I have reached the age of religiously reading obituaries. It’s like a task that must be completed a few times a week and it concerns me about me. I have not yet begun to make the “just checking to see if I died joke” to explain my reading of the obituaries, but I can assume that will come in due time.
You know what bothers me? Who designed the original Casey’s stores with the bathrooms behind the counter? What was the thought process there? The current generation of convenience store aficionados probably doesn’t fully appreciate current store designs.
I don’t want to ruin anyone’s day, but the Chiefs are 11-1. That is a fairly decent showing for the first 12 games of an NFL year but many of you are losing your minds about the team. Let me assure you that you will never see a run of success for a team in your fandom circle like this again. Enjoy it. Relax.
I will be asking President Biden for a blanket pardon, dating back to the late 80’s. Seems only reasonable to at least ask. Never know.
The funny thing about obituary reading is that the proper procedure is to read date of birth and then name, in that order only. The date of birth gives you a little gasp of reality and then you move on to the particulars of each case. I don’t make these rules, I’m just passing them on for when you reach this level of maturity.
The family and some friends took in a “pop up” bar at Arrowhead this weekend. I’m not sure when this became a thing, but it is. Basically, places charge you money to go in their establishment that has some decorations and then they charge you double what it should cost to have drinks in the place they just charged you to enter. It’s like an NFL game or Worlds of Fun without the game or the fun.
The other fascinating concept of these places is that they limit you to an hour and a half in the place. I’d love to try to explain this to my grandpa, who spent his retirement days alternating between a Vandalia, Mo. and varying Lake Ozark bars playing cards, drinking beer, and smoking cigarettes; not necessarily in that order.
Think of any old school bar and try walking in and telling those guys they have to pay you double because of the decorations and they also have to leave in an hour. I’ll wait to hear how that goes.
Smoking cigarettes in pop up bars is frowned upon; just in case you’re not to up speed on such matters.
I can’t keep writing. Been a long week with holidays and pop-up bars and I really got to catch up on the obits. Thanks for reading.
(Guy Speckman can be found perusing obituaries)
