Well....I received an electronic communiqué from one of my regular readers tonight, reminding me that I'd not written in a while. Over 7 days, in fact. Here's the latest from the 'burbs...
.... I've been to 2 Cardinals games on my season ticket package so far and the Birds have won both of them. I took my Dad to the first one and I borrowed my brother from his wife and adorable daughter last night to sit through a win in the cold rain showers. His life is considerably hectic these days, what with tying up loose ends with the sale of the current house and trying to prepare to move into a new one soon. I was glad to be able to take him last night.
....enjoyed another fellowship lunch hosted by my friend R. after church on Sunday. This was the third one in as many months and her cooking once again did not disappoint. I'm talking about pork tenderloins in apricot glaze and cajun rub I enjoyed catching up with friends that I'd not seen in a while. She sent me home with some leftover gooey butter cake...yummy!
...my parents just returned safely from another sailing adventure in the BVI with 3 other couples that they invited along. Bad weather cancelled their flight from Puerto Rico last night so they didn't get back until this afternoon.
...Several friends of mine are either expecting children or getting married within the next few months. Did I mention that I'll be an uncle again by September?
...loved Rick Hummel's story in today's P-D sports section on Whitey Herzog's recent trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The legendary Cardinals manager of years past is entering the Hall this summer. I chuckled at this bit:
Asked if he had any lineup cards that might have been items for the archives, Herzog said he wasn't one for saving lineup cards like current Cardinals manager Tony La Russa does.
"I used to tear them up and throw them in the trash can," Herzog said. But he saved one, from the last game Pete Rose managed for the Cincinnati Reds before Rose was suspended. [for betting on baseball games]
"We went out to the plate (for the umpires' conference) that night, and here comes Pete," Herzog said. "He says, 'We're going to kick your butt tonight,' and I said, 'Want to bet?' He said, 'Don't say that.'
"I used to tear them up and throw them in the trash can," Herzog said. But he saved one, from the last game Pete Rose managed for the Cincinnati Reds before Rose was suspended. [for betting on baseball games]
"We went out to the plate (for the umpires' conference) that night, and here comes Pete," Herzog said. "He says, 'We're going to kick your butt tonight,' and I said, 'Want to bet?' He said, 'Don't say that.'
HA!
...So I finally received the iTunes gift card from my credit card rewards program after 6 weeks and now I can't remember all the songs I was waiting to purchase with it! Note to self: write these things down.
...The recent runaway volcanic ash cloud over Europe affected the travel plans of a couple of pastors from my church.. They and some other folks from my church were in Berlin to meet with young church planters who are daring to re-start the flame of the Gospel in Germany. Our church folks were scheduled to leave just as the ash cloud grounded all flights and were forced to spend an extra four days in country. They arrived back home safely last Thursday.
...So is Sam Bradford the new face of the Rams? Bryan Burwell anointed him as such in his column in the P-D today. Way too early to predict anything about his future but he has great potential, apparently. All I know is they'd better protect him better than they did Warner and Bulger. Both left here having taken terrible beatings during their respective tenures.
...I've actually been doing some reading lately. I enjoyed Paul Shaffer's new autobiography and am now devouring Lars Anderson's tale of Red Grange and his exploits in the fledgling National Football League of the 1920s.
