I should have mentioned in my earlier post that, roughly since Gingrich, my default setting in almost all political matters is “It’s Congress’ fault.” I’m not sure we’ve had a functional Congress in my lifetime (I’m 37.)

He couldn’t have any more clearly wrecked the whole notion of checks and balances and put the lie to how shaky it all was in the first place. He didn’t actually lay the Constitution on the Mall and squat a big loaf out onto it, but he may as well have. 

I’m not really a basketball fan, but when I woke up this morning and saw that the Bucks had won, I immediately thought, “Huh. I guess I’ll be watching the ECF this year.”

And then every once in a while he gets insanely hot for a couple of weeks. The rest of the offense should be able to make up for his cold streaks.

I lived in NYC for several years and have been in Philly now for a couple. I’m not exaggerating at all when I say that SEPTA legitimately makes me miss the MTA. (For example, those card machines were installed more than a year ago and in some places are only now being brought online. I was in Suburban station last…

That’s how I read the 9/11 report, or at least as much of it as I could get through (because, y’know, it’s a government document.)

There’s this thing called Google that I’ve heard can give you answers to questions like “What’s the plot of The Caine Mutiny?” and “Who are the St. Louis Browns?”

It might just be a rumor, though. No one I know has ever seen it.

I used to, a little. I don’t anymore. It couldn’t be clearer how little the powers that be care about the people that actually make their multibillion dollar playthings valuable.

Why do I like this shit? Why do I pay attention? Why am I literally watching a baseball game as I type this? The fuck is wrong with me?

End baseball. 

The next city I move to will have a minor league team. That’s one of my non-negotiables. I’m not even joking. 

“Over 4000 citizens murdered by undocumented immigrants in 2017...”

She gave me v.d.

I’m really sorry for what’s happening in your state, man. I hope you and yours are safe and doing as well as possible. 

There’s nothing local to the arena except Xfinity Live, which is a horrible pseudo-club full of horrible pseudo-people. The nearest halfway decent place is the Philadium at 17th and Packer. 

Turnout for the Cavs parade looked pretty healthy. 

While it’s foolish to speculate so far in advance, we are talking about a guy here who landed at spring training and then immediately got in his car and drove three hours into a snowstorm. Some people are wired differently, bro. 

Bryce Harper was touted as a generational prospect before he was drafted - he’s about the only one I can think of recently (Trout went seventeenth overall iirc). And he’s good, obviously - the Phillies are going to be better with him than they would have been without him - but he still hasn’t won a playoff series. I…

Trout should just walk into the ballpark and say, “I want this.” 

I remember one thing about White Plains fondly - the Lazy Boy Saloon. Ten cent wings on Wednesdays kept me alive more than once. And I’m still a little annoyed at myself that I didn’t manage to drink my way through their beer menu before I graduated.

Purchase. Four glorious years of brown brick, cheap wine, art and bullshit. (Seriously, though, I had a great time. I just wish I’d majored in something a little more marketable than English.)