As any ardent member of Red Sox nation will attest –
the Yankees are a monumental pain in the ass. The typical New Yorker will
probably take that as a compliment. Fine. Somehow these Bronx twerps are now
messing with my planned 48 state tour this summer. One of the places on my
itinerary was to stop by the Dyersville, Iowa location of the Field of Dreams
movie site. I thought I’d arrive there in early August. Yesterday I ran into this
news story on Facebook (see link below). They’re building an 8000 seat baseball
stadium adjacent to the movie site and the Yankees will play the White Sox
there on August 13! Those – A-holes! I can’t get away from them even in a
desolate corner of Iowa. This does, however, help me pinpoint a departure date.
I’ll hang around New England to celebrate my Favorite Son’s birthday and then
hit the road so I can be in and out Iowa before the hoopla gets underway.
This has been a weird winter. Since I live in New England
that is semi-redundant. After an almost balmy January we’ve had two straight
days of ice which is a pain almost rivalling the Pinstripers mentioned above.
We also have some very confused wildlife. I looked out my office window yesterday
and saw a huge gathering of Canada Geese. I guess they didn’t get the memo
about flying south for the winter. My theory is that a new TJ Maxx opened in Northern
Manitoba and these guys couldn’t break away to make their normal flight
schedule. I know a certain Panamanian for which this would be a plausible
scenario.
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RECURRING
CHARACTERS
BR3
– inbound
granddaughter #3, BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel
- second granddaughter; FBR - First Blog
Reader - first granddaughter, ABFA –
Amazing Best Family Athlete = my daughter in law; Wingman – my son in law; Keene
Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school from my home town of Keene,
NH; Soxfather - my brother in law; Great Aunt - my elder sister; Cantankerous Friend – friend since
grade school who likes to argue about everything, poses as radical leftist to
attract women; Pittsburgh College
Roommate – high school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which
grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got involved in planning; Maine and Virginia Musqueteras – two
close friends of my wife – her US sisters, my wife is the 3rd musquetera
(musketeer); Riggins - also known as
the Grandpuppy, son's dog; PanaGals
– female relatives/friends of my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin Mafia – inevitable group of Latino friends my wife
accumulates wherever we have lived & their spouses; Neighborhood Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia
member, Favorite Panamanian - the
wife (of course); First Friday –
celebrations to mark the First Friday of the Week; Curbside Girls – close friends of my daughter acquired during her
single days in Brooklyn
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