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Some thoughts for today:
1) I know it's the middle of the Summer, but I wonder if that guy in the Corona commercial, the one with the Christmas lights on the palm tree... I wonder if he takes those lights down for the summer or if they stay up all year. I think it would be a challenge to shinny up that 25 foot tree without a basket truck or something. And getting a basket truck onto the beach might pose a problem. Maybe the Dos Equis "most interesting man in the world" can come over and help. That's what I'm all about. Beer people helping beer people.
2) My town was super focused on getting a minor league baseball team. They had a team name and a mascot all picked out. They wooed teams from all over and made fabulous mock-ups of the "to be built" baseball stadium made out of Legos. (I really wanted to spell that Legoes but I'm not feeling that crazy today.) So anyway, they had two teams on the hook to move up here, but both of them said "Hey, you can't just build a stadium out there in the middle of field. People want infrastructure and other fun things around." So they considered putting in a marina, but I guess the fact that there is no water nearby was a problem. But they built up a ton of businesses to lure the baseball teams. A nice movie theatre with electic seats that recline and waitress service to your seat. Lots of brew pubs and a courtyard with dancing water and a Starbucks, because what development wouldn't have one. And the baseball teams saw this and they were pleased. And one of the teams signed a provisional agreement! The team was coming! So they started selling season tickets two years in advance and hired people to build the stadium. And then more businesses sprung up. Some kind of place that waxes your rear end is there (I think), so you know you've arrived. And the gigantic field for the baseball stadium and parking lot ended up being the last thing to be built. Then the baseball team reneged on its promise to move to our little strip of land and there was much sadness and the lawsuits commenced. Now the businesses that just had to be built to support minor league baseball look onto the empty lot, with nothing on it. The Firehouse Subs logo looks wistfully out where a baseball stadium should be. And this reminds me way too much of prom night.
3) Lifeguards are on like a 25 year streak of making sure that 6 year olds know that shuffling your feet really fast is still running and it won't be tolerated. Well done. To be honest, their yelling is so effective that I often wonder if they shouldn't be yelling "no drowning!" instead. Or "SWIM!!!" I said swim!
4) I'm trying to follow the words prompt for this writing assignment, but it's a challenge getting them in. Time to get more focused on the task at hand.
5) Yeah. I'm cheating. I also own a minor league baseball team.
6) I thought my mother was nervous about thunderstorms when I was growing up, but she was cool as a cucumber compared to the weather app on my phone. It started buzzing last night and going hysterical at 2am that there might be flash flooding today. Yeah, that's serious business, but I'm on the second floor. My kids might need to do their best dog paddle downstairs, but I'm not too worried. I eventually silenced the app and I swear I could hear sobbing from the phone.
7) Apparently Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, was taking some flack recently for not holding her baby son in the manner some veteran mothers deemed appropriate. Of course, I had to judge for myself. She's holding the 2 month old at some public event and he is looking towards her with his face nuzzled into her ample chest. At that point I stopped evaluating her as a mother and started wishing I was a baby.
8. The woman who played Violet Beauregaurde in the original "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" movie died recently. In an unfortunate turn, her family used a picture of her in a lovely dress exactly the same color as a blueberry, conjuring up the image of a 62 year old woman heading to the juicer to be squeezed.
9) Ok, for #8 I'm probably the only person who thought that.
10) I just read this article online: "Men with 'Dad Bods' are happier, more attractive to women". I'm pretty sure that was written by some dude with a dad bod.
I suppose that's it for today. Or is it?
1) I know it's the middle of the Summer, but I wonder if that guy in the Corona commercial, the one with the Christmas lights on the palm tree... I wonder if he takes those lights down for the summer or if they stay up all year. I think it would be a challenge to shinny up that 25 foot tree without a basket truck or something. And getting a basket truck onto the beach might pose a problem. Maybe the Dos Equis "most interesting man in the world" can come over and help. That's what I'm all about. Beer people helping beer people.
2) My town was super focused on getting a minor league baseball team. They had a team name and a mascot all picked out. They wooed teams from all over and made fabulous mock-ups of the "to be built" baseball stadium made out of Legos. (I really wanted to spell that Legoes but I'm not feeling that crazy today.) So anyway, they had two teams on the hook to move up here, but both of them said "Hey, you can't just build a stadium out there in the middle of field. People want infrastructure and other fun things around." So they considered putting in a marina, but I guess the fact that there is no water nearby was a problem. But they built up a ton of businesses to lure the baseball teams. A nice movie theatre with electic seats that recline and waitress service to your seat. Lots of brew pubs and a courtyard with dancing water and a Starbucks, because what development wouldn't have one. And the baseball teams saw this and they were pleased. And one of the teams signed a provisional agreement! The team was coming! So they started selling season tickets two years in advance and hired people to build the stadium. And then more businesses sprung up. Some kind of place that waxes your rear end is there (I think), so you know you've arrived. And the gigantic field for the baseball stadium and parking lot ended up being the last thing to be built. Then the baseball team reneged on its promise to move to our little strip of land and there was much sadness and the lawsuits commenced. Now the businesses that just had to be built to support minor league baseball look onto the empty lot, with nothing on it. The Firehouse Subs logo looks wistfully out where a baseball stadium should be. And this reminds me way too much of prom night.
3) Lifeguards are on like a 25 year streak of making sure that 6 year olds know that shuffling your feet really fast is still running and it won't be tolerated. Well done. To be honest, their yelling is so effective that I often wonder if they shouldn't be yelling "no drowning!" instead. Or "SWIM!!!" I said swim!
4) I'm trying to follow the words prompt for this writing assignment, but it's a challenge getting them in. Time to get more focused on the task at hand.
5) Yeah. I'm cheating. I also own a minor league baseball team.
6) I thought my mother was nervous about thunderstorms when I was growing up, but she was cool as a cucumber compared to the weather app on my phone. It started buzzing last night and going hysterical at 2am that there might be flash flooding today. Yeah, that's serious business, but I'm on the second floor. My kids might need to do their best dog paddle downstairs, but I'm not too worried. I eventually silenced the app and I swear I could hear sobbing from the phone.
7) Apparently Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, was taking some flack recently for not holding her baby son in the manner some veteran mothers deemed appropriate. Of course, I had to judge for myself. She's holding the 2 month old at some public event and he is looking towards her with his face nuzzled into her ample chest. At that point I stopped evaluating her as a mother and started wishing I was a baby.
8. The woman who played Violet Beauregaurde in the original "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" movie died recently. In an unfortunate turn, her family used a picture of her in a lovely dress exactly the same color as a blueberry, conjuring up the image of a 62 year old woman heading to the juicer to be squeezed.
9) Ok, for #8 I'm probably the only person who thought that.
10) I just read this article online: "Men with 'Dad Bods' are happier, more attractive to women". I'm pretty sure that was written by some dude with a dad bod.
I suppose that's it for today. Or is it?
51-55, M
