Today is Friday the 13th in the year 2013. It is a good thing I am not superstitious.
My friendly “oral surgeon” matched me up with a cadaver (a corpse). They took bone fragments out of the cadaver and are using them to grow more bone mass in my jaw after they extracted my tooth. I have part of a dead man inside me. Now I’ll probably make “bone headed” financial decisions.
During the neighborhood Christmas party, my neighbor made me aware that his family is really into baseball. All of his children have played baseball. My neighbor also coaches baseball (it reminded me of my Dad). I can relate to all the baseball stuff. Somehow we got to talking about baseball gloves. I know it sounds boring but a glove is a very personal thing. The new baseball gloves are huge in size and made out of soft leather. As a kid, Rawlings was the leading supplier of baseball gloves. Gloves were on the “smallish” size and the leather was very stiff. To condition a new baseball glove, you would put a baseball in it’s pocket, tie a string around the glove keeping the baseball centered. You would then throw the brand new glove in a bucket of water for 24 hours. After air drying, the glove would be slightly softer and shaped to receive a baseball better. And then, after all the water conditioning, you had to rub a stinky, absorbant oil (called Neetsfoot oil) into the glove to soften the leather and make it more plyable. You never forget the smell of Neetsfoot oil. My neighbor knew exactly what I was talking about. We shared memories. I guess we are bonded for life.
Just a note on “excess”. Alabama football coach Lou Saban makes $5.3 million per year . Last year his team won the National College Football Championship for the second year in a row. He did not get a raise after the stellar performance. Saban feels he is not appreciated. So Mr. Saban has been looking around for a better situation. Texas is considering pay him $8 million per year. I bet Alabama offers him $8 million. It ain’t about money folks. Just pay me one year at $5.3 million.
Love,
Dad