The Midweek Fog

Ever had a day where you took a nap and then never felt quite wide awake again? That's today for me. Just got back from Party Land, which is absolutely the best place to go when you're in a daze. I managed to resist the temptation to buy all the Hannah Montana birthday party paraphernalia.

After having one short week after another, it's hard to get accustomed to a real school schedule. It is kind of fun to listen to kids plead not to have homework and then give them homework anyway, but sadistic pleasures aside it's a lot of work for everyone. My older daughter said she wants to go to a really good college but is afraid it'll be too hard and too much work, and I assured her that, compared to high school, college is a walk in the park, at least as far as day-today workload. Plus it has the obvious advantage that you don't have to worry at that point about getting into college because you're already there!

It's fun to write when you're in a haze.

I have a new word. I heard someone on the radio say that their sports team needs to act with some arrogancy. I like it. I also got to hear a whole series of calls where people said they were tired about hearing about the Yankees and the Red Sox. These calls are inherently boring, so I'm going to call to say that I'm tired of hearing about how tired people are of the3se other calls. Maybe if a few of my friends join me, people will start to call and say they're tired of us calling about how tired we are of people saying they're tired of something. Whew!

I must quote the best line I've seen about the baseball series. A lot of the discussion today was about how Manny Ramirez of the Red Sox did a little celebration after he hit a home run that brought his team to only 4 runs behind. Here's a quote from a column on ESPN.com:

Mark from Philly offers an inspiring defense for Manny's home run preening: "When Manny went deep, my first thought was, 'Quit posing, Manny, we're still down 7-3.' Then it dawned on me that Manny probably had no idea what the score was. In fact, he probably isn't aware that baseball games are determined by which team scores more runs. Manny's only point of differentiation comes when, after hitting a home run, he sees his teammates waiting for him at home plate -- it's at that point he knows it's time to party.