The Mr. McNabb Era Ends

It’s official: Mr. McNabb is moving out next door this weekend.

Yesterday, I was hearing a lot of loud noises from across the hall and when I was leaving, Mr. McNabb’s door was wide open and a bunch of people were in there laughing and moving stuff. There was a U-Haul out front and it turns out that Mr. McNabb is leaving the complex.

So, Mr. McNabb, this is for you:

I remember when I first saw you
Your bald head and mustache
How you couldn’t pay your rent
Because you didn’t have the cash
And oh, each court summons
That was taped upon your door
I read them every time
It was just too much to ignore
You were the umpire behind home plate
For a youth league in Mosley Field
It was all fun and games
Until a ball hit your windshield
There was that time I startled you
When I missed a step and fell
Those times you stood at the window
And kept staring at Michelle
You harassed the delivery guy
Who was dropping of my new TV
Kept me from going to work
With stories about AT&T
You walked around half naked
With your purple moon tattoo
Wind blowing those chimes
That annoyed everyone but you
I’m sad to see you go
Because of how much you meant
But at least maybe the complex
Will get someone who’ll pay the rent

Oh, the places you will go, Mr. McNabb…The places you will go.

A Quixotic Quest

I’m still going through the plans with San Francisco and I still don’t see how I can fit everything in. The places that are looking questionable right now: The Legion of Honor art museum, Alta Plaza, Fort Mason, Marina Green, the Haas-Lillenthal House, St. Mary’s Cathedral and City Hall. Of course, the zoo’s already been kicked out.

I can’t figure out how to fit in the tour of AT&T Park and Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden, the latter has a big Dutch Windmill. I’ve never seen a windmill like that before. But it’s not close to anything and it’s really out of the way. But I hafta to see it, right? I mean, you can’t just ignore a giant windmill. I feel a little like Don Quixote in that I just have to get to that damn windmill!

I would love to tour the city in a sea plane but that’s going to take 2-3 hours out of a day. I hafta go to a meeting place, where I’m driven up over the Golden Gate Bridge to an airport. We’d fly around for a while and I’d hafta be driven back to the meeting place. And what I’m really scared of is that the plane’s windows will be dirty and I won’t be able to get clear pictures. If they came out, I’m sure they’d be great but I don’t have a good track record on shooting from the sky like that.

The movie tour (which takes you around the city looking at where famous movies were shot) is also looking unlikely. I was under the crazy impression originally that I could fit the Wharf, Golden Gate Park, downtown into two days, leaving Sunday wide open to finish up what wasn’t done and to tour AT&T Park. That’s just not possible.

I’m going to spend some time today working on it and a lot of time on Wednesday. The goal still is to get all the plans in place by March 9th, which is next Monday, giving me just about a week to get this completed. That week, I’ll make all the necessary reservations and start putting together a guidebook to take with me, plan what to take and everything.

The Weather Outside is Weather

Supposedly it's going to snow Sunday and WSBTV is reporting that it could be up to 4 inches in the Metro Atlanta area. For those who are worried, please let me assure you...THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN.

I concede that there might be snow flurries but it will not accumulate. Period. It's 61 degrees right now. Tomorrow is expected to be in high 30s. The ground is going to be too warm for it to add up to 4 inches in the Metro Area. Maybe up in North Georgia but not down here.

Again, I promise you, it will not accumulate. If we get four inches where I live, I will chop off my right arm.

Brooking Signs with the Cowboys

Former Atlanta Falcon linebacker Keith Brooking signed with the Dallas Cowboys today, which reunites him with Wade Phillips. Phillips was a former defensive coordinator for the Falcons and briefly served as coach after Dan Reeves was fired.

Brooking released a statement to the AJC that said he was sad to be leaving. "The Atlanta area is my home. It will always be my home. Although, I will play for the Cowboys for the next few years, I will always be a Falcon at heart.”