Monday, February 03, 2025

Excite Is Such a Strong Word

A man is overdramatically running away in fear with his arms covering his head from a boomerang that has boomeranged back on him.
March 8, 1966
I vaguely remember an old friend of mine having a boomerang when we were kids. I think I saw it once, it did not return, and I never saw it again. I'm sure having a non-returning boomerang was a real kick in the butt to our childhood because why would cartoons lie to us, but non-returning boomerangs exist and mainly just used to wallop people and things. Since this boomerang is curved, it seems to be a returning boomerang, but one could argue that this man is being hunted for sport.

Brutus is sitting in his green chair in front of the TV while Gladys stands next to him, clearly bored of this life. Brutus is thrilled, however. "Look, Gladys! They are showing our ball team's equipment truck leaving for spring training. You know what this means, don't you? Baseball season is right around the corner. Doesn't that excite you?" "I'm absolutely giddy," Gladys sighs.
I'm thrilled. Baseball is my favorite of the sports I hate.

Why is the news(?) showing the equipment leaving? Is there demand for that? I know the country is on fire right now what with the coup of an unelected South African billionaire and his gaggle of half-pint sidekicks, but the equipment, not the actual team, on their way to Goodyear, Arizona is not even "feel-good news".