We spend billions and billions of dollars researching and designing this wonderful Space Shuttle. It withstands the G-Forces and the vibrations of lift off. It gets pelted by space particles zooming by at light speed. It also withstands the extreme heat of re-entry. So why would a piece of foam damage it?
Well, I can tell you why. People joke that the reason why is because they want to play and are hoping to get their chance to take their turn at the plate. This is not true. The reason why the coaches have a uniform and a number is because they have to enter the playing field. The coaches in other sports do not ever enter the playing field. Substitutions, arguments, and calling the plays are all done from the sidelines. However, in baseball - the coaches do enter the playing field.
During a pitching change, the manager will walk out onto the field to make the change. Players in other sports just seem to enter the game while the players they are taking the place of exit. In Baseball, the coach can call timeout and come out to the mound to talk to his players. In the other sports, the players come back to the bench when time is called. If the manager does not agree with a call or wants the umpire to explain what just happend he is allowed to walk onto the field to ask. Notice how in the other sports the coach will throw his tantrum on the sideline.
She must be tired of hearing this. Her name was probably perfectly fine. Just like Michael Bolton from Office Space or anyone named Sabrina. They can live anonymously until someone with a similar name becomes famous or a witch. So to all of these regular folks out there having to endure yet more of the stupid jokes, I am sorry.
Can anyone guess my friend's name?
Right now, I'd be happy with just someone who could ride bike.
There is a noise that no one really wants to hear when you are riding anything with gears. If you have a car, especially a stick shift car, you know exactly the noise I am referring to. It's that sound of metal on metal, grinding. You hear that noise and you think to yourself, "Oh that can't be good." It means your gears skipped, the teeth jumped off, the chain slipped. It's especially bad when you continue to hear the noise as you pedal. And yes, I kept hearing it.
I changed gears, up and down. Nothing. All I heard was the cranking and the grinding. It took all of one minute for my bike to break. Yes I was frustrated. Yes I was pissed. Yes I had managed to bend 3rd gear. And yes I plan on riding tomorrow. I took the bike to the shop and they were able to fix the rear cassette (that's the set of cogs or gears on the back wheel). It probably took you a minute to read this post. In this time, I had already bent the 3rd gear and knew I had to head back to the car.
Then I noticed what the ad was for. In the lower right corner of the ad is an HGTV logo! Yes, HGTV! I am like wait a minute! This is national. Awesome I thought. Good for him. The name of his new show is Small Space, Big Style.
I got curious and Google'd him. The first link in the search results was www.martinamado.com. I checked out his site and learned he has done more than what I have seen. And that he is "for hire" in the designing a room department. So guess what? I am thinking I should be contacting him to hook a cousin up with the decorating of my new apartment.
She introduced me a while ago to Clipomatic. I used the program for the first time tonight while working as a consultant. It took what would have been a 5 hour tedious task of repetitive copy and paste to a 1 hour breezy walk through the park. I don't think she has any idea just how big of a hug I want to give her right now! MUAH! MUAH! MUAH!
Enough about her sofa. It's time to maybe speak of my sofa. My sofa does not exist just yet so the jury is still out on how comfy it will be. And it may not be until September when my sofa does materialize. I hope it is comfy and cushiony. However, this sofa will welcome Diane just as her sofa has done to me. And when it's time to purchase this sofa, I will be thinking about Diane and making sure that the Princess will feel at home on it.
Maybe Diane will come party down in Miami in September and help me christen the new apartment. Yes, you read that right. Today I went to see a 1 bedroom apartment behind Dadeland Mall. 630 sq ft, $765 a month. It is not as nice as Diane's place but it is in a GREAT location. My credit and background checks have been put in motion. I cannot wait until I can move in!!
It is amazing to see how the same tire will pass through two or three different sets of hands. How it's all perfectly timed. 5 lug nuts come off, the jack man lifts the car, tire carriers are there, tires come on, 5 lug nuts on and jackman lowers the car. Then run around to the other side, not forgetting to bring the old tires back, and do the same thing all over again. While all of this is going on, the gas man is trying to fill the 20 gallon tank as fast as he can. The catch can man has to catch any fuel overflow. This coordinated dance has to happen in under 13.5 seconds. Each second the car is in the pit is about 100 feet on the track. If you can get the car out in under 12 seconds you may have just picked up 2 or 3 spots and put your driver in a very good position.
The next time you are near a TV that happens to have a NASCAR race on and you see a caution flag come out (Yes, the yellow flag) pause and take a moment to watch. You will see controlled chaos as the field of cars enters pit road, criss-crossing, crew members trying not to get hit by the cars, and 14 seconds later its all over. Pay special attention to the front tire and you will see what I mean as it changes hands from one crew member to the other. And if you are lucky to make it to a race one day then be sure to bring along a scanner so you can hear the sounds from the pit.
Ok so maybe that wasn't that short of an entry. I want to continue writing but I am sure no one has read this far down.
