Looks Like a Pump, Feels Like a Sneaker

During any given workday, My friend Hans and I email back and forth, because we're bored, and they don't allow us to use IM....

-----Original Message-----
From: Hans
To: Michael
Subject: RE: Hola!

How goes the packing..........

-----Original Message-----
From: Edwards, Michael
To: Hans
Subject: RE: Hola!

Not very much - that's this week's duties. Looks as though Chris will be
here to help with the moving. I'm hoping he can come in Friday the 26th,
that's when The cable guy is coming over.

From Hans: Is it next weekend? I thought it was this weekend?
From Michael: Yes, next weekend. This is prep weekend. Make plans. you know you want
to be there
From Hans: sounds like you will be busy this week?
From Michael: Somewhat there isn't all that much to pack. Anything going on?
From Hans: Not much just more of the same.
From Michael: So the WUSA shut down. There's a real shocker. Soccer...and women. How
can you lose?
From Hans: They think they will come back after the World Cup. Right.......
From Michael: They might have done better if they took their tops off more often. Not
much for a television audience there.
From Hans: Yeah that seems to be their one moment doesn't it?
From Michael: Yes, hard to build an entire league on that, isn't it.
From Hans: Even though we are the best you just can't force it down peoples thoughts.
From Michael: I just don't see the appeal of watching soccer at all. I never see strategy
(except for the Karl Malone "Oh! I'm so hurt!" flopping that goes on to try
to get penalties), and for most of the time, their just running around the
middle of the field. Hockey has tons more shots on goal.
From Hans: It is a much faster paced game.
From Michael: Well, except for Golf, almost anything is a faster-paced game.
From Hans: What about Curling?
From Michael: Curling's fun, getting to see all of the broomwork and everything. Not sure
why you have to put the rock into the "House" though.
From Hans: You can't have your rock without food, water, or toilet........
From Michael: Still, it's really just a cold form of shuffleboard.
From Hans: Yeah but without the beer and wings.
From Michael: Well that would make the game better.
As for women's soccer, my guess is they couldn't get enough lesbians. They
always show up at the WNBA games.
From Hans: Maybe they should play in the fall. Lesbians need something to do when the
WNBA ends......
From Michael: Exactly, but than the stadiums are taken up by football. They need a Spring
"pre WNBA" season.
From Hans: Or an early spring Soccer season. Or play on Fridays or Saturdays.
From Michael: Maybe they just needed to add something else to it, something to spice it up
a little. Land Mines and a win a date contest come to mind.
From Hans: What about Bengal Tigers?
From Michael: That would be OK, you just would have to cage in the field so the coaches or
cheerleaders wouldn't get mauled.
From Hans: That could only help but boost the ratings. Well I'm out talk to you later.

Not for Television Viewing

I went to workout tonight, just a few minutes ago, here at the workout room at Running Rats Acres apartments. I like going late, there's usually no one there. Tonight, besides the joy of finding that the chest machine was broken, again, I find 10 people just sitting there.

Now Running Rats is nice enough to provide cable TV in the workout room. This doesn't mean that it's your surrogate living room, it's just a TV for those who need to fill their mind with more meaningless drivel when they work out. I personally don't make "appointment TV" time at the workout room (Of course, if I did I'd probably have biceps of STEEL!). I tend to listen to music on my iPod, it's more motivational than say, I Love Lucy.

So I have to ask people to move to make my circuit of machines, finally getting to the bench to do some dumbbell flys to make up for the dead machine. The group is watching something on SciFi. I don't even know what it was, since I was listening to the iPod.

As fate would have it, another group strolled in ready to work out, and they were talking - loudly, so they could hear each other over the sound of the television. Justice is served.

I finished my last reps and left, knowing that the end of their show was ruined by the gabby group of folks. Maybe they can find friends who actually get cable.