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According to many people, part of Jesus and Mary's public relations strategy is a series of personal appearances of their image on the sides of buildings, on the tops of muffins and hot-crossed buns, or in this woman's case here, in the surface of a grilled cheese. What do you think? Is that Mary? No it's not. Is it actress Rene Russo? Yes. Yes it is. They have the same managers, I guess.
Not sure why I'm thinking of this, but I do. I miss the XFL.. Not the XFL as it existed, Jim McMahon's messy stew of second-rate football, miked-up morons, odd camera angles and a guy named "He Hate Me." I miss the XFL that never existed - the XFL as I ENVISIONED IT. 3rd and short? You can use a battering ram. Down by a touchdown in the 4th quarter? Use a giant net to intercept a pass. Need to elude a group of beefy linebackers? Jump over them with the use of an on-field ramp. Breaking away for a touchdown? Look out for the crocodile-filled moats, firepits and club-wielding ogres. You coulda been something sweet, XFL.
Yes, I'm wearing a rather queer birthday party hat. But it was for my wife and a close family friend.
And yes, I'm playing wiffle ball. And yes, that's comedian Paul Rodriguez, in character as "Pepsi-Man" being used as homeplate. Or rather, it's a cardboard cutout of comedian Paul Rodriguez, in character as "Pepsi-Man" being used as homeplate.
The real Paul Rodriguez, or P-Rod as my friend Chris dubbed him, was doing a double at Mohegan Sun.
Good times, all. Happy Summer.