Shades of Deivi Cruz

I guess I just disagree that the Mr I era is some cloud hanging over the team, or an elephant in the room or whatever other metaphor you want to use. Now when/if they get back to a place where they seem to be a player or two away from a championship, that might be a different story.

What leads you to believe it was a dig at the Mike Illitch era? I just took it as not being like the Yankees/Dodgers. My mind didn't go to Mike Illitch / Dombrowski at all.

It seems like they have talked pretty openly on the broadcasts about impact signings this off-season, so I will be sorely disappointed if we don't end up with Correa AND a top pitcher (Verlander).

I was really pulling for the chaos of the four way tie. At a minimum though I wanted one of Yankees/Red Sox knocked out of the wild card, so that was highly disappointing. As long as neither of them win, I'm happy. Best case to me though is Brewers vs Rays.

You're not wrong! My mom was diagnosed in May 2020, so right in the middle of all the COVID nonsense. She had her surgery in Feb and now will have her last treatment at the end of October. In some ways, the pandemic helped. Since so much was shut down during that period, she didn't actually miss out on much. On the other hand, not being able to really see her and spend time with her really sucked. It's been a long, bumpy, uncertain road but better days are ahead. My thoughts are with you Cruzer.

I guess... but at what BPM? I have a hard enough time getting things to sound right when I have the full tab information. If I'm just supposed to make up my own pattern and pace until it sounds right, that seems way harder.

Well... not great... I still practice regularly, but I've hit a wall of sorts in terms of progress. I work on a bunch of riffs (Seven Nation Army, Blister In The Sun, One, Come As You Are), but I don't get anywhere beyond that. At one point I decided I was going to learn Knee Deep all the way through (I'm a big Buffett fan), but no part of that is in any way recognizable. I can read and follow tabs just fine (mostly), but what I can't make sense of are chord charts (like this one). I get that I play a G for the first line, then a D for the second, etc, but without a strumming pattern or anything else to follow, I have no idea where to start. So I don't.

For the record, I got my results yesterday finally. Negative. News flash: other illnesses still exist in the world apparently!

I've had some symptoms and went for a PCR test at Rite Aid last Thursday. I'm still waiting for the results. I'm vaccinated and feeling better now, but still isolating from the rest of the family just to be sure. Even if not COVID, don't want anyone else getting sick.

For those looking for the drama version of Last Man on Earth, Y The Last Man is here for you. I'm two episodes in, and I am enjoying it though I actually liked ep 1 more than ep 2. There are certainly a lot of post-apocalyptic shows out there, so we will see if it can last. It's on Hulu/FX.

That interview was so awkward. If you don't have something useful to ask about, just end the interview. Don't spend half of it on the guy's approach to fantasy football. Even Manning looked liked "WTF are they asking me about this for?".