Todaybor Day Is Labor Day.

i have never been to a labor day classic before today. and after today, i don't really care if i go again.
this classic was nothing to laugh at. nothing to cheer at. really, nothing at all. i mean, sure, we are all pleased as punch that the eskimos humiliated the stampeders, but i mean, that game had the excitement level of a soda. (don't get me wrong, i do love soda and it's flavorful goodness, but they really aren't that exciting anymore.)
i think i probably watched about 2 minutes worth of actual playing in the second half, because it was just so friggin boring. oh well. i couldn't have done better, so i guess i shouldn't complain.

anyway, hmm, i was remembering some stuff earlier today that i thought was funny, and now i would like to write it down, as much for your enjoyment as for my memory.

a week ago i was at lunch with a couple of friends, and the topic of conversation turned to hiking. one of my associates expressed his opinion on it, and i mostly agreed with him. we both said that hiking was enjoyable and that we liked it. the other person we were talking with had a drastically different outlook, and i quote, "i just don't get it." he then proceeded to take us on a lovely little trip to rantland where he went on for about 10 minutes about the ridiculousness of the activity of hiking. he posed the question, "do you go to see the trees?" to which he himself responded, "i have those in my backyard, come over and take a look." he went on about how some parents send their kids to camps where they go hiking for a week or more, and he claimed that some better ideas than "hiking camp" would be such adventures as:
- "shingle your own roof camp"
- "run in a large hamster wheel and power a small town for a week camp"
and of course, my personal favorite,
- "spend a week in the stocks camp"

it was a very humorous conversation, and i feel terribly for all of you reading now, because mostly you really had to be there.

well, i grow weary as the hour grows late.

tona.