No, I’m not saying I want to leave my house and hang out with several thousand people at a time. It would just be nice to have things be normal for a minute - regular schedule, wife at work, kid at daycare, etc etc. And maybe just a moment to not WORRY about this damn virus. It’s a constant pressure in everything you do. Even today, I was talking to my neighbor in my backyard over the fence. I kept my distance, but his dog kept barking so he asked me to let the dog sniff me. I felt like I was risking my life just approaching the dude. Held my breath and let his dog smell my hand before scurrying back and away to safety. So yeah, maybe a moment of peace of mind.

Yeah, right, we’ve got a long way to go.

Ending this thing early is going to end badly. Mark my words. It is a mistake to end our stay at home, social distancing approach too early. Right now is way too fucking early. It’s like not taking your antibiotics because you took three days and feel better. FINISH THE COURSE!
Podcasting is having a hayday. Do you know some of the big names we’ve landed in the last couple of weeks? It’s nuts. It’s like they have nothing else to do. HA! But yeah, I guess this isn’t a complaint as much as a wonderful byproduct of the world being super shitty at the moment.
It’s hard to keep things rolling during pandemics. I don’t know about the rest of you, but when this thing kicked off, I talked about writing a novel, making a youtube channel, reading 20 books. Sky was the limit. And now I sit on the couch and get bored playing Animal Crossing. I really think we all need to cut ourselves some slack, but also SNAP OUT OF IT. Get up, start that project, do the thing. And if you don’t make it off the couch, do it tomorrow! The worst thing any of us can do is heap guilt on not doing enough when life is so unbearable. BUT DO IT!
LIGA MX suspending promotion/relegation, WTF. Hard not to feel like MLS is inspiring a bunch of rich fucks to take advantage of bad times to do shitty stuff. I really wish their federation would stop allowing this to go through, but it’s a hard thing to say that when we live in a country with USSF. Mismanagement is what we do!
Go-to snacks. I’m sure we’re all snacking a lot now. I certainly am. I try not to go too HAM, but there’s not much to distract me…so food. I’m mostly a cereal guy. I like the mix of crunchy, sweet, plus dairy. I’m for that. Top cereals: Golden Grahams, Froot Loops, Frosted Flakes. I don’t like chocolate cereal, that shit is nasty. Curious which are your go-tos.
Isn’t Twitter crazy? I know some of you don’t use Twitter as much as I do (because I’m on this thing all the time), but it’s such an interesting way to get in contact with people you wouldn’t normally talk to. It’s wild. I sort of love it. And, in retrospect, I hate Facebook with a passion. Stupid site, run badly, super intrusive and not for me. I have one for family and that’s it. Twitter levels the playing field.
eSoccer, huh? So that’s a thing now I guess. And yes, I know we sponsored a tournament, but it’s not really my cup of tea. I even got approached to play in one. That would be have been a shit show of epic proportions. I’m watching people who play every day getting blown out 12-0. Nope, no thank you. Reminds me of on time I played with a coworker of mine who was 15 years my junior. After going up by 10, he dribbled the ball out with his keeper and scored a goal on me. Not cool, man.
Music Recommendation: James Brown - “Get on the Good Foot”
One thing I’ve learned at work is that kids don’t listen to music like I do. They are missing out. Watch this video of an absolute badass James Brown crushing this performance.