This is El Diablo Blanco, or Sully. He comes by one of those names honestly. Some friends of ours belong to us.
Sully likes baseball. We like baseball. It is baseball season, Sully’s second. He’s excited.
Wednesday
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Jan 16
Melts in my hand
Melts in your mouth, not in your hand. That was the slogan, right? That’s the jingle. The motto that the Mars people and the M&Ms sloganeers gave us that line — it was originally a pitch to the U.S. Army — in 1954. So even though you don’t hear it every day anymore, its been in our minds all of our lives.
You can’t hardly see an M&M without thinking about that line.
It melts in your mouth, not in your hand.
And yet, when I have the chance to enjoy some M&M’s, it looks like I’ve been slapping The Joker around:
13
Jan 16
Back at it
And you know what that means:
Saw this tonight:
Last month I went on about how the marketing for Star Wars has taken on a new life under the Disney brand. I believe I called George Lucas a marketing piker. But that doesn’t apply here. Star Wars cereal has been around for more than 30 years.
6
Jan 16
The word “ran” is generous
I ran five miles today. This was one of the sites I shuffled by:
It is a favorite fence and field. I see it a lot, on runs and rides. I haven’t seen it a lot lately, because of our travels, and because of a foot problem. And I’m not sure if the foot problem hasn’t also moved to the other foot as well. This probably means I have a shoe problem. So I am not wearing those shoes right now. But I got in five miles today.
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Dec 15
In the air again, then on the road again
We left Connecticut today, having spent a precious few days with my in-laws after a precious few days with my family. I was keeping track of the miles and hours and nights under different ceilings, but I’ve sorta lost the numbers in my head. Our resting days are usually pretty busy.
Sitting there, on that tarmac, in those terrible airplane chairs, was actually a moment of stillness.
Tonight we are at home, unpacking, doing laundry and repacking. Tomorrow we are on the move again.
