Pardon My Interruption: Craig's Thoughts About This And That
Over the course of the last six weeks, we have travled more than 8000 miles by car. During that time, we have seen so many interesting and fun things, and this sign was one of them.
Ya’ll Haul is an Odessa, Texas trailer rental company that has cleverly put a Texas spin on the name of U-Haul, a nationwide trailer rental company.
Rather than let this thing limp along as it has over the last month, I’ve decided to shut down for the summer. When I feel better physically and things have slowed down a bit, I will jump back in to blogging.
With the theme song of the Beverly Hillbillies playing in the background, I can say: This isn’t a picture of Jed and family making their way to Californy. Instead, it is me on the way to a festival. As you can see it takes a lot of stuff and a good bit of effort to make an impression at the festivals.
This is a picture of a very happy and satisfied victor. I recently challenged my players (Israel U21 national baseball team) to a test of athletic prowess at the local bowling lanes. Unfortunately, some were too afraid to answer the call, fearing exactly what the others got – a smashing defeat!
In the end, everybody had a great time and our team had an opportunity to bond a little while seeing the coach perform under pressure. Everyone was out to beat me because I had offered to pay for anyone who could beat me in total score for the night.
I didn’t have the high game of the night (182), that belonged to Moishe Lewis, but I consistantly scored at the top – 144, 153, 176, which hopefully taught my players the important lesson of being consistent and getting better as you go along. By the way, I only paid for myself – no one beat me.
The night was particularly enjoyable for me because this washed up athlete had the chance to step into the arena of competition once again – the same butterflies, adrenalin rush and drive to win that were present so many years ago, came back like they had never had a break. I know that I can’t compete athletically like I once did, but it was fun to wear the victor’s crown again – even if it was only for the moment.
…if your satelite dish is bigger than your trailer.
This nice little setup is located just outside of town, SOUTH of Nazareth, Israel.