OMG I have not written
In the back recesses of my mind… you know the area where I still try and believe Steve Bartman never gets in Moises Alou’s way to catch that damn foul ball… I realized that I have not written to the blog in a great while. I opened the blog today (1/22) and noticed that the last thing that I wrote about was Tiger at the onset of the controversy, (12/1) and my what a few weeks will do to alter your perspective. So in order to revive the process, I do not have a specific topic to rehash. (No need to tear into OSU’s poor performance in their bowl game, the extension of Mike Riley, Christmas, etc, ). I think I will start anew from whence I left:
So Tiger is now going through sex addict rehab (according to E! News). I guess that is what happens when you hit the volume that El Tigre did. Last night a co-worker and I were discussing a former student that worked with us and how he was a dead ringer for Tiger. Why didn’t Tiger hire a look-a-like to announce that it was him that was sleeping with all of these skanks? I mean it worked for the Prince and the Pauper… or something like that. Anyways Sex Addict Rehab makes me think of Sam Malone form Cheers or
Over/under on the length of nuptials? 6 months?
Russell Brand, British comedian who sometimes acts in Disney movies.
Last summer I read his autobiography, “My Bookywook” about his addictions to smack and sex. Well Mr. Brand has cleaned it up enough recently to become engaged to miss Katy Perry of “I Kissed a Girl” fame. Now it baffles me to believe in actual rehabilitation for sex expecially when you are a celebrity and have that much opportunity, but if you had to settle down, Ms. Perry is quite fine. Her recent song and video about Waking up in Vegas was a fun pop song.
Which takes me to the Hangover. When I saw that movie this summer I took my wife. I tried to play it off as a “date movie” with her to get to go. What would you have me do? See something with Meryl Streep? Anyways after about 5 minutes she began to give the sigh of “this is immature, childish and stupid” which went on through the movie as she continued to ask what time it was. Obviously this did not make for a great movie experience. I liked it but began to believe that the hype was way overblown.
It came in Netflix this past weekend and I busted it out on Tuesday night as a protest to watching American Idol or Biggest Loser. I believe that it was funnier the second time. Perhaps because of the circumstances. No one was looking at me as if I were a fool for laughing at childish things. I like stupid humor; pretty much a big fan.
Anyways I freaking loved Alan in this. Zach Galifinakis, (makes me feel like the late great Harry Caray when I attempt to say his name), steals every scene in this which is saying something because Ed Helms is damn funny. I watched Bored to Death on HBO this fall which Zach G was on. Dude and Ted Danson rocked the show so much that I even enjoyed Jason Schwartzman which is saying something. I’m thinking Zach G will be around for a while and that I may need to score a copy of Hangover on DVD.
But not Blu-ray. I have a movie collection that goes into the several hundreds. I have a ton of them on VHS, several hundred on DVD and now 10 or more on Blu-ray. At the price of Blu-ray, I am believing that there is a difference of which kind of movie to purchase on that format. Visually stimulating films have to be purchased on Blu-ray: Star Trek, Watchmen, Avatar. But not garden-variety celluloid. Quentin is for Blu-ray and Kevin Smith for DVD.
Those are my lines and I am sticking with them. And I will not waver from them. At least as long as NBC can keep their plans and promises.
Get a Life
So Tiger Woods hits a fire hydrant with his car. BFD. Why should I care? Why should you? As more of these sordid details come out about Tiger, his wife, the other woman and the Florida State Police, you realize this is much ado about nothing. When I first saw about this on the scroll on ESPN, I was certain that NIKE had a team of lawyers sent to Orlando to get this as buried as possible. They have too much money involved in Tiger to lose any of it.
If the man didn’t do anything illegal, I say big deal. If he cheated on Elin, it’s between him, her and their child(ren). Although why would you cheat on her. She is hotter than heat itself. This isn’t an issue of national security like when Clinton and Lewinsky… wait that wasn’t either. When Brad Pitt has an affair, it’s accepted; why can’t the same thing happen for Tiger?
The only question I have is… After all of those years pimping Buicks, why was he in an Escalade?
Ketchup
And the award for least original title goes to...
So I haven’t written in what seems like a while. Work has been going nice and strong, battling illnesses in the house, it seems like there is always a relevant football game on the TV in the evening, and I have read about 500 pages so far in Bill Simmons new book creatively titled “Book of Basketball.”
There really isn’t a great composition that needs to come out; just some random bullet points of things I have experienced, observed and gone through in the past week or so…
*Last weekend I turned 38. Now 38 is an age that seems to hold no actual value or significance. My kids were more excited about giving me my gifts before I was awake at 6:30. And then we had a catered tailgate with 30 or more friends and family members. A nice and sunny Saturday with the Beavers beating the Huskies for the sixth straight time…. I must digress and say that when I came to OSU in 1997 I could never have imagined a day when the Beavers would own a 6 game winning streak against the mighty UNIVERSITY of WASHINGTON…. Ok, back to getting older. So at 38 the thing I am concerned with is when do I have to start going through the male roto-rooter doctors appts. This is not something that I look forward to in the slightest. I wanna believe this is something that happens at 50, yet I am fairly certain it is 40, so I’ve got that to look for in 730 plus days or so.
* I rewatched Good Will Hunting for the first time in many years last Friday night. Still a great movie, yet I was stunned how much time has passed since 1997. Matt Damon really looked much younger and smaller without having gone through his Jason Bournes transformation. Ben Affleck hadn’t gone through his Gigli/J-Lo cycle. It was fun seeing him interact with his brother Casey. They really should do more movies together. The Hairiest Man in Hollywood gave a true performance rather than his recent forays into cinema like RV and the crapathon that is coming out with Travolta this holiday season. But the real surprise and delight for me was Minnie Driver. Over time I had forgotten just how attractive she was in that film. Her smile and accent with the cute and intimate dialogue made me wonder why she was never in a Top 10 for me in the past.
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* Playing songs on the Ipod in the car with the kids has been a lot of fun lately. I try and expose them to various sings from different genres and eras. They are hearing the similarities in Superfreak vs. U Can’t Touch This and Beat It and Eat It. They do get confused as to which song cam first. I am clearly going to have purchase some more Weird Al Yankovic before we go on our roadtrip next week to SF for Thanksgiving.
* I belive I have made the move that will take me to the promised land. I have been after the Holy Grail in my Fantasy Football League for the last 6 years. I ahev had truly great regular seasons, but could never put it together late in the playoffs. I have had a nice run through the first 10 weeks based on my strategy of drafting dominant WRs with my 1st and 2nd round picks. I have built a strong RB and have good D matchups for down the stretch. The areas I was concerned with were TE where I had played 5 different guys in 10 weeks and QB. I mortgaged the future by trading Donovan McNabb, Kevin Boss and a future pick in next years draft for Antonio Gates and the one and only Peyton Manning. This is it… I can feel it in my bones. Gonna win.
* Since I work with New Media at OSU, I get sent a fair number of links that give you time to think about the evolution of the digital world. This video captures a lot of my feelings about the evolution and makes me reflect about my life and how it has changed. Only now as I try to write some semblance of a conclusion to this piece am I truly aware of the digitality of my world. I am reading a book written by an author who built a fanbase and a career as guy who wrote a fanbased website, (Simmons) that I pre-ordered off of Amazon. (Simmons tweeted today about the continued discount through Amazon). Now I watched Good Will Hunting on a VHS tape from the vault. When I was done watching the movie, my impatience was palpable as I waited for the VCR to finish rewinding the tape. What an ADD lifestyle I have grown to? I use my Ipod to connect with my kids in the car and even tonight my 2 year old was trying to play Guitar Hero. Fantasy Football wouldn’t work without the CBS website. I can talk trash with guys from across the globe about whether or not this trade will turn it around for me. After the Beavers beat the Huskies down again, (sounds better if you imagine Forrest Gump with the tone retelling the tales of going to the White House and meeting the President of the United States again…) and one of my friends posted a great link of the 1985 upset of UW that was the only significant OSU win (non Civil War variety) in 25 years to my Facebook account. It’s a digital world and I am just living in it.. check out the video
Finger prints
So I had to get fingerprinted the other night. In order for me to volunteer in my son’s kindergarten class or chaperone a field trip I need to pass a background check and one of the steps involves getting my fingerprints checked. Now I am all for this as I want to make sure that other parents that participate are not convicted pedophiles and other such deviants. Per the usual, my wife researched the how, when and where for me and I drove downtown to the Benton County Emergency Services Office last night to get this done. I showed up shortly after 7 and was blown away at the number of people that were there. There were people from many different ages and in the 45 minutes I was there I was surprised that at least 20-25 people walked in to get this done. There were obviously college students who were doing this for internships working and volunteering in the community. In true bureaucratic fashion, there were 2 separate unmarked lines which made it ridiculous for the 2 staff members to keep track of who was where in line. The process included getting the appropriate card first with instructions, having your work checked by one staff member while collecting the $10 fee and then ultimately the fingerprinting with the black ink. One fellow printee asked the woman taking the money if last night was particularly busy and she said that this is always busy although there was one night in July that wasn’t so bad. There was a second background check if you were interested in obtaining a concealed weapons permit. I was caught off guard when asked if I wanted to get that, especially since I was surrounded by so many people. If I were to obtain a concealed weapons permit, I am not sure I would want it shared with others. In my opinion, the whole purpose of having a concealed weapon is to have it hidden from others. Yet in my time there, at least 2 people coming through the door applied for the permit… Hooray… 2 other people in my city may soon be legally carrying firearms! Who doesn’t live for the right to bear arms?
Finally after all of my waiting, I reached the front of the line. It was my turn. I stepped forward to the ink wheel of blackness and had the trusty volunteer help me with the prints. He held my hand like I hadn’t had it held in a long time and got each finger and all of the necessary prints. When he was finished he looked at me and said that there was an 80% chance that it would be approved as is. 80%… How freaking awesome is that? I think I will now adopt that strategy in my job.
Student: “Does this class count for that requirement?”
Me: “There is a 60% chance it does.”
Maybe they should get my kindergarten son and his classmates down there. They are far more precise.
Should the Cubs get Little Sarge again?
So… reading the master Rob Neyer this morning he referenced a story from the LA Times about Gary Matthews Jr. and his recent request to be traded. Now Matthews is a fine defensive CF and has a history of playing with the Cubs in 2000-01, not to mention his father as a member of 1984 Cubs and a former hitting coach. He has moderate power and generally unremarkable stats. The worst thing that can be said about him is his contract is too large for his production as he is scheduled to earn $23 million in the last two years of his five year deal. The Angels haven’t even used him as a starting outfielder for the past two years. But having said that, the Cubs have a couple of outfielders who could make for an interesting trade scenario. One is Milton Bradley, who could DH, although I wonder how he would do with Mike Sciosia as manager not to mention playing in a large market. After the 2009 Bradley fiasco, the Cubs have to trade him and the money is close to a match for the two years. But the other option would be to discuss Alfonso Soriano for Matthews. If the Cubs and Angels were able to make this trade straight up, it would create a savings in salary that would allow the team to address an additional area in the lineup (2B perhaps? Chone Figgins?). Apparently the Cubs will not dramatically increase the payroll this year so this move would help them in 2-3 spots in the lineup and have more payroll flexibility in the next 2 years.
Soriano never made a catch like this
If Matthews comes to the Cubs, Kosuke Fukudome would move to RF, improving the defense at 2 positions… not to mention the potential combo in LF of Chone Figgins, Jake Fox, Reed Johnson, Sam Fuld and Micah Hoffpauer being an upgrade in LF over Soriano. Soriano would be a great DH replacement for Vlad Guerrero in LA. This flexible lineup would require Lou Piniellia to play matchups and ultimately blend in the younger outfielders over the next two years so that Tyler Colvin and Brett Jackson should be starting in 2011 or 2012 at the latest.
The last positive thing about this potential trade is reuniting Matthews with the Cubs new hitting coach, Rudy Jaramillo. The best season in Matthews career was playing with the Rangers in 2006 under the tutelage of Jaramillo:
SEASON TEAM G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
2006 Tex 147 620 102 194 44 6 19 79 58 99 10 7 .313 .371 .495 .866
Bradley must go… even for a case of baseballs for batting practice, but I like the upgrade in defense for 2010, versatility and transition opportunities for the farm system if this kind of a trade can go through.
And then there was one
So the other day I discovered that for some unexplainable reason, the Portland Trail Blazers had signed F Juwan Howard for this upcoming season. I wondered why would they want someone so old. I mean I remember watching him play as a member of the Fab 5
Juwan in the middle
Here in descending order are the 5 oldest players in the league (which would have been a championship level team in 1999). Surprisingly Juwan is not in the top 5, but here we go.
5. Grant Hill, Phoenix Suns, born 10/5/1972. He could be a point forward in this imaginary team.
4. Kurt Thomas, Milwaukee Bucks, born 10/4/1972. One day older than Hill, who else was surprised he was still in the league? Perhaps he was the most surprised.
3. Shaq, Cleveland Cavaliers, born 3/6/1972. The highest-paid and marginally most relevant of this list. With the amount of money he makes annually, can you ever see him stepping away from the NBA?
2. Brent Barry, Houston Rockets, born 12/31/1971. An Oregon State alum like myself, he is just a mere 47 days younger than me. I hope he make the final Rockets roster even though they clearly need to be rebuilding through youth.
and #1…
the immortal Lindsey Hunter, Chicago Bulls, 12/3/1970. I am totally rooting for him to make the team for purely selfish reasons. A journeyman who was on a Laker championship earlier this decade, I can honestly say I remember no big shot in his career or any career defining imagery. The only reason to root for his continued existence in the league is my own mortality. Come on Lindsey… keep hanging on. 
Why Facebook can take you away….
So… as I have been looking forward to taking my son to see Where the Wild things Are tonight, I was aided by the world of Facebook taking me back to a place when I too was a wild thing. I have read this book hundreds of times over the last five years to my two kids. We have two copies at my house and one at my parents for the nights over. It used to be read every night for both kids and we even added our own material for it. During the three wordless pages of the wild rumpus, we sing the mahna-mahna song from the Muppets.
- doo doo doo doo
I am not sure where the origin of this idea began, but I do remember an episode of the British Office with one Gareth Keenan starting the song off in Slough and finding it very cool as David Brent, Tim and others joined in….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28ZSMAtzBSY
Anyhow… muppets, sophomoric David Brent, and the night Max wore his wolfsuit and made mischief of one kind…. takes me back to being a kid. And today Facebook greatly facilitated that by the list of birthday friends in the margins. Having gone to my 20 year high school reunion this past summer, allowed for me to reconnect with people that I grew up with from the third grade on. Facebook has been a reconnecting much greater than Classmates.com, MySpace or any other Social-stalking site. Tomorrow is the birthday of one of my best friends from elementary school, which triggered an awesome memory for me. This was probably 5th or 6th grade and we had a sleepover party at his house that was a little bit out of town. His parents lived on a large piece of property and there were 10 or 12 of us there after school on Friday for an army party. We dressed in his dad’s extra hunting gear, split into teams, snuck out and around, ran missions and captured each other. This was a week or 2 into the beginnings of an Oregon winter, so we had had plenty of rain to muddy things up. The army game ended up in a tremendously muddy ditch. This is when the real fun began…. the mud wrestling.
Now I had seen Stripes by then and mud wrestling was something that appealed to me in my prepubescent life, but this was truly awesome. We were tackling each other in the mud, throwing it at each other, shoving faces in mud, splashing, jumping, embracing the moment with total joy. One kid was late to the party and showed up in his school clothes. We immediately threw him into the mess and covered him in mud. This was a joyous memory as was the rest of that weekend. Thanks Facebook for digging into my subconscious and let the wild rumpus start.
army training sir
Fix the Cubs for 2009
So… in what has become an annual reflection process since I was in high school in the late 80’s, I, Louie Bottaro, afflicted Cubs fan, will sit here and dissect the 2009 Cubs, write about what changes I would like to see in 2010 and what the organization should build on to go forward.
The single most significant change in the Cubs for 2010 is that the ownership will no longer be the Chicago Tribune Co. and shareholders. Major League Baseball approved the sale of the franchise to the Ricketts family this past Tuesday for an estimated $845 million. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-07-cubs-sale-ricketts-oct07,0,7231.story Instead of being run by a corporate entity, the Cubs will now be run by a fan who may or may not be as worried about the bottom line as much as the previous regime. The first true test for the Ricketts family is what to do with the leadership of the organization, namely General Manager and Field Manager Lou Pinellia. I would hope that the Ricketts judge the body of work of both individuals rather than solely judging off the disappointments of 2009. Hendry and Pinellia have strong track records of success and if they are able to craft a vision of what the franchise should look like in the upcoming season, (Pinellia’s last year on his contract) and a five year plan, (something a General Manager should always be looking forward too), then I believe that they should remain with the organization.
2009 was a trainwreck because of injuries, complacency, bad chemistry combinations, and some players coming back to earth. They won 83 games largely on the immense amount of talent and the good fortune to play many games against division rival clubs like the Pirates, Reds and Astros that are just awful. They led the National League in runs scored in 2008 and one of the main reasons was the team patience, willingness to take a walk and work a count. This is one area that the team must improve to produce more runs and win more games in 2010.
Obviously the first are of improvement would be to eradicate Milton Bradley from the roster. Cancer causing Melanoma doesn’t begin to describe the damage that he caused to the 2009 season. He was a poor player, poor teammate, poor defender, poor hitter and had ability/interest in embracing the fans and media of Chicago. His inability to filter his annoyance with umpires, reporters, fans and others led to his 15 game suspension. He has value to an American League team in a place where they are not expected to compete and Milton can just go about his business collecting walks, basehits and paychecks from the Cubs as a 4-5AB per night Designated Hitter. He may be sent back to Texas where he enjoyed a career year in 2008 or to a Kansas City, Seattle or even Tampa Bay. My ideal would be to send him, the bulk of the money left to cover his contract, a minor league prospect or 2, (for sake of argument… how about Jeff Samardzia) for Carl Crawford. Crawford is about to become too expensive for the Rays and would be a welcome delight to the Cubs lineup. Then I saw a posting on Rob Neyer’s ESPN blog where a Detroit writer talked about a trade of Bradley for Jeremy Bonderman.http://blog.mlive.com/its-just-sports/2009/10/fixing_the_tigers.html
I really like this idea and would support that first and foremost.
So in my world with Bradley gone and Bonderman in as my #5 starter, it is time to focus on the pending free agency of the 4 current Cubs eligible. I would thank Kevin Gregg for his effort and wish him well. John Grabow would be a priority as a LH specialist. I would resign Reed Johnson to an incentive-laden deal. I would offer arbitration to Rich Harden. He would most likely not accept it and then the Cubs would be eligible for draft pick compensation were he to sign with another team. If he did accept, he would provide great depth against injury and a potentially awesome 8th inning man.
I believe it is time for the Cubs to admit that the Alfonso Soriano signing was not the best of ideas. Defensively he is so inferior with his 11 errors that he has worn out his welcome in Chicago. I would propose sending him to the Giants for one of their larger contracts, (CF Aaron Rowand who is still signed for $36 million over the next three years.) If another pitcher is needed to sweeten the deal, I get it. Give the Giants a list of players to take from Berg, Atkins or Caridad. This would allow the Cubs to move Fukudome back to RF and improve the outfield D all around. Rowand would probably produce 20 plus HRs in Wrigley and provide range necessary to survive days with Jake Fox and Micah Hoffpauer in LF.
When potential Free Agents are discussed for the Cubs, one name that I see mentioned often is Chone Figgins of the Angels. I can not argue with this at all as his speed, defense, OBP and versatility would give Lou Pinellia the first name for his lineup everyday. I would bat him leadoff and play him at 2B and LF depending on the matchups. That would be it in terms of free agency. The everyday lineup would look like this:
2B Figgins
SS Theriot
1B D Lee
3B Ramirez
RF Fukudome
CF Rowand
C Soto
LF Fox/Hoffpauer/Johnson
Koyie Hill, Fontenot, Jeff Baker and Aaron Miles would compliment the remaining LFs. Sam Fuld, Scales and Blanco can support at Iowa and ultimately LF can be taken over by Tyler Colvin.
The rotation would be
1. Zambrano… should have a strong bounce back year with extra off season training, (G. Soto too)
2. Ted Lilly… hated the deal when they signed him, but he’s been so steady
3. Dempster… if his daughter’s health is well, the defense improved, put him down for 15 wins.
4. Randy Wells…. avoid the sophomore slump… although depth is available in the pen
5. Bonderman … would do well to switch the NL. could leave to a new lease on life.
Sean Marshall, Tom Gorzellany, Jeff Samardzia would all be potential starters for injury, poor performance, etc. and strengthen the Bullpen. Carlos Marmol finished strongly and is established as the closer now with multiple options from the LH side in Grabow, Gorzellany and Marshall and RH with Guzman, Caridad, Aaron Heilman and Samardzia. Plenty of depth for injuries and trade potential if necessary.
With the uncertainty of the Cardinals situation, the Cubs could spend a little bit more money on Figgins and keep the base they have… a tweak or two here and they are right back in it.
Favorite Fictional Role Models
So I have been toying with lists recently. Today at work I came up with a list of the top 5 movies wiht Brad Pitt and then discussed/debated George Clooney, Bill Murray and even Keanu Reeves. For the record the the top 5 Pitt movies are:
5. A River Runs Through It
4. Oceans 11
3. Inglourious Basterds
2. 12 Monkeys
and
first rule of fight club is .....
1. Fight Club
But this is also where I am trying to compare the fictional characters that I have enjoyed/idolized/wanted to live the life of…
This is not in any particular order although I would certainly be more inclined to have Luke Skywalker in 1979, although by 1982 I found Han Solo much cooler. Is this because Raiders of the Lost Ark is a clearly superior movie to Corvette Summer? I am pretty sure I started to get the whole Michael Corleone thing in high school. Vinnie Chase and Ari Gold are recent additions. Anyway, here goes….
Again in no particular order of dominance and awesomeness, (although possibly a chronological one):
Peter Pan
Hawkeye Pierce
Luke Skywalker
Vinnie Barbarino
The Fonz
Superman
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Col. Steve Austin
Indiana Jones
Han Solo
Batman
B.A. Baracus
Bond, James Bond
Ren McCormack
Axel Foley
Peter Venkman
Rocky Balboa
Reggie Hammond
Ferris Bueller
Sam Malone
John McClane
Crash Davis
Ethan Edwards
My boy Gib
Walter ‘Gib’ Gibson
Michael Corleone
Jeff Spicoli
John Blutarsky
Fletch
Wayne Campbell
Doug Ross MD.
David Wooderson
Jay
Silent Bob
Jules Winston
Mr. Pink
Mr. White
Capt. John Yossarian
Tyler Durden
John Shaft
Maximus Decimus Meridius
Eric Cartman
Dr. Evil
Steve Stifler
Ted Stroman
Buffy Somers
Vic Mackey
Ron Burgundy
Jack Bauer
Tony Soprano
Danny Ocean
Barney Stinson
the Lorax
Tommy Gavin
Vinnie Chase
Johnny Drama
Victory!
Turtle
Ari Gold
Lt. Aldo Raine
I’m no psychologist. I don’t play one on tv, but there is a certain darkness that grows a I have gotten older. Only the one female, Buffy that I am truly envious of…. but she is the chosen one…. although I could certainly put Beatrix Kiddo on there as well. The Bride could whip some serious ass. Now I am waiting to see which character I have forgotten and have to add later.
Fall time is the best time
So… I have finally put summer to bed. It is over for 2009 and by all means it was a very pleasant summer. Good travels and adventures, time off with the fam and accomplished some home maintenance that was needed. But I have got to give it up for fall…. My favorite time of the year.
When I graduated from Willamette University in 1993 and started my first ever job selling insurance door to door for Combined Insurance, I was in hell. The job was totally uninteresting; I made crap for money and I was completely lost in purpose. I completely remember the day in September when I felt that I was missing out on something. It was time for the beginning of the year. The new cycle of life was beginning and I was missing it. I knew then it was time for a change in my vocation, which has led me to a career doing something I would have never considered as an undergrad.
There may be New Years Eve, beginnings of Fiscal years, school starting in the public school system and even Chinese New Years when people begin their years. Mine always seems to be the last week of September. I love it. Only slightly later than everything else (which works for me), and bringing the energy that I thrive off.
This academic year which is my 13th at OSU now… may be starting off to be my best. The office staff that we have has developed some continuity. I am going into my 4th year advising the New Media Communications program and its 200 plus majors. I’ve got a class that starts on Thursday. Football season is in full swing with all of the assorted fantasy and pick-em leagues. I still have 3 OSU football games to tailgate for and reconnect with friends from the past. My kids love their school situations and the weather is changing. I am cooking pots of spaghetti sauce on Sunday afternoons. Indoor soccer starts up again this weekend. Whereas summer has a lot of mixed up schedules and chaos; fall locks down into some routines and patterns that I find myself needing in late August.
I love the fall.
