An Excitable Boy

Well, here we are. It's May 20th and the Mets have seen their 5 game lead dwindle down to nothing. Bummer. Let the battle begin!

Today in history (from History.com)
After 10 days and 10 bloody assaults, Hill 937 in South Vietnam is finally captured by U.S. and South Vietnamese troops. The Americans who fought there cynically dubbed Hill 937 “Hamburger Hill” because the battle and its high casualty rate reminded them of a meat grinder. 

The battle ended on June 5, 1969. I was one year old. The hill had little strategic value and was soon abandoned. It caused a watershed moment of public backlash about the Vietnam war. 

It's been beautiful weather; 60s and 70s. Should be a nice weekend. Hard to believe it's Memorial Day already. I'm still haunted by images of our Narnia-like winter. 

Dr. Wu is growing. He was chasing his favorite toy on a string (shaped like a Star Wars TIE fighter) and my bare leg got in the way. I was slashed three times. He would normally  never go so hard after me, but my leg just got in the way. So off to the bathroom to clean the scratches out with alcohol and bandages. Then once they stopped bleeding, I covered my leg in cortisone. And then I'm fine. My arms and legs look like Dr. Wu beats me. But that's not the case. He's just an excitable boy.

He took in the four a.m. show at the Clark
Excitable boy, they all said
And he bit the usherette’s leg in the dark
Excitable boy, they all said
Well, he's just an excitable boy
-Warren Zevon

He talks all the time, usually a battle cry when he is playing. He's totally nuts. I love the little rat bastard.

I've been in sales for 23 years now. I've seen the strangest sides of human nature. Some people are just stranger than you could ever imagine. People say one thing and do another. They do one thing and say another. I don't let it frustrate me, because it is the nature of the beast, but being telepathic would really be handy in this business. 

“It can never, ever, ever get weird enough for me.” 
― James Spader