Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Double Dueces

 We slipped in another at years end.  Make it 22.  





Take a close look at that team pic.  Glassman made a coaching appearance, ringing that shame bell left and right.  He almost caught a line drive down third base line while coaching a runner...then promptly limped to the bench as he pulled his hamstring jumping for the ball.  Shit never changes.

Sunday, November 7, 2021

Jortdemic

Somehow we found ourselves in the finals again...this time against our frenemies Kiet's team Rekickulous. I might be spelling that wrong and I apologize.  I honestly thought they had our number, and they were going to beat us outright.  It looked like that initially, but didnt end as such.  There was little joy for me winning our 21st against good friends we've known for years and years.  Unlucky.

Here are some snaps from Halloween as well. The best of all games.  Leanne wins for cat lady.  And we had an imitator. Nice.

 




Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Thunderdome

Bob's sister, 7 years ago, gave him a monster bottle of Blue Label as a house warming gift. So it was only fitting that on the last night of ownership, Bob and I finished off the remnants. Somehow, through all that time, especially with all the gatherings, the Game Of Thrown watch parties, the multitude of Jorts players living there, Zack, me living a block away, Crotty, and especially with Bob being absent for a year to the great white northwest, this bottle remained unfinished. The house was creaky, and tight up top. The backyard was claustrophobic and still had popcorn ceilings on most of the second floor. It only had one bathroom, as most of these 100 year old townhouses in Fairmount tend to have. His basement was a unfinished portal to hell. It was perfect. We built his wooden dining room table down there. We waxed our skis and snowboards down there (or maybe just I did). It became the jumping off point to so many projects that needed an unwreckable concrete floor. And the plants. Plants could not stay alive in that house, no matter how hard he tried...or didnt try. Anyway, we partied with Bob in that house. We partied without Bob in that house. It was most affectionately deemed The Thunderdome. It is the end of an era. Thunderdome, I salute you.