Stopped by a thrift store on the way home yesterday. I usually swing by the sporting goods section and check out the golf clubs, golf bags, weights, and baseball gloves. Normally I don’t look closely at baseballs, but for some reason I picked up a ball that was partially buried under other stuff. It was an official National League baseball from 1986-1988 – stamped with the signature of then NL president / future commissioner Bartlett Giamatti, in decent shape. A steal at 77 cents. I was so excited that I forgot to ask for the senior discount. That photo wasn’t the actual ball, but one I found on eBay selling for $28.00.
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Worked til 6:15 Tuesday night. Did some extra talking about inventory issues with my new boss, who seems ok. Yesterday New Boss was wearing a Patagonia jacket and my favorite kind of pants: lightweight North Face hiking pants that convert into shorts. But it would’ve been weird for me to have said “Hey – nice pants!”
Tech beats Syracuse: Didn’t I just say last week that it had been a while since Tech had pulled an upset like this? Last year they upset Miami. Syracuse is really in a funk, or maybe they aren’t as good as everyone thought. I do love their throwback uniforms.
Some people may get the wrong perception about Miller because he doesn’t look like a fierce killer. Instead he gets labeled a gentle giant. Didn’t Coach K praise Miller before the recent Duke game? Recently Sports Illustrated profiled two tall brothers playing center for New Mexico State: Sim and Tanveer Bhullar. Their parents moved to Toronto from India. Sim is a 7’5” 310 lb sophomore (size 22 shoe) who averaged 10.1 points, 6.7 RB, 2.4 blocks as the conference freshman of the year. His 85 blocks set the conference record. Tanveer is a 7’3” 290 lb redshirt freshman.
One in 50,000 American men 6’2” – 6’4” aged 20-40 are NBA basketball players. Only one in six American men at least 7 feet tall aged 20-40 are NBA basketball players.
Just thought of something. Since I stopped buying and drinking diet soft drinks and started drinking more water and low calorie kool aid I have gained more weight. I think the real reason I’ve gained weight is that I am exercising less. Guess that means I can’t go back to drinking lots of diet coke.
Birthday Clubs: I read all this when it came out. Fun to do if you have the time. Half the list is places I had never heard of. Most come with qualifiers. It’s free for you, but unless you eat alone you pay a bunch for whoever is eating with you. I’m a member of a few birthday clubs. At Moes you get a free menu item. Baskin Robbins free ice cream cone. The free birthday Fuddruckers burger is good. Burgers at Ruby Tuesday and Red Robin. Used to get a free Firehouse Sub sandwich.
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