Augie

Early in our marriage I took my wife to Toronto to see a buddy and experience the city. We did drinks at the CN tower, live music by people he knew around town and then we went to the Skydome to see Jim Abbott pitch. I was stunned seeing it live. How the….. 🤷‍♂️ At some point I got up to tour the stadium and grab beers. When I returned the dome was closed. I think it was witches! Silent and swift, they were! This was about a week after some couple in the attached hotel mistakenly (or not?) assumed their room window looking down onto the field did not provide a clear view into their room, and what they were doing. No one way glass there. We missed that exact night, but my buddy still had his newspaper with the photos they included. Pretty loose about that stuff up in our attic (Kathleen Madigan reference) compared to here. After the game we did bars and parties until the sun came up. Jim Abbott was an important part of the longest 24 hours of my life! 🤣

But he also has a 24’ Boston Whaler, so it averages out.

Terry is cheap???

It’s Tre, he’s busy flying the plane.

And yet, he’s a Brown and third on the depth chart. How did that strategy work out for them? His talent does not match daddy’s ego.

I bet there would have been an uproar if he had gotten the rustproofing. “Just showing off”, they’d say.

It turns out Teddy Swims is much better in studio than on stage. Live and learn, still a nice night out.

I’m not buying it. If I think he may be our next QB, I’m drafting the guy. Exactly how does the NFL go about telling teams not to draft him? Who says what to whom? I think teams can figure out stuff like this on their own. He got drafted about where he deserved to be drafted, and the speeding ticket kind of reinforced that. Was he drafted below his talent level? Maybe, but you draft based on the whole package, the player and the person (and the baggage). Act like an arrogant jerk and there just may be ramifications. Shocking!

I mean, that won’t even get you a stinkin’ dome these days!

I don’t understand people who hate other people because they are wealthy. I don’t think they got that way stealing your lunch money. They are not responsible for us coming up short in life and NOT becoming billionaires. That’s on me. They are just people with big bank accounts but they still have problems, just like the rest of us.

Leave his sinks alone! He doesn’t have to shop at Walmart to appease me. He’s a billionaire, and I’m not. That’s OK with me. Enjoy what you have earned, sir. I bet he’d sink the stinkin’ boat if he could have Kim back to 100% again. Money isn’t everything.

Either way, Tre has a job!

I guess, and that’s frightening. We thought it was so obviously a scam, it was so ridiculous! NOTHING was right! The car, our address, her presence in the state at that time, etc. How did they draw HER out of the pot? They should get sued for that type of harassment as a normal course of action. This is so incompetent anyone who allows it to exist needs to go away. My 11 year old grandson would like to get started on his pension a little early. Do the smart and obvious thing. Duh. Somebody needs to clean house on messes like that. It costs a fortune to be so stupid.

I’d rather run out of DB’s in the preseason than the postseason. Neither would be great, but I won’t be greedy if we can do it right for once.

My wife has been denying allegations for weeks! She got a ticket in the mail for $100 saying she was driving a car with Florida plates which we do not have in Chicago and did something wrong at the same time she was at a documented Orange Theory workout in Atlanta. We have her heart rate, OK? 😂 It came in the mail (though the street number was our old one up the road before moving a few years ago) and we thought it was a scam, but she verified everything as the real deal. Over the last couple weeks she’s talked to countless people for hours, emailed documentation that we have lived in GA for 15 years, etc, and STILL she had some “decision” made today to clear her. Why is the burden of proof on HER? Those plates are not registered to her, nor rented by her. My 11 year old grandson said “well, that’s just messed up.” Why could they not see that and stop this nonsense? Do they need an 11 year old boy with some common sense? Sorry, rant over.

You can’t win an election that way! Columbo will sniff you out! I don’t do vampires or Star Wars or zombies, but there are all different kinds of geeks (a/k/a couch potatoes).

That’s actually very cool, and I had never heard of it before. Thx

Please keep doing what you’re doing. And if you shoot at Andy Reid, please don’t miss! I shouldn’t have to say I’m kidding, but I know better. J/k.

If it’s in your beer, I think we might all be dead.

I have an alibi, as far as you know.

I understand how it could seem that way, especially from the outside. With all due respect, we have no idea how they were raised or what went wrong and why. We had two kids with identical makeups and family values, both given similar opportunities. Let’s just say they turned out very differently, with one at each end of the spectrum. Life is more complicated than what you describe. Busy parents can still be good parents, but stuff can always get in the way. I’ve learned to try to judge less, especially with people I’ve never even met. The surface never tells the full story. (I’ll probably regret this.)

I’m curious about the Thousand Island area. We vacationed there as a kid and it made an impression on me. We stayed at an old resort on the Canadian side with golf for the adults and ping pong with lemonade for the kids. It’s funny what sticks in your mind, but I remember the exposed pipes in the old-time hotel bath. I also remember my dad hit something in the rented boat and they were going to charge him $200 for the prop they were just going to bang straight again, but since we bought it we took that prop home and kept it on the mantle for a while. I might like to look into that for before the 2026 home opener with the wife. Any suggestions? Is it worth it? Where do you base yourself? What to see and do?

I confess. I believe you. 😊

It felt appropriate to round up there.

He didn’t die. I mean, physically. Glad he’s still making coin in the league.