Much like Gibbons' visit of a couple of weeks ago, this last few days was both relatively predictable and thoroughly enjoyable. As is often discovered in these get-togethers, not a whole helluva lot changes. We are more aided by technology, and some minor dynamics change (a kind of volatile stage Lucy is working through was taking its toll on momma and I felt a little less free than I expected I might), but the cast of characters remain the same.
To recap...
Things that change:
- Life circumstances of those involved (marriages, children, jobs, places we live, income)
- More history from which to draw obcure references
- We eat better
- We drink higher quality beer
- Technology (e.g. watching episodes on the computer, ordering pizza online, engaging those not there via 'conference call')
Things that remain timeless:
- Buffoonery
- Silliness
- Basketball
- Non-Stop Excitement
Highlights of the long weekend:
- A stellar day of 96 degree frisbee golf, followed by a swim in Silver Lake, followed by football by the lake, followed by another dip in the lake
- Long-awaited TT commentary, which may be actually funnier than we thought it was at the time.
- A way-cool bike ride touring the area from Wirth Parkway to St. Anthony Main.
- High-quality beer.
- Experiencing a wonderful variety of tasteful while still managing to return to pizza for every other meal.
- Having Lucy meet and dig my friends.
Many many other enjoyable things occurred, as they will in nonstop excitement, and I am sure they will be recounted at a later date.
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Wow - finally branching out into the blog wide world
thanks for the recap - I am glad you guys had a good time and glad to have been there - though just missing the main event by a week -
thanks for the call during pizza and star trek
I now know how to get to two blogs!!!!
Mighty Tom has taken his first step into a larger world.
Everything you'd expect the weekend to be, it was. And more than that, it had some crazy weather - torrential downpours, wild fluctuations in temperature, clouds when it was hot, and clear skies when it was not. Truly we were lucky.
Excellent hosting by Dan. Enough beer to last the weekend, though upon my arrival the beer drinking slowed for Dan and Cory who apparently went on a bit of a bender in anticipation of me. A better variety of food than past get-togethers would have seen, certainly helped by an increase it budget. A little physical discomfort on the part of us all, though nothing crippling, perhaps other than Cory's final night migraine (and this from the man who consumed more hydration-ade than anyone).
All in all a rousing success.
Huzzah!
We drank 10 cans of Pabst and stayed up till 3:30 am the night before Mixxy arrived. Probably unwise, but Cory really, really needed to cut loose a bit-and I was happy enough to oblige.
A downer of the weekend was an inexplicable bout of the worst canker sores I've had in the past five years or so. Made drinking a bit difficult; otherwise, I might've helped PM throw back a few more. As it is, I'm left with some high class brews in my fridge.
Pabst.
For which a blue ribbon ass-kicking should have been doled out.
Well, beggars (and let's make no mistake, the man who appeared on my doorstep late Friday evening seemed about as fun-starved as a suicide bomber) were not choosers.
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