-these times that try mens souls-

today we all got together and celebrated the 4th and my soon to be 32nd birthday. 'old man' you say? 'up yours' i say. we also mourned the loss of gunnar. you can see below just how sad rick is. doesnt gunnar look great in his best tie? well, MY ONLY tie. the fact that i set up a little visitation area for gunnar proves my theory that i am a dork. at some point today i realized that, and decided not to go through with the burial.

for those of you who are wondering "how long will paul wait to replace his dead bat?"...not long friends. i ordered its replacement online just minutes ago. a demarini F3. i loved the juggernaut, but every single team in this area has one now. i should get paid by demarini for all the recommendations ive given in the last 2 years.

hey...thanks to all who came today...it was a lot of fun. lets start skipping work every friday and doing something like this. sound good? good.