quality of life issues

Tom Dempsey's 43 year old 63 yard field goal record fell yesterday. Over the years it had been tied by three other NFL kickers but never broken until yesterday when Denver kicker Matt Prater kicked a 64 yarder.

Remember the ad with Dan Marino where he was all bundled up like it’s cold outside claiming that he buys his offensive linemen Isotoner gloves for Christmas even though he was playing in Miami?

Warm gloves   the gift that keeps on giving. If it’s not a gift from your quarterback or a gift from your grandma but a gift from thin air  out of nowhere it really seems to me to be more gift-like.  ground score. Anybody can find one random glove. But finding a matching pair that fits and doesn’t smell like shit        there’s the rub.  

I found a pair of  brown Isotoners (photo above) on the ground at One Union about 6 years ago and got millions of miles out of them. About 6 weeks ago I found a pair of black ones and they have come in real handy these last few days.

remember the Sonics Dance Team?    remember the Sonics?

remember this from 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 ?

In the absence of anything monumental      the petty details of everyday life become powerful and meaningful. It’s like organized religion. It’s like walking down the hall for a drink of water     hoping to make/avoid  eye contact with that one co-worker who likes to talk and you know it’ll be good for 17 minutes off/on the clock.  

repurposed Pearl Izumi   taken out of context then put back in

seam rip photos

Left-handed Mormon quarterbacks, BYU, Steve Young, Forty-Niners, Utah, undrafted free agent running backs, Willie Parker, Steelers, Pittsburgh, N 30, today, 1974, thirty nine,  you never get a second chance to make a golden birthday, three nine.

moving forward looking back   through 3.2 megapixels

not 32 (thirty-two)      3.2 (three point two)

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to all y’all --one person especially in particular-- born in the calendar year of 1973, Happy 40th Birthday in this calendar year 2013.

thank you Sally for the 2011 Raleigh Port Townsend

thank you Bike Works for the Santini gloves circa 1993

thank you Dick Cantwell for the Immortal IPA

thank you Salsa for the stiff upper lip

thank you 5-day forecast for the crisp clarity