This is really one of those golden opportunities for me. I mean, what if I call and we really hit it off? I’m just saying what if MY call is the ONE CALL he answers out of thousands and we vibe. I feel like we would vibe, me and Jimmy Butler the professional basketball star. It would probably start slow. Like he’d…

The funny thing is, you still are.

Have you ever been around other people? Why would you not be terrified?

Yes yes yes. And site managers at tournaments, too. I coached club volleyball for years, and part of my secondary duties with the club was also to act as tournament director for a handful of tournaments each season (probably 5 or so weekends).

Ditto. I was done with Little League umpiring as soon as a fan came onto the field to complain about a call I made and the coach didnt do jack shit to settle his side down.

It also, to me, seems to be part of the decline of civic organizations. Thirty years ago, you move to a community, put down roots, look for something to do, for some that’s officiating. Speaking from experience, I have no desire to go out and join a service organization or nonprofit or volunteer or even the goddamn…

I used to work as a soccer referee in my youth, the pay was good for a high school kid and it was a nice weekend gig. I haven’t for a while after I got a real job. A coworker with school age kids asked why I didn’t anymore, since her kids were often short of refs. Why do it? To get screamed at for two hours for barely…

I refereed youth sports for years but stopped a few years ago. Working with the kids was great. The parents are what drove me away. Brutal is the only word I can use to describe a lot of them.

When you finished writing that comment you should have just clicked “cancel”.

That’s just one of many things that pisses me off. So many white conservative men that flat out state “If someone does X to me, I’m going to knock their lights out!” But then when a black man does it, killing him becomes “Self defense! He was attacking me!”

I mean seriously, I sneak up playfully on my girlfriend and…

I look forward to chowing down on (local foodstuff and/or national fast food chain) when I get to (city)

The rubes like an easy story, nuances piss them off..

The Philando video put me to the limit.

Let me get this straight.

Don’t misquote him Emma. If he met drug dealers with better morals then their GM, he really could mean anyone.

To all you commentators who assume so much, the 93% white jury, which I was on, never viewed race as an issue. That’s for the media, prosecutors, and commenters. We tried to do the right thing in a responsible way like I’m sure all jury’s do. Assuming 1-2 racial holdouts is pretty racist frankly. Our decision was…

Your grandma sucks. no offense

Tell me about it. It would be even worse if I was getting home that late. Part of the reason I am in the 6 crowd is so I can get off at 3:30 (9-80 work schedule) and therefore be home by about 4. So there is plenty of time in the evening to work out. But after 9 hours at work... totally unmotivated.

(sighs).....I was young once. Of course, instead of a superior set of cognitive and physical skills that would allow me to accomplish difficult athletic feats over and over again, I was prone to severe social anxiety, difficulties with forming close interpersonal relationships, and a significant desire to be anywhere…

[checks to see how John Ryan Murphy did in Triple-A today] Hey, 2-for-4 with a run, not bad, not bad.