SinceThe70s

Our old friend Bartolo wants back in. Nice to see the fond memories of his time as a Met are mutual. If baseball comes back with a short season and expanded roster the Mets would be fools to not bring him back. I don't necessarily think it would go well from a baseball standpoint, but that wouldn't bother me in the least: “That Mets team was really something special,” Colon said of his time with the Mets, which included a trip to the World Series in 2015. “I’ve played with 10 [11] teams, but with the Mets, the way all those players treated me, how that entire franchise treated me, from the front office to the kitchen staff, it was amazing. And Mets fans are the best. In the beginning, when they laughed at me every time my helmet fell off, at first I felt uncomfortable. But when I saw how much the fans enjoyed it, I asked for a bigger batting helmet so that it would fall more because it was so much fun for them! “If it was up to me, I would retire with the Mets. I would like my career to end in New York.” https://nypost.com/2020/05/18/46-year-old-bartolo-colon-wants-to-pitch-for-mets-again/

The high school by my mother had a drive by graduation. Led by a fire truck with sirens blaring they spent the morning stopping at every graduating seniors house and sticking congrats signs in the lawn (and I assume the diploma too). My mom said what was cool was you could hear it going on all morning long throughout the community. Not your traditional cap and gown ceremony but a memory they'll never forget.

I had the good fortune of traveling through Massachusetts a few weeks before this all hit was able to stock up on recreational essentials. If I had any idea what was coming it may have been a hording situation as I've resorted to rationing.

I just ran away from homeNow I'm going to dizz knee land I just crashed my car againNow I'm going to dizz knee land I just robbed a grocery storeI'm going to dizz knee land I just flipped off President GeorgeI'm going to dizz knee land

Essential or working from home? My company is fully working from home and has hired a few people. I have a meet and greet with a new hire from another department coming up. Strange days indeed. Good luck, hope it works out for you!

The Good Book says it's better to give than to receive I do my best to do my part Nothin' in my pockets I got nothin' up my sleeve I keep my magic in my heart Keep up your spirit, keep up your faith, baby I am counting on you You know what you've got to do Fight the good fight every moment Every minute every day Fight the good fight every moment It's your only way

I've been working from home. Eventually I expect to go back to the office. I'd always try to leave the office 5-10 minutes ahead of the 5 PM traffic because it made a big difference. I wonder whether that will change or how long it will take to get back to the bad traffic. My company had resisted full-time work from home but for the most part hasn't skipped a beat the past two months. It will be interesting to see if/how attitudes change wrt working from home.

The last two months have sucked. The upcoming months aren't looking much better. It's easy to dwell on the negative, but have there been any positives? My positive is that I have a son with a learners permit. With less cars on the road and more time on both of our hands I've been able to take him out on the highway and roads that would normally be more congested. He's a much better driver now than two months ago and better prepared for the same roads with more traffic.

Children of tomorrow live in the tears that fall todayWill the sun rise up tomorrow bringing peace in any way?Must the world live in the shadow of atomic fear?Can they win the fight for peace or will they disappear, yeah

As I'm checking on the bbq tonight I see a black bird with a huge wingspan flying towards my yard, flew over head and then the house and went on its way. Had a reddish head/beak and my immediate thought was turkey vulture because I had seen them years ago down in Virginia. Not sure what it was, wifey says hawk but we usually get red-tailed hawks which are much lighter in color. Regardless the type of bird, it was a cool 30 second fly by.

All my life I've been searching for somethingSomething never comes never leads to nothingNothing satisfies but I'm getting closeCloser to the prize at the end of the rope

He got hair down to his kneeGot to be a jokerHe just do what he please

I take my card and I stand in line To make a buck I work overtime "Dear Sir," letters keep coming in the mail I work my back till it's racked with pain The boss can't even recall my name I show up late and I'm docked It never fails I feel like just another Spoke in a great big wheel Like a tiny blade of grass In a great big field

I'm your captain, I'm your captainThough I'm feeling mighty sick

So I called up the Captain"Please bring me my wine"He said, "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969"

So take, take me home 'Cause I don't remember Take, take me home 'Cause I don't remember Take, take me home 'Cause I don't remember Take, take me home, oh lord Well I've been a prisoner all my life And I can say to you But I don't remember

And when you're looking for your freedomNobody seems to careAnd you can't find the doorCan't find it anywhereWhen there's nothing to believe in still you're coming backYou're running back, you're coming back for moreSo put me on a highway and show me a signAnd take it to the limit one more time

Stay!And help me to end the dayAnd if you don't mindWe'll break a bottle of wine

Baby come back, any kind of fool could seeThere was something in everything about youBaby come back, you can blame it all on meI was wrong, and I just can't live without you

That was the window in my life of the pirate cable box. You had to buy a new one every year or two but the PPV boxing events made it more than worth the cost.

Would Holyfield wear ear muffs? Tyson was the most exciting thing to happen to pro boxing since the days of Ali and his contemporaries. His demise in and out of the ring was shocking. His return was embarrassing. I'd watch if it were free, otherwise it's a hard pass for me.

Nobody does it better Makes me feel sad for the rest Nobody does it half as good as you Baby, you're the best I wasn't lookin' but somehow you found me It tried to hide from your love light But like heaven above me The spy who loved me Is keepin' all my secrets safe tonight

Someday I'll find me a woman Who will love me and treat me real nice Where my road has got to go My love she will know from morning, noon Until the night And she's gotta say that it's alright Say it's alright It's alright, have a good time Cause it's alright

I couldn't identify most of the birds we get except for the distinctive ones even though I love watching them. One time years ago we had a hummingbird. Also had an oriole once about two years ago. More common ones I like are the cardinals and woodpeckers and we also get red-tailed hawks which are amazing to see on a low branch in the backyard. Unfortunately we had to take that tree down last year. At work a number of years ago my window was eye level with a lamp post and I watched a huge bird perched on it for awhile that I was told was a falcon. Another cool thing I saw last summer on the south shore of LI was a wild parrot colony. I was at my sons baseball game. Pretty cool at first and then annoying as hell. But for backyard birding, it would be hard to top what my buddy around the corner woke up to last year.

It's been a long year since you've been goneI've been alone here, I've grown oldFall to pieces, I'm fallingFell to pieces and I'm still fallingEvery time I'm falling downAll alone I fall to pieces