Padres @ Astros, May 28, 2021

Outstanding utility at home, too, surely. Although I should say that I always picture you at Hudson House in a La-z-boy of some type.

I have a La-z-boy…the Grand Canyon model…upstairs in my man room/office. I have yet to convince Mrs Hawk to let me turn it into a cigar lounge though, so I’m relegated to outside. At least I have a nice covered patio with a TV out here.

It was. I was nervous.

Padres’ announcers liked both Straw’s jump and route on that one.
They are really enjoying the sellout crowd noise - aren’t we all.

Well, I went with a friend of mine, Ian, a scouser, to see a dude called the Mighty Wah, another scouser, on a day that happened to be my birthday. This Mighty Wah dude, Pete Wylie I think is his name, was often called the British Bruce Springsteen, and I can sort of see it, but to me he’s really more aiming for the area shared by Joe Strummer and Elvis Presley. And there’s more area there than you might initially suspect.

Ian knew that I’d seen Elvis in person and he knew that would blow this guy Pete’s mind, so he told me to hang around afterwards and he’d introduce us. Ian worked with Alan McGee and knows absolutely everyone. It’s pretty crazy.

So after the show I’m waiting around, house lights on, and Ian finds me and walks me over to the stage. On the way we encounter a couple of dudes sitting around and Ian brightens up and says, Hi Glen, howya doon? This is my friend chuck and it’s his birthday. Well.

That dude Pete did in fact lose his shit when he found out I’d seen Elvis. Which I still don’t fully understand since I did nothing more than show up. People are weird, I guess.

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Huh, that’s weird, I’ve never had that problem with it or any camp chair even with a seat cushion, and I’m just 5’11. I need to make an Academy run to Austin soon, I’ll look for those. High back sounds nice for relaxation purposes.

Perhaps it was just mine. But I looked like the Lily Tomlin bit with her sitting in the giant chair. I decided that I’d go see them in person before buying another.

Interestingly, there are some things that I never buy online, and won’t buy without testing it or trying it on, like shoes or hats. Just too personal and subjective to buy sight unseen. But I figured a chair…how could they be that different. This one was.

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I would never buy shoes online.

Nice inning by Javier.

My wife does all the time, and she’s ends up returning half of them. I don’t get it.

With size 14 I’m pretty much restricted to online for shoes.

I’m a 12’ which I guess is sort of the top end of what most people have n a reasonable selection. Still, even in brands I know well, like Allen Edmonds, I have them shipped to the store to try on before I buy.

That was the single worst jump I’ve ever seen.

Jesus Fucking Christ, Straw. That was putrid.

From his knees on a hop. What a horrible jump.

Only time I’ve done it is buying the same shoes I’ve already bought in person.

And MLB replay fails once again.

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I’m a 11.5 with cowboy boots but a 12 with tennis shoes and dress shoes. I got duck feet, narrow at the heels and wide at the toes. So I always have to try things on,

Horseshit replay review.

Why have replay if you still cock it up that badly?

WTF?!?!?!