win some, lose some
Win some, lose some. Still, the OSU-Wisconsin game was a pretty good game, at least for the first half. And I can't complain about the weather, not one little bit, or my seats, which ended up being 40-yard-line seats, not 30-yeard-line seats. (I forgot to compensate for the high seat number within section 20 when I was awed with my good fortune.) It was a great day for a game; it's just too bad that our young team couldn't pull it together.

I'm reading a great book right now: Steve Almond's Candyfreak. I almost always read a little bit before I go to bed at night, regardless of how late it is or how tired I am. The following made me glad it was cool enough outside for me to have shut the windows, otherwise my laughter would have woken the neighbors. The author is talking about planning his visit to Lake Champlain Chocolates (makers of the Five Star bar, which I have determined I must track down pronto in both the peanut and the caramel versions):

Chris also invited me to visit the factory any time I was in the area. "You can talk to Dave Bolton," he said. "Our chocolate engineer."

I suppose I was aware, in an abstract way, that there were men and women upon this earth who served in this capacity, as chocolate engineers. In the same way that I was aware that there are job titles out there such as bacon taster and sex surrogate, which is to say, job titles that made me want to weep over my own appointed lot in life.

I'm not a huge lover of candybars, but I think I'm falling just a little bit in love with Steve Almond, just from his writing style and his sense of humor.
- posted by Lori @ 11:42:00 PM | permanent link | |