Afternoon Links
- VDH on "no blood for oil"
- Jay Nordlinger has a new Impromptus up
- Are Marines extreme? Hat tip Straight White Guy
- What would Ted William's (and others) stats have looked like if they didn't spend all those years in the military?
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Morning Links
- Steyn on Syria
- Yikes! 50 shots? Yikes!
- David Halberstam on the death of Hunter S Thompson
- Jason Stark on Brad Lidge Good stuff!
- Hey - The Doctor demento Show has its own website! Cool!
- Hugh Hewitt for next President of the University of Colorado? Hat Tip Betsy's Page
- The Cold Hard Football Facts look at how Tom Brady Compares to the all-time greats (he compares very, very well)
- Steyn on Syria
- Yikes! 50 shots? Yikes!
- David Halberstam on the death of Hunter S Thompson
- Jason Stark on Brad Lidge Good stuff!
- Hey - The Doctor demento Show has its own website! Cool!
- Hugh Hewitt for next President of the University of Colorado? Hat Tip Betsy's Page
- The Cold Hard Football Facts look at how Tom Brady Compares to the all-time greats (he compares very, very well)
Monday, March 07, 2005
Back When Andrew Sullivan Made Sense
Just about two years ago, Andrew Sullivan wrote the following at his blog:
Now think about the people like Sean Penn who went to Iraq before the war and were against any US action because they didn't want "blood on their hands."
Just about two years ago, Andrew Sullivan wrote the following at his blog:
Sanctions are inevitably the cornerstone of containment, and in Iraq, sanctions kill. In this case, containment is not an alternative to war. Containment is war: a slow, grinding war in which the only certainty is that hundreds of thousands of civilians will die. The Gulf War killed somewhere between 21,000 and 35,000 Iraqis, of whom between 1,000 and 5,000 were civilians. Based on Iraqi government figures, UNICEF estimates that containment kills roughly 5,000 Iraqi babies (children under 5 years of age) every month, or 60,000 per year. Other estimates are lower, but by any reasonable estimate containment kills about as many people every year as the Gulf War - and almost all the victims of containment are civilian, and two-thirds are children under 5. Each year of containment is a new Gulf War. Saddam Hussein is 65; containing him for another 10 years condemns at least another 360,000 Iraqis to death. Of these, 240,000 will be children under 5.Think about those numbers for a minute. Think about how many children under 5 have been "saved" by our actions in Iraq. Now look at all the stories about feedom breaking out all around the Middle East.
Now think about the people like Sean Penn who went to Iraq before the war and were against any US action because they didn't want "blood on their hands."
Historical Footnote
General Douglas MacAuthur’s first marriage had a big wedding. Over two hundred guests were invited but because of political and family considerations – MacAuthur was only able to invite one close friend. The friend’s name? Buck Wheat (seriously).
No word on how the rest of Our Gang took the snub.
General Douglas MacAuthur’s first marriage had a big wedding. Over two hundred guests were invited but because of political and family considerations – MacAuthur was only able to invite one close friend. The friend’s name? Buck Wheat (seriously).
No word on how the rest of Our Gang took the snub.
Big Holiday Coming Up
Don’t forget Steak and BJ Day is March 14th (I wonder if Hallmark has cards for this occasion?).
Don’t forget Steak and BJ Day is March 14th (I wonder if Hallmark has cards for this occasion?).
Afternoon Links
- Bush and Clinton play Hope and Crosby - hat tip The Anchoress. I thought it interesting that it is the elder Bush who more up on technology than Clinton (remember the way he was ripped because people thought he didn't understand the check-out scanner);
- Jeremy Jacobs speaks (kinda - actually what he says is "you have to ask Gary Bettman about that" a whole lot)
- Bush and Clinton play Hope and Crosby - hat tip The Anchoress. I thought it interesting that it is the elder Bush who more up on technology than Clinton (remember the way he was ripped because people thought he didn't understand the check-out scanner);
Bush has told aides he values this newfound friendship and that he will do anything to protect it. Putting away the Blackberry portable e-mailer to which Bush has become somewhat addicted might be a good first step — Clinton reportedly doesn't do e-mail.- What Iraqi checkpoints are really like - hat tip Large Bill.
- Jeremy Jacobs speaks (kinda - actually what he says is "you have to ask Gary Bettman about that" a whole lot)
Morning Links
- The Internet passes radio as source for political news (but you knew this already - right?)
- Syria's Road to Freedom
- Just because I laughed at the headline
- Studes looks at the off-season baseball contracts
- The story of Rich Lederer's dad managing the Dodgers for a day (good stuff)
- The Internet passes radio as source for political news (but you knew this already - right?)
- Syria's Road to Freedom
- Just because I laughed at the headline
- Studes looks at the off-season baseball contracts
- The story of Rich Lederer's dad managing the Dodgers for a day (good stuff)
Sunday, March 06, 2005
The Death of Credibility at the Boston Globe Sports
Writers getting their kids jobs with the people they are supposed to cover. Editors putting well known columnist's names on work done by interns. Putting baseless lies up on the website as fact. These are just some of the issues facing the Boston Globe today. And that's just the sports section.
If you are from New England and you grew up reading the Boston Globe sports section - you already know that today's product is a shell of its former self.
I grew up with Will McDonough on football, Peter Gammons on baseball and Bob Ryan on the Celtics. I'm not saying that there aren't bright spots (Gordon Edes and the new Red Sox beat writer Chris Snow are top shelf). However, I think everyone agrees that it ain't what it was.
Jeff Sullivan does a great job of laying out some of the problems the Globe sports department is running into these days in a column at BostonSportsMedia.com.
The owners of the Boston Globe - the New York Times - have themselves shown a disgraceful disregard for ethics in journalism. I just hope people consider the source when they read something in the Globe. You used to be able to believe what you read was at least true if not somewhat bias free.
Think of this the next time you read someone in the Globe make a smarmy remark about Drudge.
Writers getting their kids jobs with the people they are supposed to cover. Editors putting well known columnist's names on work done by interns. Putting baseless lies up on the website as fact. These are just some of the issues facing the Boston Globe today. And that's just the sports section.
If you are from New England and you grew up reading the Boston Globe sports section - you already know that today's product is a shell of its former self.
I grew up with Will McDonough on football, Peter Gammons on baseball and Bob Ryan on the Celtics. I'm not saying that there aren't bright spots (Gordon Edes and the new Red Sox beat writer Chris Snow are top shelf). However, I think everyone agrees that it ain't what it was.
Jeff Sullivan does a great job of laying out some of the problems the Globe sports department is running into these days in a column at BostonSportsMedia.com.
He [Steve Silva] received an email from a woman with whom he had no prior contact and immediately posted it on the Boston.com-based website, BostonDirtDogs.com, as fact. That’s all that happened, folks, plain and simple. A reporter at The National Enquirer would be fired and sued for what Silva did. A random email, from a person he didn’t know, purposely sent him a blatant lie in hopes of proving a point, and he posted it within minutes. No follow-up reporting, “Nomar Garciaparra doesn’t want his World Series ring from the Red Sox.”Nomar never said any such thing. This was just the latest example of the lack of control in the sports department.
Start with Dan Shaughnessy, who infuriated at least one co-worker last year when he landed his daughter an internship with Red Sox Chairman Tom Werner’s production company in California. Not exactly setting the standard for journalistic integrity are we, Dano?This is the same Dan Shaughnessy who used to skewer the former owner of the Boston Celtics Paul Gaston as "Thanks Dad" because his father had gotten him his job by buying the Celtics.
And what about allowing college co-ops and other employees to make NFL predictions against the point spread under the names of highly respected writers like Will McDonough and Ron Borges? During my first three years of college, I was using their picks to help make my Sunday bets. My fourth year of college, I became a Globe co-op and remember being absolutely stunned that some kid that knew next to nothing about the NFL was making Borges’ picks. I was floored, thinking there’s no way other people aren’t looking to see McDonough’s and Borges’ picks before calling the bookie.I was one of those folks who used to check those picks religiously. Imagine having an intern pick political races for Tim Russert.
The owners of the Boston Globe - the New York Times - have themselves shown a disgraceful disregard for ethics in journalism. I just hope people consider the source when they read something in the Globe. You used to be able to believe what you read was at least true if not somewhat bias free.
Think of this the next time you read someone in the Globe make a smarmy remark about Drudge.
Blog Housekeeping
Just a few housekeeping items and comments.
First - the Blogroll. You may have noticed that I added a few new blogs. Among them were:
The Baseball Analysts
Grouchy Old Cripple
Political Musings
The Sports Prof
And I dropped one blog (sorry Keith - anytime you want to start your blog back up - you go right back on).
I haven't been too happy with Blogger lately because it seems there is now some sort of three plus hour delay between what I write and what shows up on my blog.
My TTLB Ecosystem tag seems to have disappeared through no action of my own. Here's a dirty little secret about becoming a "Large Mammal" in the TTLB Ecosystem; just join something like the Homespun Bloggers and the number of automatic links puts you over the top. The ecosystem has very little to do with the number of hits your site gets (I get about 200-400 visitors per day) and everything to do with the number of links. So you could have a blog with just 10 visitors a day and still become a "Large Mammal" by joining a "link cooperative".
Don't get me wrong. I didn't join The Homespun Bloggers for the "Large Mammal" designation. I joined it because it both gives me a wider audience and also puts a number of high quality blogs like Carpe Bonum at my fingertips. It also lets me know what blogs are updated.
I think most people realize that the key to a successful blog is quality info added at the very least daily. I try to have something here for the readers even when travel or other circumstances prevent any new content being added. My guidepost is the size of my blogroll. I try to add content to the site daily that is equal to the size of my blogroll - so the longer I make my Blogroll (from Google News down to The A-List) the more pressure I put on myself for new content.
Finally - soon I might be getting rid of the Amazon donation button because nobody has donated anything and as far as I can tell the only think it has been good for so far is to delay the loading time of my page.
Just a few housekeeping items and comments.
First - the Blogroll. You may have noticed that I added a few new blogs. Among them were:
The Baseball Analysts
Grouchy Old Cripple
Political Musings
The Sports Prof
And I dropped one blog (sorry Keith - anytime you want to start your blog back up - you go right back on).
I haven't been too happy with Blogger lately because it seems there is now some sort of three plus hour delay between what I write and what shows up on my blog.
My TTLB Ecosystem tag seems to have disappeared through no action of my own. Here's a dirty little secret about becoming a "Large Mammal" in the TTLB Ecosystem; just join something like the Homespun Bloggers and the number of automatic links puts you over the top. The ecosystem has very little to do with the number of hits your site gets (I get about 200-400 visitors per day) and everything to do with the number of links. So you could have a blog with just 10 visitors a day and still become a "Large Mammal" by joining a "link cooperative".
Don't get me wrong. I didn't join The Homespun Bloggers for the "Large Mammal" designation. I joined it because it both gives me a wider audience and also puts a number of high quality blogs like Carpe Bonum at my fingertips. It also lets me know what blogs are updated.
I think most people realize that the key to a successful blog is quality info added at the very least daily. I try to have something here for the readers even when travel or other circumstances prevent any new content being added. My guidepost is the size of my blogroll. I try to add content to the site daily that is equal to the size of my blogroll - so the longer I make my Blogroll (from Google News down to The A-List) the more pressure I put on myself for new content.
Finally - soon I might be getting rid of the Amazon donation button because nobody has donated anything and as far as I can tell the only think it has been good for so far is to delay the loading time of my page.
Morning Links
- "Maybe Bush was right" seems to be a growing question asked by many on the left. Next up the meme "we had the idea first".
- Maradona has stomach stapling surgery. This guy used to be the best known athlete in the world.
- Peter Gammons has a new column up
- Nice job done by the Red Sox which hasn't gotten much publicity. Hat Tip Singapore Sox Fan
- Music teacher in Florida has sex with 11-year old and the boy's father. The father says quote, "I wouldn't call it romantic." Hat tip FARK
- ABOUT TIME!
- Gordon Edes' Sunday Baseball Notes
- "Maybe Bush was right" seems to be a growing question asked by many on the left. Next up the meme "we had the idea first".
- Maradona has stomach stapling surgery. This guy used to be the best known athlete in the world.
- Peter Gammons has a new column up
- Nice job done by the Red Sox which hasn't gotten much publicity. Hat Tip Singapore Sox Fan
- Music teacher in Florida has sex with 11-year old and the boy's father. The father says quote, "I wouldn't call it romantic." Hat tip FARK
- ABOUT TIME!
- Gordon Edes' Sunday Baseball Notes
Saturday, March 05, 2005
Flotsam and Jetsam
I'm willing to agree that the Gary Payton "trade" and later "re-signing" plus the acquisition of Prodigal Son Antoine Walker was a masterstoke on the part of Celtics GM Danny Ainge. I think the Celtics are in good hands with Aigne and Doc Rivers.... My friend Bill has a pet peeve with people using the term "masterpiece". By definition a show or collection can only have ONE master-piece. People who say every piece is a "masterpiece" are by definition incorrect. I've sorta adopted Bill's peeve as my own... Now that the Browns have jettisoned Kelly Holcomb - my guess on who the Cleveland Browns will go after to be their starting QB? I say Tim Rattay of the 49ers. The Patriots coaching staff had Rattay and Tom Brady rated exactly equal before drafting Brady. I bet that fact stuck in Romeo Crennel's head... Interesting - from today's Boston Globe - new Patriots' CB Duane Start on former coach Dennis Green in Arizona, "Dennis didn't talk too much to the players. Nobody really had a good relationship with him except Emmitt Smith."...
I'm willing to agree that the Gary Payton "trade" and later "re-signing" plus the acquisition of Prodigal Son Antoine Walker was a masterstoke on the part of Celtics GM Danny Ainge. I think the Celtics are in good hands with Aigne and Doc Rivers.... My friend Bill has a pet peeve with people using the term "masterpiece". By definition a show or collection can only have ONE master-piece. People who say every piece is a "masterpiece" are by definition incorrect. I've sorta adopted Bill's peeve as my own... Now that the Browns have jettisoned Kelly Holcomb - my guess on who the Cleveland Browns will go after to be their starting QB? I say Tim Rattay of the 49ers. The Patriots coaching staff had Rattay and Tom Brady rated exactly equal before drafting Brady. I bet that fact stuck in Romeo Crennel's head... Interesting - from today's Boston Globe - new Patriots' CB Duane Start on former coach Dennis Green in Arizona, "Dennis didn't talk too much to the players. Nobody really had a good relationship with him except Emmitt Smith."...
Morning Links
- Heh Heh
- Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects from the past 15 years. It's interesting to look back at to see who succeeded and who did not. Hat Tip Large Bill (if you don't have Large Bill on your Blogroll - you should fix that today)
- This is just unbelievable (well I guess considering the source - it is believeable). I can almost hear Hillary yelling, "Bill - will you just shut up!"
That's it for links this morning.
- Heh Heh
- Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects from the past 15 years. It's interesting to look back at to see who succeeded and who did not. Hat Tip Large Bill (if you don't have Large Bill on your Blogroll - you should fix that today)
- This is just unbelievable (well I guess considering the source - it is believeable). I can almost hear Hillary yelling, "Bill - will you just shut up!"
That's it for links this morning.
Friday, March 04, 2005
The Real Deal Behind the Bain Offer
By now you may have heard about the $3.3 BILLION bid by a group headed by Bain Capital to purchase the entire NHL.
Some folks have said this deal would never happen because teams like the Bruins and Maple Leafs would never sell. Others, like Eric from Off Wing Opinion, see this as a possible PR move by Bain and Game Plan.
I see this as a Trojan horse. Bain is as smart as they come when it comes to takeovers and turnarounds. They see real value here. There is a product with a large base of loyal consumers but there is also a management in place that has consistently shown that they don't know what they are doing. I don't think Bain really wants to buy all 30 teams.
I think they might just want to buy just 15-20 teams.
If Bain is able to make acceptable offers to 15 to 20 of the teams who might be willing to sell and these teams agree to the terms - then suddenly Bain controls the voting in a hostile take-over of the NHL. Some teams like the Bruins, Rangers, Red Wings, Blues and Maple Leafs will probably never agree and to sell and what will result will be a prolonged legal battle. This is probably just what Bain wants.
Remember there was no hockey this year because of an owner lock-out. If the owners in the Bain group said to the players association that they were willing to not only accept the last offer they made but also throw in both a salary floor (I'll explain this later) and payroll exceptions for players from teams not part of the new Bain group - then I bet the players come on board. Remember that the players probably have no love lost for the Jeremy Jacobs and the other owners who just locked them out and canceled hockey for the entire year. Also remember that the NHL owner's current plan is to continue to low ball the players and field replacement players in the fall if need be.
So if the Bain group can get 15-20 teams - they can have a season next year with the same familiar players meanwhile the teams who voted against the Bain Group would be out in the cold. Some have suggested that these hold-out teams (Bruins, Rangers, Maple Leafs, etc) go back to an "original six" type deal but they would probably have to do so without both the NHL name (the Bain group would have that name tied up in litigation) and without many of the fan favorite top stars.
Bain specializes in take-overs and turn-arounds. They aren't doing this for the heck of it. They smell blood and a chance to make some real cash. Normally Bain specializes in breaking unions (my friend Tim who is very active in Union affairs hates them for this) but this time they would be busting the owners.
Think about it - just like in a hostile take-over - if Bain controls 51% of the voting stock - they win! In this case it would be just 15 out of 29 teams (Anaheim wouldn't count because they are in limbo between owners). The end result of legal action could very well be that the courts rule in favor of the 51% owners of the "new" NHL and the Maple Leafs, Bruins et al either get with the program or are out of the NHL and they can go play with themselves.
Some people would complain that this could never happen to the "original six" type teams but read the business pages and you will see stories of company founders kicked to the curb almost every day of the week.
Maybe the Bain Group plays under a different name like the North American Hockey League for a couple of years. They don't care - as long as the NHL name is in mothballs because of legal wrangling.
Another reason the Bain group probably doesn't want those team is because many of them purposely sold their TV rights for below market costs. Take the Rangers deal with parent MSG or the Bruins deal with NESN (of which the Bruins are part owners) for example. Bain could probably drive down the value of these teams with the new competing league and fold them back in at very reduced rates later on.
Bain probably doesn't even want those teams like the Maple Leafs and Rangers to join at first because as long as those teams aren't part of the deal and are operating as a separate competing league - then anti-trust issues melt away. You can't have a monopoly if you have competition.
I see the big payoff for the Bain group as a Hockey Channel. Once they control these teams they can partner with a Direct TV or someone like that to be the sole source for away games. The individual teams would be able to maximize local TV deals for home games but all away games would go to the league deal. This could be a tremendous source of revenue. The Bain group realizes that they don't need wide-spread appeal - just passionate fans who may be a comparatively small group but who are willing to shell out good money for good hockey.
The Hockey Channel could also get low cost content from the European leagues (don't laugh - ESPN was founded on Australian Rules Football). Maybe even broadcast an end of season showdown between the North American champion and the European champion.
Oh, the salary floor I mentioned before - the Bain group could use this as a carrot to the players association and also as a stick to cities whose fan base can't support a team. If they can't support the league minimum payroll - then the team gets moved to a city who can.
By now you may have heard about the $3.3 BILLION bid by a group headed by Bain Capital to purchase the entire NHL.
Some folks have said this deal would never happen because teams like the Bruins and Maple Leafs would never sell. Others, like Eric from Off Wing Opinion, see this as a possible PR move by Bain and Game Plan.
I see this as a Trojan horse. Bain is as smart as they come when it comes to takeovers and turnarounds. They see real value here. There is a product with a large base of loyal consumers but there is also a management in place that has consistently shown that they don't know what they are doing. I don't think Bain really wants to buy all 30 teams.
I think they might just want to buy just 15-20 teams.
If Bain is able to make acceptable offers to 15 to 20 of the teams who might be willing to sell and these teams agree to the terms - then suddenly Bain controls the voting in a hostile take-over of the NHL. Some teams like the Bruins, Rangers, Red Wings, Blues and Maple Leafs will probably never agree and to sell and what will result will be a prolonged legal battle. This is probably just what Bain wants.
Remember there was no hockey this year because of an owner lock-out. If the owners in the Bain group said to the players association that they were willing to not only accept the last offer they made but also throw in both a salary floor (I'll explain this later) and payroll exceptions for players from teams not part of the new Bain group - then I bet the players come on board. Remember that the players probably have no love lost for the Jeremy Jacobs and the other owners who just locked them out and canceled hockey for the entire year. Also remember that the NHL owner's current plan is to continue to low ball the players and field replacement players in the fall if need be.
So if the Bain group can get 15-20 teams - they can have a season next year with the same familiar players meanwhile the teams who voted against the Bain Group would be out in the cold. Some have suggested that these hold-out teams (Bruins, Rangers, Maple Leafs, etc) go back to an "original six" type deal but they would probably have to do so without both the NHL name (the Bain group would have that name tied up in litigation) and without many of the fan favorite top stars.
Bain specializes in take-overs and turn-arounds. They aren't doing this for the heck of it. They smell blood and a chance to make some real cash. Normally Bain specializes in breaking unions (my friend Tim who is very active in Union affairs hates them for this) but this time they would be busting the owners.
Think about it - just like in a hostile take-over - if Bain controls 51% of the voting stock - they win! In this case it would be just 15 out of 29 teams (Anaheim wouldn't count because they are in limbo between owners). The end result of legal action could very well be that the courts rule in favor of the 51% owners of the "new" NHL and the Maple Leafs, Bruins et al either get with the program or are out of the NHL and they can go play with themselves.
Some people would complain that this could never happen to the "original six" type teams but read the business pages and you will see stories of company founders kicked to the curb almost every day of the week.
Maybe the Bain Group plays under a different name like the North American Hockey League for a couple of years. They don't care - as long as the NHL name is in mothballs because of legal wrangling.
Another reason the Bain group probably doesn't want those team is because many of them purposely sold their TV rights for below market costs. Take the Rangers deal with parent MSG or the Bruins deal with NESN (of which the Bruins are part owners) for example. Bain could probably drive down the value of these teams with the new competing league and fold them back in at very reduced rates later on.
Bain probably doesn't even want those teams like the Maple Leafs and Rangers to join at first because as long as those teams aren't part of the deal and are operating as a separate competing league - then anti-trust issues melt away. You can't have a monopoly if you have competition.
I see the big payoff for the Bain group as a Hockey Channel. Once they control these teams they can partner with a Direct TV or someone like that to be the sole source for away games. The individual teams would be able to maximize local TV deals for home games but all away games would go to the league deal. This could be a tremendous source of revenue. The Bain group realizes that they don't need wide-spread appeal - just passionate fans who may be a comparatively small group but who are willing to shell out good money for good hockey.
The Hockey Channel could also get low cost content from the European leagues (don't laugh - ESPN was founded on Australian Rules Football). Maybe even broadcast an end of season showdown between the North American champion and the European champion.
Oh, the salary floor I mentioned before - the Bain group could use this as a carrot to the players association and also as a stick to cities whose fan base can't support a team. If they can't support the league minimum payroll - then the team gets moved to a city who can.
Morning Links
- Two companies offer $3 plus billion to own entire NHL (I'm going to have more comments on thsi later)
- What have the Americans ever done for us?
- Even people like NPR's Daniel Schorr are now admitting that maybe Bush was right all along (this must really pain them)
- Interview with Bill "Spaceman" Lee (H/T Singapore Sox Fan)
- VDH Friday - Europe like a grumpy teenager
- Two companies offer $3 plus billion to own entire NHL (I'm going to have more comments on thsi later)
- What have the Americans ever done for us?
“All right, all right. But apart from liberating 50 million people in Iraq and Afghanistan, undermining dictatorships throughout the Arab world, spreading freedom and self-determination in the broader Middle East and moving the Palestinians and the Israelis towards a real chance of ending their centuries-long war, what have the Americans ever done for us?”Hat tip Instapundit
- Even people like NPR's Daniel Schorr are now admitting that maybe Bush was right all along (this must really pain them)
- Interview with Bill "Spaceman" Lee (H/T Singapore Sox Fan)
- VDH Friday - Europe like a grumpy teenager
Slice of Life - Dude Looked Like a Lady
I dawdle coming off planes. Some people jump up and into the aisle as soon as the seat belt sign comes off after landing. I sit in my seat and continue to read my book or just relax. My thinking is what's the rush? I'm just going to have to wait for my luggage at the carousel anyway. Why not take my time?
Anyway, yesterday I was the last one off my plane at TF Green Airport. I got off the plane in kinda a tired from the cross country flight, thinking about everything I have to do now fog. Even though I was in a bit of a fog I was able to read the clear signal that my body was sending me - I had to go to the bathroom.
At TF Green the Men's and Women's rooms are together with the men's room on the right and the women's room on the left. I know this without looking because I've been to the airport so many times.
I head into the restrooms veering off to the right to what I just know to be the men's room. Just then a person wearing a grey pin-striped suit-coat, a turtle neck sweater (that may or may not have been concealing breasts), slacks, long straight hair that was at least shoulder length and a face that was completely hair and stubble free comes out from the room I was about to enter. Well this person stopped me in my tracks and snapped me out of my fog.
I immediately had flashes of that Southwest Airlines commercial where the woman gets something in her contacts and walks into the wrong restroom. I literally stop in my tracks and back up a few steps to read the sign that I pray says "Men".
The dude who looked like a lady sees me do this and I just know that "he" knew exactly was was going through my mind. I thought I had walked into the women's room. In that brief nanosecond of recognition of what was going through my mind - this guy's testosterone level must of dropped to zero.
Reassured by seeing the word "Men" - I continue into the restroom amused by my little slice of life and pleased that at no point did the words "nice ass" cross my mind.
I dawdle coming off planes. Some people jump up and into the aisle as soon as the seat belt sign comes off after landing. I sit in my seat and continue to read my book or just relax. My thinking is what's the rush? I'm just going to have to wait for my luggage at the carousel anyway. Why not take my time?
Anyway, yesterday I was the last one off my plane at TF Green Airport. I got off the plane in kinda a tired from the cross country flight, thinking about everything I have to do now fog. Even though I was in a bit of a fog I was able to read the clear signal that my body was sending me - I had to go to the bathroom.
At TF Green the Men's and Women's rooms are together with the men's room on the right and the women's room on the left. I know this without looking because I've been to the airport so many times.
I head into the restrooms veering off to the right to what I just know to be the men's room. Just then a person wearing a grey pin-striped suit-coat, a turtle neck sweater (that may or may not have been concealing breasts), slacks, long straight hair that was at least shoulder length and a face that was completely hair and stubble free comes out from the room I was about to enter. Well this person stopped me in my tracks and snapped me out of my fog.
I immediately had flashes of that Southwest Airlines commercial where the woman gets something in her contacts and walks into the wrong restroom. I literally stop in my tracks and back up a few steps to read the sign that I pray says "Men".
The dude who looked like a lady sees me do this and I just know that "he" knew exactly was was going through my mind. I thought I had walked into the women's room. In that brief nanosecond of recognition of what was going through my mind - this guy's testosterone level must of dropped to zero.
Reassured by seeing the word "Men" - I continue into the restroom amused by my little slice of life and pleased that at no point did the words "nice ass" cross my mind.
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