The Bars Close Again

I’ve told y’all that I didn’t think Keaton was going to give up his part-time job with Amazon when the bars opened up and he could get his old job at the Volcano back. He didn’t. And it’s a good thing, too. He, Miguel and Dani were all in their usual positions when the Volcano … Continue reading The Bars Close Again →

Fathers Day 2020

It’s somehow gotten to be Fathers Day again. I’ve lost all track of time: can y’all believe that the whole craziness with the toilet paper was 3 months ago already? But here we are, one day past the first day of summer. Since it’s Fathers Day, I’m going to write some more about Dad. One … Continue reading Fathers Day 2020 →

Reopening Updates (last part)

I've been giving y'all news of everyone now that the quarantine is ending. Where the Parrots are concerned, everyone working from home is still working from home, Sloppy Joe’s grandfather in the nursing home is still doing ok, and, as of this week, Dave’s back to work as a waiter. He’s super glad about that. … Continue reading Reopening Updates (last part) →

Reopening Updates (part 1)

It looks as though things are getting a little back to normal again, although I don’t think it’s going to be a very normal kind of normal. I mean, yeah, businesses are opening up and stuff like that, but there’ll be all kinds of new rules to make it possible to keep up social distancing…so … Continue reading Reopening Updates (part 1) →

Dating Bridgit (last part)

Like I’ve been telling you, sophomore year at MT I dated a girl named Bridgit with whom I had some pretty amazing sexual chemistry. That was the first time I experienced something like that, and so we became a couple even though I reckon we weren’t too compatible otherwise. College is a communal experience, and, … Continue reading Dating Bridgit (last part) →

Dating Bridgit (part 2)

My sophomore year at MT I got involved with a girl named Bridgit I met in a sociology class I was taking. I sat next to her for one of the lectures, and I asked for her phone number on the way out. She gave it to me…then asked me to call her phone so … Continue reading Dating Bridgit (part 2) →

Dating Bridgit (part 1)

Things just seem to be going from bad to worse these days, so I’m going to keep on not writing about current events and find happier things to blog about. Although I reckon I’ll be able to tell my grandchildren about the time that we had a curfew imposed on top of a quarantine, it’s … Continue reading Dating Bridgit (part 1) →

Getting Tested for COVID-19

So Joyce has been after me to get tested for COVID for a few weeks now. She’s been worried about the virus a lot more than I’ve been, but I suspect she’s got one of those complicating conditions that make it much worse when you get the virus. She’s never really talked about her health … Continue reading Getting Tested for COVID-19 →

Baseball Moms (last part)

One of my roommates when I was playing in Hickory was Slater Hughes, and he probably had the worst baseball mom in the history of the game. She made a surprise visit to our apartment early in the season, and it didn’t go well for any of us. After Slater played what was probably the … Continue reading Baseball Moms (last part) →

Baseball Moms (part 2)

Slater Hughes was our 1st baseman the year I was playing with the Crawdads. He was only 19 when he got to Hickory, and was pretty retarded socially, thanks to his dominating mother. I helped Slater get a girlfriend, which was great…until Slater let the cat out of the bag to his mother one night … Continue reading Baseball Moms (part 2) →