It's proven to be quite a trip. Literally. Four-to-five hours, every Tuesday and Thursday, up and back, on the Cornell campus-to-campus bus. With a driver who goes like hell. Nicer than your average bus, though I could do without the chemical toilet in the back. (Or, maybe I couldn't.)
Incredibly scenic route. Up and down the foggy hills of Pennsylvania and upstate New York. Past beautiful, downtown Scranton, now shrouded in mourning crepe after their man, Cashman, let them down in the Triple-A championships. (I hear that his statue has already been vandalized.)
It gets old, fast, but it's not so bad. Except...on my very first day, going to catch said bus at 5:30 in the morning, I managed to face-plant in the middle of Times Square. It all turned out to be a rather nice story about how New Yorkers help one out in a pinch, but it did mean five hours in an emergency ward (If you visit just ONE New York City emergency room this year, make it NYU/Langone! Really, they were great!)
But initially, I looked kind of like this:
But between my own bumbling (Hey, I've lost a bunch of weight. I'm thinking of writing the "Smash Your Own Teeth In!" diet guide.) and getting up two lectures a week, I've not been the fan I should be.
Sorry about that. I was so looking forward to continuing my "Yankees Circle of Immortals" series—and to writing a great juju-dissolving device for Aaron Judge.
No could do. But I hope to make up for it all in the Hot Stove League. In the meantime, go Yankees! And JM, can't wait to see you back in the USA.
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Looking forward to seeing you, too, Hoss. Those face plants are not recommended, unless it's a nice fern that covers your face symmetrically. Glad you're doing better!
Wow - Hoss - Sorry to hear that.
Hope you're healed up real soon.
(You should request that a bottle opener be fitted into the backside of your titanium incisors. Its a highly efficient way to pop the top off of your favorite beverage and guzzle without missing a beat - although the more you imbibe, the more likely it is that you'll forget to spit out the cap so be careful not to swallow it.)
Went to the emergency room last week just after getting over my root canal for a tendon issue in my right wrist. YAY!
Out here our local ER is a challenge because you can barely hear the check-in nurse over the crickets in the waiting room (Its just that empty in there).
My four visits to NYC ERs (once for me, three times accompanying friends) were a TOTALLY different story. Knife wounds, gunshot victims, face planters, folks falling into open sidewalk basement doors, etc - all cued up on gurneys waiting their turn to be seen...crazily chaotic.
Have an adult beverage on me Hoss and enjoy the game.
Getting old sucks hairy goat balls.
Hoss, so sorry to hear about the inopportune face plant. I cringe just reading about it. Get well quickly
Sending good vibes, Hoss. I'm sure the Yankee training staff could have you back in fighting trim quickly if you'd only let them do their job.
I'm going to try to find a way to figure out the best date for a IIHIIF meetup centered around JM's return to Amerika. I hope they allow him back in.
I once taught a course at a not-to-be-named college in New York City on the subject of "Politics, Religion and Media." It was my favorite course of all time to teach. I'd assign readings and then we'd get together once a week and argue. That was over 10 years ago. I think it might be a lot grimmer now, that course, and could end up with me on a one-way ride to Gitmo.
Happy times! Time to put on my Batman suit and sit in front of my non-existent TV with a rattle and a pacifier. I'll see y'all over on the game thread - mebbe.....
Hoss that's horrible! I'm so sorry to hear that.
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