A play. Wish I could go to one of Larry's plays.
Would you rather go to a baseball game or a hockey game?
Sorry, neither. The only mustards I care for are spicy.
WYR go to a regular play or a dinner theater?
Hi Jack. I am glad you decided to drop by and say hi to the gang.
I have read a few of Jack's (JPemment1) stories on his website. They were quite good.
I watch the Cubs and Whitesox games the morning after they play due to blackout restrictions on MLB-TV. If you remember, please do not spoil the games for me. The Cubs are hosting the Braves for the next three days. Do not worry if you mention the games before I watch them. I will watch them in the evening instead. By then I probably will have forgotten. Yes, my short-term memory is that bad.
I have caught up with my in-box reading and I enjoyed all the stories.
I hope no one will object if I bring my cats, Bubblegum and Butterscotch, with me sometime in the future.
I will treat myself with a cuppa Earl Grey today, then I will be off. Have a great day, my friends.
The Chicago Whitesox baseball game.
It would be nice if we had enough readers to score the stories to reach the magical ten scores. It was not that long ago that a good story would receive at least 20-25 votes as a minimum, or is my memory lying to me again?
I checked, and we have had 98 members active this month. Maybe 20-30 of those joined and never returned. That still leaves about 70 members. Are they not reading any stories or reading but not scoring?
If you are a writer, you should be helping your fellow writers on Stories Space. Comments always helped me to improve, thanks to the helpful criticism I would get.
<steps off the soapbox> Some green tea, please, and some grapes I brought. I have enough for everyone, so help yourself.
Good evening my friends,
I will have some mint tea today.
Yesterday's visit and dinner with my oldest offspring and his wife was great.
Scott, you should try golf. It was my favorite sport that I sucked at. It is one of the only sports that has an advantage for being bad. You get to hit the ball more times. If my friend and I played 18 and I shot 100 compared to their 85, we paid the same price, but I got 15 more swings. That is great!
Do not worry about the Nationals. They have a good team. They are just short-handed because they screwed up their Covid-19 protocols.
Today I watched a story on Vox YouTube concerning how, even after all the post-apartheid changes, little has actually changed about segregation and economic opportunities in South Africa. After further research online, including information and statistics from the South African government, it seems that very little has changed in practical terms. It has only been a little more than half a century since the last 'Jim Crow' racist laws were overturned in the US, and race relations are much better but still are far from perfect. It seems that it will take several generations in South Africa to have meaningful reforms, but I hope they are on the right path. Growing up during the later years of the Civil Rights era has made me appreciate the great strides we have made in America and how much work still remains.
Looking at South Africa's situation has given me a chance to evaluate our progress, usually two steps forward and then one step back, in the US.
Thank you, Bill! Your postings of submission opportunities are always welcome. I assume that the Haiku form they are looking for is based on syllables and not kireji.
Hi everyone!
I am spending today at my oldest son's house. We are going out to dinner, my first night out in more than a year, when his wife gets home. It feels so good to be able to do this since now I am vaccinated.
Cubs got crushed yesterday 8-2 by the Pirates, the weakest team in the majors. BTW Larry, Musgrove was not a mediocre pitcher, he was brought up to the majors earlier than he should have and pitched for a weak team. He has always been considered a true prospect. It is really nice to see him blooming into the pitcher he is capable of being. I hope he continues to do well throughout the season.
Green tea, hot, for me. No cookies, I have put on about 10 pounds this month.
Well, I am back. What, no one noticed?! Your vacation from my nonsense is over until it happens again, and it will.
Roland's mind went on vacation for about a week, and it has taken a few days to recover. The LBD is in its late fourth stage and slipping into early 5th stage of the disease. I can not complain. I was initially diagnosed to enter the seventh stage in 2017, which usually ends with death in 6-9 months. I am literally living on borrowed time and loving it. Days of not really existing will become more common and last longer from now on. I went almost a month with only minor lapses, and that is unusual. BTW, the week of bad time may have started because I got dehydrated. How could that happen? I was drinking lots of tea here in the breakroom.
I have been watching many baseball games, but only the last three days are in my memory. I did go back and watch the highlights. Some great stuff like watching the excellent fielding centerfielder for the White Sox misjudge a fly ball, and the ball bounced off his head into rightfield for a three-base error. It is too early to worry about your teams' records. I do not start paying serious attention until the end of April. Too bad the Washington Senators missed several games and have had to start the season without many of their best players due to Covid-19 concerns. I was looking forward to seeing if Schwarber could step up to the next level with Washington. If he does, he becomes one of the best offensive players in baseball.
I have a significant backlog of stories to catch up with my reading; I will be starting tomorrow.
Political joke: What do you call the 50% of white Republicans who say they will not take the Covid-19 vaccine? Evolution in motion.
Till tomorrow stay healthy and happy, my friends.
P.S. My wife and I are going to watch 'Godzilla vs. Kong' next week.
I am up early this morning, so I will get the coffee and tea kettle started. Brought some donuts and bagels. The cream cheese and honey are right here too.
Got a special treat for everyone. My daughter-in-law, Melissa, made my favorite, German chocolate cake. So, everyone enjoy.
Where did all the cookies go? Jeff, you cookie bandit, what have you done?
Watching the Cubs-Dodgers game from last night. They are starting the 4th inning and both pitchers are throwing perfect games!
My two kittens, Bubblegum and Butterscotch, have learned to jump up on my lap while I am at the computer. They like to jump up on the keyboard.
Everyone have a good day.
Granted... but you are too big to fit into the toaster; besides, you are out of butter to slather upon your brown self.
I wish I were as funny as Bill the Rumpled.
Granted... but you will be thoroughly bored.
I wish my wife would quit snoring.
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