Ouch. Late night at Kinko’s. Mad printing fury of brochures and materials went late into the night. Thank god for Kinkos and their 24 hour policy. And god bless Ben, the Kinkos helper for taking time out between tracks of his “new” Gorillaz CD to help me negotiate some tricky maneuvers on their Macintosh. And while I’m thanking god – thanks for Whitey’s World Famous Saloon for serving food till midnight and Heinekens long after that.
This morning I am feeling the crunch of the baseball strike. I think I would feel very different about this tragic situation if our Minnesota Twins were not sitting on the top of the American League Central, pounding their chests, and looking down at all the sub-par teams that have bigger bank accounts and have players who do badder drugs and have bigger arrest records. But I think after I get over the fact that I wont be able to see my team fight in some well deserved playoffs, I wont shed too many tears for the loss of this baseball season. This whole strike thing has dragged on longer than that stupid American Idol show and I’m sick of both. Erase them from my memory. If you care, here is a good article on the position of both the owners and players. Better yet, here are some great strike inspired sign from fans who may not be fans much longer.
In other sports and politics news, I have decided that my vote for Minnesota Governor will be determined by each candidate answering to the following question: how many skateparks do you plan to build during your term as governor and in what neighborhoods will you build them? I’m thinking the scope of that question covers so much ground and such a diverse spectrum of issues that I will be able to cast my vote with pride and vigor when I have assessed all the candidates answers.
Dreamland Skateparks, a skatepark design company actually mentions on their homepage “skatepark ROI” in all seriousness. The times they are a changing.
Finally someone named a band after Ferris Bueller’s school principle Rooney. And one of the members of the band is the kid brother of Jason Shwartman. That family has some musical ambition.