The week, she is nearly finished. The home-stand, not yet. Last night was another Saints game, fourth in the series against the Canaries, and the Saints dropped it. But the company was good, and in spite of “help” from friends, I survived a blind date at the ballpark. I think I scored bonus points for cooking a good dinner (walleye and wild rice) and opening car doors (apparently a lost art). There was a curious moment when Wendy (one of the vendors) informed me that a gal you dated fifteen years ago was here last night but was too embarrassed to come over to say hello.
Sad to say, I’m not even certain who that could be. I lost some points for spilling a beer on her purse (I’m not sure if I spilled it or had help, but the purse is washable, and I think I was more upset than she was), being distracted too often by friends at the park, and nearly getting into an accident as we were talking on the way home (I kept looking over as she talked, rather than keeping my eyes on the road). In any case no one was killed, so I’ll call it a success for now.
In other ballpark news, the Right Reverend Randy is back in town, fresh from his internship in the desert of Oregon. He’ll be back in town for at least a year, and it’s good to have him back at the park.
- The Shitty Tipper Database has a list of nearly 500 200 people who’ve stiffed their waiter or waitress on a bar-bill. Only one guy in Minneapolis that I can find, but then there isn’t a field for Minneapolis in the locations, so it’s hard to say how accurate that is. [boing boing]
- Not going to buy K.I.T.T. and don’t know what to do with your spare change? Well, there’s a 690′ Aircraft Carrier for sale. They’re only asking 6½ million dollars for what was the Royal Navy’s HMS Vengeance in WWII, and was most recently serving in Brazil as the Minas Gerais A11. [fark!]
- How cool is this? In No More Wascally Wabbits the NYT reviews MegaTokyo (among others). Congrats, Piro!
- Rock Wisdom is an online database of over 12,000 Sonq Quotes. That’s kinda cool. And the Punk History pages don’t actually say a whole lot about punk, but there are some excellent bits within there. Check out, for example, the page on Genesis, ELP & Yes:
No-one could understand what Genesis were prattling on about including Gabriel!
Fun stuff! - Monica pointed to Good body, bad sex in a Quickie post that turned out to be anything but.
- Months ago I bought some new sheets from Bed Bath & Beyond. Last night I decided to break ’em out as a reward to myself for an evening with no fatalities, only to find out that there were no pillowcases in the package with the sheets. Damnit. They’re nice sheets and they’re still in stock, but I don’t have the receipt anymore, and don’t feel like taking them off my bed just so I can return them to get a new complete set. Yeah, I know. There are a lot worse problems a guy could have. Maybe I’ll deal with that tomorrow.