UPPERCASE

I promised myself that, whoever hit a home run during last week's three games, deserved a customized jersey in this house.

So I bought two.

However, this post is not about baseball. 

This post is about WHOEVER JUDGED MY SPENDING FOR *STAR WARS* OR *ARCANE* OR ANY OF MY *NERDY THINGS* AND THEN IS TOTALLY OK WITH A MLB JERSEY COSTING ***135*** DOLLARS.

Just saying.

This statue is HUGE, super HEAVY, painted BY HAND by an ARTIST, limited edition, 1000 copies in the WORLD, numbered.

It does cost **LESS** than two f---- MLB jerseys *made in Thailand*. 

Now.

Don't get me wrong.

I'm TOTALLY fine with sports jerseys.

In fact, *I* bought TWO. 

What pisses me off is that the world judges my Star Wars statue, telling me I'm "wasting money", I'm "not a kid anymore", and that 'this is stupid", but it's tooooooootally fine with sport fans spending waaaaaaaay more on their teams merch.

My last third

"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games.  

No matter how bad you are, you're going to win one-third of your games.  

It's the other third that makes the difference."

My life has always been what I could build out of Plan B.  

Plan A never worked.

(I earned a PhD in Chemical Engineering at 33, in Taiwan, and now I teach and live in f----- Iowa, so please—spare me the debate.)

So this quote is one of my all-time favorites. 

And I truly treasure my last third.

Le avventure del commensale solitario

Me: "I think I will keep going with my Korean theme weekend and I will *just* have a Bibimbap."

googling new Korean BBQ and hot pot **all you can eat**

Me: "Ok, let's try this one."

at the place

Me: "Is it ok if I'm alone?"

Waitress: "Sure, no problem."

Me: "Do I have one hour limit?"

Waitress: "Two."

Me: *MWAHAHAHAH*

I'm at my 10th order, and it has been 46 minutes.

Spam

While I'm waiting for the pitch (delayed at 8.30), I spam.

A foodie is a foodie EVERYWHERE, *especially* where peculiar food is served.

And stadiums are TOTALLY included.

Personally, I do "rank" hot dogs and pretzels, so I normally start with that.

But, I will be here all weekend, so I searched for some specific specialties to try. 

The "cheesecake-on-a-stick" is a classic, and I will probably indulge in some form of ice cream.

But a couple of offers are worth mentioning.

The DOUBLE hot dog with MAC & CHEESE AND CHEETOS (! #no), and, apparently, an Italian specialty that I NEVER, in almost 50 years of life, heard of: "Vinnie’s Italian Beef Pasqwich."

I am confused.

🙃

Also.

You know that a ball game is long when INSIDE the stadium there are a MINIGOLF and a CAROUSEL.

I contain multitudes

Suuuuuper delayed flight to Chicago. 

Waiting in Louisville with my nerdy nerdy Hazbin Hotel hoodie and my hard hat attached to my Coach bag.

I contain multitudes.

Another motivational poster

People work for a lot of reasons.

Mine are *always* silly and unimportant.