Day 29

A few Random Sunday morning musings....

#29 reminds me the Andre "Thunder" Thornton, which in turn reminds me of my father. Andre Thornton for those of you who don't know was the Indians DH in the 80's. As far as I can remember, he was the first Indian player to make a salary of 1 million dollars a year, and as far as my dad was concerned, he didn't even come close to deserving it. Everytime he would strike out or not come through in a key situation, my dad would always yell "1.1 you stiff," as in 1.1 million dollars a year. Ask MD, you mention Andre Thornton and the first thing we say is "1.1."My dad has a long history of riding his own players - Thornton, Sandy Alomar, Mike Hargrove, and most of all Paul Shuey.

We saw the movie Jarhead yesterday. A word to the wise, skip this one. It was terrible. So slow, so boring, and literally zero story. I love reading the reviews that say "This is the Platoon of this generation." Talk about an insult to Platoon. I must have looked at my watch 15 times. Leah fell asleep, and Mark P and I , who almost never agree on movies, were in total agreement on this one - garbage.

Friday night had a great mean at Sabatino's with our friends Jaime and Steve. This place is straight old school. Its located in kind of an out of the way place, west of the Kennedy expressway on Irving Park in the old Irving Neighborhood. You walk into the restaurant through a smokey bar area that is dark and looks like it is straight out of Good Fellas. When you sit, in addition to the bread, they give each table a plate of pizza bread, which is amazing. They have some of the best Chicken Parm you will ever want to eat. Solid wine selection and an interesting crowd to say the least. I highly recommend it.

Great commercial I just saw for ESPN radio. A little girl is talking to her teacher after school with her father. They are going over her test results. The teacher says "Famous pioneers. The Williams Sisters? Who led the Rebel Forces. Jerry Tarkanian? Name an accomplished Indian Chief. Mike Hargrove? They fast forward to the car where the father said "great call of Hargrove, sweetie" while ESPN radio is playing in the background. Great stuff.

This Terrell Owens saga is a joke. Talk about your textbook a-hole. I hope he never plays another down in the NFL. But the Eagles are to blame as well. You dance with devil and eventually you get burned.

I was out at two different 30th b-day parties at bars last night. All I can say is bring on the smoking ban! There is nothing worse than coming out of a bar and your clothes absolutely reeking of smoke. You people in California and New York don't know how good you have it. Supposedly, the smoking ban is going to be voted on and passed by April here. One can only hope so. If Lawrence, Kansas has a smoking ban in bars and restaurants, than I think Chicago should be able to as well.

Song of the Day: "I Used to Love H.E.R." by Common