Lucas ate a hot fudge sundae last night. And Alicia and I made sure he ate every last bite. In other words, he made the baseball team and he's going to be the starter at 2nd base this year. He promised me he’d eat something good to celebrate instead of those nonfat yogurt and beet … Continue reading Lucas Makes It! (part 1)
Month: February 2020
A New Baseball Pupil (last part)
Noah Clarke is a 9th grader whose father wants me to tutor him the way I’ve been working with Lucas and Cody. I had a game of catch with Noah a few days ago and I’m afraid I wasn’t impressed. It’s not that the kid had no skills and was a total klutz (like Shoshanah … Continue reading A New Baseball Pupil (last part)
A New Baseball Pupil (part 1)
It’s not one of Meemaw’s sayings, but it’s still a saying: when it rains, it pours. No sooner did I get hired to work at the L****** than my phone rang. I mean I was literally still waiting for the hotel valet to bring me the shitbox when it rang. I told whoever it was … Continue reading A New Baseball Pupil (part 1)
Ryan’s First Game
So the Parrots have themselves a new pitcher. Ryan’s had one heck of a complicated life, even if he’s only 23. He’s been ‘clean’ from drugs for getting on 4 months now, works in a little Mexican restaurant, and lives in a ‘sober living’ in Eagle Rock. He’s doing a dang good job of getting … Continue reading Ryan’s First Game
The Uncoolest Thing in Baseball
Ok, so there’s one thing you don’t do in sports. You don’t cheat. This means you, Houston Astros. I realize that the pressures to win something as big as a World Series are huge and that sometimes people can be led astray by that, but you have to realize that the thing that suffers the … Continue reading The Uncoolest Thing in Baseball
Valentine’s Day 2020 (last part)
So for Valentine’s Day this year, I had a bunch of calla lilies (her favorite flowers), a heart-shaped box of Whitman’s Sampler, a gift certificate for ballroom dancing lessons for the two of us…and a 6’ giant panda. I made sure to dress in a way Joyce likes to see me: blue stripe shirt, jeans, … Continue reading Valentine’s Day 2020 (last part)
Valentine’s Day 2020 (part 1)
It’s Valentine’s Day again – and if y’all remember it was because of a Valentine’s Day experience (a Valentine’s Day nightmare) that I started my blog in the first place. It’s two years later now…and things are real different because I’ve got an awesome girlfriend rather than…well, you can click on the link and find … Continue reading Valentine’s Day 2020 (part 1)
The Rest of my First Week
My first day at the hotel went well. There was a lot to remember and get used to…this isn’t like any job I’ve ever had before, although the Gap did at least teach me how to deal with unhappy and difficult customers. We get those. On the third day I was working, the day Chris … Continue reading The Rest of my First Week
A New Pitcher for the Parrots (last part)
I do gotta admit that I had a talk with Keaton about the Parrots’ new pitcher Ryan and his story. Keaton’s the person I know who comes closest to Ryan’s kind of experience – although Keaton’s had this fun, adventurous life, and Ryan’s has been like a nightmare from the sound of it. “Why are … Continue reading A New Pitcher for the Parrots (last part)
A New Pitcher for the Parrots (part 1)
We’ve had a personnel change on the Parrots. It came as a big surprise a few weeks ago when Malik, our pitcher, told Josh that last season would be his last with us. He said his classes at Cal Tech were getting too demanding timewise. He said he was gonna miss playing with us a … Continue reading A New Pitcher for the Parrots (part 1)
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