No Better Place

I was just so into you

Hey, guess what? I got L-A-I-D on friday night... After I gave the MILF a loooong foot massage, and a shorter deep tissue/scalp massage, we hit it. She wore an aqua blue silk nighty dress thing with all kinds of buttons on the front, and no panties underneath. She was so sexy I didn't last long, and came after only about 8 minutes or so. Talking afterwards she said even though she didn't have an O, it felt great because "I was just so into you. I love being close to you." Yeah. Gangsta rock star style, baby.

Sox Update: A win keeps bread on the table for at least one more meal. And in a near-perfect display of "Small ball" or "Ozzie ball" or whatever you want to call it, the Sox defeat the Mariner, 4-2. Buehrle pitches a gem (again), 7 IP and 1 ER, walking none and striking out 3. As sPod goes, so goes the Sox, and he had 2 stolen bases and 2 runs scored (the difference in the final score). Konerko homered.

The game was also the Sox 12th sellout at home this season - a franchise record. Counting tickets sold, the Sox are also over 2 million paid for the first time since 1993.

Seattle again today, then comes the toughest stretch of games the Sox will see all year.

Down On The Farm:

(expanded 3-day round-up)

Charlotte (AAA): beat Durham on thursday 12-4. Borchard was 4 for 5, Gload homered, and Bilowski drove in 4. On friday they Knight won again, killing Durham 11-1. Borchard had 2 homers, Brown had 5 RBIs. Munoz stuck out 6 in 5 IP, Fields had 4Ks in 2 IP. Saturday night the Knight won again, beating the Bull 7-3. Brown drove in 3. Without a doubt, these wins are the Knights best run of the season.

Birmingham (AA): Thursday Owens goes 3 for 4 in a 2-0 loss to Mississippi. Haigwood struck out 10 in 7 IP. On friday, Rogo homered in another losing effort. Honel got lit up for 3 ER and 7 walks in 4 IP. The Baron salvaged a game on friday night thanks to a homer and 3 RBIs from Stewart. Tracey pitched just well enough to win (7 IP, 4 ER, 2 walks, 2 K).

Winston-Salem (A): On thursday, Hall drove in 3 in a 9-4 loss to Frederick. Gonzales struck out 5 in 4 2/3rds IP, but also gave up 5 ER and 5 walks. Friday was nearly an identical loss, with Hall driving in 2. But on saturday the Hog bats explode for a 12-2 victory. Daigle and Lee each got 2 hits and 2 RBIs, while Molina collected 2 hits and 3 RBIs. Lopez struck out the side in the lone inning he pitched.

Kannapolis (A): Beat Lexington 6-0 on thursday. Smith was 3 for 5 with 2 RBIs. They won again on friday, 8-4, with Gonzales going 2 for 4 with 3 RBIs, including a homer. Bakker struck out 7 in 5 IP of relief work. Saturday night was a 3-2 loss to Lake County. Egbert struck out 6 in 6 IP.

Bristol (R): Thursday was a wild 10-9 loss to JC. Cunningham was 3 for 6. On friday they beat JC 9-0. Sanchez was 4 for 5. Saturday was an uneventful loss to Danville.

Great Falls (R): thursday beat Missoula 15-6. Tribble drove in 4. Schmidt had 3 hits. Friday was an uneventful 6-1 loss. Saturday was a nice 6-5 win in 12. Johnson was 4 for 4.

Baseball phrase of the day: jonrun n. home run.

Football Hall of Fame inductions today. Bears play the Dolphin in the HOF game from Canton on monday night. Lots of interesting stuff going on in the NFL this year. Randy Moss is gone out of the ol Black and Blue division and that is great news for the Bears. I think Moss will be reborn again in Oakland and have a great year. Also, watching how the Green Bay QB situation develops over the next two years should be interesting, though not as interesting as watching Rex Grossman guide the Bears this year. I hope Lovie Smith undertands that, in many ways, his job appears to be on the line. Another 6-10 season will likely not be tolerated. The Bears must at least contend for a wild card spot.

Today's music selection: I spent most of saturday at Ravinia, listening to former Bad Examples front man, Ralph Covert, push his 'kiddie rock' on a new generation of consumers hungry for rock. "Ralph's World" is actually fun if you ever get the chance to see him. Like Dan Zanes (formerly of the Del Fuegos) and They Might Be Giants, these rock retreads have found a new market in the multi-million dollar world of children's entertainment. It could be worse. When I was a kid all we had was Zoom and Pete Seeger covering those tired old Woody Guthrie songs. On the positive side, there were a ton of hot MILFs at the show. Unfortunately, with husbands in tow. Too bad, as there was a lot of hot mom ass out there.

Its a sad day at the Buena Vista Social Club. Ibrahim Ferrer has died.

As I type this I'm watching some Bruce Springsteen concert on PBS. He's spent, I shit you not, about 20 mintues introducing the E Street Band, which now has about 25 members (and I'm sure Nils was real happy to see Little Steven back in the fold). Christ, how many guitars do they need? They've got 4! 4! Four fucking guitarists?!?!? You don't need 4 fucking guitarists to plod thru "Badlands." You know what happens when you have 4 fucking guitarists? If they're not soloing, you can't hear any of them! Shit, Lynard Skynard, one of the greatest guitar-driven bands ever, only had 3. Springsteen has become a parody of himself, a corny rock sideshow that is totally unwatchable. I hope this guy quits quick before doing more damage to his legacy. Maybe its too late. I can't take 25 more years of the same old faithful renditions of "Jungleland." Can't he just take his money and disappear into the hills about LA? Shut the fuck up already! And don't get me started on the Stones. Watching old people rock is like watching old people having sex. Eeeewwww! Its just creepy.

I'm still finishing up Studs Lonigan. Farrell has a way with words and characters. I still haven't quite warmed up to Studs as I did to Bellow's Augis March, but here are recent highlights:

On personal peacefulness:
"When Studs had beeen lying in the sand, he had been at peace, almost like some happy guy in a story."

On friendship:
"They didn't talk. They just sprawled there. It was too good to talk."

On summer in the city:
"The July night leaked heat all over 58th Street, and the fitful death of the sun shed softening colors that spread gauze-like and glamorous over the street. stilling those harshnesses and commercail uglinesessthat were emphasized by the brighter revelations of day. About the street there seemed to be a supervising beauty of reflected light."

Beer count - 2 on saturday, but I also had 4 glasses of wine. 2 on friday. No wine.