Last weekend I was helping my folks in the Tri-Cities clean up the house and paint the deck in 102 degree weather as jets entertaining the Columbia Cup crowd roared overhead. While we were too busy to make it down to the races we watched the Tri-Cities Fever win the Indoor Bowl in their inaugural season, which was pretty darn exciting. The highlight for me was when the TV commentator, realizing a final interception had sealed the game, furiously yelled,

There’s a lot of people in here taking off their shirts who shouldn’t be, things are gettin crazy!

Yes that’s a genuine quote. Since then the week has been a blur as I’ve been slammed at work—and now I’m off to Ashland, OR for Brandon’s wedding. They’ve promised me a full barrel of wine from the local winery will be at the wedding. So it turns out they’ll get their wedding present after all.