June 25, 2007

The Children of Hurin…

Now that I have finished my brother’s book I am going to start reading the other one he brought me, The Children of Húrin. There is a reason he brought it with him though. He said it is boring as hell. I love Tolkien. He was one of the first fantasy authors I ever read as a child, but when Christopher Tolkien released the Silmarillion after his father’s death, I never did make it through the book. It is boring, dry and reads like a boring, dry history text written to put people to sleep.

I will attempt to make it through this one. My tastes have matured since then, but if my brother didn’t like it I don’t hold out much hope for the book.


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Sporting Wood…

We had a pretty good time at the Braves game tonight. They were playing the Nationals and overall is was a pretty boring game, at least during the first few innings. One thing I noticed is that attendance is way down over the last time I was at a game a couple of years ago. We were supposed to go have Mexican before the game but my boss decided that we didn’t have enough time so he brought pizza and snacks to one of my stores and we hung out in the back and ate until it was time to go. Don’t get me wrong, I like pizza but this was the third night in a row. I’m done with Pizza for a few days.

The three district managers all rode together and a couple of store manager rode with us. I guess we are all the old folks that like to get sleep and show up for work on time, so we left my boss and the other younger guys there at the top of the 8th. The score was 4-1 Braves when we left. I haven’t checked to see what the final score was but it turned out to be a pretty good game after all.

It was Bat night, so I brought home an Andruw Jones bat for Pete. She loves it. What was really funny is that they check you for weapons and shit right at the gate, you go in 20 feet and they hand you baseball bats. What the fuck is up with that? I told the other districts that we would use them to beat the shit out of the homeless guy that was asking for money when we left. They just got this shocked look when I said it. Had to be there I suppose…

In the nosebleeds…




In the nosebleeds…

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