2 Whoops.
3 Sorry.
4 That miserable old coot Eugene O' Neill hopped into my body for a brief sec just to use me to pitch that wonderful play to the masses.
5 I hate when that happens. Why me?
6 I didn't want to upset a guy who tried to prove his non-miserableness by writing a vunderful comedy about hanging out in the woods.
7 Pretty good play, actually, since he pared it down to around six-thousand pages.
8 Good ol' Eugene.
9 I'm not even so sure it was about hanging out in the woods. Heck, I read the thing right about the time the woods were invented.
10 Ah, it's all good.
11 Yeesh.
12 Stay away from the Crystal Light if you consider yourself a writer. I hear you go random really fast.
13 Moving On, Part One: Fortunately, CL moved away from their delightful pomegranate to more child-centric drinks like Fruit Punch, Raspberry, and Peach.
14 This, my friends, is a far cry from pomegranate, and a ghastly trend.
15 I'll throw that one out there for the geezers to decide.
16 #notlettingitgo: My Uncle Jack would have poo-pooed any drink that contained what he regarded as "sweet s#!t."
17 And he would have takin' agin' to anyone who would use some fancy-shmantzy word like "poo-pooed."
18
19 Oh Lord. Hope he ain't lookin'.
20 Loved that guy, as did everyone. We all still do.
21
22 <sigh>
23 The beautiful part of Jack was that he would also understand a sigh.
24 As long as it wasn't for him.
25 Anybody lookin'?
26 You KNOW Jack is. He's keepin' an eye on me to make sure I don't say or do anything stupid.
27 I stand humbled.
28 Love that guy, to this very second.
29 Moving On, Part Two: Ponch and I were up Tahoe on a classic debauch when we brought up the MacCartney concert that happened last night.
30 Because we were up on beans and chile, we started saluting Sir Paul, and shouted to the clouds and fields that we would make that concert.
31 <basketball buzzer>
32 Not gonna lie. I'm the guy who backed outta the deal.
33
34 I did.
35 I'm pretty sure he understood, 'cuz he's Ponch.
36 We have to stay cool on late Thursday nights these days.
37 The reality is that years ago it would have been a go, unquestionably.
38 But now?
39 Getting in and out of Candlestick with a crowd that doesn't understand its ridiculousness? Not here. Not happening.
40 Years ago I worked a classic Rolling Stones' concert that was the talk of the town.
41 It too was at Candlestick Park.
42 I WORKED the bloody thing, selling merch and banking huge.
43 I came home and rolled out after counting all the inventory at around 3 a.m. In my earlier days I used to sell stuff in the seats and would always quit at the end of the third quarter just so I could beat the crowd.
44 Niner fans knew how to get there really early and find a space to tailgate.
45 I heard on the news this morning that many people never made it inside, and that the ride in was a gigantic parking lot.
46 You would think someone would have warned them.
47 I vaguely heard good things about the show, but this morning I'm pretty glad we opted out.
48 Good ol' Candlestick. A lot of people are going to be happy to watch them blow it up.
49 I won't. I've got great memories. LOTS of great memories.
50 I awakened this morning after nine solid hours of sleep.
51 I'm giving two tests today, and have no papers to grade.
52 Life's good, for now.
53 Life's good.
54 Have a GREAT weekend, and we'll see you again.
55 Peace.
~H~
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