Random Things On A Thursday

I am still in mourning for my beloved Pittsburgh Pirates, so please forgive me if I start spouting about the Cubs, billy goats, 1908, a first baseman who fields and hits for power, and the need for robotic umpires.  Seriously, if you’re going to bother putting up the strike zone on TV just to show me how inconsistent the umpire is, don’t be surprised when I start to question the need for overweight dudes who can’t get the calls right.  Sorry.

• Kevin Corcoran passed away this week.  For those unfamiliar with the name, he was the kid in Old Yeller and the youngest kid in Swiss Family Robinson.  If you’re keeping score at home, that would be one movie that horrified me as a child, and one movie that delighted me as a child.   The kid had range.
• I wish people would stop wringing their hands about NFL players having lasting injuries when they retire.   Cut it out with the “I don’t know if I should watch football if those guys are getting hurt.”  Do you know what some of the most dangerous careers are?  Truck Driver-  In 2012 alone, 756 truck drivers died in work related incidents.  Construction Worker-  In 2013 construction industry deaths accounted for upwards of 20% of work related deaths.  I’ve worked in the trades.  You carry lasting injuries from those jobs when you retire, and no one cheers you on while you are working.  Well, there was one time, but I’m pretty sure that lady was drunk.  Look, I don’t see you saying “Ooh, I’m not sure I can shop at that store because someone who was delivering the food may have been injured or killed while he was working.” Or, “I’m not sure I can live in a house anymore because the construction industry is super dangerous.”  Life isn’t perfect.  Zip it.                      Wow. I am in a mood.
• I will now take a minute to go to my happy place.
  

  Skinny Legs. My Happy Place in St. John.

   

• Didn’t work.  Man, that game was depressing.
• I took my wife out to lunch for Mexican food today.  Normally I don’t like to try new dishes at a restaurant.  Odds are 50/50 that you’re gonna end up thinking, “Well that was a waste of 14 dollars.”  Mexican food is the king of all foods because you can’t go wrong no matter what you choose.  Nachos- delicious.  Tacos-  delicious. Burritos- delicious.  Enchiladas- delicious.  I could go on like Bubba from Forrest Gump.  The only thing you have to be wary of is that mole sauce.  That’s not for everyone.  We took my wife’s grandmother out for Mexican once, and what did she choose?  Some dish with mole sauce.  That really shouldn’t be your first Mexican dish.  You’ve been warned.
• I hope the Cubs get food poisoning.
• Good night.