Mediocre Triumphs Over Bad

Friday July 1

More box drama at work.

NOT THAT YOU SICK BASTARDS!

The grown ups did not opt for the solution I offered. My response to their solution?...

"Meh"

Real professional ed.

The point is, the problem is now solved. We can all move on from here. I certainly have.

So busy I could only sort of listen to the SOX beat the cubs in Game 1 of Round 2 of the Crosstown Traffic....er, classic. Had so many damned hearing aids going in and out of my listening device...but was able to slow down enough to follow the WhiteSOX rally in the 7th.

Alexis just ripped his bat through the zone. Then the much maligned JP hit it where they wasn't, putting the WhiteSOX ahead for good with a two run triple. To quote Dan Berstein, my favorite sports yacker these days, "Today mediocre triumphed over bad."

Met up with the Smith Family @ Eduardo's for dinner and drinkin'. Yay! Then we went back to their house for some backyard baseball...

again...NOT THAT YOU SICK BASTARDS!

...and more drinking, and more talking and more fun.

We kept the kids up past 11:30pm. They all looked gassed.



Saturday July 2

Worked around the yard with the boy and watched mediocre pick up a cheap-ass win over bad. I know they're all professionals and there are no cheap-ass wins in MLB.

But this was a cheap-ass win

Poor bad, even when they get great pitching they find a way, at key points in the game, to revert back to bad.

That's a helluva a mean to revert back to...a mean mean.



Sunday July 3

Busted out the new grill. Al brought steaks from the South Side. Our new backyard friend served us well.

What's with me and all the backyard references these days?

Don't be judgin'

Only one steak got a bit burn-y.

Took the family out to Ollie's for custard. I can't remember who drove or what I ate. The 4th of July officially began for me at that moment...

...whenever it was.