#ASG #HRDERBY

I'm going with the Cubs' Kyle Schwarber tonight.

See you there.

A Week Of Sorts

With Independence Day falling on a Wednesday, it takes creative thinking to really exploit a weekend holiday. My J-O-B was closed Wednesday and Thursday, basically because we had to work Good Friday this 2018. So LOTS (and I mean LOTS) of folks at work decided at the very least to take Friday off so they get a 5-day weekend. Making this place a GHOST TOWN today. Yours truly is here.

The Mighty Big Heat Wave

It's upon us. Like white on rice. Well starting Friday anyway.

Forecast for these parts, which is North J for all you new townsfolk, is HOT. Sizzling. Hot.

Friday, 90. Saturday, 93, Sunday 103! Then some mid-90's days for the foreseeable future.

I will be floating in my pool. Bet that.

YSSS at CWS!

He's only finished his junior year in HS, so he's attending game 1 tonight in Omaha. Arkansas Razorbacks vs. Oregon St. Beavers.

YSSS aka Ryan is playing in the Baseball Factory tournament wayyyyy out there. Left early (and I do mean early) Saturday AM (we were at EWR at 4:30AM). Flight to Omaha and staying with tournament in Council Bluffs Iowa. Never been there. Game stared yesterday, he went 1-2 with a sacrifice and 3 RBIs in game one. Walked a couple of times and scored a run in game 2.

Told him to send me some pics from TD Ameritrade Park tonight. Can't wait to see them. Also, I'm very proud of my youngest son. Hope he has a time to remember this week.

Bleak

Do you watch The Handmaid's Tale? You should. But be warned, it's Bleak. Capital B.

WC Soccer

There's a World Cup going on...USA, Italy and Ireland not included. So unless your a major soccer fan, it's under the radar round these parts. SoulSlam is not interested in the least.

The Recycling Dopes

So in my burg, we do curbside recycling. They gave each home two (2) barrels; a small blue barrel for co-mingled (plastic/aluminum/glass) and a bigger yellow can for cardboard and paper. Which the DPW dopes proceeded to break in short order (handles cracked off, split bottoms, etc). When this program was started 10 or so years ago it was ostensibly to keep our carting fees from garbage disposal company down. So recycle away!

I also remember the d-bag that actually started this (he's low on my list of humans) said you can recycle "any plastic". As a matter of fact, these cans are a treasure trove of recycling info, including the line that any plastic 1-7 can be inserted for recycling. Times change though.

Apparently, the town pays $10 a ton for recycling. Unless there's contaminents, then it's $175 a ton. Big jump. I have zero doubt that people are putting things in there they absolutely should not, so I get it. But now, they are basically capping the recyclables to plastics 1-2 (Plastic #1: Polyethylene Terephthalate PET ...Plastic #2: High Density Polyethylene HDPE). Wow. What the hell are we doing with numbers 3-7?

Apparently they want it thrown in garbage.

So the cartage fees will inevitably go up. Any schoolkid will tell you that.

What we have are people running things that have zero vision and clue.