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| FBR in Playground Mode |
I’m surprised my television remote is
not a puddle of melted slag after last night’s workout. Somehow I was able to
watch both the Red Sox playoff game and the Patriots’ game without missing a
key play in either. I relied on a dizzying display of TV remote manipulation
that would have impressed Liberace (for his piano playing of course you dirty
minded SOBs). It also helped to have the glacial pace baseball is now played
at. I could see a whole series of downs of the football game and return to the
baseball game to find the same batter up. Baseball should take note of how
badly they compare when seasons overlap as to why they’re losing a whole generation
of viewers.
Both games were incredibly exciting with
the Red Sox responding as they have all year long when you think they’re ready
to fold. They survived a David Price start and a Craig Kimbrell finish to tie
up their series with the world champs. The Patriots game against a very good
Kansas City team was heartstoppingly exciting. The Patriots played one half of
defense which was a half more than the previously undefeated Chiefs did. When Brady
got the ball back with 3 minutes left in a tie game I felt almost serene. It’s
hard to feel good about the second half defense but a win is a win even it was
43-40.
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| Man Cave Indignities |
I watched the games in the midst of
the indignity the Man Cave has been subjected to. I had to disassemble part of the
set up in preparation for the plumber to excavate into the walls since that’s
where the needed connections are. Oh yeah, we now have a plumber who starts
work today. It was a fairly quiet weekend as I tried to get my Favorite
Panamanian to rest and recover from her pneumonia. I was moderately successfully
but she did break free to drag me to a shopping expedition on Sunday for a brief
time. We were buying a toilet for the new master bath and I didn’t know there
were so many options. Like any good infantryman I’m happy just having a toilet,
any toilet, but my wife was better versed in the options available. She was
very impressed with one that bragged you could flush a bucket of golf balls
down it. I told her it was unlikely we would need that capability and we
eventually settled on one that was much heavier than it looked. I, of course,
said it would be no problem lifting into and out of the car (damned male
pride).
We spoke with both granddaughters over
the weekend. The BRS is rounding back into shape after her own bout with a
cold. She was back into hyper-mobility mode which had both my son and Riggins
on the run. My son is nearing the end of his wall building project and looked a
little worse for the wear. I felt bad I hadn’t been able to get up there to
help again but the last thing they needed was a sick Panamanian in the house.
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| Possibly the 1000th FBR Viewing of the Littlest Mermaid |
The FBR was up to her usual hijinks
over the weekend with gymnastics and playground domination. The attached video
keeps making me smile. She was at her friend’s house and modeled some sort of
costume which included a couple of her patented dance moves. Last night she
kept stealing her mother’s IPad while we were talking and hiding us in the ball
tent. I’d like to think she thought of it as a game.
Since my wife was feeling better we
took in a movie, A Star is Born. This was much better than I expected. I think
this is the first time I’d ever seen Lady Gaga without a mountain of strange
makeup and/or dead animal flesh covering her. She’s very, very good and there
is no denying the voice which is incredible. This was Bradley Cooper’s first
directorial film and he also stars as the inevitably tragic major star who discovers
the plucky struggling artist and falls in love. This was so much better than
the Streisand effort in the 1970s as Cooper is tone perfect and the scenes
between him and Sam Elliott who plays his much older brother just crackle.
There is undeniable chemistry between Gaga and Cooper as well which is integral
to the story. Even though you know where it’s headed after the prior three
versions this was still wildly entertaining. Gaga should wear less makeup as
she has screen presence to spare and more than held her own with the top notch
actor she was on screen with.
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RECURRING CHARACTERS
BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel - second granddaughter; FBR
- First Blog Reader - first granddaughter, ABFA –
Amazing Best Family Athlete = my daughter in law, formerly known both as MEF – Most Excellent Fiancé
& MEG – Most Excellent Girlfriend; 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 involed in planning; Maine and
Virginia Musqueteras – two close friends of my wife – her US sisters,
my wife is the 3rdmusquetera (musketeer); Buddy – AKA
the Wonder Pooch – family dog, a black lab – hates squirrels, died
in 2017; Riggins - also known as the Grandpuppy,
son's dog, surrogate grandchild while awaiting arrival of the BRS; 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; Excellent Boss – my former direct boss at
work; Voices of Inappropriate Worth - members of public who
come to every Worcester public meeting to complain, all are on public
assistance along with demeanor issues
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