Just thought I’d let Sports Illustrated know the line that finally drove me over the edge. After reading it, I went to my computer and canceled my subscription.
That type of day.
I didn’t get to sleep last night because it was windy and loud and I thought someone was walking around my backyard. Fun stuff.
Joe Posnanski I’m not.
My twenties began with a trip to the Old Country Buffet at the Ford City mall in Chicago (it was funny then, and it’s downright hysterical now), and will officially end tomorrow with a trip to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. I’m not sad. Here are some notable moments form the last decade:
Trip to Old Country Buffet on 20th birthday
New Year’s Day, 2004 at “The Spa”
The Snow Game (with Grant)
Getting my first real job
Seeing the Red Sox, Patriots and Cubs win World Championships
Going to outdoor Radiohead concert in Vancouver
Dollar “pots” of beer in Melbourne, Australia
Dating Natalie Portman
Family moving to Alaska and Arizona
Directing “No Country For Old Men”
Finishing the Saturday New York Times crossword puzzle
Doing the 5 Borough Bike Tour and Tour de Bronx
Driving the Pacific Coast Highway
Meeting lots of nice and nice-looking people, occasionally women
Becoming a grandfather
Meeting Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Barry Bonds, Michael Bloomberg and Benjamin Goldfein
Writing this list
I don’t have much to write today. I’m still working on an essay, so I’m using up my sports writing on that. I’m having a gingerbread latte from Dunkin Donuts. It doesn’t really taste like gingerbread, but I couldn’t tell you what it tastes like. It’s still pretty good. When I went to order it, I asked if they had it, and the woman immediately said, “No, not anymore”… until she realized I hadn’t actually asked for the Pumpkin Spice Latte, which is gone til November. Always trying to stay one step of the curve.
I just dropped 492 points on Edgar in Scrabulous.
We have a game in the office. It’s called the “Mega Bloks” game. Mega Bloks is a toy company, and at one point before I worked here, they sent these little Duplo-looking construction worker plastic dudes to us. They have a button that says “Mega Bloks” in their chest, and when you press it, it makes one of three noises: dude either says “Mega Bloks,” laughs or whistles. This led to the most obvious game of all time: predict what Mega Bloks guy will say. It’s a very difficult game, as the odds are exponentially bad at getting more than one. The record is 9, by Matt Lynch, the odds of which are 1 in 19,683. The best I’ve done is 7. I’ve failed many, many times. But the key here is we get dozens of games, nerf guns, videos etc., and the only thing that survives is the Mega Bloks game. It’s the best. In fact, I’m going to play right now.
I say Mega Bloks (I always start with Mega Bloks): Mega Bloks
I whistle: it whistles.
I whistle again: it laughs. And I lose.
It was that quick. I’ll admit, I was going off the board by picking 2 in a row. You have to be bold for that. It rarely happens, and why the 1 in 19,683 is probably not all that accurate. But it does happen. Okay, one more time.
Mega Bloks: Mega Bloks (in truth, I just wait until it says MB and start at one)
Laugh: laugh.
Whistle: laugh.
Dammit.
Frito-Lay is attempting to make an environmentally-friendly (neutral?) potato chip factory.
Going to start clearing a backlog of ideas from the last week and posting some of the stuff I’ve written.
To my friends Mike and Laura, who got engaged last weekend. I almost want the Phillies to win the World Series to make it even better for them, but I almost want a lot of things.
The first weekends of the fall bring the first pickup football games and, on Monday, that familiar feeling of not being able to walk. Limping around the office today, I’m about to continue working on my longer story.
I’m working on a longer essay, so I’m not writing as much here at the moment. Enjoy The Office.
Lots of work to do, so here’s an amusing video I found on YouTube:
Bryan Joiner 