September 29, 2007

  • I have a friend, Tom, who is in the Air Force and recently returned from Iraq. His wife and kids are in Louisville and he was able to come home a couple of weeks early because his wife, Julie, had major back surgery. One of the tv stations in Louisville was there to capture his return on video and here is the link:

    http://www.whas11.com/sharedcontent/VideoPlayer/videoPlayer.php?s=y&vidId=176762&catId=49

    GREATEST. VIDEO. EVER.

    I'm very happy for them that he is home and all of our friends are relieved that he made it through the death hole that is Iraq safe and sound. Tom has always been one of the more interesting people I have ever known and hopefully, they will be able to make it up here before he is stationed somewhere else (I think he is going to North Carolina next). Ideally, I would love all of us to Louisville and see them, but honestly, that is a pipe dream right now, what with kids in school and planning a trip with my friends is never easy.

    Thursday night at Clem's, Heather, Toby and I were sitting at the bar talking amongst ourselves. I mentioned somebody about Scooty (a friend of ours, it is his nickname) and my niece Addison. This drunken biker dude sitting next to us decided that he wanted to dip in the conversation and asked what "Scoobys and Addison is". This is how I, with a straight face, responded:

    Me: "Its a nasty disease that my brother had when we were growing up. Its a really bad rash that gets under the toe nails.

    Biker jackass: "Ewwwww, that sounds awful."

    Me: "Oh yeah, it was. Very painful, only cure is to put some sort of balm underneath the toenails."

    Biker jackass (with a pained look on his face): "Oooooo. I have a friend who is tough as nails who had gout in his feet, now I don't know what that is, but it was really painful."

    The whole time, Toby and Heather sat there fighting not to laugh, in fact, Heather turned away from the biker dude and started to laugh. It was classic and the best part is that this guy was none the wiser.

    Last night I hung out with Craig, we went on our third date. I got to his house about 7:30ish and we wound up going to a sports bar in Homer Glen called Pelican Pete's? Larry's? I dunno, it was Pelican something. We watched the Cubs game and when that was done, watched the Brewers. After they lost and the Cubs won the division, we went back to his house and watched tv for a little while.

    That brings me to the Cubs!!! I'm so excited that they are back in the playoffs. Back in '03 after they lost, I said something that as a Cub fan, was very dumb. Shortly after they were eliminated, I said "Although this really sucks and really hurts, they are a good young team, they should be back in the playoffs next year and contending for several years." Ok, so things didn't exactly go the way I said they would for the next 3 seasons. Let's just pretend they didn't happen and hopefully they can make me forget about those years. I know that realistically, they probably won't win the World Series and might not even get out of the first round. But, the mere fact that they are there is enough to get me excited. GO CUBS!!!

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