AUGUST OFF-TOPIC THREAD
by Rob Rogacki on Aug 1, 2011 10:18 AM EDT
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PrintPotential discussion of the day: what did Jered Weaver really say to Carlos Guillen? Here's my idea:
(via i2.listal.com)
"Egads! Despite the obvious fact that you clouted that sphere of cowhide that I hurled in your general vicinity a great distance away from us, I am appalled at the guff you are now showing to me and my brethren as you trot along this dirt path surrounding me! Swine! Your mother is of ill repute! I shall have mine vengeance with the next individual that comes to challenge me! I will forcibly launch another sphere of similar construct at his cerebrum in hopes that it may startle him into submission! Never mind the fact that his beard is equal to that of the mighty Zeus himself, and has similar chemical structure to that of wrought iron! I am quite perturbed and I would like all of the fine gentlemen and ladies spectating this affair to know it! Never mind you, large gentleman wearing blue clothing who has kindly shown me the way to the restroom that I soon require! You all will soon see my wrath!"
And since Kurt requested it, a lady for the front page:
(via jaipals.com)
As always, rec this fanpost so it stays at the top of the list. Happy August everyone.
This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Bless You Boys writing staff.
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That rug really tied the room together.
Was that Jered Weaver or Old Hoss Radbourne?
Oh and hellllllllllllo Emma Stone
"I'm a simple man. I like pretty, dark-haired women and breakfast food" - Ron Swanson
by rock n rye on Aug 1, 2011 10:39 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Wait. There is text here?
All I see is Emma Stone.
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Yet Another Movie Blog
by DetroitTigersGeek on Aug 1, 2011 10:49 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
And redhead Emma Stone too
Not that blonde crap she’s been trying for The Amazing Spider-Man
"Aside from the stuff I haven’t been diagnosed for yet, I don’t have a problem."- Phil Coke
Contributor, Bless You Boys
I like these standards
"Aside from the stuff I haven’t been diagnosed for yet, I don’t have a problem."- Phil Coke
Contributor, Bless You Boys
I tried my best.
Drink, and Drink, and Drink, and Drink, and Drink, and Drink, and Fight!
by Brand New Hero on Aug 1, 2011 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
But seriously
Weaver really needed a time-out, and Carlos needed to remember that it’s not about him, or him-and-Jered, or him-and-his-countrymates, but rather about us-vs.-them, put his head down, and trot around the bases.
well
there were an awful lot of home runs given up by old Jeff, but he usually too busy smoking weed or harassing flight attendants on an airplane to give much thought to doin anything like this on the field.
by Mark in Chicago on Aug 1, 2011 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
He was definitelly known . . .
. . . for starting fights with other teams, which some of his teammates were less than enthused about. Was accused of using the “n word” about another player during a game.
JW the Elder started a particularly nasty brawl with the Royals, throwing at Mike Sweeney (back when Sweeney was good, before his back started aging in dog years).
by HawkeyeEdward on Aug 1, 2011 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
That's the one
I sorta remembered. Thanks for this. I’ve heard of acorns not falling far from the (family) tree, but this is just a case of a couple of nuts, I think..
I was at that game!!! July 2001, I think...
It was “I love the 80s night” or some crap like that. They were giving away Atari 2600 games if you bought a tub of popcorn, but ONLY if you bought it before the game started. I REALLY wanted a copy of Centipede for some reason.
If I remember correctly…
- Sweeney yelled to the mound to tell Weaver to move the rosin bag to the back of the mound
- Weaver politely declined, telling him he didn’t put it there
- Sweeney persisted and told him to move it anyway
- Weaver said something back – apparently using a swear
- Sweeney was offended “as a Christian” and charged the mound (WWJD?)
- Rob Fick and Weaver beat Sweeney’s ass
- Same Rob Fick got clobbered by the majority of the emptied Royals dugout
- Weaver stayed in game, but started getting hit
- Tigers lose lead, then ended up getting beat something like 8-3
Sometime after the fight, they stopped with the goofy 80s theme and just put people’s head shots on the giganto score board.
I went to the zoo in Nebraska the next day.
Guillen says‚ "¿Que?"
by 51hr_slurpee on Aug 1, 2011 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
That explains why the scoreboard read 8-3 Angels at one moment yesterday
Must have been a throwback to a past Weaver blowup!
Accidentally Posted the one above...
But Jeff Weaver got into at least one other plunking contest with the Royals while he we was here. Them Weaver boys get a little excitable sometimes…
wasn't she in a Taco Bell commercial?
With a bacon flavored taco in her purse?
That always grossed me right out…
Guillen says‚ "¿Que?"
by 51hr_slurpee on Aug 1, 2011 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions
If she was I've blocked it from my memory.
I have selective hearing and memory. My wife hates them both.
Drink, and Drink, and Drink, and Drink, and Drink, and Drink, and Fight!
by Brand New Hero on Aug 1, 2011 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Good, not her.
But I’m now hankering for some Taco Bell… hmmmm.
Drink, and Drink, and Drink, and Drink, and Drink, and Drink, and Fight!
by Brand New Hero on Aug 1, 2011 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions
drifting into
some ‘shaky’ territory here. . .
by TigerTom on Aug 1, 2011 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
i have a shake weight
it’s been under my bed since i bought it
President of the "Start Ramon Santiago" Campaign
by okie for michigan on Aug 1, 2011 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
emma stone shake weight gif?
where have i been? this is news to me.
Was just at Handsomerob's page
he’s got a gif of the guillen HR and then the pitch at Avila rolling on his page and it got me thinking.
No one at all is mentioning how big of a class act Alex Avila was in that moment.
a rising fastball, thrown right at his head.
Alex ducks, and turns away from weaver. He didn’t even look up at Weaver as he’s yelling after his ejection. just let it be.
Alex Avila is the awesome. Great kid.
by freywagg on Aug 1, 2011 1:43 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
Kid knows how to behave
Gotta like it
"Aside from the stuff I haven’t been diagnosed for yet, I don’t have a problem."- Phil Coke
Contributor, Bless You Boys
The intent of Weaver throwing at Avila could not have been more blatant
The ump knew what he was going to do, and Weaver knew he was going to get ejected for doing it. He was already on his way to the dugout as the signal was being given to toss him. Al’s kid was happy enough to get the Angel’s ACE thrown out of the game and get on with JV’s no hitter. He knew that the pitch was not personal at him, and he also knew that the moment was not about him. He did act with class and poise in the moment.
I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!
Avila has a cool head
When Galarraga blew up at him in the dugout last year, he basically stood there sipping on his drink
President of the "Start Ramon Santiago" Campaign
by okie for michigan on Aug 1, 2011 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
That was just frustration
Management’s frustration and the fans’ frustration with Armando, was mostly due to the way he’d nibble on the corners and try to get hitters to chase pitches off the plate, even when he was behind in the count. He quickly lost confidence in his stuff, did not do well at all with runners on base, and had a fundamental issue with not being aggressive enough with hitters in general. When he was, and when he’d locate his fastball, his stuff was good enough to get by otherwise. Avila knows that a catcher’s job is to keep the pitcher in a rhythm. The last thing he’s going to do is to get into it with his pitcher. He’s barely a full season into his major league career, and he’s already very good at handling pitchers by all accounts.
I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!
I'm talking about his comments in Arizona.
I can see why he’d be mad but he kind of has a pattern in how he’s presented himself.
I have a grand idea: let's win a game.
He displayed great class with the perfecto
but other than that, I have never hear anything positive about him as a clubhouse guy.
Charlie Sheen Night at CoPa: everyone has their Tiger Blood and Coke is a free mixer.
Finished moving into a new place last night
today begins the worst step…unpacking all those useful things that are now in boxes and bags
I Like Pie
oh for sure
the place i just moved into is about a third the size (total house and also room) of the last place, so i have a lot of stuff i need to find places for
doesn’t help that i’m a semi-pack rat. But you found a place already didn’t you?
I Like Pie
Yeah I did
Just gotta wait a couple weeks before I can move in. I have exams between now and then, so I’ll be plenty busy.
Tigers division lead is at 2.5 games
AL East and West leaders (Sox/Rangers) only have 2.0 game leads. WOOOOO
I Like Pie
But this morning on MLB radio on XM ....
Rob Dibble was chatting with his substitute host and this guy said “Rob, which of the playoff teams, Yankees, Red Sox and Rangers, has the best chance in the World Series”.
To his credit Dibble (A guy I DON’T usually like said " Well for me I’d hate to face Verlander", and then he chuckled and said – “but he’s not on the teams you mentioned”
Well, if Scherzer and Porcello find their groove
That’s a tough 3 SP for a series.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
Not wanting to face Verlander was also mentioned in the fangraphs chat today
Because if you’re not wearing a D, Verlander hates you. And if there’s one guy you don’t want to hate you….
We need an image of him destroying cities and breathing fire or something for the next game thread. Maybe punting nazis and eating beef jerky.
Lmao, rec'd
But that movie was pretty suckish
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
-Jacques Plante
by DetroitSports on Aug 1, 2011 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions
The movie was not pretty suckish
"Aside from the stuff I haven’t been diagnosed for yet, I don’t have a problem."- Phil Coke
Contributor, Bless You Boys
Ok, I was probably the only one that felt that way
I just didn’t really like it for some reason. However, I do remember liking the ending.
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
-Jacques Plante
by DetroitSports on Aug 1, 2011 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
we're gonna be doin' one thing and one thing only...
Killin’ Clevelanders
"I'm a simple man. I like pretty, dark-haired women and breakfast food" - Ron Swanson
Eli Roth wasn't in that scene
If it’s the one at the end of the movie.
"Aside from the stuff I haven’t been diagnosed for yet, I don’t have a problem."- Phil Coke
Contributor, Bless You Boys
Ah... that's the scene from the forest
I got it now.
"Aside from the stuff I haven’t been diagnosed for yet, I don’t have a problem."- Phil Coke
Contributor, Bless You Boys
by David Tokarz on Aug 2, 2011 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Now if JL would wise up and give him 3 starts in a 7 game series, we'd have a shot!
I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!
When was the last time a pitcher was given 3 in a 7?
I’m too lazy to look it up.
I have a grand idea: let's win a game.
When CC was with the brewers
he pitched every fourth day for the last 30 or so games.
The greats can do it
Charlie Sheen Night at CoPa: everyone has their Tiger Blood and Coke is a free mixer.
Probably in the days of a four man rotation
It’s of course easier, and doable, if there’s a 7 game series with a couple of “travel days”.
I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!
To which Bill Simmons replied
that the Tigers should trade Verlander to the Red Sox for David Ortiz and Tim Wakefield.
If so...
DD would be looking for a job and some shelter right now, just to get away from all the angry Tigers fans
"Goaltending is a normal job, sure. How would you like it in your job if every time you made a small mistake, a red light went on over your desk and 15,000 people stood up and yelled at you."
-Jacques Plante
by DetroitSports on Aug 1, 2011 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
If people actually listened to Bill Simmons
This whole debt ceiling business would be the least of our problems.
Bill Simmons was a lot more fun to read
when he didn’t write about the NBA for 400 consecutive columns (I’ll have to check those numbers, but it’s something like that).
His most recent missive (which is actually on the Red Sox, thus breaking the string, I think) is excrutiatingly long and boring as to be unreadable. Note I am someone who reads incessantly, virtually half my day at work. I really enjoy it. I think I’m just burned out on his NBA/Boston-centric focus in every column.
His old Vegas columns are fantastic, however.
by Mark in Chicago on Aug 1, 2011 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Is there a way out there to tell
whether or not archaic strategies worked in the eras they were developed?
For example, was having a contact hitter who could bunt men over hit second an intelligent thing to do in the Dead Ball Era? Or, does the rule of 75% for stolen base percentage hold ture in the 1980s?
If anyone has ever seen an article about things like this, or even a run expectancy chart for another era, I would love to look at it. This was something that got on my mind a few weeks ago and now I can’t think baseball without wondering it.
Carlos Carrasco just suspended for 6 games and fined
for throwing at Billy Butler’s head after Melky Cabrera hit a grand slam off of him. Sounds a bit similar to something that happened yesterday…
I Like Pie
As an actual goat herder
i take offense to this. You should have seen my flock of la mancha’s, nubians, pygmies, toggenburgs, saanens, and fainting goats. I had a bunch.
I Like Pie
Winner!
Strangest post of the day :)
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
Indians lose one of their best starters for a start?
Sounds good.
"Aside from the stuff I haven’t been diagnosed for yet, I don’t have a problem."- Phil Coke
Contributor, Bless You Boys
actually he's been sucking lately
WHIP over 2 and a ERA over 9 in July
"I'm a simple man. I like pretty, dark-haired women and breakfast food" - Ron Swanson
Well damn
Appeal!
"Aside from the stuff I haven’t been diagnosed for yet, I don’t have a problem."- Phil Coke
Contributor, Bless You Boys
Probably they just shuffle the rotation
Or he appeals, delays his suspension, and either gets it reduced to a meaningless amount, or strategically drops the appeal at the right time to schedule his start accordingly.
I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!
Anyone else giddy at the fact
That Cleveland has to play in Boston and The Sux have to bring NY into their launching pad?
I’d love to see them each lose half a game today-I can honestly day this is the very first time I’ve ever been rooting for the Sawx And NY at the same time…
Charlie Sheen Night at CoPa: everyone has their Tiger Blood and Coke is a free mixer.
Rangers aren't exactly the Royals
but yeah, chances are good if they win they’ll pick up a few games
"I'm a simple man. I like pretty, dark-haired women and breakfast food" - Ron Swanson
Not taking any credit away from Texas
rather the opposite—if we have to face a good team, then I’m just happy as hell the rest of the division contenders have to as well
Charlie Sheen Night at CoPa: everyone has their Tiger Blood and Coke is a free mixer.
Hopefully the White Sox are on WGN so I can watch both games
Indians on the computer, White Sox on TV
You're hatesterbating to Hawk right now, aren't you?
Sicko.
I have a grand idea: let's win a game.
by 13194013 on Aug 1, 2011 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Some weirdo named Ian posted this on Twitter
by Rob Rogacki on Aug 1, 2011 7:47 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
probably posted it while Celing Inge was watching him
"I'm a simple man. I like pretty, dark-haired women and breakfast food" - Ron Swanson
by rock n rye on Aug 1, 2011 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
can I say I'm impressed with the lack of "GAME OVER" sentiment following the Ubaldo-Cleveland news?
I’ve been steeling myself all day for knee-jerk negativity and fire Dumbrowski-ness, and haven’t seen a peep from nary an MLiver.
Although maybe they’re just waiting for the proper post.
Does anyone know about why the home plate umpire started walking to the mound
Before Guillen did his little strut? Like right when Carlos hit the ball.
experience
he’s one of the best umpires in the business and I’m sure he knew from the first moments that he had to send a message to both teams.
by Kurt Mensching on Aug 1, 2011 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions
f you, john lackey
you are the biggest sack of suck that has ever sucked. thanks for gift-wrapping the game for cleveland (though bard didn’t help things).
well Bard didn't help matters
nor did Lackey’s defense. But Lackey sucks too.
by Kurt Mensching on Aug 1, 2011 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
his ERA is 6.23 with over 100 innings
when is the last time someone with over 100 innings had that bad of an ERA?
Ryan Rowland- Smith, 2010
109 IP, 6.75 ERA in 2010
I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!
dammit
well that wasn’t very far. hopefully lackey continues to get shelled so he ends up with an ERA above 7.
Fun Fact: Roy Halladay has the worst single-season ERA in MLB history for any pitcher with at least 50 IP. He had an almost inconceivable 10.64 ERA in 2000. And now he’s probably the best pitcher of the last 10 years.
No disrespect meant to those who frequent both blogs
But I have to say that I’ve been disappointed in the quality of the commentariat at Pride of Detroit compared to you fine people here. The articles and analysis are just fine, and in many cases I’d rank them above the quality of the “real” media, but there really seems to be a “no criticism of the team is welcomed or allowed” vibe in their comment threads that puts me off spending more than a token amount of time there and certainly keeps me from joining the conversations.
Maybe it’s because the Lions fans that are left are the sports equivalent of those Japanese soldiers poking their heads out of the caves on Iwo Jima in the 1970s 1 and defeatism is just not allowed to exist in their worldview, but one of the things I like best about this place is the rational and informed discussion of the good, bad, indifferent, infuriating and amusing things going on with the Tigers. There’s a lot stronger smell of sports radio at PoD, which bums me out.
Maybe it’s partially just a cultural thing between big NFL fans and big MLB fans. Even with the explosion in fantasy football, it’s a lot harder to make rational, statistics-based arguments in football than it is in baseball, so you’re inherently going to have more emotion/opinion-based arguments on an NFL blog. Also, NFL-level football is simply more complicated than baseball 2, with 22 people doing different things on every play, so it’s harder for the average fan to really break down and understand.
Do many of the regulars here switch over to PoD participation come football season? Is this some sort of influx they’re currently trying to digest with the Kool-Aid flowing over this team now, and there’s a solid core of community that’s just getting swamped?
Disclaimer: Just my opinion, no offense intended, your mileage may vary.
1 – I do consider myself a Lions fan, even if it has been a codependent abusive relationship for the past decade or so.
2 – Cue Tokarz
I read Sean's posts at POD just above every day
Although, dude is putting in work lately and it’s tough to keep up now. Anyway, I get a similar vibe, which is why I don’t comment much. I think the biggest reason for their unbridled optimism is because (a) Lions fans do that every year, and (b) anyone who isn’t drunk off the kool aid is viewed as a cynical bandwagoner. As much as we view ourselves as even-keeled, knowledgeable fans (well, except for us writers :P ), we have driven off many a pessimist as well.
As far as your baseball to football comparison, I don’t know if I would argue that football is more complex simply because it’s far too difficult to compare the two sports. However, there aren’t the advanced metrics in football that we have in baseball. A large part of that is due to a lack of statistics. Other than stuff like yards, touchdowns, and the other stats tracked in fantasy leagues, what is there? There isn’t a stat for the fullback that provides that key block springing his running back for an extra 5-10 yards and the first down. There isn’t a stat for the defensive tackle that eats a double team on every play, giving the end next to him single coverage on the outside that leads to hurrying the QB’s throw (again, another nonexistent stat). Unlike the IBB in baseball, there isn’t a stat for the cornerback that makes a QB think twice about throwing in his direction (though Darrelle Revis has tried, it seems).
Getting back to the POD community, I can’t (and won’t) comment on the quality of discussion in the comments there because I don’t read enough of it. I’ve found that it’s an even faster-paced environment than BYB, especially in game threads when I’m frantically searching for a feed. The grammar/punctuation/spelling enforcement there isn’t as stringent as it is here, but that’s merely an observation, not a judgment or opinion on the commenting base. There seems to be a strong sense of community over there as well, though, and that’s really all you expect from sites like this.
Overall (and jokes aside), I’m very impressed and pleased with the quality of writing at all of the Detroit/Michigan SB Nation sites. Unlike certain sites we’ve had recent exchanges with that shall not be named, all 6 sites (Michigan/MSU included) provide excellent coverage.
At the beginning of the year I predicted a Tigers-Brewers World Series
Because, why not?
As the Brewers are currently beating St. Louis 10-5 with 3 home runs from McGehee, the Brewers would be terrifying to play in the WS, I now realize.
Wait til October...
holy shit that would be great
i’d be trying to get my tickets to Miller Park! It’s a hell of a lot closer.
by Kurt Mensching on Aug 3, 2011 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
So I'm in Iceland at the moment.
It’s jacket-weather here. In August. It’s about 15 C here. (I think that’s about 60 F.)
The women are gorgeous. Nordic goddesses abound.
They have extra keys on their keyboards, like þ and Þ and æ and Æ and ð and Ð.
Nice to see the new additions to the Tigers are doing well.
Carry on!
Well...
I’m on my way to eventually visiting a buddy of mine in Prague. Icelandair lets you stop over in Reykjavík as long as you like, on flights across the Atlantic, before you go back on your way. Tomorrow I’m shipping-out to Copenhagen, then eventually on to Prague (and some shenanigans, obvs).
But yeah… the women here. Dear god. Take a gander at the lead singer of the Cardigans… she’s Swedish, but you get the general idea. I see that on the street at least once every three minutes. I’m serious.
by frisbeepilot on Aug 5, 2011 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
I loooooooved Prague
My favorite European city, at least circa ‘91-92. It’s probably changed a lot in the intervening decade.
The best advertisement ever to me for the value of American Express for international travelers was that their Prague office was able to find me an English-speaking mechanic who could replace the alternator on a Citroen on a Saturday. Plus, the blue-collar bar next door sold good Czech beer for the equivalent of $0.50/half-liter mug.
I'll ride the trams, thanks.
Driving in that part of the world is best left to the people who live there… that being said, a few years ago I took a fairly average-looking hatchback onto some German autobahns up to 185 km/h — and people were passing me like I was standing still.
I made it to Copenhagen. Women are just as gorgeous. Bikes EVERYWHERE (and nobody seems to lock them up). People swim in the canals and the harbour. I think I’ll go see a viking museum tomorrow; hell, with a week’s worth of stubble I’m starting to look like one.
sounds like fun
all places I’ve wanted to go
I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!
For a second, I thought you were leaving a self-referential comment
but no, you’re listed as an official BYB Contributor. Nice!
Nice
"Aside from the stuff I haven’t been diagnosed for yet, I don’t have a problem."- Phil Coke
Contributor, Bless You Boys
Seems like this thread has been here a month already
but it’s only the 11th!
Anyway, the sports talk radio stations out here are annoying. It’s all Lakers, Lakers, NBA, Lakers…. makes me want to hate the NBA.
I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!
I don't hate the NFL, or really the NBA, either
I did cancel the Sunday Ticket a couple years ago, partly out of disgust with the Lions and partly to force myself out of the cave on weekends. But I’ve lost all interest in the NBA until playoff time, and even then my interest is limited. I don’t think I will ever lose interest in Hockey or Baseball, though.
I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!
Apparently Sunday Ticket is free for all DirecTV subscribers now
I’m debating whether it’s worth it to switch.
by Rob Rogacki on Aug 12, 2011 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
between our little spat with the Angels fans...
and my already poor experiences with Lakers fans, I’ve basically concluded that I hate the LA fanbase more than any other fanbase.
I like the Lions new marketing phrase
…on the prowl…on the verge.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
Or how about
Fifty three is our lucky number!
I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!
Strange days, indeed
Here’s my day so far:
Wake up. Discover that the tooth on which I’ve had four root canals seems to be infected. Find out that my endodontist is at a conference on Mackinac Island and nobody is covering his practice until Monday.
Get a call from potential employer. Receive job offer at 20% salary increase over current position.
Get a call from my doctor. Blood tests regarding my digestive issues say something’s goofy with my liver and I need to go get tested for hepatitis. (I’m assuming A, no risk factors for B or C as far as I know.)
Get a call from another potential employer. Find out I’m one of last two candidates for job at, again, 20% increase over current salary and should know by Tuesday.
I turn 40 a week from today. I did not think that things would be this surreal in my middle age.
So
I don’t have an internet connection at my new apartment for two weeks. Might kill myself.
"Aside from the stuff I haven’t been diagnosed for yet, I don’t have a problem."- Phil Coke
Contributor, Bless You Boys
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