Ah... on the other hand, what procrastination will do to you when you end up not finding something you may have promised another person.
Since a sports t-shirt I was looking to purchase for my father is likely out of print (coming out just after the World Series), I can admit to its description:
It had logos of the four pro sports in Detroit, adorned with the line "Detroit: City Of Champions"; in reference to the Tigers' successful 2006 season, the Pistons' 2004 NBA title, the Red Wings' recent Stanley Cup wins, and... and...?
That's where the punchline comes in. The football logo is X'd out with the caption "Nobody's perfect" underneath it. This shirt literally had my dad's name on it as he is one of the many Lions fans who may never know what it's like to win. What does it tell you that he was eleven years old the last time they won anything?
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* I have to count 2006 as being the year of the latest Indian Summer I've ever witnessed. Forget yesterday's all-morning rain which dampened outdoor plans; a morning temperature of 54 degrees will keep the furnace happier and keep one's outlook on life happier. In the span of four hours, everything changed. When I got up this morning, my outdoor thermometer read 34 degrees. With that howling wind threatening the power supply here, I'm surprised that reading wasn't proceeded by a dash.
* That howling wind is nothing in comparison to the typhoon that hit the Phillipines yesterday, with wind gusts to 165 MPH. The islands, of course, are where my roommate Steve's fiancee lives. He is understandably worried, as he's lost all phone & email contact with her. Houses there are not built as sturdy as they are in the States, and he is concerned that her family's structures will not be standing, lest we think even worse.
Now I may not be on the same page with him on various issues, but you never wish natural disasters on anyone. My thoughts & concerns echo his: despite who it may be, that person is still a human being who shouldn't have to witness Mother Nature's wrath in most damaging ways.
