I’m tired as hell tonight, so I’ll make this brief. We played beanbags
tonight, there were not very many people there tonight. We only had 4
teams. And, the hot dude from last time wasn’t there. I was put on a
team with the one chick. She was cool and pretty good. I played pretty
good against Mark’s team, but we lost, Mark’s partner owned the bar, so
needless to say, he was pretty damn good. The next series was against
Matt and his friend Mike. I was smokin, and we one. The last game 
I had to throw against this chick that had a really funky form and she
looked like she would almost fall over each time she threw. Natually,
she kicked my ass. She did pretty good, but I was awful. Her team mate
was the dude that runs the whole thing, and he was good in the first
game. The 2nd game he sorta sucked, but I was even worse, and we bowed
out. Mark and his teammate actually wound up winning the whole thing,
and Mark got $20 for his trouble.

Well, I’ll be brief about yesterday. Ben Gordon was at the Meijer in
Bolingbrook. I called Saturday to see when he would be there, they said
1:30PM-3:30PM and suggested I arrive early. I arrived at 12:50ish. The
line was very very very very very very long. It was crazy. Once I got
to the end of it, I found out he was going to be there from 1PM-2:30PM.
My only hope was that he had forgotten to set his clock back. But,
being a millionaire athelete, you can pay people to tell you the time
by the minute. Long story and line short, I waited for 2 hours and
never even saw him. We ran out of time before I even got close to the
front. They did pass out a pic of him, but it wasn’t signed. Still, a
cool pic. I think he should’ve been signing with 2 hands, it would have
moved things along. Of course, it wouldn’t be very neat, but shit,
everybody gets an autograph then. I did spend the whole time in line
behind some hot kid, we talked off and on about the Cubs.

Speaking of the Cubs, today is one of my favorite days of the year:
Opening day! And the Cubs POUNDED the D-backs. Of course, they won’t be
able to do that everyday. I’m very excited about this season, but I do
know they need some help if they want to win. They need a closer. Even
if they go to the playoffs with Hawkins as their closer, I have no
confidence in him. Still, I expect them to contend, provided there are
no major injuries. It should be a fun season. Every year, when the
season ends, I have a void. Sure, football and basketball are great,
and I truely love both, but its not like baseball. Baseball is
different. It special. Even though I know a lot of the players are or
were on ‘roids, I still love it, although it does take away from the
game. But, what can I say, I just can’t stay away. So, with that being
said, here is my baseball preview. Cubs, no playoffs. Sox, no playoffs,
but maybe a better record than the Cubs. Top to bottom, they have a
stronger team. Yanks and Red Sox will meet in the playoffs again, and I
think the Sox will win again. The yanks have great pitching, but I
don’t think it will hold up. Oh, and the best thing of all, because he
might miss half the season, no MVP for Bonds.

It figures. 24 finally introduces a SMOKIN’ character, and they kill
him off after only 20 minutes of screen time. Its like, where the hell
have you been all these years, and they have to kill you. They didn’t
even strip him and touture him, like so many others. Just BOOM! the
plan is shot down. Fucking show. Oh, and for those of you that watch
it, you know who I’m talking about.

Well, it looks like the pope is going to die. I could offer my ugly
opinion on this, but I will reserve that for another time. Instead, I
chose to go the only other direction I know……….HUMOR! So, what do
you think happens to the pope’s stuff when he dies? I mean, honestly,
its not like he has a wife or kids to leave it to.This is the first
pope to die in the internet age, do you think any of it will wind up on
E-bay? Sorta like “get it now, its the pope’s toothbrush”. And what
about the wonderful and amazing pope-mobile? Does that automatically go
to the next pope, or do they buy a new pope-mobile and use the old one
as a trade in? I bet they can get a lot of money for it. You know, old
people don’t drive very often or go very far, I bet he only used it to
go to the store and church……….ok, and maybe to play bingo, but
thats about it. There can’t be anymore than about 25,000 miles on it.
As for the pope’s clothes, do they become hand me downs? I can’t
imagine they will just give his clothes to Good Will, after all its the
pope’s clothes. And being the pope’s clothes, they probably won’t throw
it them out either. See, thats where Ebay comes in. I think there are a
lot of Catholics that would pay big bucks for a pair of the popes
jeans, or the boxers he wore at his last Christmas mass. And, correct
me if I’m wrong, but can’t the church use the money? The money can go
towards a down payment on the new pope mobile………..complete with
an MP3 player and a PS2. And, they are going to have to give the pope’s
crib a really good cleaning, you know how those old people’s houses
have “that smell.” I’m sure he also collected junk too………shit,
when my mom died, we found gas bills from the 60s, the pope being well
into his 80s they might find electric bills from the 40s. And what
about life insurance? Being pope, I’m sure he had some sort of killer
insurance plan, but with no kids, who gets it? And did the pope invest?
He could have tons of money. Where does it all go? I guess he would get
a pretty lavish funeral, but surely there would have to be money left
over. Well, I’m sure they will come up with something. After all, they
are going to have to pay the movers for when the new pope moves in.

I’m amazed at how many people in the Chicagoland area have never heard
of Lou Malnati’s pizza………….the world famous Lou Malnati’s
pizza. Actually, I don’t know if it is world famous, they claim it is,
but if a lot of people in the Chicagoland area have not heard of it,
than how famous can it be? Anywho, we ordered it for lunch today at
work, since a few people there had never even heard of it. Hot damn, it
was SOOOOOO fucking good, it really hit the spot, I haven’t had it
since my AAA days.

I went to Denny’s with Danel tonight. Every time she and I talk, we
always talk about religon. This time, we got into a deep debate about
religon. She mentioned how CREATION is fact. I mentioned that it
wasn’t, I even went as far as to say evolution wasn’t fact (although, I
have heard otherwise). We continued on, and she said several times
that  I was going to hell. I asked her if she really thought that
and she said she didn’t know, but if even if I am a good person, if I
don’t ask for forgivness of my sins, I would go to hell. Then, the guy
behind us (who I think might have been gay) turned around and
politely  took issue with what she said. The 3 of us debated
religon for another 20  minutes or so. This guy was pretty
interesting and knew a lot about religon. He seemed to be religious,
but very open minded. He said in addtion to owning a bible, he also has
a copy of the (and please forgive these spellings) Koran, the Tora, the
King James bible, the Satanic bible and a couple of others I can’t
recall. He obviously knew his shit, and really put me to shame with his
knowledge, but it was very interesting. He also mentioned that
Washington and Jefferson were both Masons. Danel mentioned to me later
that every president except Lincoln and Kennedy were Masons, and, of
course, we all knew what happened to them. It makes me wonder, do you
think they were killed because they weren’t Masons, or was it just a
coincidence?
 
In the both on the other side of us, there was a hot guy facing me. I
enjoyed catching glances of him throughout the night, even though he
had a girlfriend. There were also a couple of hot twinks that came in
towards the end of the night, and they both seemed gay. Man, sometimes,
the people at Denny’s are so hot.

Well, it seems to be the big story of the day (at least until the pope
kicks it) so you know I have to throw my two cents in. Terry Schivo
died. I know the parents are probably very distraught right now (and
rightfully so………agree or disagree with them, they still lost
their daughter) but at least now their is peace. For them. For the
husband. For all her friends and family. But, most of all, for her. The
parents don’t understand it now, but once their lives get back on
track, things will be better. I hope that this whole tragic experience
brings some things to light. First of all, how important it is to make
clear to loved ones how you want to be handled in a similar situation
and make sure to put that in a will. Most importanly, though, people
need to understand and learn from what happened to her. She was bulimic
and because of that, had a heart attack and wound up in the state that
she was in. People (mostly teenaged girls, but anybody really) need to
realize what can happen if they don’t get help for their bulimia. I
know this might sound rather……….er………mean, but we can learn
from Terry Schivo. When something tragic happens like this, if nothing
else, something good has to come from it, and usually that something
good is learning from it. I hope everybody comes away learning and
doing what they need to prevent this from happening to themselves.

So, the pope is going to die soon.

Looks like the NFL might have a steroid problem too. Not that its a
suprise. There has long been ‘roids in the NFL, but Todd
Sauerbraun?  A punter? I mean, honestly, what the hell does a
punter need steroids for? Then again, it is Todd Sauerbrun, and he is a
fucking dumbass. Nevertheless, Congress wasted no time with this, they
have already asked NFL Comish Paul Taglieabue (spelling please) to
appear before a committee, just like the baseball players. Stay tuned.
This is only the begining.