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March 5, 2012

The Daily News
1   Who out there didn't enjoy this lovely weekend?
2   What a beaut!
3   First off, baseball's back, however minor.
4   I had a dream that Manny Ramirez turned into Godzilla, and started stomping on all the buildings in Oakland. The A's front office, in an attempt to calm public panic, moved the A's to San Jose, and jailed Manny.
5   Fortunately, I awakened swiftly enough to remember that my dream didn't happen, but that the Giants got twenty hits and left fifteen on base yesterday. Something like that. Didn't matter. The guys wearing Giants' uniforms won, 11-1, and I'm not sure if I could name any of the guys who got twenty hits.
6   Good ol' baseball.
7   As far as I know, they don't force season ticket holders to pay for pre-season tix, but I could be totally wrong. I'm relatively new to paying to watch sports.
8   Anyway, I got to spend the afternoon yesterday sitting in the sun with my Dad listening to a ballgame, and there are fewer things in life that are better. I even had ice cream.
9   GREAT weekend hanging out with him. We laughed and enjoyed doing pretty much nothing. Sometimes doing nothing is awesome.
10 It made for an extraordinarily fast weekend, not a bad thing at all.
11 I think he really enjoyed it too.
12   Good ol' baseball.
13   Moving on, Part the First: One of the nice things about going to Dad's is the complete lack of the internet.
14   He doesn't subscribe to the internet. To this day he uses a typewriter, like some of those old, tough journalists that you used to watch in old black-and-white movies.
15   Spencer Tracy.
16   Whenever I visit my Dad, I walk back into that world. In fact, sometimes I come home and turn back into color.
17   And no internet! The internet has become a Linus' Blanket to American society, nevermind the world.
18   We have become SO idiotically addicted to it that it nests itself into our collective unconscience.
19   Someone wants us hooked.
20   Life was so easy this weekend not checking emails or Facebook,Twitter, Tumbler, Stumbler, or whatevs.
21   I didn't care what happened to Kim Kardashian or Jennifer Aniston.
22   Couldn't care less.
23   They're both going to get old, ugly and die, if they have any luck.
24    Couldn't care less.
25    I got to sit in the sun with my Dad and listen to baseball.
26    It was epic.
27    I honestly don't know if I could name a Giant who played. Okay. Some guy whose parents named him Melky.
28    Another guy whose parents named him Angel.
29    Those guys had to be fighters on that alone.
30    I heard a rumor that Jonathan Sanchez got traded for Angel.
31    Probably a good move. I dunno.
32    Moving on, Part the Second: Yesterday's game got interrupted by a bee delay. Evidently, a swarm of bees hit the field at game time, causing a delay.
33    Right when they told us about the bee delay in Arizona, a bee flew to me and hovered around to the point that I had to sweep my baseball cap at her to keep her away.
34   She got the message.
35   I know it was a her because she was a honey.
36   <insert doubting dog>
37   Moving on, Part the Thoid: Morning Becomes Electric. I naturally hit the hay rather early last night, knowing that Monday was right around the corner. It's funny, because although there is a clock radio, I usually awaken just before the dog barks, and just before the coffee automatically begins to perk.
38   I will open my eyes in the four a.m. or the five a.m. in this case, and see led lights, hanging smocks, closing walls and ticking clocks.
39   In some ways, getting back home from a mini-vacay is almost like being on another vacay.
40   Visiting Dad is always like a trip to the mountains. It's a mini-long ride, requires a bit of packing, a modified use of kitchen, and a swell time.
41   Yeah, we have the dialysis thing, but in terms of time, that was relatively short. The rest of the time was a nice time.
42   We talked unions, baseball, good times, and all the rest. I got rid of all the spider webs that had accumulated in the rafters outside. I used a Super Mario broom. It was like trying to rid the world of the web.
43   Okay, okay, go easy. I'll work on it!
44   AnywayZ...
45   I just woke up in the five a.m. and it is now entering into the six a.m. I'm plenty rested, quite prepared, and ready to jump into this lovely Monday morning, if there is such a thing.
46    I gottago, truly. Time, it is said, flies like an arrow...
47   Fruit flies like a banana, and that has made all the difference.
48    I'll never say that again.
49    Promise.
50    I do gottago.
51    Have a grand ol' Monday. Fly low.
52    Peace.
~H~
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