12/1/04

Softball: Kin (Your Post Jay Z Transitional Note)

Dear People,

Although I wasn’t there, wire reports from the field tell of a superb and hearty 10-inning 23-17 post-turkey bacchanal of fine aerobic mirth. Special kudos to Chris Fure, who apparently grabbed Tom O’s nuclear-tipped all-marble turbo-Bat before blasting his game-winning grand slam so frightfully deep into the yak-filled tundra beyond left-center that had I not been stuck in Seattle, I probably would have had both the bat and Chris himself immediately pickled and brined, if for no other reason that they are living Smithsonianesque embodiments of raw human accomplishment.

Unfortunately though, I wasn’t there because I was indeed stuck in Seattle, enduring the first Weschler family reunion since August 2000. Obviously, I’m not going to sit here and quote myself on my own family, but I do think I had it right the first time, when I wrote way back then that "I am currently amongst all of my sibs, nieces, nephews and sundry in-laws, and in all candor, I can honestly say that these people are the most disturbing concentration of genetically linked dysfunctional nut-cases I have ever encountered."

The point is that not only were these words both clinically precise and actually genteel in depiction, but the hard reality is that despite endless hours of therapy and barrels of psychopharmocologicals, the familial situation remains challenging at best. And therefore there will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11, IF I get enough commits by this Friday morning…Raymond


12/03/04

Softball: No Greater Streak

Dear People,

There will be a game at Codornices this Sunday at 11AM, and as of now there are no slots left. As always, you are welcome to contact me for news of late cancels, and for those who do have to bail, please let me know asap. Also, you should be aware that there is a chance of rain (driving, wet and contemptible), and if conditions are ambiguous, you will need to check email or voicemail that morning.

Please bring $2 for the field, which for this week only includes a complimentary synaptic swab of Ken Jennings’ sexy-ass hippocampus, thus assuring you a more epistemologically robust performance when playing your inferiors at Jeopardy….Raymond 845-7552

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