So, here I am on vacation. My brother-in-law and I got into one of those glass half-full/empty conversations about the Phillies this morning (thus the previous post about Pat the Bat.) Anyway, after lively discussion about pitching we came to our All-Star second baseman, Chase Utley. He exclaimed that his wife (my sister) has been suggesting that he has a "man-crush" on Chase. So, I told him -- as my wife rolled her eyes the way she does -- "So do I!" I mean, he may become the best hitting 2nd baseman of all time. What's not to like?!?
I think this is funny enough that I'm gonna post it on the blog for a laugh, but then I get distracted by my book, the pool, my niece and all the usual distractions of vacation. Between the morning and the afternoon an interesting thing happens; I read my sister's blog. She's *gasp* linked me!
A horde of her weird friends and readers might glance at my blog. Should I clean the floors? Maybe run out to the store and buy some wine? Cheese? WWGD (What would granny do?) Get a hold of yourself!!! OK...
Do I even want company? Don't most of my friends and family just humor me by reading my posts? Wait, my posts! Have I said anything offensive? Too PC? Not PC enough? Will any of her radically liberal fruitcake friends be offended by my "man-crush" comment? Wait, will they be more offended by being called fruitcakes or my sister's friends? Wait, wait...do I care?
Admittedly, yes...of course I care! Not so much to run out and put a fresh coat of virtual paint on the walls, but you get the idea. The reality of my life is that Clark Kent looks at me and says, "wow, he's mild-mannered." I'm about as radical as sliced bread. The most controversial web-site I frequent is Slate.com. Sure, my family's activist tendencies have rubbed off enough for me to work at a habitat house once or twice. And yes, I'm a member of the bleeding heart liberal democrat voting block. (I once considered voting for a republican for 0.05 seconds, but I was worried that lighting would strike me down.) But that's about the end of it. I like my middle-class suburban lifestyle and the "no politics" rule that goes up when our friends get together.
So, where does that leave me? Well hopefully, I've got a somewhat funny post to welcome some new readers and a feeling of relief that Chase will hopefully never know how I feel! Besides, how could I compete with my brother-in-law...he's taller than me!
4 comments:
I just posted a bunch of things about the conference I am at and put up the metadata tags so that people in the world can find it via technocrati...so I am taking a big risk.
But it is mostly anonymous...although not hard to figure out by the people attending the conference.
In all honesty I am hoping that some of those people comment and provide me feedback on what I understood...and that people who aren't here use the blog to find the articles I link to.
As for your sister, thank your Uncle (at least according to the post I read).
my friends aren't weird!
Radically liberal fruitcake friends..... I like that!
I like that a lot, actually....
Reading this post made me laugh out loud, which confused my PUGS, who then started barking at the door (like somebody please get this fruitcake out of here)!
As for the "man-crush" thingy, and being a major sports fan (geaux Saints), I have to confess (former catholic) that I also have a crush on former WNBA star and Olympic Gold Medalist Cynthia Cooper. I guess in my case, since I'm gay you would have to call this a "woman crush"! I wouldn't want it go get around though.... I don't want readers to think I've been drafted by Exodus or some other "we can make you straight" organization!
I've read several of your posts and I think the lovely Cats is a lucky lady... as you are a lucky man to have her as a sister.
DON~
It was rather interesting for me to read that article. Thanks for it. I like such topics and anything connected to them. BTW, try to add some images :).
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