When It Rains, It Pours

As I ran past the empty rooms of the AoF HQ on my way to drop an emergency deuce after a particularly grueling assignment that took me three hours longer than I expected, I did feel a twinge of saddness. (oh come on you know the times when you really have to go and the thought of public facilities is quickly dismissed as you realize you still have a key to your old house.) Alas, maybe it was not saddness but the twinge of the turtle head popping. Or maybe it was the sheer joy of watching democrats rip apart their party (more on this next post, I've been been scratching my political itch and am close to being riled up once again). Regardless, it is indeed the closing of a chapter and a sad one indeed. However, I was barely able to continue with my life when the next news hit me: Dougie will not be going deep at Fenway Park anymore. No, now we'll deal with Kevin "Johnny" Cash as Tim McGraw's twin brother's personal catcher.

("I can't quit you. . . )




Indeed, my namesake has been released. However, his memory will live on. As with most cult favorites, this won't have an ultimate effect on our season, but it makes every fifth day much less enjoyable. I comment here, because this is Dougie's birthplace, although The Upper Decker might be a better forum and the name more appropraite for someone of Dougie's stature. Plus I'll be honest, I'm still sickened by the pictures on that site, speaking of not being able to quit something. . .



Anyway, I am officially putting my Dougie's Going Deep Tonight shirt with my David Wells t-shirt jersey and awaiting the perfect day to let it out in all its glory. Dare I say meatfest?

Stay tuned... next week: Why a Barack W will be less upsetting to me than that game in February, and why I might welcome it.

It's so haaaaaaaaard to say goodbyyyyeee...

It's a rare occasion that I get to blog these days. As it tends to, life got in the way of more fruitful endeavors, particularly posting on AoF and the Upper Decker. I know, what's more important than the AoF family of internet sites? Very little indeed. On a daily basis I try to listen to as much of Sebastian in the morning as I can, unfortunately after about 15 mins into my commute I lose the signal. On that show he regularly talks about myspace, the erstwhile social networking forum responsible for all things from bands making it big to date rape. Were I to have a myspace page (admittedly I do despite having already forgotten the password), I would set my mood to "sad".
Why am I sad? It's not so much sadness as it is just feeling down as the last of AoF's editors vacates headquarters. TDX opened the Brooklyn office which quickly went under. Without the constant pressure from TDX to post, DGD pretty much fell off the map, and no less than 2 weeks ago, he vacated AoF HQ to open the Easter CT branch. As the last man standing, I had little to no energy at the end of the day to even consider posting, although I had plenty of halfway decent ideas, and maybe a couple of good ones here and there that I ultimately forgot or were too topical to matter now. Now I'm officially closing the book on AoF HQ, and moving the HQ to the Lower Hudson Valley. (LoHud).
Obviously I'm not going to promise that I'll try and post with more regularity, in all honesty I can't make that guarantee. I'm going to cut this off now before my tears leak through the cracks in my keyboard and this never hits the interweb.
Ok fine, you got me, I'm not really sad. Although yes it is true that we're shutting down HQ and moving to a new location (with an arguably nicer view) the move is a good thing. Cut down on utilities, cut down on travel. It figures that we're installing new windows and a new bathroom now that everyone leaves. Only the best for AoF editors. I'm going to take this opportunity to implore DGD and TDX to at least make an attempt. I know there's a lot going on but hey, posting can be fun from time to time. Lastly, if you're interested in writing for AoF contact me and I'll get you set up.