The Ramirez cartoon says it all I suppose, but the cartoonist has more to say.
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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Only time
11 years. Still hard to watch. Impossible to forget.
God Bless America.
One of the heroes from that fateful day.
Bank of America hates the full moon
As a nice bookend to my previous post, I offer you this.
Hell, it’s not like he was breaking empty beer cases or anything…
The way things were…
I found this document linked below in my father’s papers. Not sure of its provenance, but my grandfather worked for Delta Transportation. Cook’s was a brewer in Evansville and Delta riverboats carried their beer to Memphis.
Sometimes history is a sad thing to encounter.
Spaghetti
The obligatory picture of my incredibly cute granddaughter enjoying her spaghetti dinner.
Chuckin’ the spears
I’ve got a pretty sweet dart setup at the house. Only problem is that I rarely put it to use. I play one night a week here in Columbia versus three or four (or more) when I’m in Korea. Consequently, my game really suffers from rust and it takes me a few weeks in Korea to get back up to speed.
For me, it is easy to get motivated to head out to the bar for some beers, social interaction, and honest to goodness competition. Throwing at my home board by myself is pretty uninspiring. Still, they say if you want to get better you have to work at it. And playing with myself (shuddup!) sure does feel like work. But these past few days I’m putting forth the effort. Hopefully, it will pay off next time I’m standing at the oche.
Greetings Earthlings
Sorry to disappoint, but the blog ain’t dead yet. Life support perhaps, but I’m still liable to show up here whenever you least expect it.
Fact of the matter is my American life is pretty much plain vanilla. Which is to say, I’ve not been cursed to live in interesting times. So, there’s that.
Had a nice weekend in DC over Labor Day with my old friends Duke and Ji Young. It was nice hanging out, and I know Jee Yeun enjoyed having someone to share some Korea talk with again. Although there was one incident in a hotel restroom. No, no, not what your thinking. Jee Yeun and Ji Young were chatting between the stalls, and some woman occupying another stall gave them the old “you’re in America, speak English” routine. Ah well, sad people living sad empty lives are best ignored I suppose.
While in DC (actually, Sterling, VA) I played in a big dart tourney. Lots of pros in attendance (including the top 3 U.S. players) so there was no illusion going in about winning any cash. I made it out of the first round in both my events, so there’s that. I wound up losing to the player ranked 40th, but I gave him a game of it, so I’ll take whatever satisfaction that gives. Which isn’t a lot, but still, I always learn something about the game when I play against the best.
We travel back to Korea next month for a 90 day sojourn. Jee Yeun’s fiancee visa has finally been approved, but of course it has to be issued from the American Embassy in Korea.
I’m looking forward to the change of pace of my Korea life. Hell, who knows? Maybe I’ll find something worthy of blogging while I’m there.
And so it goes.