7/21/04

Softball: The Feminine Within

Dear People,

My team, wary and lugubrious from eight painful innings of playing like sedated garden slugs, exploded for seven wondrous runs in the top of the 9th. The resulting 13-11 victory left Chris Fure’s side visibly shaken, and for that, my liberal heart bleeds from clotless veins of empathy. Still, I’ll take pride over pity any day, and if appropriate, I’ll even throw in a deeply crass critique; Sure, Tim and Arthur may be father and son and make a really compelling story because they talk in those alluring Dutch accents that leave all our women weak-kneed, but the bottom line is that for this game, their hitting lacked passion, grace and even the slightest hint of intersubjectivity, and without those, of course, the kinesiologic payoff is all sizzle and no bacon. As their failed captain, I believe that Chris understands this.

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There’s been a lot of talk in the last few days about Governor Schwarzengroper, state politics and the role of girly men in a vigorous aerobic society. Well, far be it for me to comment on all that, but I would like to clarify one thing; So long as I am organizing these games, we will continue to embrace the stout metrosexual male as an honored beau ideal of the genteel athletic experience. Indeed, I myself am not as manly a man as most of you would believe, for the reality is that just because I average one triple and .5 homers a year, I don’t even like testosterone (except perhaps as a garnish).

Truth be told, ever since I got my house last Fall, I rather enjoy hanging out with other homeowners in order to talk about curtain fabrics and granite. Sometimes Wendy and I will even go over to Ehud’s house, where I’ll gently caress the cool pristine Corian around his Viking Range, and I’ll get all veklempt inside and wonder whether we made the right decision. I mean as nurturing as our marble countertops are, there’s just something about Corian that speaks raw truth to my inner girly-girl, and for all his posturing, I believe the Governor actually understands this. And therefore, there will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11AM, IF I get enough commits by this Friday morning…Raymond



7/23/04

Softball: A Yummy Evening at Chez Pretentious

Dear People,

There will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11AM, and as of now, there are still three slots left.

Please bring $2 for the field, which for this week only includes spiced Paine Farm squab with tomato chutney, fried ginger, and basmati rice pilaf…..Raymond 845-7552

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