1. Contractor Shawn came by this afternoon and we discussed upgrading the bathroom, cleaning up the basement a bit, and slightly reconfiguring our bedrooms on the main floor. We have a good plan underway and it looks like work will begin in April.
2. I have been hobbled the last couple of days or so with a mysteriously painful ankle. It's been difficult to walk around the house and the pain kept me from sleeping well the past couple of nights. I had a minor slip on the ice a few days ago -- I maintained my footing and didn't fall -- and I'm thinking I might have suffered a minor sprain when I jerked my ankle to keep my balance. On Wednesday night I began icing my ankle and continued icing it this morning and by the afternoon and evening, the pain had greatly subsided and my mobility had significantly increased.
3. From 1996-2011, the Cd'A Casino hosted a slate of boxing matches about twice a year. It was called House of Fury. After a seven year absence, House of Fury was back tonight. For many of those years when House of Fury was a regular event, Ed had always hoped I'd be in town for a visit on a House of Fury night, but I never was. Now that I live in Kellogg, I could join up with Jerry, Buff, Ed, Scott, Jared, and Pete and watch the boxing matches.
This was the first time I'd ever been to a live boxing match. As time goes by, I'll probably forget the details of the matches I watched, but I doubt I'll ever forget the bellowing guy who sat next to me, shouting out instructions to each boxer and providing high decibel blow by blow commentary. He seemed like a good-natured guy. He is a boxing enthusiast. If a movie were made about his life, John Goodman would play the role. He is a staunch believer in instructing boxers to punch the body and then the head. At the top of his voice. During the main event, he was confident that it would help Spokane boxer Pat Ferguson win his match if he repeatedly roared, "IS THIS YOUR HOUSE, PAT? IS THIS YOUR HOUSE? THIS IS YOUR HOUSE, PAT. THIS IS YOUR HOUSE!"
Pat Ferguson won his match. If you'd like to read a recap of the entire evening, click here.
I have every confidence that, upon leaving the ring after his victory, Pat Ferguson shouted to his trainer and handlers and all around him, "IS THIS MY HOUSE? IS THIS MY HOUSE? HELL YES! HELL YES! THE CDA CASINO IS MY HOUSE!"
Who knows? He might have even flashed a Dikembe Mutombo finger wag!
(Mutombo is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame and was famous, after he'd blocked an opponent's shot, for wagging is forefinger as if to say, "No. No. No. This [the area around the basket, or the key] is Mutombo's house. Don't you be bringin' your stuff to Mutombo's house!")
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