3/22/06

Softball: The Problems with Cyber

Dear People,

For the first time in her storied career as captain, Nanci led her team to a sublime triumph of the will (and score), 25-21. And it wasn’t just her sassy leadership that did my side in, for ultimately it was also her batting that proved frightfully decisive.

Indeed, with two on, one out and her team barely clinging to a precarious 13-13 lead, the Nancinator smashed the only spatially negative single in the history of our community. Yes, the ball somehow skidded to a stop less than two inches from the plate, or half a foot behind where her bat actually made contact. Time froze in place as she waddled successfully off to first, and it proved once again that she is the only ringer alive who can find the RBI-laden wormholes of the really shallow infield.

Of course just because my side lost, the true hero of the game was Anthony, who snagged JT’s 200-foot blast to the bushy tundra of deep center right with his bare left hand! Oh sure, the ball ricocheted off his inexplicably closed glove, elbow and forehead before he finally gained control, and truth be told, he looked more like a punch-drunk juggler than an actual center-fielder. Still, there’s no denying that the AntMan redefined the very craft of catching, and for that, his role in the history of kinesiological innovation is forever assured.

The point is that both Nanci and Anthony represent the best in raw human accomplishment, and while I’m not going to succumb to the literary sin of discursive tangentialization, I think it’s clear that the programmers who coded AOL for Macs do not represent that tradition of excellence. More specifically, I’ve decided that an email program which consistently attacks the fragile innards of my Apple as if it were some kind of sicko digital fungi is no longer acceptable. You’ve been warned, and therefore there will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 3PM, IF I get enough commits by this Friday morning....Raymond

PS: Before I move to Yahoo or Gmail or wherever, I would be truly grateful if somebody reading this knows of an email program which would allow me to send to 300 addresses simultaneously.


3/23/06

Softball:

Dear People,

There will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 3PM, and as of now, it is full. As always, please contact me ASAP if you need to cancel, and feel free to call later for word of any open slots.

This week’s field fee is just $3, and that includes




EMAIL ANNOUNCEMENT: (for softball)

3/28/06

Su: Ray’s New Email Address

Dear Softball People,

Sorry, one more letter from the old world; Please note that my new address is now

RaymondWeschler@Gmail.com

If you don’t get this week’s letter by Wednesday morning, check your spam folder, and if it’s not there, you’ll need to write me at the new address if you want to stay on the list.

Remember:

RaymondWeschler@Gmail.com (Modern/the future/good)

RWBerkeley@aol.com (Mac-hostile/a few more days of residual survival/sucks)

Aerobic regards…Raymond

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