Learning New Things With Free Time

I always wondered what a stop light in a town would do if there were no cars to signal. That stop light was born to direct traffic and control the flow of automobiles through the intersection but with that job unnecessary what options of activity would be left? Suffice to say, the existence of the stop light would be useless.

I was a little worried that would happen to my life when on April 11th the Outlaws “first” season came to an end in Game Four of their first round series against Owatonna, for what is a play-by-play announcer to do when there aren’t any more games to cover? Like a car with only three wheels or a television set lacking power did I have any purpose?Well, unlike the stationary stop light I am a human being and can move around and to that end I learned a great deal over the past two weeks of unexpected vacation time. No different than a coming of age teenage summer vacation flick, I educated Scott on who Scott is while successful passing the day until life meant something again.

The past two weeks was a purgatory period of sorts, between the Outlaws’ season and what could best be described as the dessert and I think I put it too good use. Here is what I learned…

Maple Syrup Damages Car Finish - Long story and not enough time to point fingers, but my house was broken into on Day11 of the purgatory period and though nothing was taken from the Montesano domicile in west Mason City the hoodlums dumped maple syrup on my car. C’MON! You know how valuable a 2001 Daewoo is?!?!

The Hidden Taste of Relish- Two years ago I ate my first Double Bacon Cheeseburger ever as I had withstood that sandwhiches value much like my initial moral objection to FACEBOOK. Well, on Easter Sunday of this year I ate my first-ever hot dog with relish and what can I say…”so many years without relish…so many wasted years of my life.”  What will be the next commonly accepted meal I’ll enjoy and jump on it’s bandwagon?

MLB 09 is AddictiveBeing born in the 1980s I was one of the first generations raised on video games and let me just say – without the pressure of any endorsement deal – that MLB 09 The Show for PS3 is the GREATEST and MOST ADDICTIVE Game ever. This isn’t Baseball Simulator 3000 or RBI Baseball (Two nerds from 1990 Nintendo era just grinned), this is the real deal and as addictive as dessert from The Cheesecake Factory (more on that). I think the reason it’s addictive is because its hard and I refuse to be beaten by a computer no matter how much time I waste on it. Remember the old game Duck Hunt? You’d simply put the gun up to the screen and click and down goes the duck. Well, that got boring quickly but not the case here.

The Cheesecake Factory will Kill MeThankfully the closest one is in Des Moines and maybe even there it’s too close. All I’ll say is the Snicker’s Cheesecake chasing their Turkey Burger is the best thing in the world. My advice…only eat half your dinner because then you won’t feel as guilty downing the dessert. Also, don’t try to cheat and skip dinner and go right to the cheesecake because then you’ll feel like even more than a fatty…trust me

 

Well, that’s what I learned…man do I need a hockey game.

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