Pie Hole

As many of my faithful readers know, I live in the heart of Boyztown. As Sunday is the Gay Pride Parade, it's particularly appropriate to mention this fact. One of the fortunate things about living in my neighborhood is that soooooo many things are within walking distance. Today I was walking back from the bank and saw a sign out in front of a local pizza place called Pie Hole. Actually a pretty cool name for mostly sub-standard, over priced pizza joint.

Now, you have to understand this neighborhood fully to really get the whole picture. On two of the corners next to Pie Hole are two gay bars (Cocktails and Roscoes). Next to one of Cocktails is another gay bar called Sidetracks. Across from Roscoes is an eclectic clothing store best used by straight folk for Halloween costumes, but can become every day attire for homosexuals in the neighborhood. Across from there is a 7-11 catering to all of your condom and gay porn needs....oh and milk if you run out.

So I'm walking by Pie Hole and they have a sign out: "Our hole is always open." Nice.

Yesterday at the soccer match they kept showing ads for Comcast Sports Net, the local sports cable channel. The ads are showing up on the tv screens all the way around the stadium. Who is on the ads? None other than Peyton Manning, the quarterback who embarrassed the Bears in the Super Bowl. And in the Bears' home stadium no less!!! Unbelievable. Naperville Greg and I were appalled.

Finally found out how I did in the tournament last weekend from a hitting perspective. My On Base Percentage (OBP) was .737 as I was 14-19. That was second best on the team and .100 pts better than the #3 guy. Most of the team hit between .500 and .600, which is expected when we're hitting well and playing against good teams. Not bad for a 41 year old!!

Today I had a great, reaffirming luncheon with a client. Actually it was the new COO hired by a client. She and I went to Cafe 28, a nice little Cuban themed restaurant near their office. She said the owner spoke so highly of me (and el supremo de NM) that she wanted to have lunch and talk about what we were doing as well as how that would dovetail with what she was working on. Like I said, it was very reaffirming that a client would vocalize their appreciation of the work we do...if not to us, at least to someone else. Good stuff.

Tonight dejesus freak and I went to the bars for some grub and beer. I really need to do this more often, both go out with df and go to the bars. There were plenty of attractive, eligible and interested women there and df and I had some good conversation as well. To tell you the truth, I was too tired to make much of an effort going after the women, but it really wouldn't have taken much. However I did find out that df and I had very similar quasi-relationships lately. Interesting when you hear about someone else going through nearly the exact same thing that you have gone through.

Anyway, since the place was pretty open (windows and doors) and there was good air circulation I wasn't overwhelmed by smoke. If not for me being so tired, who knows what could have happened.