the glory and the horror

Bah! Major League Baseball is quite a frightening proposition nowadays. At least the baseball players are. Take a look at A-Rod’s attitude. Sickening.

“Across town at Yankee Stadium, Texas shortstop Alex Rodriguez backtracked from his comments Friday that he would give back 30 to 40 percent of his pay if it would improve the sport.

“I’m willing to do my part. Thirty to 40 percent? Probably not. I was speaking off the cuff,” he said.”

From Yahoo News

Should I do the math for him? Let’s do it just for fun. $252 million dollars over 10 years. 30% of $252 million is $75,600,000. Divided by ten, that’s a pay cut of $7.56 million dollars a year. Oh darn. Only $17 some odd million dollars a year. Awwww, poor baby. That means only 10 new cars this year, and that 3rd house in the Alps will have to wait. Sheesh.

Will Gregory go an entire year without updating lethologica? He’s almost there. Just 67 more days.

Just thoughts.

I’ve been to Price Club, Costco, Sam’s Club, Super Walmart, and other bulk grocery stores, but I’d never been to a place like Central Market. Last night, after dinner, a bunch of us (Kermit, Eric, Sarah, Kathleen, and myself) went there, because some of us had never been inside of a Central Market before, and like my friends said, it’s not just a supermarket, it’s an experience. I have never seen a place like it before. It seems to cater to a slightly more affluent/picky clientele, or at least to people who know what they’re looking for, and won’t settle for anything else. They have some really rare, hard to find things, like very specific spices, “Smart Water,” and other sundry items. Some things seemed ridiculously expensive, while other things were cheaper than Albertson’s or Kroger’s. For example, they had about 40 different types of coffee beans, I think, more than anyone would ever need. I don’t remember how much it cost, but they had all sorts, from Hawaii, Africa, South America. They also had dried fruit, by the pound. It was cheaper than Trader Joe’s, and I thought that place couldn’t be beat. Dried pineapple chunks for 3 bucks a pound. Safeway was 3 bucks for 4 ounces.

One thing that struck me about the place was the sheer number of choices. It was a bit of sensory overload for me. It was really quite amazing to me.

Afterwards, we hung out at Kathleen’s apartment, and discussed life, music, theology, school, movies, childhood cartoons, and more. It was challenging, encouraging, fun, refreshing, invigorating. It was a great evening. I hope I have more nights like last night.

Just thoughts.