"Upon Further Review" by Jim Sacco

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

And another thing …

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Holla.

Daily Pooch Punt: 4/24/2007

So I promised you the standings after the first week of racing at Eastside in TNV Sports’ Eastside Pick’em contest.

But we’re still waiting to tally up our scores. All we know at this point is (and it’s not much) is the guy staffer Court Wills picked “The Flying Hippie” Sibold, won the race.

We have no clue yet where Danny Brown finished (the guy I picked) and the driver Rob Sisk picked. I’ll post them as soon as Rob gets them. But, until then, here’s Rob’s story on opening night at Eastside.

And another thing: If you’re a track fan (or even if you’re not) and you happen to be in Waynesboro on Wednesday, you really need to go watch the jump pits when Waynesboro’s Will Walter goes head-to-head with Robert E. Lee’s Troy Crawford in the long and triple jump. Don’t forget about fellow Little Giant Tim Brown, who may break up the Walter-Crawford party.

Here come the Knights: It’s Turner Ashby at Fort Defiance today (Tuesday).

Fort Defiance softball, do you have your Region II boarding passes?

Am in the only one: Sick of seeing this guy on ESPN every two minutes?

And how come: We don’t see this guy as much as we should on ESPN? And how can I score a Melrose Mullet?

OK, so an unrelated note: This weekend my parents meet the the most tolerant woman alive’s (my fiance’s) parents for the first time. I’m thinking this is like that horrible blind date you and girlfriend set up in college (at her request, of course) between two mutual friends of yours that don’t know each other and two of you decide to double with them. And the whole time you’re sitting at the table over dinner, the two of you are thinking of ways for them to get along so they end up going out eventually when, in reality, it doesn’t matter if they get along or not. You know what I’m talking about? Well that’s how I feel.

So I’ve compiled a list of things to say over dinner: That while may not ease any “awkward” situations, will certainly allow to me to sit back and be entertained (and possibly single again) by watching my parents’ reaction.

So, how does everyone here feel about [fiance’s name deleted to protect the innocent] keeping her name?

Does it matter that [yes, the fiance’s game again] doesn’t like eating ravioli every Sunday?

Did I mention that [you know who] doesn’t like red wine?

So, [her again] remember when you asked me what this “olive oil” was?

[The fiance] told me that Sacco and Vanzetti were guilty and deserved to die. Remember that?

And, of course, the one thing Italian parents don’t want to hear about their future son and or daughter-in-law: Mom, dad, did I mention she’s Irish? (Rim shot)

Thanks. You’ve been great. Enjoy Talking Heads.