Officially Official

I finally feel like it is official. I was in surgery 3 days last week and when I got home, I had my first box of business cards and these magnetic badges that I get to wear on my scrubs. Now I just have to sell something, anything, and to anyone, fast.

A Little Road Work

No pun intended. You better watch your ass Gatti Org. Sorry about the 21.1 miles that I logged today before 7 am. Now if I could just eliminate the alcohol and sweets I would be well on my way towards the "mendoza" line. Enjoy the photo!

Happy 4th

This is the first 4th of July that I have been at home in 17 years. Isn't that crazy? I think last year, Char and the kids and I were all together in Memphis, but this is the first year in a long time that I will actually be at HOME. This one is dedicated to all of those working stiffs in professional baseball that are not at home with their loved ones on this holiday.

I sure wish that I had some foforitos. All that we have here at the house are sparklers. Well at least the kids will have some fun.

No Mas

Seriously, I am not serious about anything on this blog. Like I have said in the past...no offense. Well, I am officially a quitter. I have resigned from my position with the parent company. I finally got a chance to get those bastards back for all of the times that I was traded, or released or sent somewhere against my will. I am not disgruntled, it is just funny how they can do whatever they want, unlike any other employer in the world, and when you give them a little taste of their own medicine, they get pissed. I thoroughly enjoyed my job, I was just looking for more of a challenge and to sleep with my "old lady" on a regular basis.

Thank god for those poor people that fought for all of those rich people to obtain our independence from those uppity accented people across the pond. Think about that as you slug down all of those brewery fresh Budweisers on Wednesday.

p.s. Happy Canada Day hoser, eh

The Tale of the Tape

Well, today was the weigh in. Drum roll please........Mark 225lbs and Garth 227lbs. We are some fat bastards aren't we? We now have two months to lose as much weight as humanly possible. We were really off to a good start today. We exercised (40 minutes of walk/jog), and ate well until after the game tonight. I managed to wolf down 2 eggs, hashbrowns, 4 sausage links and 3 pancakes. I am also gong to probably end up drinking a 32oz. Bud Light here in a bit just for Patty. Garth had 2 eggs, toast, ham steak and a piece of wildberry pie. So, today was an OK day, but there is always tomorrow. I hope that everyone enjoys the photos.

Peace, Leaf

You are the BIGGEST LOSER

Here is my Competition. I will try to get a more current picture of him, but this is all I could find on google.

I will be officially starting my diet tomorrow after I weigh in at the field. I have resorted to wagering on who can lose the most weight in a two month period between me and my old pal Garth. I figure tomorrow I will drink as much water as I can, eat a pizza before I weigh in and try not to poop so I can weigh as much as humanly possible.

The wager is $20 and the contest runs from June 22nd until August 22nd. I am trying to weigh in at about 220 and I hope that I will lose at least 20 pounds. I am not going to drink any coca-cola, eat any sweets and eat extremely healthy. Coupled with my usual workout regimen (stop laughing Mrs. Toots), I should be able to pull off this feat. I might just have to stop drinking alcohol, I don't need any extra calories if you know what I mean. I will include some "before" pictures on a later post.

Until next time, keep dreamin' the dream.

Leaf

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner

Well, it is official. The Bears and Capt'n Dan have won their 1st game. Mike even got a chance to argue a call, but managed to stay in the game. The Yakima Bears beat the Everett Aquasox by a score of 8-2. Now if we could just get them to play a game in under 3 hours. Way to go Capt'n Dan. Scoreboard bitch!