommendation). It's hard to get the feel of the place - it's way different and looks great, but it's different, too, compared to the last 20-some years. It takes getting used to.
Went to Expo Design Center tonight and looked at area rugs. Fell in love with one that's on sale. I mean, it called out to me from across the room. Alas, we don't have the money - even at 50% off - to buy it tonight. Who knows how long it will be there.
Followed that up with dinner at Fuddruckers and a trip to Home Depot for new paint-able switch and outlet plates, a piece of Plexiglas for the rabbit cage (long story - let's just say it's about neatness and protection), and some knew door pulls for the foyer closet bi-fold doors.
posted at 08:12 PM | Link | Mundane § |
Thursday, May 05, 2005
House Project #2 - Day Three
The walls are done and most of the trim. It's really great walking in for the first time and seeing the color - everything is just warmer than before. Our accent color is not what I expected. The swatches made it look as if the colors were further apart than what they're looking like on the walls. Looks like it's an optical illusion, though. It depends on lighting and the angle that you look at the wall. The third accent color is even better than I thought, turning out slightly lighter and redder than the swatches (actually, all of the colors are slightly redder, but that could just be lighting). That color as an accent is like the best move yet with the painting. It's a small wall, but it just punches it up so well, we're both pretty psyched about it.
And it's just damn paint.
posted at 05:12 PM | Link | Mundane | 1 comment § |
Cinco de Mayo Symmetry!Happy 05/05/05! Kinda cool in a very geeky sort of way. We've only got one opportunity each year for the next seven so we might as well celebrate Symmetry Day...
What am I doing up?... Long story, other than Carol being up, the TV is on, I have 2 cooped-up rabbits running around my bedroom, and they've blocked-off Michigan Avenue downtown because of the Bombing outside the British Embassy in New York... (that's why the TV was on because Carol heard the police calls on the scanner...)
posted at 05:05 AM | Link | Mundane § |
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Wolves 5 - Mighty Ducks 2 - West Division Final Game 1
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We had a lot of discussions before the game - who would we prefer to meet this round: Milwaukee or Cincinnati? We've had problems with both teams during the season, but it's obvious to us that Milwaukee was folding, in more ways than one. Even though they had a very good start, they hadn't been playing well recently. There's also the many rumors going around that the team itself was going to fold - if we heard this correctly, ownership had changed hands a year or two due to a death, and the new owners (the children?) aren't interested in continuing. If true, it had to affect the team. If not true, it still may have affected them.
So, anyway, here we are facing the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks. The highlight to look forward to? Our buddy, Zenon Konopka. I still remember the first time we met him on the Utah Grizzlies, but it's nice seeing him with everybody else on Cincy. This meant that we had some fodder for our taunts.
And taunt we did, from the puck drop in the 1st. He was in the Penalty Box in the 2nd. He obviously remembers us. We have a tendency to ratchet-up the taunts when the player starts to act interact. Well, Zenon did and it was like we were getting to him. After his 2-minutes were up, as soon as he stepped onto the ice, we scored (OK, it was one second after his time was up). The entire place laid into him from then on. In the 3rd, while he was in the box for an Unsportsmanlike, we scored again. On the way out, he yelled to us that he was going to score one now. Never did. In fact, I think the coach sat him out a few lines at the end. Guess we did get to him.
Their first goalie - Ilya Bryzgalov gave up 3 goals and was replaced with our former goalie Freddie Cassivi 5 and ahlf minutes into the 2nd. Bryzgalov would drop really quick, and for some reason the 5-Hole would just open-up everytime he went down.
There was some pretty good fights - not big, but very intense. this could be a really dicey series.
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posted at 10:47 PM | Link | Wolves § |
House Project #2 - Day Two
The guys were gone by the time I got home. There isn't a lot of visible things going on - it's obvious that the day has been spent with more nail pops and patches and filling and sanding. But, you can tell that they ended the day by putting some color on the walls in the living room (it's still really wet when I got home).
I need to see an accent wall to see if we're on the right track, but I have to tell you that I like the base color a lot.
posted at 04:37 PM | Link | Mundane § |
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
House Project #2 - Day One
Well, we are officially into our second house project - painting the first floor. Well, actually, hiring someone to paint the first floor.
The guys are doing good - they've applied primer on the God-awful baseboards and have actually painted all of the ceilings. We had a lot of nail pops in the big wall in the living room/dining room. The guys took the time and felt the wall, and installed over 100 screws and patched over them.
I like these guys.
The "Kidlettes" - Indy & Chip - are back in our bedroom, just as they were during House Project #1 - new Brazilian Cherry hardwood floors.
We're not going to be as "put out" living in our house this time. In fact, other than the rabbits being upstairs, it's business as usual.
Actually... this is kind of exciting! The guys said we'll start seeing colors tomorrow.
posted at 05:17 PM | Link | Mundane § |
Monday, May 02, 2005
It all even's out...Mother Nature is striving for balance as she's making-up for the wonderful weather we've had over the past few weeks. There are freeze warnings up for tonight as we did into the 20's. It's dark, cold, and windy outside.
And, of course, it's May. Hopefully by the end of the week it's going to warm-up again.
I'm struggling to type as my right index finger is just a bit sensitive right now, and I'm limping around the office building because of that damn hole in back of my right heel that got ripped-open because of the stupid shoes I wore Friday night. I'm in pain and I can't get it to stop. At least I have a desk job so I don't walk all that much, but damn, I'm uncomfortable.
posted at 12:03 PM | Link | Mundane § |
Sunday, May 01, 2005
White Sox 8 - Tigers 0
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Jon Garland - first pitcher this year to 5 wins (5-0), second straight shutout (first time for a White Sox pitcher since Jack McDowell in 1991), 23 consecutive scoreless innings. WHO IS THIS GUY?
It was too cold to watch from our seats (47 degrees, winds 16mph), so we spent the game on the glass in the Stadium Club.
The team held a lead for the 25th straight game to begin the season, tying a Major League record set by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1955. Oh, and in those 25 games, the Sox have had 12 batters hit by pitches (some of the batters still haven't returned to the lineup because of their injuries), 8 times in the last 9 games, 4 times in just the last 3 games. Wilfredo Ledezma (1-2) hit Paul Konerko in the third, so Jon Garland threw behind Rondell White's head in the forth, and both benches emptied, but nothing eventually happened.
Now, I have to tell you, I missed a few innings of the game. I went downstairs to grab a bottle of water and see how bad it was downstairs. I walked off the Stadium Club elevator and walked up to the doors to walk out onto the main stadium concourse. They are glass doors with a large "button" the width of the door and about 6 inches wide that you push like a crash-bar to open the door. Instead, I mashed the button...
... but my right index finger had found out that the plastic end cap that covers the end of this large "button" was missing, so my finger slid inside this thing just as I mashed it open...
After hitting the door with my head, sending my White Sox cap flying, I screamed in pain and pulled my finger out of the now open door mechanism. I was in excruciating pain... but there wasn't any blood. I had just slammed the finger tip pretty bad. So, instead of a quick trip for a bottle of water, I went to the First Aid station under the stands to get a bag of ice and just have it checked-out to make sure I didn't do anything really bad. The fingernail is all purple and is real sensitive to the touch, not helped at all by the bag of ice (except to keep down the swelling).
But, the boys won the game and are now 18-7, still the best record in all of baseball.
I don't know how long this will last, but I'm enjoying every minute of it while I can!
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posted at 05:35 PM | Link | White Sox | 1 comment § |
*nose wiggle* x 2posted at 07:38 AM | Link | Memes § |
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