Hiatus
Well, I realize I’ve only been on the job a week or so now.
However, I’m taking a break to recharge my batteries, traveling with Ms. Faded Glory to the San Francisco Bay Area for nine days of relaxation, Giants baseball, touristy stuff, drunkenness, et cetera, et cetera.
Estimated time of return: Monday, May 10.
But, I’ll leave you with a Song of the Weak and A Few Things to Watch.
SOTW: Nickelback, assorted tunes. Anything by this faux-rock band is just wretched. My office radio can only pick up one station in my cubie/corner/office, and no less than four times a day am I greeted with “Someday, somehow, I’m gonna make it all right, it’s not all right now.”
Second-grade poetry, we hardly knew ye. I want my nickel back. (You knew it was coming.)
Five things to watch:
1. Cubs/Cards in St. Louis at Busch: Four games between the most intense rivals in baseball. And they hate each other. The Cubs can’t win at Busch, but this should be a decent barometer for each team going into May. Matt Morris, duck.
2. Friends finale: Yes, it’s finally over. Are Ross and Rachel getting together? Is the monkey returning? Could Courteney Cox gain any more face-weight? Is Joey going to explode? Could it BE any more time to go?
3. Scrubs: Deserves its own column at some point. The funniest show on TV, though this season they’ve succumbed to the will-they-or-won’t-they storyline between JD and Elliot. And a finale wedding. What’s next, a leprechaun?
4. The Kentucky Derby: What? It’s this weekend?
5. Productive outs. Baseball teams are finally realizing that the truth is not Moneyball, it is not batting average and clutch hitting, but somewhere in between. No, Cubs, it’s not aggressive strikeouts, either.
Off to the bay. See you in a week.